The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Russia Probe Just Blew Up
Sen. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein at a May 10, 2017 Judiciary Committee hearing.Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Wire Senate judiciary committee chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and ranking member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have broken up over Russia. The committee’s once bipartisan investigation into whether President Trump obstructed justice or his campaign colluded with Russia has hit…
Appeals Court Paves the Way for Migrant Teen to Get an Abortion
Scott Applewhite/AP A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to allow Jane Doe—an undocumented pregnant minor currently being housed in a federal refugee shelter in Texas—to obtain the abortion she has sought since the middle of September. The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), part of the Department of Health and Human Services…
Read the Full Transcript of Jeff Flake’s Fiery Speech on the Senate Floor
Now is such a time. It must also be said that I rise today with no small measure of regret. Regret, because of the state of our disunion, regret because of the disrepair and destructiveness of our politics, regret because of the indecency of our discourse, regret because of the coarseness of our leadership, regret…
Lunchtime Photo
Better late than never! A few weeks ago I told you that someday I’d post a photo of the Madonna at Coomakista Pass. Since I’m back in Ireland for a couple of days, why not today?
Jeff Flake Just Delivered the Most Impassioned Rebuke of Donald Trump
In an impassioned speech announcing his decision not to seek re-election, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Monday forcefully denounced President Donald Trump’s “daily sundering of the country” and blasted Republican lawmakers for failing to stand up to the president. “I rise today with no small measure of regret,” Flake said from the Senate floor, his voice…
Jeff Flake Is Retiring From the Senate
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom via ZUMA Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, a vocal intra-party critic of President Donald Trump, announced he will not seek reelection in 2018. Flake told the Arizona Republic, which broke the news of the announcement, that he he had concluded that “there may not be a place for a Republican like…