Day: December 12, 2019

Congress urges Supreme Court not to delay House committees’ access to President Trump’s financial records (updated)

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Lawyers for Congress urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday not to delay House committees’ access to President Trump’s financial records, saying the information could be crucial to investigating foreign involvement in American politics and legislative protections for next year’s elections. House asks Supreme Court not to delay access to Trump’s financial records, citing threat to … Read more

Federal court blocks theft of military funds to build Trump’s border wall

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Donald Trump’s long losing streak in the courts over his “big beautiful wall” on the Mexico border continues. The New York Times reports, Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Border Wall Funding: A federal court in Texas issued a nationwide injunction late on Tuesday preventing the Trump administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds … Read more

Court allows lawsuit to proceed for records of Trump’s private meetings with his pal Putin

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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to toss out a lawsuit over missing notes documenting President Donald Trump’s face-to-face meetings with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Judge rejects government’s motion to toss suit over missing Trump-Putin meeting notes: American Oversight and Democracy Forward, a pair of left-leaning nonpartisan watchdog groups, sued … Read more

The State needs to Fully Fund Public School Safety Needs

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On December 13, the State Board of Education will consider the Department of Education recommendations for close to 400 school safety grant applications for either new counselors, school resource officers, or social workers. According to reporting from AZ Central, the schools that received grant funding recommendations will be able to provide for “148 counselors, 118 … Read more