Live coverage: Social media execs face grilling on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee are set to grill top executives from Twitter and Facebook on their efforts to combat foreign influence operations...
View ArticleSenate Intel saves seat for McCain at hearing
The Senate Intelligence Committee saved a seat for the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) at a hearing Wednesday morning focused on foreign influence operations on social media. Chairman Richard Burr...
View ArticleKavanaugh: Roe v. Wade has been 'reaffirmed many times'
Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday said that Roe v. Wade has been "reaffirmed many times.""Senator, I said that it's settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court entitled to respect,” Kavanaugh told...
View ArticleAlabama senator defends Sessions: Trump wouldn't be president without...
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Tuesday defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the South amid reporting in Bob Woodward's forthcoming book that Trump had demeaned both.“I guess the president, he...
View ArticleKavanaugh refuses to answer questions on Trump pardons
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sidestepped two questions from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Wednesday about potential pardons from President Trump amid the ongoing special counsel investigation...
View ArticleSenate swears in McCain successor Jon Kyl
Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) was sworn in Wednesday to succeed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who died of brain cancer late last month.Kyl, a former senator, was sworn in on the Senate floor. GOP Sen. Jeff...
View ArticleSanders introduces Stop BEZOS Act to charge companies for welfare programs
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is escalating his feud with Amazon and its founder, Jeff Bezos, introducing a new bill that would charge big companies for the federal welfare programs that support their...
View ArticleDemocrats force Senate to adjourn to protest Kavanaugh
Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) on Wednesday forced Republicans to adjourn the Senate for the day to protest what he called the unfair withholding of documents related to Supreme Court...
View ArticleRubio scolds media for paying attention to Alex Jones
Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday chastised reporters for paying attention to radio host, internet provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, with whom the Florida Republican had a tense exchange...
View ArticleLawmakers come down hard on Google for skipping Senate hearing
Lawmakers on Wednesday grilled top executives from Facebook and Twitter about their efforts to prevent foreign governments from influencing U.S. politics, but they saved their harshest criticism for...
View ArticleSchumer says 'very few' outstanding issues on opioids package
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday there are only two outstanding issues left to be negotiated on a bill that would tackle the opioid crisis in the U.S. Democrats and...
View ArticleMcConnell: No plan to try again on ObamaCare repeal soon
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) signaled to reporters on Wednesday that he doesn’t have any plans to move again this year to repeal ObamaCare, even though Republicans might now have a...
View ArticleLeft fed up with Schumer’s Supreme Court playbook
The left’s anger with Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is boiling over.Activists are fuming as Democrats remain publicly fractured on opposing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and...
View ArticleKavanaugh declines to answer question on whether he's talked about...
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh late Wednesday declined to say whether he had discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation with anyone from a law firm founded by President...
View ArticleKamala Harris asks Kavanaugh if ‘both sides’ were to blame in Charlottesville
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday didn’t directly answer a question about whether there was blame “on both sides” at last year’s deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.,...
View ArticleLive coverage: Trump court pick returns for final day of questioning
Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday will face the Senate Judiciary Committee for the final day of questioning in his confirmation hearing.Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said each of the 21 members...
View ArticleBooker says he will release committee confidential documents
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Thursday said he will release "committee confidential" documents that have not been cleared for public release, escalating a furious debate between Republicans and...
View ArticleKavanaugh questioned if Roe v. Wade was 'settled law' in leaked email
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh questioned in 2003 if Roe v. Wade was "settled" law during his time in the White House counsel's office, according to emails given to The New York Times....
View ArticleRepublicans: Dems threatening move to end Kavanaugh hearing early
The final day of questioning of President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee may be cut short Thursday. Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said Democrats had invoked a Senate rule to end...
View ArticleBooker releases 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Thursday released emails from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time as a White House counsel, escalating a heated fight over his documents.Booker released...
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