Carl Hulse

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

In the latest chapter in a battle over spending powers, lawmakers charged that the administration removed crucial information in violation of the law. The White House argues the data shouldn't be public. The top two Republicans and Democrats on the congressional appropriations committees are quietly protesting the White House's decision to take down a special website tracking federal spending, escalating a battle between Congress and President Trump over spending powers.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

The president named his first appeals court candidate this week, but fewer vacancies and other priorities have led to a lack of judicial nominations from the White House so far. After an aggressive drive to reshape the federal judiciary during his first stint in the White House, President Trump is moving more slowly so far this time, waiting more than three months into his second term to announce his first judicial nominee this week.

3 weeks ago | spokesman.com | Carl Hulse

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat for two decades and a leading liberal voice on Capitol Hill, will not seek reelection next year, closing out a 44-year congressional career focused on immigration, the federal justice system and anti-smoking initiatives. The decision to be announced Wednesday by Durbin, 80, was widely expected and will immediately touch off a crowded competition for a rare Senate vacancy in his solidly blue state.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Carl Hulse

Senator Richard J. Durbin's departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top leadership slot. He said it was time to "face reality" and make way for someone new. Senator Richard J. Durbin was considered a forceful advocate of Democratic Party positions during his decades in the Senate. Credit... Eric Lee/The New York Times Senator Richard J. Durbin's departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top leadership slot.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Carl Hulse

Habeas corpus: A thousand-year-old legal principle for defending rights that’s getting a workout under the Trump administrationIn some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance …