GOP challengers hit vulnerable Dems over Trump tax law votes
Republican candidates are taking aim at vulnerable Senate Democrats by reminding voters that their opponents did not support one of President Trump’s top agenda items: the 2017 tax-cut law.GOP...
View ArticleFlake rips Trump's attack on Sessions: He's trying to use DOJ to...
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) condemned President Trump's latest attack against Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday night, saying Trump was trying to use the Department of Justice to "settle political...
View Article5 topics likely to come up as Kavanaugh hearing begins
Brett Kavanaugh will kick off three days in the hot seat on Tuesday as hearings begin on the confirmation of the man who could potentially become President Trump’s most influential judicial nominee.The...
View ArticleKavanaugh calls Kennedy a 'mentor' and a 'friend' in...
President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, will stress the importance of judicial independence and teamwork during his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee at his...
View ArticleMcCaskill launches campaign targeting Hawley on health care
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is stepping up her focus on health care with a series of videos intended to rebuke her Republican opponent, Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, for a lawsuit targeting...
View ArticleAmericans split on Kavanaugh nomination as hearing begins: poll
Americans are split over Brett Kavanaugh's potential confirmation to the Supreme Court, with just four in ten voters supporting his nomination in a new poll.A Gallup poll released Tuesday found that 40...
View ArticleLive coverage: Trump's court pick presents his case at contentious hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday will begin a days-long hearing for President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.The committee’s hearing will mark the first high-profile,...
View ArticleProtesters dress as 'handmaids' for Kavanaugh hearings
Women dressed as handmaids stood lining the halls on Tuesday outside the hearing room where senators will spend the next few days grilling Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.The protesters in the...
View ArticleDems interrupt Kavanaugh hearing, asking that it be adjourned
Democrats repeatedly interrupted the first day of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings on Tuesday, arguing the confirmation process should be delayed so they could review tens of...
View ArticleCornyn: Kavanaugh hearing dissolving into 'mob rule'
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), the No. 2 Senate Republican, took a shot at Democrats on the Judiciary Committee during the opening statements in the confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh saying that...
View ArticleGOP’s Hatch snaps at protesters for ‘insolence’ in Kavanaugh hearing
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) snapped at protesters who interrupted the first day of hearings for Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination on Tuesday, arguing the committee should not have to speak over...
View ArticleMore Americans say Kavanaugh should be rejected than confirmed: poll
Slightly more Americans say President Trump's latest nominee to the Supreme Court should be rejected by the Senate than that he should be confirmed, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll...
View ArticleFormer Sen. Jon Kyl to replace McCain in Senate
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday picked fellow Republican and former Sen. Jon Kyl to succeed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the Senate ahead of 2020, when a special election will be held for a...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood targets Kavanaugh in new ads launched on first day of...
Planned Parenthood is targeting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in a six-figure ad buy released on the day of his Senate confirmation hearing. The TV ads will air in Washington, D.C., and Alaska,...
View ArticleDems push for McCain friend to run for Senate: report
National Democrats have begun lobbying Grant Woods, a former Arizona attorney general and former chief of staff to John McCain, to run for McCain’s seat as a Democrat, according to The New York...
View ArticleNRA releases ad targeting Manchin
The National Rifle Association (NRA) released an ad Tuesday targeting Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) for his stance on gun control and urging votes to support his opponent in November's midterm elections....
View ArticleGraham mocks Democrats over abortion: 'What a bastard Donald Trump is'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) appeared to mock Democrats over abortion on Tuesday, joking that President Trump was a "bastard" to discuss the issue during the 2016 election. Graham was discussing the...
View ArticleConservatives rattled by floated names for WH counsel position
The imminent departure of White House counsel Don McGahn has raised questions about what direction President Trump will go with his choice of a successor and has stirred some agitation among...
View ArticleProgressive groups hit Schumer on efforts to block Kavanaugh nomination
A coalition of progressive outside groups is stepping up criticism of Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer's handling of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.Thirteen progressive groups sent a...
View ArticleLive coverage: Trump court pick on the hot seat in day two of hearing
President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, returns to the hot seat Wednesday for a marathon day of questioning from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.Committee Chairman Chuck...
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