Tag: Law

Says federal government will find ways to reduce urban violence of cities can't. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says meeting with gang members a ‘great idea’

Gabby Morrongiello · February 1, 2017 5:54 pm

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Senate panel approves Sessions’ attorney general nomination

Kelly Cohen · February 1, 2017 4:33 pm

A few Democratic senators pledged Wednesday to give Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's pick for the court, a chance to make his case for the nomination.

Democrats tell colleagues to give Gorsuch a chance

Kyle Feldscher · February 1, 2017 1:20 pm

Protesters hold signs at airports to denounce President Trump's executive order that bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Trump on Wednesday weighed in on whether his Friday executive order amounts to an immigration "ban" or not. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Trump on immigration ban: ‘Call it what you want’

Kyle Feldscher · February 1, 2017 1:10 pm

The New York Times editorial board said Senate Democrats should avoid attempting to block a hearing for federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's pick for the vacant Supreme Court seat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

New York Times to Democrats: Don’t filibuster Gorsuch

Eddie Scarry · February 1, 2017 12:54 pm

Will anyone come to us now if real wolves attack? (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The media who cried ‘despotism’

Washington Examiner · February 1, 2017 5:01 am

A contingent of the GOP had floated the idea of restoring congressional earmarks just a week after Election Day. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives terrified that earmarks are about to make a comeback

Philip Wegmann · February 1, 2017 5:01 am

Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, January 31, 2017, after President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch for a Supreme Court Seat. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Dems escalate anti-Trump offensive

Byron York · February 1, 2017 3:36 am

Neal Katyal, left, served as acting solicitor general after Obama tapped Elena Kagan to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, and now Katyal "strongly support[s]" Gorsuch's confirmation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama solicitor general lavishes praise on Trump Supreme Court pick

Ryan Lovelace · February 1, 2017 3:20 am

Groups note Neil Gorsuch's judicial record on religious liberty. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Christian leaders praise Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Ryan Lovelace · February 1, 2017 3:11 am

In Neil Gorsuch's America, the powerless will be more protected from the state. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Neil Gorsuch upheld the rights of hated prisoners and Muslims

Timothy P. Carney · February 1, 2017 2:45 am

A liberal group blasted President Trump's decision to nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the fill the vacant Supreme Court seat as "disastrous" on Tuesday night. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Liberal group: Gorsuch a ‘disastrous’ choice for Supreme Court

Ryan Lovelace · February 1, 2017 2:32 am