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An Ohio Supreme Court justice who is running for governor has volunteered candid details of his sexual past on Facebook, saying he was "speaking for all heterosexual males" in taking a swipe at the "media frenzy" over sexual misconduct. In it, he wrote that he has been "sexually intimate with approximately 50 very attractive females," including "a gorgeous blonde" with whom he "made passionate love" in a hay loft and a "drop dead gorgeous red head" from Cleveland.
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed the FEMA Accountability, Modernization and Transparency Act , to ensure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's current efforts to modernize its grant management system includes applicant accessibility and transparency; the Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act , to provide ... (more)
Add Russia Investigation as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Russia Investigation news, video, and analysis from ABC News. A lawyer for White House adviser Jared Kushner pushed back Friday after a Senate committee said he had not been fully forthcoming in its probe into Russian election interference.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said President Bill Clinton resigning during the Monica Lewinsky affair would have been the "appropriate response." Gillibrand, who succeeded Hillary Clinton as New York's junior senator in 2009, told the New York Times on Thursday that under the circumstances, Clinton should have left office after his inappropriate relationship with the intern was uncovered in 1998.
In this still image taken from video provided by KABC-TV, Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden discusses her allegations of sexual harassment by Al Franken during a 2006 overseas USO tour, before he became a U.S. senator from Minnesota, at ABC7 studios in Glendale, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. Franken faces a storm of criticism and a likely ethics investigation.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there's a 'very clear distinction' between President Trump and Minnesota Sen. Al Franken. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions during a White House briefing Friday.
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The Senate Ethics Committee has not conducted a major investigation in nearly six years. Next year, the panel could decide the fate of up to three lawmakers, including two facing allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior.
In this Jan. 20, 2015, file photo, State Democratic Sen. Michael Padilla stands at the New Mexico state capitol in Santa Fe, N.M. New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham says Padilla should leave his race for lieutenant governor over claims he harassed women as a city of Albuquerque supervisor.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand made some waves yesterday saying that Bill Clinton should have resigned, and she is standing by those comments. Asked directly if she believed Mr. Clinton should have stepped down at the time, Ms.
A couple of days ago I saw a tweet about a provision of the Republican tax bill that gave owners of private airplanes a tax break. That seemed well worth a snarky blog post, but then I foolishly checked up on what the provision actually did.
President Donald Trump could have an easier time appointing conservative judges to California's federal courts under a policy shift in the U.S. Senate this week. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Thursday that he wouldn't necessarily follow the Senate's informal "blue slip" policy, which allows senators to veto judicial nominees in their home states.
The ultra-wealthy, especially those with dynastic businesses - like President Donald Trump and his family - do very well under a major Republican tax bill moving in the Senate, as they do under legislation passed this week by the House. Want to toast the anticipated tax win with champagne or a beer - or maybe you're feeling Shakespearean and prefer to quaff mead from a pewter mug? That would cheer producers of beer, wine, liquor - and mead, the ancient beverage fermented from honey.
The federal Office of Compliance has paid more than $17 million over the last 20 years to resolve claims of sexual harassment, pay disputes and other workplace violations filed by congressional employees. The independent office says it doesn't break the figures down because the cases may involve violations of multiple statutes.
This state's story, which lately has been depressing, soon will acquire a riveting new chapter. In 2018 Illinois will have the nation's most important, expensive and strange election.
A new report on recalls of potentially deadly Takata air bag inflators shows that automakers have replaced only 43 percent of the faulty parts even though recalls have been under way for more than 15 years. The report, issued Friday by an independent monitor who is keeping tabs on the recalls, also shows that auto companies are only about halfway toward a Dec. 31 goal of 100 percent replacement of older and more dangerous inflators.
The White House asked Congress on Friday for $44 billion in additional relief from this year's devastating hurricanes but urged lawmakers to make spending cuts to offset disaster costs that are now approaching $100 billion. The White House request for more disaster relief after the hurricanes, Harvey, Irma and Maria, set up a possible confrontation over whether Congress must find spending cuts to pay for relief even as President Donald Trump pushes for as much as $1.5 trillion in tax cuts over a decade.
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The Florida Democrat Party chairman resigned after anonymous allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior, a decision he made Friday after four candidates for governor said he should step down over the report. "When my personal situation becomes distracting to our core mission of electing Democrats and making Florida better, it is time for me to step aside," Bittel said.