Dec 10 Trump's pick for intel chief, Tulsi Gabbard, faces questions about 2017 visit to Syria By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for intelligence chief, Tulsi Gabbard, is making her case on Capitol Hill. Continue reading
Dec 10 WATCH: Biden looks back at his economic record in speech at Brookings Institution By News Desk President Joe Biden said Tuesday he was “stupid” not to put his own name on pandemic relief checks in 2021, noting that Donald Trump had done so in 2020 and likely got credit for helping people out through this simple,… Continue reading
Dec 10 Elon Musk signals he'll go beyond supporting Trump to serve as his political enforcer By Thomas Beaumont, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, Associated Press Within Trump's team, there is a feeling that Musk not only supports Trump's agenda and Cabinet appointments, but is intent on seeing them through to the point of pressuring Republicans who may be less devout. Continue reading
Dec 10 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on study requirements for environmental regulators By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The Supreme Court seemed to favor a Utah oil railroad expansion in arguments on Tuesday, but appeared more skeptical of putting strict new limits on a key national environmental law. Continue reading
Dec 09 Analysis: This Supreme Court case could affect how federal agencies consider environmental and climate impact By J.B. Ruhl, The Conversation Should bureaucrats be required to think through the extended effects of decisions like funding a highway intersection or approving an offshore wind farm?… Continue reading
Dec 09 Watch 7:04 Trump lays out agenda on border, tariffs and potential political retribution in interview By Laura Barrón-López, Saher Khan Over the weekend, President-elect Donald Trump sat down for his first formal interview since winning a second term in the White House. Trump spoke to Meet the Press about his plans for his new administration, doubling down on campaign promises… Continue watching
Dec 09 What is birthright citizenship and could Trump end it? By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Any efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal hurdles. Continue reading
Dec 09 Supreme Court rejects challenge from Wisconsin parents on school guidance for transgender students By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Sixteen Republican-led states had urged the court to take up the parents' case. Continue reading
Dec 09 Fact-checking Trump's 'Meet the Press' interview By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact In a Dec. 8 interview, President-elect Donald Trump elaborated on plans for removing people in the country illegally and imposing tariffs on trade partners — and made some false claims to support them. Continue reading
Dec 09 WATCH: Biden announces creation of Native American boarding school national monument at Tribal Nations Summit By Matt Brown, Marc Levy, Associated Press “We don't erase history. We acknowledge it, we learn from it and we remember so we never repeat it again.”… Continue reading