Wed Sep 13, 2017 AT 1:52 PM EDT
The Senate has rejected a measure from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to sunset two war bills and force a debate on what war powers President Trump should have, reports The Hill. Senators voted 61-36 Wednesday to table an amendment from the Kentucky Republican to get rid of the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF).
- Free Beacon: Expert Warns Lawmakers: Obamacare Is in Partial Actuarial Death Spiral
- CNN: Dems to Mueller: Flynn Failed to Disclose Trip to Broker Saudi-Russian Business Deal
- WashExaminer: Paul Ryan: Tax Reform Can’t Repeat Bush’s Temporary Tax Cuts
- Daily Caller: DWS IT Guy Was Banned From House After Trying to Hide Secret Server
- Free Beacon: Audit Finds 178 Cases of Medicaid Patients Harmed or Put in Immediate Jeopardy
Tue Sep 12, 2017 AT 2:15 PM EDT
Trump administration announced Tuesday that it has met former President Barack Obama’s price goals for solar energy power plants three years ahead of schedule, reports the Washington Examiner. The Energy Department announced that the Obama-era Solar Shot program’s 2020 price-reduction goals for solar energy have been met by big, utility-scale solar power plant projects, shrinking the cost from 28 cents per kilowatt hour in 2010 to 6 cents.
- The Hill: DHS Moving to Speed Construction of Border Barriers in California
- Independent: North Korea Tells UN They Will Make Us ‘Suffer the Greatest Pain’
- Free Beacon: Poll: More Americans Have a Gun in Home Than Ever Before
- Daily Caller: Lawmaker Investigates Gov’t Employees Using Taxpayer Dollars to Get College Degrees Unrelated to Their Jobs
- The Hill: US Median Income Hits All-Time High
Fri Sep 8, 2017 AT 3:22 PM EDT
Congressional Republican leaders Thursday downplayed a deal struck between President Donald Trump and Democrats a day earlier, insisting that it was nothing more than an attempt to avert political gamesmanship during a national emergency, with one hurricane cleanup underway and another storm bearing down on Florida, reports NBC.
- The Hill: House Freedom Caucus Chair Open to Obamacare Deal
- Daily Caller: Yet Another Anonymously Sourced Trump-Russia Story Falls Apart
- Wired: For Superpowers, Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race
- Daily Caller: Exclusive: Early Prosecutor Moves Suggest Intent to Bring House Cybersecurity, Theft Charges
- Free Beacon: Feds Spend $138,000 Asking Four-Year-Olds About Their ‘Internal Sense of Gender Identity’
