Kavanaugh eases off call for presidential immunity in meetings with senators
Senate Democrats on Thursday pressed Judge Brett Kavanaugh on how he would view potential obstruction of justice or other possible criminal charges against President Trump if he were confirmed to the...
View ArticleCorker: Sessions ‘owns’ Trump until he’s fired
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) on Thursday evening became the latest senator to predict that President Trump will fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions after November’s midterm elections.Corker told Politico...
View ArticleMcCain ending brain cancer treatment
GOP Sen. John McCain's family announced on Friday that the Arizona senator has decided to discontinue medical treatment, more than a year after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain...
View ArticleLawmakers offer support for McCain after he discontinues cancer treatment
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are rushing to offer their support after GOP Sen. John McCain's (Ariz.) family announced he has decided to end medical treatment more than a year after being...
View ArticleSenate Democrats: Postpone Kavanaugh hearing
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are stepping up their demand for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's hearing to be postponed, "given the possibility of criminal wrongdoing" by President...
View ArticleSenate Dems request materials related to Trump-Putin Helsinki meeting
Two top Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Friday sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting information about President Trump’s July summit in Helsinki, Finland,...
View ArticlePalin responds to McCain news: 'May my friend sense appreciation for his...
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Friday expressed support for her one-time running mate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after his family announced that he has chosen to discontinue medical treatment of...
View ArticleHawaii Dem senator praises federal response to Hurricane Lane as 'more...
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) praised the Trump administration's response to numerous potential hazards posed by oncoming Hurricane Lane on Friday, calling the federal government's response "sharp and...
View Article308 state legislators urge Senate to confirm Kavanaugh
Hundreds of state legislators from across the country are urging the Senate to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court. The 308 state lawmakers, in partnership with the...
View ArticleTrump doesn't plan to say anything about McCain while he's still...
President Trump reportedly has no plans to make any statements about Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) while the senator is still alive.Unnamed White House officials told The Washington Post that the...
View ArticleCohen draws fresh scrutiny from key Senate panel
Michael Cohen has attracted fresh scrutiny from lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee, with some saying they want him to come back to testify a second time in the panel’s Russia...
View ArticleJohn McCain, war hero and giant of the Senate, dies at 81
John McCain, a giant of the Senate who survived years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam to become a leading actor on the political stage for decades, died Saturday at the age of 81.In a statement,...
View ArticleTrump pays tribute to McCain
President Trump paid tribute to GOP Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Saturday, shortly after McCain's office announced the senator's death."My deepest sympathies and respect go out to the family of Senator...
View ArticleGraham mourns McCain: ‘I’ve lost one of my dearest friends and mentor’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) expressed grief on Saturday over the announcement of GOP Sen. John McCain’s death.“America and Freedom have lost one of her greatest champions.….And I’ve lost one of my...
View ArticleMeghan McCain after her father's death: 'We know that his flame...
“The View” co-host Meghan McCain honored her father, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) after he died Saturday afternoon at the age of 81.“I was with my father at his end, as he was with me at my beginning,”...
View ArticleSchumer introducing resolution to name Senate office building after McCain
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) mourned the death of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Saturday, saying in a statement that he plans to introduce a resolution to rename a Senate office building after the war...
View ArticleBiden on McCain's death: 'He never lost sight of what he believed...
Former Vice President Biden honored Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) following the announcement of McCain's death on Saturday.McCain died after battling the same kind of brain cancer Biden's son, Beau Biden,...
View ArticleGeorge W. Bush honors McCain as a 'man of deep conviction and a patriot...
Former President George W. Bush mourned the death of GOP senator and war hero John McCain (Ariz.) on Saturday night.“Some lives are so vivid, it is difficult to imagine them ended. It is hard to think...
View ArticlePalin on McCain's death: 'Today we lost an American original'
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Saturday mourned her one-time runningmate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died at the age of 81 after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer.“Today we lost an...
View ArticleTrump lowers White House flags to half-staff after McCain's death
President Trump lowered the White House flags to half-staff on Saturday, following the news of Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) death.McCain, a giant of the Senate, died Saturday afternoon at age 81...
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