WASHINGTON ― Republican lawmakers in South Dakota are ready to declare a legislative emergency so that they quickly and completely wipe out an ethics and campaign finance reform law adopted by popular vote in November. The measure, known as IM-22, passed with 52 percent of the vote.Source: South Dakota GOP Rushes To Repeal Ethics Reforms Passed By Voters...
Mike Huckabee, the Republican former Arkansas governor, joined others on Tuesday in pushing back on President Donald Trump’s repeatedly debunked claim that millions of undocumented immigrants voted illegally in the November election and cost him the popular vote.Source: Huckabee pushes back on Trump's debunked voter fraud claim...
Washin (CNN)President Donald Trump privately told congressional leaders Monday he wants to move forward with an ambitious agenda, including to repeal and replace Obamacare and to pass legislation bolstering the country's infrastructure.Source: Trump talks replacing Obamacare, broader agenda with Hill leaders...
Although President Trump has announced that his adult sons will run his business, he remains vulnerable to conflict of interest accusations because he will continue to own the Trump Organization.Source: As Trump Takes Office, Many Conflicts of Interest Still Face His Presidency...
Seattle is offering voters $100 in "democracy vouchers" to donate to political candidates in an effort to limit big money in politics and boost civic involvement in elections. Earlier this month, the first of the vouchers were mailed out for its inaugural run in citywide races in the fall.Source: Seattle gives residents $100 to donate to local politicians...
Appointments to the federal bench are often one of a president’s most significant and most lasting legacies. President Obama appointed more than 300 judges to the federal bench, altering the balance of several federal appellate courts during his eight years in office.Source: How President Trump will shape the federal courts...
Alexandria, VA – Ten amicus briefs, including briefs from U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and multiple well-known national groups, urge the U.S. Supreme Court to hear full arguments in a free speech case implicating important issues of donor privacy, Independence Institute v. FEC.Source: Ten Amicus Briefs Urge Supreme Court to Hear Full Arguments in Free Speech and Donor Privacy...
WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump strides onto the inaugural ballroom floor this week amid the sprawling celebration of his swearing-in, he will have corporate America and many of its titans to thank for the rapturous greeting.Source: Corporations Open the Cash Spigot for Trump’s Inauguration...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An Alexandria man has been convicted of submitting bogus voter-registration forms while working for a progressive advocacy group.Source: Alexandria voter registration worker convicted of submitting fake names...
During this crazy and bizarre week—one in which we learned that Donald Trump was briefed by intelligence chiefs that the Russian government had kompromat on him (and then later what said kompromat might comprise)—an interesting fantasy has been circulating around Silicon Valley.Source: Will Mark Zuckerberg Be Our Next President?...
