The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that he will sign a new rule overriding the Clean Power Plan, an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, reports AP. The Hill: Russian Lawyer’s Email Points to Sanctions as Focus of Trump Tower Meeting, Not Clinton WashExaminer: Tom Cotton: Trump Staff Should Resign […]

The Trump administration issued a rule Friday that sharply limits the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate, a move that could mean many American women would no longer have access to birth control free of charge, reports The Washington Post. The Hill: Trump: Filibuster a ‘Death Sentence’ for GOP AP: Trump Religious Objection Order Upends […]

The partisan split in America is the highest it’s been in two decades, with Republicans and Democrats holding vastly disparate views on race, immigration and the role of government, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center, reports NPR. The Hill: Graham Introduces 20-Week Abortion Ban With 45 Cosponsors Business Insider: Republicans Are Signaling That They Might […]

NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker and NBC national political staffer Carol Lee, two of the reporters who’s reporting that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was slammed by both him and President Donald Trump, said they are standing behind their story, even though the president has declared it as “fake news,” reports Newsmax. WashExaminer: DEA Gets […]

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday in a case that could reshape American democracy by considering whether extreme partisan gerrymandering — the drawing of voting districts to give lopsided advantages to the party in power — violates the Constitution, reports The New York Times. WashExaminer: Marsha Blackburn Preparing to Run for Senate in Tennessee Guardian: Nevada […]