Booker releases new round of 'confidential' Kavanaugh documents
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Wednesday released a new set of "confidential" documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's White House tenure despite threats of an Ethics Committee...
View ArticleLeft risks backlash in Kavanaugh fight
Hardball tactics are threatening to backfire on the left in the final weeks of the high-stakes fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.GOP senators blasted Democrats and their liberal...
View ArticleKavanaugh: I would have shaken Parkland father's hand if I knew who he was
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told senators that he would have shaken the hand of a father whose daughter died in the Parkland, Fla., shooting if he had known who he was.Fred Guttenberg, whose...
View ArticleREAD: Kavanaugh responds to Judiciary Committee questions
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has completed written responses to questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee following last week's marathon confirmation hearing.The follow-up...
View ArticleKavanaugh on going into debt for baseball tickets: 'I'm a huge...
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is providing senators with new details on a question that has stumped lawmakers and captured the media's attention: Why did he go into debt to buy baseball...
View ArticleKavanaugh explains 'abortion-inducing drugs' remark amid backlash
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told senators that he was summarizing the plaintiffs' views in an ObamaCare case when he referred to birth control as "abortion-inducing drugs."Kavanaugh's use of...
View ArticleSenate committee vote on Kavanaugh delayed until next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee is delaying a vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until next week.Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said at the start of a committee business meeting on Thursday...
View ArticleRepublicans block Democratic bid to subpoena Kavanaugh documents
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday blocked multiple efforts by Democrats to subpoena documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's White House tenure.The Democratic...
View ArticleMore than 150 Dems launch caucus to expand Social Security benefits
More than 150 Democratic lawmakers on Thursday launched a group aimed at protecting and expanding social security benefits.The group of progressive Democrats, known as the Expand Social Security...
View ArticleCongress reaches deal to fund government through Dec. 7, preventing shutdown
The House and Senate on Thursday reached a deal to prevent a shutdown by passing a large package of spending bills this month along with a continuing resolution that would fun the rest of the...
View ArticleWarren calls out GOP congressman for 'white supremacist...
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) accused Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) on Thursday of using "white supremacist" rhetoric by retweeting a white nationalist podcast host.In a tweet Thursday, the...
View ArticleSenate Democrats sending secret letter about Kavanaugh to FBI
Senate Democrats have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI for investigation."I have received information from an individual concerning the nomination of Brett...
View ArticleCongress sends first spending package to Trump in push to avert shutdown
The House passed a $147 billion "minibus" spending package Thursday and sent it to President Trump for a signature, taking initial steps to avert another possible government shutdown. The legislation,...
View ArticleCruz intern arrested near Capitol for unregistered ammunition
An intern in Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) Washington, D.C., office was reportedly arrested on Capitol Hill this week for possessing unregistered ammunition.U.S. Capitol Police told CNN in a statement that...
View ArticleGraham to renew call for second special counsel
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Thursday that he would renew a call for an independent counsel to investigate Republican allegations of bias at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI.Graham claimed...
View ArticleBooker: I am not Spartacus
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Hill Thursday that he did not intend to compare himself to Spartacus during last week’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings — a moment that put him squarely in the...
View ArticleRubio defends Haley over curtains story: Example of media pushing bias
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R) on Friday took aim at news outlets including The New York Times on Friday over a story detailing a $52,000 expenditure by the State Department to upgrade curtains at U.S....
View ArticleKavanaugh denies sexual misconduct allegation
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday denied an allegation of sexual misconduct, a day after Senate Democrats said they had referred the incident to the FBI."I categorically and unequivocally...
View ArticleStudents march outside Collins Maine office to protest Kavanaugh confirmation
A group of student protesters on Friday marched outside Sen. Susan Collins' (R-Maine) Maine office, demanding that she vote against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Videos...
View ArticleCrowdfunding campaign raises $1.3M urging Collins to vote against Kavanaugh
A crowdfunding campaign urging Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court over concerns about abortion has raised $1.3 million, organizers...
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