GOP lawmaker calls on FBI to provide more info on former Feinstein staffer
A GOP lawmaker is calling for the FBI to provide more details on a former staffer removed from Sen. Dianne Feinstein's (D-Calif.) home-state office after authorities discovered he was allegedly being...
View ArticleProgressives fume as Dems meet with Brett Kavanaugh
Progressives say Senate Democrats aren’t doing enough to oppose Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s second pick for the Supreme Court. Activists aligned with the party’s fervent base say they are...
View ArticleSanders wins Democratic Senate nomination in Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) shut out Folasade Adeluola in Vermont's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday as he seeks a third term in office.With 10 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press...
View ArticleGOP’s midterm strategy takes shape
Senate Republican leaders are focused on passing legislation that appeals to independent and swing voters in the final weeks before the midterm elections — instead of throwing red meat to the base of...
View ArticleHatch 'not comfortable' with Trump calling Omarosa a 'dog'
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said Wednesday he's "not comfortable" with President Trump labeling former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog.""I don’t think words like that should be used,...
View ArticleSenate Dems demand immediate reunification of remaining separated children
A group of Senate Democrats is demanding that the Trump administration immediately work to reunify the more than 500 immigrant children in federal custody who were separated from their parents after...
View ArticleWarren introduces Accountable Capitalism Act
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act on Wednesday, saying that it will ease income inequality and help hold large companies accountable to their employees.The act...
View ArticlePearl Jam criticized for poster featuring dead Trump, burning White House
Rock group Pearl Jam and Montana Sen. Jon Tester (D) found themselves the targets of Republican criticism on Wednesday after the band tweeted a design for a poster featuring the senator jumping a...
View ArticleWarner: Revoking Brennan's clearance 'a dangerous precedent'
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, on Wednesday slammed President Trump for setting “a dangerous precedent” by revoking the security clearance of former...
View ArticleTop Senate Intel Dem: Trump compiling a 'Nixonian enemies list'
Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, has accused President Trump of compiling a “Nixonian enemies list” by revoking former CIA Director John Brennan's security...
View ArticleRand Paul takes victory lap after Brennan's security clearance revoked
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday praised President Trump’s decision to revoke former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance, an action Paul had lobbied Trump to take.“I filibustered...
View ArticleKavanaugh has 'productive' meeting with key swing votes
Brett Kavanaugh met on Wednesday with Democratic Sens. Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), two senators at the center of the multi-million dollar Supreme Court fight.The two senators gave no...
View ArticleNational Archives distances itself from Bush team on Kavanaugh documents
The National Archives is distancing itself from President George W. Bush's legal team as both groups work to hand over hundreds of thousands of documents tied to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh....
View ArticleGOP senator reviving effort to rein in Trump on tariffs
GOP Sen. Bob Corker (Tenn.) is reviving his effort to rein in President Trump on trade, setting up another fight between congressional Republicans and the White House. Corker told reporters on...
View ArticleTim Scott says former intern shot in Chicago is recovering
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) this week visited his former intern, DaQuawn Bruce, who was shot two weeks ago in Chicago.Bruce, who was hit by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting on August 10, is currently...
View ArticleGillibrand urges opposition to Kavanaugh: Fight for abortion rights 'is...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that the fight to keep abortion legal in the U.S. "is now or never."Gillibrand, who headlined Rise Up For Roe's Washington, D.C., tour stop, urged a room...
View ArticleCotton: Reducing mandatory minimum sentencing isn’t reform, it’s jailbreak
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that cutting mandatory minimum sentences for serious crimes or giving judges more discretion to reduce those sentences was...
View ArticleSenate takes shot at Trump, passes resolution affirming 'press is not...
The Senate took a rhetorical shot on Thursday at President Trump's attacks on the media, passing a resolution affirming that the press is "not the enemy of the people."The nonbinding resolution, which...
View ArticleCNN poll: Kavanaugh has lowest public support of Supreme Court nominee since...
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has the lowest public support of any Supreme Court nominee in more than 30 years, according to a new poll.Just 37 percent of respondents in a CNN poll published...
View ArticleDems threaten to sue for Kavanaugh records
Senate Democrats warned on Thursday that they will sue the National Archives for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s records if their Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request fails. Senate...
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