Dem senator: McConnell turning Senate into 'very expensive lunch club'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) knocked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday, saying the GOP leader has turned the chamber into "a very expensive lunch club" amid a slow legislative agenda....
View ArticleWarren calls for DHS watchdog to probe surveillance of family separation...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) Tuesday requesting an investigation into a report that the agency monitored protests...
View ArticleDem senator: Republicans 'quietly planning to do nothing' about Barr
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) mocked his Republican colleagues on Tuesday amid reports that special counsel Robert Mueller was unhappy with Attorney General William Barr’s interpretation of his...
View ArticleSchumer: Barr must bring Mueller letter to Senate hearing
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is demanding that Attorney General William Barr bring a letter from special counsel Robert Mueller raising concerns about his four-page March memo to a...
View ArticleVan Hollen calls for Barr to resign
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday evening called on Attorney General William Barr to resign over reports that special counsel Robert Mueller expressed frustration to Barr over his description of...
View ArticleREAD: Barr's prepared remarks in testimony before Senate Judiciary panel
Attorney General William Barr will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, the first of two back-to-back hearings he will take part in on Capitol Hill this week.Democrats are...
View ArticleSenate Dems put brakes on Trump impeachment talk
Senate Democrats are putting the brakes on impeachment chatter in the House, cautioning that lawmakers need to do more work before even thinking about moving forward on the issue.A number of steps...
View ArticleMueller fails to break stalemate on election meddling crackdown
Efforts to combat election meddling in the aftermath of the Mueller report are running into steep political headwinds on Capitol Hill.Special counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling 448-page report detailed...
View ArticleLeahy complains Trump attorney general's testimony was...
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) complained that past testimony from Attorney General William Barr related to special counsel Robert Mueller's report was "misleading" during a pointed moment at Wednesday's...
View ArticleMSNBC fact-checks Graham live during Barr hearing
MSNBC hosts Brian Williams and Nicole Wallace fact-checked Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) live during his comments at the panel's Wednesday hearing with Attorney General...
View ArticleLindsey Graham reads Strzok text calling Trump 'a f---ing idiot'...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) read a series of anti-Trump texts from former FBI special agent Peter Strzok and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBarr on McGahn testimony: 'We haven't waived his privilege'
Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday said it wasn’t clear that former White House counsel Don McGahn would testify to Congress, saying, “We haven’t waived his privilege.”Barr’s use of the word...
View ArticleBarr defends use of the word 'spying'
Attorney General William Barr defended his use of the term “spying” from his testimony before Congress last month, saying he doesn’t believe the word has a negative implication.“I don’t think spying...
View ArticleWarren calls for Barr to resign
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Wednesday that Attorney General William Barr should resign over his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. “AG Barr is a disgrace, and his alarming...
View ArticleGOP senator interested in why Mueller was 'unhappy'
GOP Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said Wednesday he has "no problem" with special counsel Robert Mueller testifying about his probe into Russia's election interference, saying he wants to know why the...
View ArticleHirono rebukes Barr during hearing: 'You should resign'
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on Wednesday excoriated Attorney General William Barr during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing the country's top law enforcement official of...
View ArticleBarr hesitates when asked if campaigns need to report foreign governments...
Attorney General William Barr did not immediately answer Wednesday when asked a pointed question on whether campaigns should report directly to the FBI when foreign governments offer “dirt” on...
View ArticleBarr says he asked Mueller: 'Bob, what's with the letter?'
Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday recalled a conversation he had with special counsel Robert Mueller after the special counsel voiced concerns to him in a letter.Barr told members of the...
View ArticleGraham won't call for Mueller to testify: 'It's over'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reiterated on Wednesday that he will not ask special counsel Robert Mueller to testify about the Russia probe.“I'm not going to do any more. Enough already. It's over,”...
View ArticleGraham says he won't ask McGahn to testify
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Wednesday that he will not ask former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before the Senate panel.“I’m not retrying the case. I’m...
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