The Trump administration is taking a second crack at using an executive order to block people from half a dozen countries from entering the United States. The order signed today – and set to...
In another major reversal on civil rights issues, the Department of Justice under Attorney General Jeff Sessions did an about face on voter ID this week. Just one day before an important hearing in...
Transgender youth are left in the lurch after the Trump administration rolled back guidance to public schools this week regarding Title IX protections from discrimination. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio In another...
A bankruptcy lawyer and long-time associate of President Trump with no diplomatic experience appeared in Senate confirmation hearings Thursday. He’s nominated for the post of Ambassador to Israel. During the hearing he pledged to...
Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly appeared before House lawmakers Tuesday, where he faced questions about a number of President Trump’s executive orders and their implementation – specifically the travel ban, border security and...
Before the sun even rose over the U.S. Capitol Friday, the Senate convened a rare early morning session. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio Their first vote was on a resolution to repeal...
The Senate Finance Committee changed its rules mid-game Wednesday, making a parliamentary end-run around a Democratic boycott of two highly controversial Cabinet nominations. Hours later, the same strategies played out at the Environment and...
On Capitol Hill, half a dozen committee votes on cabinet nominations were scheduled Tuesday, but not all made it that far. The Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced Betsy DeVos, the nominee for...
President Trump signed another raft of executive orders this morning, breathing new life into two massive oil pipelines, and pledging to ease what he called a cumbersome regulatory system. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more....
On the eve of Inauguration Day, two more confirmation hearings commanded attention on Capitol Hill. Former presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry appeared before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and said...
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