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Trump nominations package hits stumbling block in Senate

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Senate Republicans hit a temporary stumbling block in their latest effort to confirm dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Democrats blocked Republicans from successfully taking an initial step toward confirming a package of more than 80 nominations because one of the picks doesn’t qualify to be included: Sara Bailey’s nomination to be the director of national drug control policy is a senior-level pick requiring individual consideration under the new rules Republicans themselves drafted earlier this year for multinominee confirmation votes…
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Oz Pearlman recounts WHCA dinner shooting: ‘Really shocking’

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Oz Pearlman recounts WHCA dinner shooting: ‘Really shocking’

Mentalist Oz Pearlman on Sunday recounted when a gunman exchanged fire with law enforcement outside the ballroom where Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was taking place. Pearlman told host Dana Bash on BLN’s “State of the Union” that he was performing a trick for President Trump…
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House Democrat urges King Charles to acknowledge Epstein victims during address to Congress

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House Democrat urges King Charles to acknowledge Epstein victims during address to Congress

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged King Charles III to acknowledge the victims of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during his address to Congress next week, when the monarch will make his first state visit to the U.S. “I am hopeful that King Charles…
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Raskin says he hopes for transparent investigation into WHCA dinner shooting

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Raskin says he hopes for transparent investigation into WHCA dinner shooting

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday expressed hope that a transparent investigation into the shooting at Saturday’s White House Correspondents Association dinner will be conducted. “I hope that this investigation is done with complete openness and transparency and integrity,” Raskin, who was attending the event, told host Dana Bash on BLN’s “State of the Union.”…
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