Senate reaction to the Supreme Court nomination of federal appellate Judge Brett Kavanaugh was mostly split along party lines Monday, as Republicans and Democrats prepared for an all-out confirmation battle.
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State had asked Nuclear Regulatory Commission member David Wright to recuse himself from deliberations on the proposed nuclear waste repository, noting he worked on task force that advocated for the project.
House lawmakers with a vested interest in permanent storage of nuclear waste in Nevada will make a trek to Yucca Mountain this month to tour the mothballed exploratory tunnel in the geological formation northwest of Las Vegas.
President Donald Trump reversed course Tuesday and ordered U.S. flags at the White House and federal buildings to be flown at half-staff to recognize the five victims of the Capital Gazette newspaper killed by a lone gunman last week.
A celebration of life was held Monday for Rob Hiaasen, deputy editor of the Capital Gazette and one of five employees of the Maryland newspaper who were gunned down last week in an attack that sparked an outcry across the nation.
A looming Senate battle over a Supreme Court vacancy following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy focused on abortion rights Thursday and placed two moderate Republican women senators in the spotlight.
Despite tweaking their immigration bill, House GOP leaders failed to bridge the gap between conservatives and moderates and watched the legislation die Wednesday for lack of unity in their caucus on a divisive issue just months before the midterm elections.
House Republican leaders scheduled a showdown vote on consensus immigration legislation as the Senate turned its sights Tuesday to a narrow bill to stop family separations and contain the political fallout over the president’s “zero tolerance” policy.
Two Nevada lawmakers toured detention facilities in Texas on Monday as President Donald Trump doubled down on his immigration policies and said undocumented immigrants should be immediately deported without judicial review.
Nevada will receive full reimbursement from the federal government for overtime costs through a Justice Department program that helps states and communities with extraordinary events, like the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip.
House lawmakers will again attempt to pass an immigration bill this week while senators seek a legislative fix to quell the uproar over the separation of families on the Southwest border.
The House rejected a conservative immigration bill Thursday and postponed a vote on a Republican compromise version the day after the Trump administration suspended the separation of children and parents on the Southwest border.
Trump administration policies that are separating families on the Southwest border prompted a furious backlash in Congress from Democrats and left Republicans frantically scrambling Tuesday to stop what both term a “cruel and inhumane” practice.
President Donald Trump will meet with Republicans on Capitol Hill Tuesday as House GOP leaders continue to tamp down a rebellion among their ranks on immigration and ahead of votes on bills designed to appease centrists in their party.
A pivotal Senate race in Nevada that Republicans and Democrats covet for control of the upper chamber of Congress has become ground zero in the Yucca Mountain debate.
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