US Cruise Missiles Strike Air Base in Syria

April 7, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers are hearing about changes to the Obamacare replacement bill as they go home for Easter break. Melissa Quinn keeps track. Did Obama aide Susan Rice break the law during surveillance of Trump associates? Josh Siegel asks national security experts. The Senate may not want to make it easier to fire bad VA employees, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Elizabeth Fender on what's wrong with those headlines about Obamacare's popularity, and Hans von Spakovsky on sanctuary for illegal immigrants, California style. Enjoy your Palm Sunday weekend.
News US Cruise Missiles Strike Air Base in Syria President Donald Trump said he ordered the airstrikes in response to the chemical weapons attack Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad carried out on his own people. Read More
News Republicans Revive Obamacare Repeal Talks With Changes to Unite Conservatives, Centrists Reps. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., and David Schweikert, R-Ariz., members of the House Freedom Caucus, introduced an amendment intended to lower premiums and protect sick patients—criteria that bring together the goals of centrist and conservative Republicans. Read More
News What Determines If Susan Rice Committed Crime in 'Unmasking' of Trump Officials Under federal law, government officials such as Rice have broad powers to request and receive information about Americans permitted by eavesdropping rules. Read More
News It's Really Hard to Fire a VA Employee. This Bill Would Change That. The legislation faces an uphill battle in the Senate despite cases of employees who kept their jobs after misconduct, including a worker who committed armed robbery and a nurse who was intoxicated during a surgical procedure. Read More
Commentary Despite Deceptive Headlines, Obamacare Remains as Unpopular as Ever CNBC recently published an assessment titled "Big Majority of Americans, Among Them Trump Supporters, Want the President to Try to Make Obamacare Work." Read More
News Facing Democrat Filibuster on Gorsuch, McConnell Invokes Nuclear Option "Literally nothing changed," says a GOP Senate aide. "Starting in 2013, all presidential nominees have needed just 51 votes to end debate." Read More
Commentary California on Cusp of New Statewide Policy for Protecting Illegal Immigrant Criminals California might implement a policy that ensures the entire state becomes a sanctuary for dangerous criminal aliens—like Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, the seven-time convicted felon who shot and killed Kate Steinle in San Francisco in 2015. Read More
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