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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — Washington D.C. is calming down some after an explosive few weeks during the confirmation process for now Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh. “It’s just disgusting to watch this, that the other side was so uncivil and so angry, and so vitriolic,” Senator Jim Risch told KID NewsRadio. “They brought crowds, angry people […]
Ryan Nelson of Idaho Falls was confirmed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by the U.S. Senate on Thursday, on a 51-44 vote. Nelson, who has been general counsel for Melaleuca since 2009, won support from just one Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama. All the other votes in his favor […]
WASHINGTON — The United States Senate voted Thursday to confirm Idaho Falls attorney Ryan Nelson as a judge on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. “I am grateful for the Senate’s advice and consent today in confirming me as a 9th Circuit Judge and am excited to get to work,” Nelson told EastIdahoNews.com. “I am […]
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday, triggering an investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist and columnist for The Washington Post who has not been seen since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. The Turkish government has claimed that Khashoggi was killed […]
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is in line to possibly chair the panel next year if Republicans hold their Senate majority, issued this statement today on the resignation of Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations: “Ambassador Haley brought significant expertise and class to the […]
Like a soldier undaunted, the quest for a local veterans home marches on. Only now instead of the home looking like a mirage on some distant horizon, it’s conceivable that ground could be broken in less than two years. That’s the most recent assessment from two-time Purple Heart recipient Len Crosby of Post Falls. Crosby […]
President Donald Trump has announced his intent to nominate Dr. Rita Baranwal as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the Department of Energy. Baranwal currently serves as Director of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear (GAIN) at the Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho Senator James Risch called the White House decision an excellent choice. “As […]
Republicans in the Trump era are building a reputation as reckless spenders, and now they’re even willing to bust the ledger on a policy traditionally outside the GOP wheelhouse: environmental conservation. Lawmakers on both sides of the Capitol are moving full steam ahead on legislation to funnel energy revenues to the National Park Service to […]
The head of the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Department of Energy’s assistant secretary for nuclear energy. President Donald Trump announced Rita Baranwal’s nomination Wednesday. Baranwal heads GAIN, which DOE created in 2015 to support nuclear startups and help universities, industries and other private groups get […]
The Senate passed the final version of a sweeping opioids package Wednesday afternoon and will send it to the White House just in time for lawmakers to campaign on the issue before the November midterm elections. The vote was 98 to 1, with only Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, opposing it. In a press release emailed […]