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A mix of Democratic enthusiasm this cycle, along with a litany of well-funded candidates, has created a hotbed of competitive state House races around Texas' third largest city. While some of these districts have drawn contentious matchups before, the fact that most handily went to Hillary Clinton in 2016 has only heightened the stakes.
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If fleeting youthful indiscretions could not be erased by years of reasonable, mature behavior, few of us would ever have amounted to anything. Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate are in a panic to stop the appointment of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, and in a last-ditch effort they have pinned their hope to an allegation that he behaved inappropriately with a girl when he was in high school.
President Donald Trump, in a series of tweets Friday, deviated from his previously measured comments about the woman who has accused his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, claiming that if the attack she alleges "was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities". In a series of tweets, Trump threw into question the validity of Professor Christine Blasey Ford's accusations in the most direct way since the allegations against Kavanaugh came to light and said his Supreme Court nominee is "under assault by radical left wing politicians."
US Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has agreed to testify in the Senate, her lawyers said Saturday, setting up a dramatic showdown next week.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to a opening statement from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Brett Kavanaugh, seen appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this month, has been accused by a Bay Area woman of sexually assaulting her more than 30 years ago.
This Feb. 4, 2017, photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live," in New York. With the return of John Oliver to HBO and Alec Baldwin's guest hosting slot on "Saturday Night Live," this is shaping up like a big weekend for late-night's treatment of the new president.() On an episode of the podcast "Origins With James Andrew Miller," released Friday, Baldwin told Miller of the Trump appearances this season, "I think I'm going to do some of it, but not a whole lot."
The Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week, possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters. The regulation of seat width and legroom is part of a five-year extension of federal aviation programs agreed to early Saturday by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate committees that oversee the nation's air travel.
Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a past sexual assault, told Senate Judiciary Committee staff on Saturday that Ford "accepts" the request to speak to the panel next week about the alleged incident. "Dr. Ford accepts the Committee's request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week," Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, attorneys representing Ford, wrote in a message to the committee.
Christine Blasey Ford agreed to testify about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh shortly before a 2:30 p.m. Saturday deadline. Attorneys for Ford, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexual assaulting her at a party in Maryland 36 years ago, wrote in an email Saturday afternoon she "accepts the committee's request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week."
President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning about the Justice Department and the FBI, promising further firings to get rid of a "lingering stench" following reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording the president . Trump, speaking at a rally in Missouri Friday, did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein furor, which was first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by The Associated Press.
President Donald Trump has issued an ominous warning about the Justice Department and the FBI, promising more firings to rid a "lingering stench" after reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording Trump. Trump, at a political rally Friday night in Missouri, did not explicitly mention the Rosenstein furor, first reported by The New York Times and confirmed by The Associated Press.
Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, take part in their first debate for the Texas U.S. Senate in Dallas, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018.
Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley dances before President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Springfield, Mo.
Two Democratic congressmen have sent a letter to the White House requesting documents relating to efforts by senior White House officials -- including senior adviser Jared Kushner -- to secure a high-level position for a Chicago banker who lent $16 million to Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts, the ranking member of the National Security Subcommittee, are asking for information related to Stephen Calk, the chief executive officer of the Federal Savings Bank.
President Donald Trump urged Republicans to vote in the November midterm elections, saying the "Democrat Party" stands for crime and high taxes. "They are not just extreme, they are frankly dangerous, and they are crazy," Trump told a crowd of about 12,000 on Friday night at JQH Arena at Missouri State University.
Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke has parlayed positive press into a $10 million fundraising advantage over Sen. Ted Cruz; Peter Doocy reports from Houston, Texas. U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Texas Democrat vying to replace U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, contradicted police reports Friday by denying he tried to flee the scene of a 1998 drunken car crash.
SEPTEMBER 21: Rep. Beto O'Rourke makes a point as Sen. Ted Cruz waits his turn during a debate at McFarlin Auditorium at SMU on September 21, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. AUSTIN, TEXAS - Locals jammed into a packed bar in East Austin wasted no time in their reactions during the first senate debate between Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke on Friday night.
Update: After this story was published, Nelson's campaign said it would donate all the money it had received from Franken's PAC during the past two cycles. Sen. Bill Nelson's re-election campaign said it will donate the remaining half of the money it received from former Sen. Al Franken's political action committee, a review of federal elections records reveals.