In Republicans’ Ethics Office Gambit, a Spectacle of Tweets and Retreats

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In Republicans‘ Ethics Office Gambit, a Spectacle of Tweets and Retreats

New York Times
House Republicans, on the verge of a Washington takeover as the new Congress convened Tuesday, couldn’t stop themselves from trying to dilute the power of a despised ethics watchdog as their first order of business.

A New Congress Is Sworn In, but With Many Old Faces

New York Times
Former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney, in red, who was elected to the House from Wyoming. Credit Stephen Crowley/The New York Times.

The New Congress Is 91% Christian. That’s Barely Budged Since 1961.

New York Times
In the current session of Congress, 291 of the 293 Republicans identify as Christians. (The two others are Jewish.) Democrats are significantly more diverse: While 80 percent identify as Christian, others are Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim.

Senate Moves to Dismantle Health Law

Wall Street Journal
Republicans have long said that they would move toward repealing the health law on Day One if they returned to power, arguing that the law is collapsing as some premiums surge and many insurers on the exchanges created by the law stop writing policies

Obama to transfer more Gitmo detainees despite Trump’s objection

CNN
Trump’s message, consistent with his campaign promise to keep the facility open and even increase the number of detainees, came shortly after the President-elect criticized House Republicans for prioritizing a vote to gut Congress‘ independent ethics

The 2018 Senate map just keeps getting better for Republicans

Washington Post
Heller was the only one of the eight Republicans up for reelection in 2018 that is in a state that Hillary Clinton won in the 2016 presidential race.

Trump’s election has changed Obama’s post-presidency plans

USA TODAY
WASHINGTON – Whatever President Obama had planned for life after the presidency, the election of Donald Trump will likely change those plans.

NAACP president, others taken into custody during Sessions sit-in

USA TODAY
Jeff Sessions by the president of the NAACP and other demonstrators resulted in several people being handcuffed and escorted into a police van, according to the NAACP and a live social media broadcast.

Conservatives fear ‘midnight litigation,’ as Obama looks to secure …

Fox News
Conservatives worried about President Obama’s plans for imposing so-called midnight regulations on his way out of the White House say they now have a new …

President Obama to host a goodbye party at the White House on Friday

Washington Post
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will host a goodbye party for close friends and major donors Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the marquee affair.

Why Republicans Shouldn’t Weaken the Filibuster

New York Times
The Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis wrote, “The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding.

Joe Biden Didn’t Hold Back During His Final Swearing-In Ceremony

Huffington Post
Vice President Joe Biden completed one of his final duties in office by swearing in newly elected and re-elected members of the Senate on Tuesday. Biden, of course, delivered signature antics and banter during the ceremony. From kissing the wife of Sen.

Merrick Garland’s Supreme Court Nomination Just Died With The …

Huffington Post
His nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, which sat gathering dust in the Senate for that long, expired at noon Tuesday – just as the 115th Congress was …

Obama’s first term: high hopes, missed chances and a signature healthcare win

The Guardian
Barack Obama recognised almost from the start of his presidency in 2009 that he would never be able to meet the high expectations raised by an election campaign in which he had electrified voters with rolling, honeyed rhetoric and a slogan based on hope.

Haiti: Jovenel Moise confirmed as new president

Aljazeera.com
Jovenel Moise has been declared the winner of Haiti’s November 20 presidential election, ending a protracted electoral process that has paralysed the Caribbean country’s politics for more than a year.

Exxon Mobil Cashes Out Ex-CEO Tillerson Ahead of Confirmation Hearings

Wall Street Journal
Exxon Mobil Corp. has awarded former Chief Executive Rex Tillerson a $180 million retirement package as the company moves to break financial ties with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state. If Mr. Tillerson is confirmed, Exxon

The pathetic end of the Obama era

The Week Magazine
Eight years later, as Obama prepares to depart the White House, he leaves the nation in a cloud of disappointment, recrimination, and even paranoia.

Fugitive Assange Backs Trump in Questioning Russia’s Election Hacking Role

ABC News
President-elect Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that his classified briefing on Russian political hacking is slated for Friday, while continuing to cast doubt on the U.S.

SEC’s In-House Judges Face Supreme Court Scrutiny

New York Times
… in the courts of law or in the heads of departments.” “Inferior” does not mean unimportant, but instead that the Senate need not approve the appointment so long as Congress designates an official who has been appointed by the president to fill the

Bill, Hillary Clinton and George, Laura Bush to attend Trump inauguration

Washington Post
Former president George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush announced Tuesday that they would attend Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month.

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