Lawrence VanDyke broke down in tears in the Senate Judiciary Committee as senators drilled the nominee about a “not qualified” rating issued by the American Bar Association.
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Nevada’s members of Congress are wary of President Trump’s new Energy Department nominee, fearing he will favor the plan to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.
Records show Doral has been losing revenue, and Trump’s decision to hold the summit there would be a financial shot in the arm for the flailing Florida complex, at U.S. taxpayer expense.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry will leave his job by the end of the year, President Trump announced on Thursday.
Nevada Judge Jennifer Togliatti was nominated Wednesday by President Donald Trump to fill one of two U.S. district judge vacancies in the state.
The House, including 129 Republicans, passed a bipartisan resolution to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria.
Rep. Steven Horsford is co-sponsoring a bill to cap the costs of life-saving prescription drugs at $2,000 per year for people in the Medicare program.
Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., who was instrumental in blocking funding to revive the stalled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, announced she will retire from Congress.
Democrats on Wednesday remained undeterred in their impeachment inquiry, despite a White House lawyer’s letter saying the president would not cooperate with the probe.
President Donald Trump sent a defiant letter to House Democrats, even as a top committee chairman said the State Department was obstructing the ongoing impeachment inquiry into the president’s conduct.
Ensnarled in an impeachment investigation over a request for Ukraine to investigate a chief political rival, President Donald Trump on Thursday called on another nation to probe former Vice President Joe Biden: China.
