Closer to having this issue be resolved, and judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley had hoped to hold a Confirmation Vote at one point as soon as monday. But sources telling manu raju and Ariane De Vogue that they did reach a tentative agreement to do a hearing on thursday, that news emerging minutes after the white house releasing the statement saying the Judiciary Committee appeared no closer to a hearing. It is dragging it out, from the white houses perspective, but its granting fords request for more time to prepare before she appears before the Judiciary Committee. Again, a tentative date set for thursday, knowing theres more details to be hammered out, which is expected to happen tomorrow. Ariane and sarah, thank you both. Joining us now, former democratic senator barbara boxer, host of the podcast fight back, and back in 1991, she was part of a group of female lawmakers who marched
thursday. So the date is set. But were not sure yet or for sure if it will be public. Would you encoura
Conversation. And sources familiar with those memos say rosenstein also discussed whether to rally the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment. The times reports that he said he believed Attorney General Jeff Sessions and then Homeland Security secretary john kelly would back the plan. But sources say none of this was ever carried out. And that the president was never secretly recorded. In a statement, rosenstein calls the times story inaccurate, factually incorrect, and based on Anonymous Sources who are obviously biased against the department and are advancing their own personal agenda. He adds, based on my personal dealings with the president , there is no basis to invoke the 25th amendment. Rosenstein has been under attack since the moment he named Robert Mueller special counsel. The president once tweeting mueller is most conflicted of all, except rosenstein. The white house facing this question for months. Is the president going to fire Rod Rosenstein . I dont have any announcements
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a sweeping set of rules aimed at cutting air, water and land pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. Environmental and clean energy groups celebrated the announcement as long overdue, particularly for coal-burning power plants, which have saddled hundreds of communities across the country with dirty air and hundreds of […] The post New EPA rules will force fossil fuel power plants to cut pollution appeared first on Michigan Adv
The United States Environmental Protection Agency is closing a long-gaping loophole on coal ash disposal oversight at surface impoundments throughout West Virginia. The proposal setting up the final EPA rule has drawn criticism from West Virginia-serving utilities American Electric Power and FirstEnergy as well as the state Public Service Commission.