Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) is calling on Senate Democrats to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) as leader after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus voted late Sunday to begin the process of reopening the federal government. Khanna, a progressive Democrat who represents Silicon Valley, argued on social media that if Schumer can’t keep his...
As we witness President Trump’s daily attacks on the rule of law, constitutional rights and democracy, I recall an incident from 1964, the year I graduated high school. In the early morning hours of Mar. 13, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was raped and stabbed to death outside her apartment building in Queens. The New York Times reported later that nearly 40 people saw or heard the attack but did nothing...
A federal appeals court late Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to halt an order requiring full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments during the government shutdown. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit ruled a judge did not abuse his discretion in finding the government’s plan for partial...
President Trump pardoned his former personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and a slate of other key figures charged in connection with their efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a U.S. pardon attorney. Ed Martin, the government’s pardon attorney, posted a proclamation late Sunday night that listed dozens of individuals granted pardons “for certain offenses...
After nearly seven weeks of impasse, the Senate voted Sunday night to advance a proposal that could reopen the government. Monday is Day 41 of the shutdown. Eight centrist and retiring Democrats joined Republicans in approving a plan to fund the government through January because it included a promise from Senate Majority Leader John Thune...
In August 1974, President Richard Nixon resigned after the Supreme Court decided that tapes of presidential conversations were not protected by executive privilege. The tapes thus needed to be provided to the special prosecutor. Once released, a pivotal tape confirmed his participation in obstructing justice to cover up serious abuses of power in the Watergate...
Reagan-appointed federal Judge Mark Wolf resigned his lifetime appointment to publicly criticize what he calls President Donald Trump's "assault" on judicial independence and the rule of law.