by Jim Heath | Feb 9, 2019 | 2020, Congress, Headlines
A naval battle just might be on the horizon in one of Houston’s most competitive Congressional districts. Navy veteran and science teacher Elisa Cardnell, a Democrat, has filed papers with the Federal Election Commission to challenge newly-elected U.S. Rep. Dan...
by Jim Heath | Feb 8, 2019 | Headlines
President Trump has missed a deadline imposed by a bipartisan group of senators to identify the killers of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi and to determine if the U.S. should impose sanctions on them. “Consistent with the previous Administration’s...
by Jim Heath | Jan 22, 2019 | courts, Headlines
Federal courts are expected to run out of money on Feb. 1 after stretching fees and other “no-year” funds during the partial government shutdown, the administrative agency for the judiciary said today. When the money runs out, each court will have to determine how...
by Jim Heath | Jan 10, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
Michael Cohen, the former attorney and fixer for Donald Trump, who was sentenced last year to three years in prison, has agreed to testify in a public congressional hearing next month about his private sector work for the president. As Trump’s longtime lawyer...
by Jim Heath | Nov 10, 2018 | 2018, Election Night, Headlines
Nine scientists are entering the US congress next year, from engineers and health professionals to an energy businessman and a computer programmer. Six of them are women, including a new senator for Nevada. In another pick-up for House Democrats, Kim Schrier was...
