“Republicans are STILL trying to sell off public lands in their budget bill,” said Sen. Ron Wyden. “If you care about keeping your public lands please make your voice heard.” Ahead of a vote on Republicans’ budget reconciliation package expected as soon as noon Saturday, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Chair Mike Lee revived […]
The president blamed unidentified Democrats for leaking information he repeatedly claimed was “fake news”—until his own defense secretary said it was real. Without providing any evidence or naming any names, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the prosecution of Democrats who he said “leaked information” that contradicted his claim to have inflicted “monumental damage” to […]
“We cannot allow ourselves to be dragged into another Middle East war based on lies.” While a number of statements by members of Congress in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities focused largely on the fact that the White House acted without congressional authorization—a constitutional violation—U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders expressed anger over another aspect of […]
The federal judicial nominee supports signing “a blank check for Trump to control every agency,” said one government watchdog. A whistleblower complaint alleging that top Justice Department official Emil Bove pressured government lawyers to ignore court orders was a primary concern for Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday as the panel held […]