Daniel Chaitin

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As president, Obama derided the bankers on Wall Street as "fat cats" and, like Warren, vigorously blamed big banks for the 2008 financial crisis. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren ‘troubled’ by Obama’s $400K payday

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 8:32 pm

Supporters of net neutrality had filed a motion for a longer comment period, specifically asking for an eight-week extension. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

FCC warns ‘malicious attacks’ might cripple system for public comments on ‘net neutrality’ rollback

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 7:48 pm

Chaffetz asked that the "appropriate entity" investigate the matter of whether Mike Flynn violated federal law by accepting payments from foreign government-controlled entities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Jason Chaffetz asks Army for ‘final determination’ on Mike Flynn

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 5:27 pm

He was reacting to Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai's speech Wednesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Sen. Brian Schatz: Expect record-breaking resistance to ‘net neutrality’ rollback

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 5:23 pm

Republican lawmakers have repeatedly introduced legislation to break up the 9th Circuit, which they view as having a liberal tilt. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Ted Cruz: Breaking up 9th Circuit ‘certainly a possibility’

Daniel Chaitin · April 27, 2017 4:45 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Democrats in Congress will fight "tooth and nail" against the Trump administration plan to roll back "net neutrality" regulations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer: Democrats will fight net neutrality roll back ‘tooth and nail’

Daniel Chaitin · April 26, 2017 9:22 pm

Speaking to at a Washington, D.C., event held by the conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks, Pai pledged "we are going to deliver" on undoing the "heavy-handed" rule. (Screengrab/Twitter)

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai reveals plan to ‘reverse the mistake’ of ‘net neutrality’

Daniel Chaitin · April 26, 2017 6:48 pm

Ivanka Trump putting together a fund for female entrepreneurs: report

Daniel Chaitin · April 26, 2017 12:27 pm

Pai's Democratic predecessor and companies like Netflix and Google that rely on mass public Internet use, hailed the net neutrality regulations. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FCC’s Ajit Pai expected to describe his net neutrality takedown Wednesday

Daniel Chaitin · April 24, 2017 11:19 pm

"One more point on the board for vapers," said Grover Norquist of President Trump's dismissal of U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Grover Norquist: Trump keeping promise to ‘drain the swamp’ by dismissing anti-vaping surgeon general

Daniel Chaitin · April 24, 2017 12:12 am

Marine Le Pen of the National Front eked out a second-place showing with 21.7 percent among nearly a dozen competitors in the first round of the election on Sunday. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

France’s Trump, Marine Le Pen, faces tough second-round contest

Robert King, Daniel Chaitin · April 23, 2017 10:37 pm

French people line up before casting their votes for the first-round presidential election at a polling station at the consulate general of France in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron head to runoff in French presidential election

Robert King, Daniel Chaitin · April 23, 2017 6:10 pm