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Republicans are wisely considering a Senate rules change to speed confirmation of presidential nomination. But that move should be just the beginning of efforts to overcome unprecedented Democratic obstructionism. On almost every judicial nominee presented by President Trump, and also on many of his executive branch nominations, Democrats are demanding the clocking of the full 30 hours of allowable (post- cloture) debate even if they have no actual objection to…

The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union came to a tentative agreement Tuesday morning. Here are some of the elements included in the three-year contract, which union members were to vote on Tuesday afternoon:

Republicans are wisely considering a Senate rules change to speed confirmation of presidential nomination. But that move should be just the beginning of efforts to overcome unprecedented Democratic obstructionism. On almost every judicial nominee presented by President Trump, and also on many of his executive branch nominations, Democrats are demanding the clocking of the full 30 hours of allowable (post- cloture) debate even if they have no actual objection to…

The Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union came to a tentative agreement Tuesday morning. Here are some of the elements included in the three-year contract, which union members were to vote on Tuesday afternoon:

Republicans are wisely considering a Senate rules change to speed confirmation of presidential nomination. But that move should be just the beginning of efforts to overcome unprecedented Democratic obstructionism. On almost every judicial nominee presented by President Trump, and also on many of his executive branch nominations, Democrats are demanding the clocking of the full 30 hours of allowable (post- cloture) debate even if they have no actual objection to…

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Video Sarah Sanders slams Ocasio-Cortez’s prediction the world will end White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders derided New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent claim that the world will end in 12 years due to climate change, and suggested the Trump administration has little need for the progressive firebrand’s thoughts in general, in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview Tuesday night with Fox News’ “Hannity.” Sanders also slammed what she called the “disgraceful” media coverage…

An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall, in front of coils of razor wire, seen from Tijuana, Mexico. President Trump’s proposal to end the partial government shutdown includes funding for more border wall, but also provisions that further restrict asylum seekers. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregory Bull/AP An image of a boy is painted on the bars of the border wall,…

The president can technically enter the House chamber at any time, but as McClatchy reporter Emma Dumain noted, there might not be anyone else there, let alone C-SPAN broadcasting or even lights.

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In response to President Trump’s good-faith offer of a compromise to fully reopen the government, Democrats should stop playing puerile politics and instead play ball. The president’s position was a major compromise even before Saturday’s speech to the nation, while the Democrats’ position before the speech contradicted many of their own earlier positions. Trump long has said he wants to put a wall across the whole border with Mexico, a…

The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday in a 5-4 decision that they would allow the transgender military ban to go into effect while the lower courts continued to hammer out the issue. To be clear, they did not rule on the merits of the case (whether the president can and should transgender people from serving in the military) they just said that the ban could continue for now. In July…

In response to President Trump’s good-faith offer of a compromise to fully reopen the government, Democrats should stop playing puerile politics and instead play ball. The president’s position was a major compromise even before Saturday’s speech to the nation, while the Democrats’ position before the speech contradicted many of their own earlier positions. Trump long has said he wants to put a wall across the whole border with Mexico, a…

The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday in a 5-4 decision that they would allow the transgender military ban to go into effect while the lower courts continued to hammer out the issue. To be clear, they did not rule on the merits of the case (whether the president can and should transgender people from serving in the military) they just said that the ban could continue for now. In July…

President Donald Trump’s ban on military service for some transgender individuals got the go-ahead from the Supreme Court on Tuesday, but a transgender former US Navy SEAL has called “bulls—.” Both the Pentagon and the Department of Justice welcomed the high court’s move to lift an injunction on Trump’s transgender ban, which will allow him to enforce his policy barring certain transgender troops from joining or staying in the military….

While both measures faced long odds, they could usher in a more cooperative tone; if both fail, as expected, the votes could prompt the two sides to negotiate a bipartisan compromise. With the shutdown now in its fifth week, and 800,000 federal workers facing the loss of a second paycheck on Friday, the pressure is growing on parties to reopen the government. Mr. Trump’s proposal, which he promoted in a…

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President Trump has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a confrontation Friday at the base of the Lincoln Memorial involving three groups. The incident was caught on video that went viral. The story behind it has evolved several times since first coming to light, and accounts still differ. The trouble involved a group of five black men shouting vulgar insults while protesting centuries of oppression, dozens of white Catholic high…

Amy Gardner January 22 at 5:22 PM A state judge in North Carolina has declined to certify election results in the 9th Congressional District, citing state election officials’ authority to delay certification while they continue to investigate allegations of election fraud. In a court hearing in Raleigh on Tuesday, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway ruled against Republican Mark Harris, who leads Democrat Dan McCready by 905 votes in…

“It is critical,” Lt. Col. Carla M. Gleason said, that the Department of Defense “be permitted to implement personnel policies that it determines are necessary to ensure the most lethal and combat effective fighting force in the world.” The department’s “proposed policy,” she said, “is based on professional military judgment and will ensure that the U.S. Armed Forces remain the most lethal and combat effective fighting force in the world.”…