Trump demanded senators allow recess appointments. Here’s what that means.

Amber Phillips, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump is already moving ahead with creating a more powerful presidency than his first one. One of his first moves: Demanding that Republican senators let him decide who runs the government, rather than vote on it. When a new president takes office, the Senate’s main job […]

Trump demanded senators allow recess appointments. Here’s what that means.

Amber Phillips, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump is already moving ahead with creating a more powerful presidency than his first one. One of his first moves: Demanding that Republican senators let him decide who runs the government, rather than vote on it. When a new president takes office, the Senate’s main job […]

Trump eyes Rubio for secretary of State, Waltz for national security adviser

By John Hudson, Dan Lamothe, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and has asked Rep. Mike Waltz to be the White House national security adviser, people familiar with the matter said Monday, elevating two Florida Republicans with more hawkish foreign […]

Trump eyes Rubio for secretary of State, Waltz for national security adviser

By John Hudson, Dan Lamothe, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state and has asked Rep. Mike Waltz to be the White House national security adviser, people familiar with the matter said Monday, elevating two Florida Republicans with more hawkish foreign […]

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel

By Washington Post staff, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel. The decision lines up another staunch ally of Israel for Trump’s incoming administration, after he announced Monday he would appoint Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) to be U.S. […]

Trump picks Mike Huckabee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel

By Washington Post staff, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is nominating former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel. The decision lines up another staunch ally of Israel for Trump’s incoming administration, after he announced Monday he would appoint Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-New York) to be U.S. […]

The illogic of asylum seeker detention

About once a month, several volunteers from Albuquerque and Santa Fe travel to one of New Mexico’s immigrant detention prisons.  They are from VIDA, Volunteers for Immigrants in Detention Albuquerque (abqvida.org). They go to provide comfort and solace for incarcerated asylum seekers who are mostly abandoned in a prison where conditions are miserable. They are […]