President-elect Donald Trump is set to
impose a range of executive orders immediately after his inauguration
on Friday, according to his transition team. “He’s got a few of
them, probably in the area of four or five, that we’re looking at for
Friday,”
said incoming press secretary Sean Spicer at the Trump
transition headquarters. “Then there are some other ones that I expect
him to sign with respect to a couple of issues that have been high on
his priority list,” he continued. Trump has promised to reverse a range
of orders previously imposed by Barack Obama. ...
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There
is business to be done
on Inauguration Day in the United States Senate. But it will come late
in the day. ... The Senate will focus on confirming some of the new
president’s nominees. Republicans certainly have the votes to confirm
many of Trump’s picks. But for now, Democrats can determine how many
nominees the Senate can advance on Inauguration Day and how many they
can delay. Senate Republicans are pushing for the confirmation of ... Read More |
It
was the defining promise of the early
days of the "hope and change" administration: President Obama would
signal a new era of U.S. engagement with the world by closing, within a
year, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On Friday, Mr. Obama will depart the White House having ... Read
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Protesters
with megaphones are making a
lot of noise over the confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott
Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. But Pruitt and
others
concerned about an agency that has grossly exceeded its statutory
authority and threatened individual liberty are giving a bigger
megaphone to voices
all over the country that need to be heard. They’re providing a voice
to the family the EPA fined $75,000 per day for ...
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