Washington — Former GOP Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President Trump’s nominee to run the Labor Department, appeared before a Senate committee for her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where she has faced questions about her support for a pro-union bill when she was in Congress and other labor issues. Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who sits
Colorado state Senate passed a bill that would ban AR-15s, AK-47s, shotguns and pistols that hold more than 15 rounds and is poised to become law as it heads to the Democrat controlled House.
The president’s three new selections for DOJ posts have been announced. President Donald Trump has chosen one of his former assistants for a top position at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the agency announced on Feb. 19, as another DOJ official resigned. Trump selected John Eisenberg to serve as assistant attorney general for national
The Trump administration has paused applications for a number of Biden-era parole programs, citing fraud and national security concerns as it limits migrant entries.
The State Department also targets Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua and El Salvador’s MS-13. The U.S. Department of State has designated several Mexican drug cartels and several transnational criminal gangs as global terrorist organizations, according to a notice in the Federal Register on Wednesday. Mexico-based criminal organizations including the Sinaloa Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Jalisco
A federal judge exploded at lawyers for the Trump administration tasked with defending the president's executive order pausing transgender enlistment in the military.
The lower chamber’s ‘budget reconciliation’ resolution is in a single bill, whereas the Senate offers a two-bill package and more defense and border spending. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he supports the House of Representatives’s budget bill that would fund several of his policy initiatives, instead of a two-bill plan proffered by the Senate.