First Woman Nominated to Lead U.S. Combatant Command
The New York Times reports that “the White House will nominate Gen. Lori J. Robinson of the Air Force to lead all military forces in North America, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Friday.
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Policy · 114th Congress
Capitol Hill’s New Top Cop
What Went Wrong for Kim Dine [jwp-video n=”1″] “While I may be firm on some issues, I’m certainly open-minded enough to look at new ways of policing,” Verderosa said in an interview
Politics · 114th Congress
Kids: Trump is a Bully
Jillian Alder Pierson covers her ears when she hears the presidential candidates calling each other names. Scarlet Havard runs into another room when the debates are on the television.
Policy · 114th Congress
No Budget, No Blame?
As divisions over the budget have plagued the party for weeks, Ryan hasn’t repaired the rift. Yet the members don’t blame him.
Politics · 114th Congress
Kirk Supports Vote on Obama’s Court Pick
Kirk broke ranks with fellow Republican senators when he said the chamber should vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Merrick Garland.
From Top Lieutenant to Lt. Governor
“I never thought about it,” Smith, in an interview with Roll Call, said about running for lieutenant governor at Dayton’s suggestion. “It never dawned on me.
Policy · 114th Congress
Flint Crisis Prompts House Bill to Curb Use of Emergency Managers
Connolly said another of the four emergency financial managers that Snyder appointed in Flint recently told the committee in an interview that he considered the city council “impotent,” during his
Some Black Leaders See ‘Incomplete’ Obama Court Legacy
“This [was] a chance for the bench to reflect the rich tradition of African-American women lawyers and the impact that they have had on our nation.”
New Democrats Promote Centrist Agenda in Polarized Congress
The New Democrat Coalition wants to “help build consensus from the center up,” Chairman Ron Kind, D-Wis., said in an interview Tuesday. And they want to get started now.
Policy · 114th Congress
Senate Food Workers Press Case on Wages
Ayers told the committee his office had interviewed 86 employees of Restaurant Associates, the AOC contractor at the center of the dispute.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Rubio Couldn’t Escape the MIA Label
Before he dropped out Tuesday night, I struggled over the course of the campaign to understand why Marco Rubio didn’t fare better in the Republican primary.
Opinion · 114th Congress
Surrender, Bernie: Ohio Win Won’t Forestall the Inevitable
The eight-minute speech was akin to a comedian skipping the set ups and going straight for the punch lines.
Politics · 114th Congress
Establishment Favorite Lags in Pennsylvania Senate Primary
In an interview with Roll Call , he said he thought raising money for McGinty –- who collected roughly $1 million in contributions in the third and fourth fund-raising quarters — has been hard because
Lindsey Graham: Gang of One
At that point, no gang re-upped to take the place of the original to hold off the nuclear winter, a fact Graham and other Republicans still bemoan and argue set the stage for the current confrontation
Opinion · 114th Congress
Low-Key Kasich Won’t Pump Up the Volume
But even with the future of the Republican Party on the line, Kasich is incapable of delivering a rousing applause line.
Video · 114th Congress
Trump Campaign Manager Grabs Journalist
By Jason Dick [jwp-video n=”1″] Who is Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager accused of manhandling a female reporter trying to interview his boss, Donald Trump?
Duckworth Blasts Kirk on Trump: We Don’t Need ‘Fearmongering Politics’
In an interview last week with a local news station, Kirk was asked if he would support Trump if he became the GOP standard-bearer in November.
Politics · 114th Congress
The Right Credentials
Still, Scalia’s appointment to the court in 1986 was the last of a different era of judicial confirmations, and the aides expressed assurance that the Senate would confirm their picks without the
Politics · 114th Congress
Meet the Woman Behind Democrats’ Efforts to Win the Senate
“What motivates me are a lot of the women’s issues, and I think that at a young age I started to pay attention to that,” Myers, normally reluctant to talk to the press, said in an interview at DSCC