Tim Scott: Stop giving court picks with 'questionable track records on...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said leadership should stop giving judicial nominees a vote before the full Senate if they have "questionable track records on race."Scott, in a Wall Street Journal letter to...
View ArticleDem senator slams Nauert's lack of 'qualifications' for UN...
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) sharply criticized President Trump's selection of State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to succeed Nikki Haley as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations on...
View ArticleSanders: Trump said midterms were about him, and he lost
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) blamed President Trump over the Republicans’ midterm losses in the House of Representatives, saying the results were a referendum on him. “Democrats won some 40 seats in the...
View ArticleHuckabee: Nauert may need 'armor suit' to get through Senate...
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) warned Friday that Heather Nauert will likely face a contentious confirmation battle in the Senate following her nomination to become America's next United...
View ArticleGraham vows to push Trump’s AG pick through Judiciary Committee
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), likely the next chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, praised President Trump’s nomination of William Barr to be attorney general and said he intends to help move...
View ArticleLindsey Graham endorses Nauert as next United Nations ambassador
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Friday praised Heather Nauert, President Trump's pick to succeed Nikki Haley as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and pledged to help her confirmation process...
View ArticleWarner blames White House for election security bill not passing Congress
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Friday said the White House prevented a bipartisan election security bill from passing Congress this year.Warner, who is vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee,...
View ArticleTrump tells McConnell to let Senate vote on criminal justice reform
President Trump on Friday urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to bring a bipartisan criminal justice reform package up for a vote as influential GOP senators pressure McConnell to take...
View ArticleSenators want assurances from attorney general pick on fate of Mueller probe
Top congressional Democrats, joined by some Republicans, on Friday signaled they will look for assurances from William Barr that he will let special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation continue if...
View ArticleTrump blasts Blumenthal after senator calls him an 'unindicted...
President Trump took aim at Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Saturday after the Senate Intelligence Committee member told MSNBC that a sentencing memo filed by federal prosecutors on Friday...
View ArticleUS-Saudi relationship enters uncharted territory
The divide between Congress and the White House’s perception of Saudi Arabia has widened into a chasm in recent weeks, raising difficult questions about the future of U.S.-Saudi relations.Saudi...
View ArticleGOP tensions running high on criminal justice bill
Republican tensions over a President Trump-backed criminal justice reform bill are spilling into public view as lawmakers run out of time to finish work on the legislation.Supporters of the legislation...
View ArticleRubio: It would be a 'terrible mistake' for Trump to pardon Manafort
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that it would be a "terrible mistake" for President Trump to pardon former campaign chairman Paul Manafort.“I think it would be a terrible mistake if he did that,"...
View ArticleDem senator: We've entered a 'new phase' in Mueller investigation
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia has moved into a "new phase" after new documents...
View ArticleMurphy on 2020 bid: 'We need a candidate who is 100 percent authentic'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday left open the possibility of running for president in 2020."I just got reelected and I don’t think that, frankly, I need to run for president to make a difference...
View ArticleFlake: Republican Party ‘is a frog slowly boiling in water’
Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said in a new interview that the Republican Party has been inured to the danger of President Trump's continued criticism of special counsel Robert Mueller. "It’s like...
View ArticleRubio: ‘I don’t know’ if Nauert has 'detailed knowledge' to succeed...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that he is not sure if President Trump's nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Heather Nauert, has the "detailed knowledge of foreign policy" needed...
View ArticleRubio: We don’t need direct evidence crown prince ‘ordered the code red’ on...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Sunday that the U.S. doesn't need direct evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi."We don't need...
View ArticleCongress digs in for prolonged Saudi battle
The brewing fight between President Trump and Congress on Saudi Arabia is poised to spill over into next year.The U.S.-Saudi relationship has emerged as a point of contention between both ends of...
View ArticleDem senator: 'I think it’s appropriate' for Comey to express views...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Monday that he doesn't have a problem with former FBI Director James Comey wading into politics and urging voters to elect someone other than President Trump in...
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