A Trump Cabinet Pick Gets a Rare GOP Grilling

Republican senators have confirmed a onetime Bernie Sanders supporter to lead the nation’s intelligence community and a member of America’s most famous Democratic family as its health secretary. This morning, however, they saved some of their sharpest questions for a Cabinet nominee who, until last month, served alongside them as a GOP member of Congress. President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, former Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon, knew she’d face a skeptical Republican audience during her Senate confirmation hearing. Last year, she supported a major pro-union bill known as…

Read More...

Polish president signs Holocaust bill, drawing rare US rebuke – Washington Post

Washington Post Polish president signs Holocaust bill, drawing rare US rebukeWashington PostBERLIN — Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a law Tuesday banning people from accusing Poland of Holocaust atrocities committed by the Nazis and from referring to concentration camps as "Polish death camps" — heightening tensions with the United …US Disappointed at Polish President's Signing of Controversial Holocaust BillHaaretz Polish president signs Holocaust bill, triggers Israeli, US criticismReutersall 248 news articles » us president – Google News

Read More...