Republican John Curtis coasted to victory Tuesday night to capture the House seat vacated by former Rep. Jason ChaffetzJason ChaffetzThe myth of the conservative bestseller Elijah Cummings, Democratic chairman and powerful Trump critic, dies at 68 House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records MORE (R-Utah) earlier this year, according to The Associated Press. Read more about Curtis wins Chaffetz's former Utah House seat[…]

Brian Fallon was making his way from camera to camera on the television risers above the large crowd that had gathered at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York to witness history. Fallon, who served as the Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden Read more about Brian Fallon: ‘She really just needed the blue wall to hold’[…]

Sen. Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsRepublicans prepare to punt on next COVID-19 relief bill Trump tweets spark fresh headache for Republicans Trump’s tweet on protester sparks GOP backlash  MORE (R-Maine) is calling on Alabama GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore to step aside, saying his denials of inappropriate sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl were unconvincing.“I have now read Mr. Moore’s Read more about Collins: Moore's denials unconvincing, should step down[…]

Republicans are looking for President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE to get them out of a jam and convince Roy Moore to drop out Read more about GOP hopes Trump will save Alabama Senate seat[…]

A newly unearthed memo revealed Tuesday at The Intercept bolsters the case against former Goldman Sachs partner Steven Mnuchin, the “foreclosure king” who is Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Treasury Department. The 2013 document, penned by top prosecutors in the California attorney general’s office and obtained by The Intercept, suggests that when Mnuchin Read more about New Revelations "Paint Damning Picture" of Trump's Treasury Nominee[…]

Determined to get “fossil fuel industry puppet” Scott Pruitt confirmed as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), interested parties are furiously pouring money into a new dark money political action group to counter the warnings from so-called “environmental extremists.” The new 501c4 group, Protecting America Now, sent around a flier obtained by Politico warning Read more about EPA Pick Pruitt Awash in Industry Cash as Nomination Battle Heats Up[…]

Defenders of public education have a few questions they want to ask Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Education, when she appears at her senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday. With a new campaign targeting members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), the American Read more about Worried This Billionaire Will Destroy Public Education, Teachers Have Some #Questions4Betsy[…]

Seemingly adhering to the Nixonian adage that “if the president does it, that means it is not illegal,” the Trump team continues to stand by the legitimacy of the incoming president keeping his business ties. When asked by MSNBC‘s Katy Turr during his first official news conference on Thursday if President-elect Donald Trump would release, Read more about Eerie Echo of Nixon as Trump Camp Declares President 'Has No Conflicts By Law'[…]

There may be enough opposition to Education Secretary pick Betsy DeVos to overturn her nomination, as activists, teachers, and members of Congress step up their resistance. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said he would vote against DeVos, stating that the billionaire heiress and proponent of privatization would “single-handedly decimate our public education Read more about As Opposition to DeVos Swells, Hope for Her Rejection Builds[…]

President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the empty seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.  In accepting the nomination at the podium in the White House, Colorado federal appeals court judge Gorsuch called the late Justice Antonin Scalia “a lion of the law.” Indeed, many have noted that Gorsuch follows in Scalia’s Read more about Message To Dems: Block Neil Gorsuch Nomination 'Using All Available Means'[…]