President Trump is expected to issue an executive order directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to take the necessary steps to shutter the department, according to multiple reports. The executive order, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, could come as early as Thursday and has been in the works since before Trump was sworn into...
The president and the Republican Party seem not to be troubled by polls. They are adhering to a simple maxim: Political power is a terrible thing to waste. Use it while you can.
Congress has a process called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that allows it to disapprove proposed federal regulations, and while it has been used once prior to 2017, it was only utilized once prior to 2017 when Congress blocked a regulation being proposed by President George W. Bush in 2001.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she is referring the Democrat sanctuary city mayors who testified before Congress on Wednesday to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution.
Democratic establishment and progressives are clashing with each other on messaging and party direction in the wake of President Donald Trump's address.
Republican lawmakers and the Trump administration have gone on the offensive against so-called sanctuary jurisdictions in recent weeks, including at Wednesday's committee hearing.