The Latest: Schumer says Puzder should withdraw name
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer says secretary of labor nominee Andrew Puzder should withdraw his name from consideration.
The New York Democrat told reporters on Thursday that Puzder's record as CEO of fast food empire CKE Restaurants, Inc. disqualifies him from advocating for workers as the head of the Labor Department.
Senate Democrats on Thursday unveiled another former employee of Puzder's company who says she was mistreated.
President Donald Trump will host Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the White House on Monday.
After Trump signed the executive order pausing all entries to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority nations, Trudeau tweeted that Canada welcomed people fleeing persecution, terrorism and war.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee told him and another senator that he was "disheartened" by Trump's denigration of federal judges.
McCain is a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war who lost the 2008 presidential election to President Barack Obama.
McCain said Wednesday that any operation where a $75 million airplane is lost, a Navy SEAL is killed, and there are multiple casualties, including women and children, "cannot be labeled a success."
Kellyanne Conway said Thursday on "Fox and Friends" that Trump wants judges "to express their own independence," after his extended criticism of the judiciary prompted a rebuke from Judge Neil Gorsuch, his pick for the Supreme Court.
Conway echoed comments made earlier by Trump, casting doubt on the credibility of Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who first relayed remarks Gorsuch that Trump's criticism of the judiciary is "demoralizing and disheartening."
President Donald Trump suggests a Democratic senator misrepresented his Supreme Court nominee when the senator said the judge criticized Trump's recent disparagement of the judiciary.
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