McConnell to meet with Trump's Supreme Court pick Tuesday
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is set to meet with Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's new Supreme Court nominee, on Tuesday as he begins to build support on Capitol Hill. Kavanaugh will...
View ArticleDemocrats break with left on ICE
Senate Democratic candidates are breaking with progressives who are calling for the abolishment of ICE.The push to nix Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has gained steam among the party’s...
View ArticleSchumer: I will oppose Kavanaugh ‘with everything I’ve got’
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) promised Tuesday morning to oppose President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, “with everything I’ve got.”Schumer said on CBS’s “This...
View ArticleSchumer: Trump picked Kavanaugh because he's worried about Mueller probe
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court because he's "worried" about special counsel Robert Mueller's probe...
View ArticleDem senators: Kavanaugh must recuse himself from Mueller-related cases
Democratic senators said on Tuesday that the Senate should oppose Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh if he doesn't agree to recuse himself from legal cases tied to special counsel Robert Mueller's...
View ArticleDemocrats build abortion case against Kavanaugh
Senate Democrats are pointing to two key decisions that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was involved in to argue he would likely vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that established a...
View ArticleDems press Trump consumer bureau pick over Puerto Rico response
A group of Senate Democrats is pressing President Trump's pick to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for "a full accounting" of her role in the administration's response to Hurricane...
View ArticleHatch hits Dems for sharing wrong image in tweet blasting Kavanaugh
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) hit the Democratic Party on Tuesday for slamming President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with a photo of what appeared to be Judge Thomas Hardiman.Hardiman,...
View ArticleSenate votes to support NATO ahead of Trump summit
Lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted in favor of a motion supporting NATO, as President Trump continues to criticize the alliance ahead of his summit in Europe.The nonbinding motion, which came as...
View ArticleSchumer 'afraid' of what Trump will agree to in Putin meeting
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday expressed concerns about President Trump meeting one-on-one with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he is "afraid" of what deal Trump...
View ArticleDems grasp for way to stop Trump's Supreme Court pick
Democrats went on the attack Tuesday against President Trump’s new pick for the Supreme Court, but acknowledged they are unlikely to win the war. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has...
View ArticleDemocrats use Mueller probe to attack Kavanaugh
Democrats are seizing on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation as they plot a strategy to block Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.Senate Democrats argue that President...
View ArticleDems rip Trump DOJ nominee who represented Russian bank
Senate Democrats are pushing back against President Trump’s nominee for assistant attorney general, citing concerns over his past work for a Russian bank.A number of Democrats issued statements on...
View ArticleSchumer, Pelosi: Trump's Germany comments an 'embarrassment'
Congressional Democratic leadership blasted President Trump on Wednesday after he called Germany a "captive" of Russia, saying his comment at a NATO meeting "is an embarrassment." “President Trump’s...
View ArticleSenior Republican calls out Trump on criticism of Germany
Sen. Orrin Hatch (Utah), the most senior Republican in the Senate, called out President Trump on Wednesday for his harsh criticisms of NATO ally Germany.Hatch called Trump’s comments out of line and...
View ArticleSenate confirms Trump DOJ nominee with ties to Russian bank
The Senate confirmed President Trump's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Criminal Division despite concerns about his ties to a bank that has come under scrutiny by the FBI.Senators voted 51-48...
View ArticleWarren on Trump's NATO jabs: He seems 'all too happy' to help...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday said that, despite his repeated attacks on allies at the NATO summit in Belgium, President Trump “seems all too happy” to help Russian President Vladimir...
View ArticleFlake drops opposition to Trump's judges after tariff vote
GOP Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) is dropping his automatic opposition to President Trump's circuit court nominees after the Senate took a symbolic shot at the president's tariff authority. Flake, a frequent...
View ArticleUS Navy dedicates ship to McCain
The U.S. Navy dedicated one of its guided missile destroyers to Sen. John McCain on Thursday. The ship is one of the of two destroyers that were involved in fatal accidents last year in the...
View ArticlePaul faces tough privacy decision on Kavanaugh
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is raising concerns about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s record on privacy issues and could face a tough decision about whether to support him.No Republicans have come...
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