Tag: Pete Kasperowicz

President Trump is right to push for reforms to the "bloated" intelligence community, according to two former leaders of the House Intelligence Committee. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

National Security

Former lawmakers: Trump should reform ‘bloated’ intel community

Pete Kasperowicz · January 23, 2017 1:45 pm

President Donald Trump will hold a series of meetings Monday with business and labor representatives, before meeting with congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump starts ‘busy week’ with manufacturers meeting

Pete Kasperowicz · January 23, 2017 12:32 pm

The national debt soared an average of $1.1 trillion per year under President Barack Obama, who returned to private life on Friday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Debt soared more than $1 trillion per year under Obama

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 9:24 pm

In a statement, Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., above, Pat Leahy, D-Vt., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said they need more time to assess Pompeo's nomination. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Democrats block quick confirmation of Trump’s CIA director

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 7:30 pm

Senator Chuck Schumer, D-NY speaks during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Schumer speech draws boos, ridicule

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 5:01 pm

Photos of President Barack Obama and his family, that for years have lined the walls of corridors in the West Wing of the White House in Washington, are now blank and empty, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House walls left bare in preparation for Trump

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 3:07 pm

Inaugural crowd lines up for free marijuana

Inaugural crowd lines up for free marijuana

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 1:22 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has dismissed a Republican Obamacare replacement bill before he ever had a chance to read it, according to two GOP senators. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Schumer: Trump’s Cabinet picks a ‘disaster’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 12:44 pm

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said he is 'disappointed' that Senate Democrats haven't moved more of President-elect Trump's Cabinet nominees. (AP Photo/Olamikan Gbemiga, File)

Issa ‘disappointed’ in Schumer for delaying Trump’s Cabinet

Pete Kasperowicz · January 20, 2017 12:25 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin argued that President Obama's move to commute the sentence of Chelsea Manning shows he didn't take "seriously" the espionage charges against the former Army soldier. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Manchin: Obama didn’t take Manning punishment ‘seriously’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 19, 2017 12:46 pm

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent walks with suspected immigrants caught entering the country illegally along the Rio Grande in Hidalgo, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that 'elevated' levels of illegal immigrants continued to pour into the country in December. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

DHS: Illegal immigration at ‘elevated levels’ in December

Pete Kasperowicz · January 19, 2017 1:39 am

The Obama administration asked all major federal agencies on Wednesday to analyze their personnel practices in order to ensure enough Hispanics are being hired and promoted in the government. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama asks agencies to study low hiring rate for Hispanics

Pete Kasperowicz · January 18, 2017 8:51 pm