Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Trumpcare bill got dealt a death blow Monday night when Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and Utah Sen. Mike Lee gave it a thumbs down, joining Gop colleagues Sen. Rand Paul and Susan Collins. The Gop “no” vote tally meant McConnell did not have the votes to begin debate on his legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. President Donald Trump, who had campaigned on a promise to kill Obamacare, was most seriously displeased, what with word…...
- 7/18/2017
- Deadline TV
Senator Mike Lee discussed the ongoing health care discussions on Capitol Hill on Face the Nation this morning, but CBS' John Dickerson also had to ask him about "the current behavior of the President."...
- 7/2/2017
- by Josh Feldman
- Mediaite - TV
This story originally appeared on Time.com.
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump is facing significant criticism from Republican officials and conservative groups who are rattled by his ban on immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations, questioning his domestic policy agenda and worrying about what steps the New York billionaire might take next in the name of nationalism.
By Sunday evening, more than a dozen Gop members of Congress had spoken out against Trump’s executive order on immigration. Among them were an array of the party’s most influential figures. The top Republican in the Senate,...
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump is facing significant criticism from Republican officials and conservative groups who are rattled by his ban on immigrants and refugees from Muslim-majority nations, questioning his domestic policy agenda and worrying about what steps the New York billionaire might take next in the name of nationalism.
By Sunday evening, more than a dozen Gop members of Congress had spoken out against Trump’s executive order on immigration. Among them were an array of the party’s most influential figures. The top Republican in the Senate,...
- 1/30/2017
- by Alex Altman
- PEOPLE.com
For 12 years, ever since their son, David, disappeared after hiking in China, Kathleen and Roy Sneddon always believed that he had been kidnapped and was alive. Now it appears that they were right. This week, the Sneddons, who live in Providence, Utah, learned through Yahoo Japan that David, a 24-year-old Brigham Young University student at the time he went missing, is believed to be in North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang, where he now has a wife and two children and teaches English - including work as a tutor for the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. "Basically, this isn't a surprise...
- 9/2/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
For 12 years, ever since their son, David, disappeared after hiking in China, Kathleen and Roy Sneddon always believed that he had been kidnapped and was alive. Now it appears that they were right. This week, the Sneddons, who live in Providence, Utah, learned through Yahoo Japan that David, a 24-year-old Brigham Young University student at the time he went missing, is believed to be in North Korea's capital city of Pyongyang, where he now has a wife and two children and teaches English - including work as a tutor for the country's leader, Kim Jong-un. "Basically, this isn't a surprise...
- 9/2/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
The Republican National Convention saw highly divided crowds in Cleveland on Monday. According to the New York Times, those in favor and against the Gop's presumptive nominee Donald Trump took to the streets, peacefully protesting their cases in close proximity to each other. Eric Smith, a 36-year-old Trump supporter, reportedly joined hundreds as they congregated at a park for an "America First" rally, where they carried lawn chairs and firearms in an attempt to show the variety of Trump's supporters, as a handful of subgroups - including bikers, truckers and students - were in attendance. "He's never said anything racist,...
- 7/19/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
The Republican National Convention saw highly divided crowds in Cleveland on Monday. According to the New York Times, those in favor and against the Gop's presumptive nominee Donald Trump took to the streets, peacefully protesting their cases in close proximity to each other. Eric Smith, a 36-year-old Trump supporter, reportedly joined hundreds as they congregated at a park for an "America First" rally, where they carried lawn chairs and firearms in an attempt to show the variety of Trump's supporters, as a handful of subgroups - including bikers, truckers and students - were in attendance. "He's never said anything racist,...
- 7/19/2016
- by Naja Rayne, @najarayne
- PEOPLE.com
America's first major-party transgender candidate for the U.S. Senate won the Democratic nomination this week from the deep red state of Utah - and Misty K. Snow says her gender identity shouldn't be an issue in November. "People aren't looking at that - they're looking for somebody who will fight for healthcare and to get the minimum wage raised so they can pay their bills," Snow, 30, of Salt Lake City, tells People. "They want paid maternity leave and clean energy for our country. They're more interested in that than my experience as a transgender person." Snow, who won Utah's...
- 7/1/2016
- by Cathy Free, @cathyjfree
- PEOPLE.com
Glenn Beck says he is going to Washington to pick up trash at the national monuments, which have been closed and remain unkempt due to a partial government shutdown. The radio host and founder of TheBlaze Inc., a conservative media company, promised Thursday that he and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah will join members of a group called the Tea Party Patriots for a "National Day of Service in Washington, D.C." Story: Michelle Obama Cancels L.A. Trip Amid Government Shutdown (Exclusive) An e-mail sent to thousands of conservative activists on Thursday proclaimed that Senate Majority
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- 10/10/2013
- by Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sen. Rand Paul's (R-ky) filibuster of John Brennan's CIA nomination just became a bipartisan affair: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-or) announced he will join the effort to protest the Obama pick's appointment by railing against executive overreach on targeted killings. Several hours into his filibuster effort, Paul's Republican colleagues in Sen. Ted Cruz (R-tx) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-ut) joined him on the Senate floor.
- 3/6/2013
- by Andrew Kirell
- Mediaite - TV
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