Judge Rebukes Trump For Firing Federal Worker

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said today that Democrats have the votes to block the House-passed GOP spending bill and called on Republicans to cut a deal to avert a shutdown Friday night.
Sparkle Sooknanan, a nominee to the District Court for the District of Columbia, is among the judicial nominees that the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on today during its markup.
The White House sees few, if any, limits on President Trump’s executive powers in his second term, but the federal court system is much less sure. Trump’s mass firings and ...