The Supreme Court has ruled that North Carolina’s congressional lines are unconstitutional because they pack in black voters. The congressional lines will now fit the 2016 redrawn map, although there is another pending case against the district lines. The court struck down the lines for District 1 and District 12. The […]
House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has sent a letter to FBI Acting Director Andrew McGabe demanding memos by former FBI director James Comey about communications between him and President Trump. The letter came after a New York Times report that President Trump had said to Comey “I hope you […]
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has announced that she will retire from Congress at the end of her term. She broke the news in an interview with the Miami Herald. Ros-Lehtinen, who has served in Congress for thirty-eight years, is the dean of the Florida congressional delegation and was the first Cuban-American elected to Congress. […]
The United States Senate approved appointee Rod Rosenstein as Deputy Attorney General on Tuesday. The Senate voted 94-6 on Rosenstein’s appointment, making it an easy victory for the nominee. Rosenstein was Maryland’s top federal prosecutor for the last twelve years, and was appointed to the office of attorney under President […]
Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) has temporarily stepped aside from the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The decision comes as a result of the House Ethics Committee opening a probe into Nunes and whether he improperly handled classified information. Nunes did not hold back in […]
