Trump Hiring Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood
President Donald Trump is hiring Emmet Flood, who helped represent Bill Clinton during his impeachment, to replace the retiring Ty Cobb, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Cobb, who joined Trump's legal team last summer, informed the president weeks ago of his intention to retire, the Times reported. Cobb told the Times he plans to stay on until his replacement gets up to speed. The hiring of Flood is not official, the Times reports. Flood was in talks to join Trump's legal team last summer but ultimately decided against it to avoid working with attorney Marc Kasowitz, who ... Read More
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DACA Should Be Overturned. A New Lawsuit Might Succeed in Doing That.
A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Texas and six other states may finally result in the long-overdue termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which was created without legal authority by President Barack Obama in 2012 to allow children brought into the U.S. illegally to temporarily remain here under certain conditions. The lawsuit does not address the question of whether allowing the roughly 700,000 illegal immigrants protected from deportation under DACA is a good policy or a bad one. Instead, the suit contends correctly that Obama exceeded his authority under law and under the Constitution to create DACA without the approval of Congress and ... Read More
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GOP Welcomes Pelosi’s Desire to Regain House Gavel
Republicans are happy to hear that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi envisions sticking around after the 2018 election, signaling they believe that her hopes of winning back the speakership will help energize GOP voters in the fall. Jesse Hunt, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, said Mrs. Pelosi will be a drag on Democrats when voters head to the polls. “Pelosi is already the most unpopular politician in America — something House Democratic candidates would agree with — and the prospect of her implementing an extremely progressive agenda will be a huge motivator for Republicans this fall,” Mr. Hunt said ... Read More
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Iowa's Fetal 'Heartbeat Bill' Passed by Lawmakers
Lawmakers in Iowa this week passed the so-called “heartbeat bill” which would ban abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, or roughly around the sixth week of pregnancy. The bill is now headed to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk for a signature. Reynolds, who is pro-life, could not be reached for comment when contacted by Fox News on Wednesday. If signed, the bill would arguably become one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. The House passed the legislation on Tuesday night with a 51-46 vote, Iowa Public Radio reported. It was debated for more than eight hours before ... Read More
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Trump Redirects Focus to Foreign Policy, Denies Collusion Claims
President Trump tried to refocus the attention on his foreign policy agenda on Wednesday and again denied any allegations of collusion. “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt!” Mr. Trump tweeted. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation has continued to plague the administration with questions from Mr. Mueller to the president being leaked in ... Read More
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