Congress voted to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist’ comments Tuesday in wake of war of words between him and four minority women lawmakers.
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Gary Martin is the Washington correspondent for the Review-Journal covering Congress. He previously served as political and government editor for the San Antonio Express-News. He has worked at newspapers in Texas and Arizona. Martin received a journalism degree from Colorado State University.
Members of Congress from Nevada criticized President Donald Trump for a series of tweets targeting four Democratic congresswomen, urging them to leave the country.
Rep. Dina Titus has filed a bill to require the Transportation Security Administration to translate airport signs into other languages for international visitors.
One emoluments clause lawsuit against President Trump and the Trump International Hotel in Washington has been dismissed, but another is moving forward as Congress continues an investigation.
Two earthquakes in California are being used by supporters and opponents of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository to bolster arguments about the project.
Congress will return to work this week, taking up a defense bill, a possible ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia and preparations for the testimony later this month of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Nevada Rep. Dina Titus is co-sponsoring a bill to ban bump stocks, which were used in the Oct. 1, 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas — the nation’s worst.
Nevada Congresswoman Dina Titus is leading an investigation into whether President Donald Trump is in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.
Nevada U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, upset over the conditions for children at border detention facilities, has put a hold on nominees for the Department of Homeland Security until changes are made.
The bill calls for consent-based siting in new permanent and temporary sites, but not to those in Nevada, New Mexico and Texas currently under review.
A bill to grant $600 million in election security funds to states is expected to pass the Democratically controlled House on Thursday, but faces a roadblock in the Republican-controlled Senate.
House leaders are rushing to pass spending legislation, muscling through an emergency border bill and a package funding projects benefiting Nevada and its residents.
An investigation into a train derailment near Elko is promoting some Nevada officials to warn of the potential danger of transporting nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain.
The Senate confirmed the head of the Energy Department’s nuclear energy office, after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto lifted her hold on the nomination.
Lawmakers cited new gun control laws passed in Nevada this year to urge Senate Republicans to pass a universal background check bill already approved by the House.