The Senate confirmed Nicholas Trutanich to be the U.S. attorney in Nevada on Wednesday, one of the last actions in the 115th Congress.
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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada called Donald Trump “amoral,” and the worst president the nation has ever had in an interview published Wednesday.
A new Congress will be sworn in this week as Democrats take control of the House of Representatives and inherit a partial government shutdown over the president’s demand for border wall funding.
Nevada two Democratic senators will eye measures in the next Congress to fill two federal judicial vacancies in the state — including one judgeship vacant for nearly three years and now considered a “judicial emergency.”
Gun Owners of America followed through on promises and filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration directive to ban bump stocks in the wake of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Just a month after the midterm elections, dozens of Democrats trudged across New Hampshire to celebrate, and begin laying the groundwork for the 2020 presidential race.
Nevada lawmakers appeared to successfully block a “hail mary” pass by Yucca Mountain supporters who tried to slip funding into a stop-gap spending bill, although the final form of the legislation remained in disarray late Thursday.
With speculation swirling about a possible Cabinet appointment, Sen. Dean Heller, the only Senate Republican to lose re-election, may still have time remaining in his career in public service.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation Saturday to President Donald Trump, who announced that the former Navy Seal from Montana would leave at the end of the year, raising speculation on replacements that include Nevada Sen. Dean Heller.
After a rancorous White House confrontation between Trump and Democratic leaders over the year-end spending bill in the White House last week, the two sides seem farther apart than ever as the deadline approaches.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation Saturday to President Donald Trump, who announced that the former Navy Seal from Montana would leave at the end of the year, raising speculation on replacements that include Nevada Sen. Dean Heller.
Nevada’s two Democratic senators will have a seat at the table in the next Congress on committees with jurisdiction over interests important to the state, following assignments doled out Thursday.
The House and Senate passed a bill Thursday to curb sexual harassment in Congress following a wave of ethics investigations, retirements and sanctions of lawmakers accused of misconduct, including a Nevada representative.
Nevada Sen. Dean Heller said farewell to the Senate in a speech Thursday that highlighted his legislative record on veterans affairs and the anguish of helping the state weather the great recession and overcome pain of the Las Vegas mass shooting.
An $867 billion farm bill that includes food aid programs for roughly 440,000 Nevadans and promotes rural agriculture programs beneficial to the state’s farmers and livestock producers was passed by the House on Wednesday after Senate approval earlier this week.
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