WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservative Arizona Rep. Matt Salmon says he will not seek re-election this November. The 58-year-old Republican says he wants to spend more time with his family. Salmon has been a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the rebellious group of conservative lawmakers who frequently defied GOP leaders and helped push former Speaker…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The American Civil Liberties Union plans to appeal a recent federal court ruling that citizens can sometimes be stopped from recording police officers on duty. Philly.com says the appeal concerns a ruling issued Friday in Philadelphia by U.S. District Court Judge Mark Kearney. Kearney ruled that citizens don’t have an unfettered right…
NEW YORK (AP) – A debate has arisen among many Asian-Americans over the case of Peter Liang, a New York City police officer convicted of recklessly firing a shot that killed an innocent black man. An estimated 10,000 mostly Chinese-American demonstrators rallied in New York last weekend in support of the Chinese-American officer. Many said…
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama says he’s looking for a Supreme Court nominee with a sterling record, a deep respect for the judiciary’s role and an understanding of how the law affects real people. Obama is offering his most expansive description of the qualities he’s seeking in a replacement for the late Justice Antonin…
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Nevada Republican party is reporting that attendance at its Tuesday night caucus set a new record. The party says more than 75,000 voters attended the caucus. That’s more than twice the 33,000 who caucused in 2012. Nevada’s Republican caucuses have been plagued by low attendance and other problems since they began in…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says he has a treatable form of prostate cancer. The 67-year-old Wolf said Wednesday that the cancer was detected early by his doctors. He says he has a planned treatment schedule that will last several months. Wolf says it will not impair his ability to perform his…
The White House released Obama’s plan to close the facility on Tuesday, but the plan faces stiff opposition from the GOP-led Congress
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Donald Trump’s efforts to build a get-out-the-vote effort in Nevada don’t appear to match those put together by Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who won Iowa’s leadoff caucuses on the strength of his ground game. Nevada’s caucus model demands more of a time commitment from voters, takes…
Democrats, Republicans and independents alike all put a high priority on protecting Social Security and reducing unemployment
