Polarizing HHS nominee confirmed by Senate on party-line vote
(Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) A polarized Senate voted early Friday morning to confirm Tom Price, the conservative Georgia congressman who has been one of Congress’s most vehement opponents of the Affordable Care Act, as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The 52-47 vote made Price the latest in a series of controversial Cabinet nominees whom the Senate’s Republican majority has been strong enough to muscle through on party-line votes. Price did not draw a sin..>> view originalTruck Plunges Off Va. Bridge; Driver Dies After Rescue
Driving through heavy winds, a tractor-trailer plunged off a bridge into the frigid waters of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia on Thursday. Even though the driver was seen alive and standing on the floating truck's roof, he was found in the water and unresponsive by the time a U.S. Navy helicopter reached him. The truck driver died on the way to a hospital in Norfolk, said Thomas Anderson, deputy director of the Virginia-based Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel District. Anderson identified the driv..>> view originalTrump vexed by challenges, scale of government
Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he’s growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy. In interviews, nearly two dozen people who’ve spent time with Trump in the three weeks since his inauguration said that his mood has careened between surprise and anger as he’s faced the predictable realities of governing, from congressional delays over his cabinet nominations and legal fights holdi..>> view originalPipeline burning after blast is “just a big blow torch”
PARADIS, La. -- One worker was missing after an explosion sparked a fire at a Louisiana pipeline Thursday night, officials said. Two workers were injured.Authorities said they didn’t immediately know what caused the fire on the Phillips 66 pipeline in Paradis, but a crew of six workers was cleaning it at the time, St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne said at a news conference.Two of the workers were hospitalized -- one was taken to a burn center -- and three had minor or no injuries, the s..>> view originalTravel ban ruling: In court as on Twitter, Trump confronts evidence gap
9th Circuit Judges Richard R. Clifton, top, William Canby Jr. and Michelle Taryn Friedland. (AP) The list of evidence-free claims from President Trump and his administration is long and growing. “Millions” of people voted illegally. Inauguration turnout was the “biggest ever.” All negative polls are “fake news.” No matter how hard the administration is pressured to support its assertions, no matter how many “four-Pinocchio” and “pants on fire” ratings follow, Trump doesn’t relent. It’s hard ..>> view originalSnowstorm pounds the Northeast, affecting flights, closing schools
The first snow-related death was reported in New York on Thursday when a doorman shoveling snow on the Upper East Side died after slipping and falling through a glass window, New York police said.Miguel Gonzalez, 59, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, sustained cuts to his neck and face. He pronounced dead at Metropolitan Hospital Center, according to police.New York, Boston and Philadelphia closed their public schools for the day. New York said it would reopen its school system Friday. All state offic..>> view originalHouse Oversight chair faces harsh grilling at packed town hall
COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah -- U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz was met by frequent, deafening boos at a Thursday town hall as constituents grilled him on everything from investigating President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Planned Parenthood.A young girl asked the Republican about his plans to protect the air and water and the crowd booed when he replied that supports an all-of-the-above energy strategy, which includes mining for coal.“We have a major problem here in Salt Lake Valley, with the inversion..>> view originalWhite House says Conway has been 'counseled' after touting Ivanka Trump's products
The White House on Thursday said that a top adviser to President Trump had been “counseled” after using a television appearance from the West Wing to promote the clothing and jewelry line sold under the brand of Trump’s daughter. The endorsement, in which Kellyanne Conway told Fox News Channel viewers to “go buy Ivanka’s stuff,” appeared to violate a key ethics rule barring federal employees from using their public office to endorse products. The White House reaction was a rare acknowledgment o..>> view originalArrest while working at fun park led to Arizona woman's deportation
CLOSETRUMP EXECUTIVE ACTION ON DEPORTATIONSChildren reunited with deported mother | 1:34Jacqueline Rayos Garcia and Angel Rayos Garcia are reunited with their mother, Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos, on Feb. 9, 2017, outside the Kino Border Initiative, in Nogales, Sonora. Mark Henle/azcentral.com 1 of 14CLOSETRUMP EXECUTIVE ACTION ON DEPORTATIONSDeported Arizona mom reunites with children in Mexico | 24:57Guadalupe García de Rayos reunites with her children in Nogal..>> view originalCritics see a 'law and order' rerun
WASHINGTON — Three crime-related executive orders signed by President Trump drew praise by law enforcement officials backing the president’s “law and order” focus, but criminal justice advocates said the policies feed a false narrative of rampant crime and hark back to ’90s-era laws that led to over-incarceration and discrimination.“Today’s ceremony should be seen as a clear message to the gang members and drug dealers terrorizing innocent people: Your day is over,” Trump said of the orders in a..>> view original
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