House Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday that Republicans will act within the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency to repeal Obamacare and at the same time approve a GOP replacement plan, reports CNN. Townhall: Ryan: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan ‘Not Happening’ AP: Watchdog Probe to Bring New Scrutiny for FBI’s Comey The Hill: Assange Agrees to Be Extradited If […]

President-elect Donald Trump may have tangled with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos during the election campaign, but in keeping with Trump’s desire for companies to hire more Americans, Bloomberg reports that Amazon.com Inc. has revealed plans to hire more than 100,000 people in the U.S. in the next 18 months. AP: Republican-Led Senate Takes First Step to Repeal ‘Obamacare’ […]

Incoming White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus attacked as “offensive crap” and “garbage” a newly reported document alleging that Russians might have had compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump.  “[It’s] offensive crap that we shouldn’t even be talking about,” Priebus said Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” program, reports The Washington Times. The Hill: Trump’s Press Conference: […]

As his confirmation hearings open Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, faces major efforts to discredit him as being a racist; they are as diverse as NAACP protests and an unprecedented, historic move planned by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), to testify against his colleague. And yet, as Townhall reports, the day before Sessions’ […]

The Senate Judiciary Committee will start a two-day hearing beginningJan. 10 to consider the nomination of President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. As Senate Republicans prepare for this as well as the confirmation process of the first half dozen nominees for Trump’s Cabinet in hearings scheduled for Jan. 11, Democrats are coordinating efforts […]