According to Reuters, the U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee on Thursday unveiled a measure authorizing federal court action to enforce subpoenas issued to Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn. The Rules Committee also set the terms for possible court action by other House committees investigating … [Read more...]
Trump Says Mueller Statement Changes Nothing
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted swiftly to a statement by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his Russia investigation on Wednesday, saying nothing had changed and “the case is closed!” In a tweet, Trump said that, "There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent." In his statement, Mueller, however, … [Read more...]
IRS Could Make Trump Release His Taxes
President Donald Trump’s bet that it’ll take years to resolve a coming court fight over his tax returns could be wrong. Federal courts are already ruling quickly against Trump in his other attempts to block Congress. The Supreme Court could also be a dead end if the case doesn’t present new legal issues or divide appellate courts. That … [Read more...]
Voting Rights Groups File Suit to Block Tennessee Law Punishing Registration Drives
Republican legislators across the country are seemingly engaged in a fierce competition to see who can pass the most restrictive voter suppression measures. Republicans have embraced the idea that the easiest way for them to hold on to power is to make it as difficult as possible for citizens – especially people of color and poorer Americans – to … [Read more...]
Colorado Democrats Push Ambitious Agenda in 2019 Legislative Session
The state of Colorado received a fair bit of national attention during the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats did well in the state, successfully flipping a Republican-held Congressional seat in suburban Denver they had been chasing for the better part of a decade. And Jared Polis became the first openly gay person to be elected as the governor of … [Read more...]
Texas Governor Fills State Courts With Judges Rejected By Voters
Texas has long been one of the most conservative states in the country, a massive state utterly dominated by Republicans at every level of government. But Democrats saw promising results in the 2018 midterms, as they succeeded in winning two GOP-held Congressional seats while Beto O'Rourke came within three points of upsetting incumbent Senator Ted … [Read more...]
Democratic House Majority Boasts Productive First 100 Days
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (Photo Credit: Center for American Progress Action Fund, CC 2.0) New Presidents are obsessed with “The First 100 Days,” a term originally coined during the Franklin Roosevelt administration to refer to the incredibly productive legislative start to Roosevelt's presidency. Political observers have long … [Read more...]
Michigan Congressional Map Gerrymandered
On Thursday federal judges threw out Michigan’s congressional and state legislative maps, calling them unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. Politico reports that the case is on hold till the outcome of cases already pending at the Supreme Court which will likely determine whether Michigan redraws its districts before the 2020 election. A … [Read more...]
Mueller Finds Strong Evidence of Obstruction, Leaves Issue to Congress or the Voters
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) When the redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election was released last week, the President and his defenders … [Read more...]
Special Counsel Sent Criminal Referrals To Other Prosecutors
According to Business Insider, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team sent 14 criminal referrals to other prosecutors. Only two of those cases have been made public, including a case against President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen. The other case involves former White House counsel Gregory Craig, who served under … [Read more...]
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