Appointments

Politics July 29, 2021

Biden BLM nominee called to 'wage war on overpopulation'

Tracy Stone-Manning, the president’s nominee for BLM director, wrote an essay published by the High Country News in February 1991 on how to preserve the grizzly bear population in the US.

Joe Biden July 27, 2021

Every Dem senator votes to advance eco-terrorist-linked nominee who endorsed population control

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., ordered the vote to discharge Tracy Stone-Manning’s nomination for BLM director from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that it was frozen in after a tied vote.

Republicans July 27, 2021

Barrasso grills Haaland on Biden's BLM nominee, tree-spiking during hearing

Barrasso pursued his line of questioning during a Tuesday committee hearing on the president’s Department of Interior budget request.

Joe Biden July 26, 2021

Another Obama official raises concerns about Biden nominee linked to eco-terrorism

Steve Ellis, who was deputy director of BLM under former President Obama, expressed his concern of what the confirmation of Biden’s nominee to lead the agency, Tracy Stone-Manning, could do to the agency and the U.S. Forest Service.

Fox News Flash February 24, 2021

Ingraham: Democrats making ‘huge mistakes’ by ‘vilifying’ Manchin, propping up Neera Tanden

Democrats are wrong to argue that Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to the nomination of Neera Tanden to head the Office of Management and Budget stems from bigotry, Laura Ingraham said Wednesday.

Coronavirus April 16, 2020

Clash on appointments brews as Trump threatens to invoke little-known power to adjourn Congress

Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution gives the president the power to "adjourn [Congress] to such Time as he shall think proper," when the House and Senate cannot agree on when to adjourn. Trump said the Senate should stop conducting its pro forma sessions and formally adjourn to allow him to make recess appointments.

Supreme Court October 21, 2019

Philadelphia's 'sanctuary city' DA Krasner among people floated by liberal group for Supreme Court

The district attorney focused on social justice has had multiple run-ins with the Trump administration in recent years.

Appointments November 26, 2018

Who is Cindy Hyde-Smith? 5 things to know about Mississippi's first female senator

Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is Mississippi's first female senator.

SENATE September 22, 2018

Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan's daughter, says she's sexual assault survivor in op-ed defending Kavanaugh's accuser

Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, said she was sexually assaulted about 40 years ago in an op-ed defending the woman who accused President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.

SENATE September 4, 2018

Jon Kyl to replace John McCain: 3 things to know about the former Arizona senator

Former Arizona Senator Jon Kyl was tapped to replace Sen. John McCain, who recently lost his battle to an aggressive form of brain cancer. Here are 3 things to know about Kyl.

Appointments August 23, 2018

Senate panel approves Trump's nominee for consumer watchdog

The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved Kathy Kraninger as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as Republicans overlooked the protests of Democrats who said President Donald Trump's nominee is unqualified to lead the consumer watchdog.