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President Trump called his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh a "fantastic man" from "central casting," and exhorted supporters at a Springfield, Missouri, rally "to fight for him, not worry about the other side." He added, "Women are for him more than anyone would understand."
Six siblings of Republican Rep. Paul Gosar delivered a stark message in a new television advertisement: Vote for their brother's opponent. The Democrat challenging Gosar in Arizona's 4th District unveiled a new ad Friday that features Grace, David, Jennifer, Tim, Joan, and Gaston lambasting Gosar over Social Security, health care, water policy and more.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., with Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, left, joined by former students from Holton Arms School, speaks to reporters in support of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court... . Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks through a tunnel towards the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and his Democratic challenger, Rep. Beto O'Rourke, were asked Friday night -- in what moderators intended to be a polite end to their first debate -- to say something nice about each other. O'Rourke began by praising Cruz's work ethic and his family's sacrifice.
Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Beto O'Rourke repeatedly traded barbs during a testy first debate Friday night, underscoring how a Texas Senate race that long looked like a cakewalk for the conservative incumbent now appears to be anything but one. Cruz went on the attack moments after stepping on the stage, charging that his opponent suggested that police officers embodied "modern-day Jim Crow" laws in response to a question about a Dallas policewoman who shot and killed her unarmed, black neighbor after saying she mistakenly entered his apartment, thinking it was her own.
The Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center today examined issues central to the former Louisiana governor's tenure during its inaugural colloquium. Former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu moderated the program.
And whether Christine Blasey Ford will tell her story to the Senate Judiciary Committee is still up in the air. As senators march closer to a scheduled vote Monday on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Ford and her attorneys are still negotiating whether she will appear before the panel to testify about the alleged sexual assault by Kavanaugh.
The president is in Missouri to campaign for state attorney general Josh Hawley, who is challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. Trump has been campaigning aggressively to help the Senate expand its narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate.
The highly anticipated debate features Cruz, who prides himself on what he believes are strong debating skills , against a challenger who is polling even with in a state that has not elected a Democrat to statewide office in a generation.
Protesters opposed to President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, demonstrate in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke will have their first meeting on the debate stage Friday evening in Dallas. The debate begins at 6 p.m. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and is the first of three hour-long debates between the two Texas candidates.
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.
Sen. Ted Cruz faced off against Rep. Beto O'Rourke , the El Paso Democrat running a spirited campaign against him, in their first of three debates on Friday. The moment arrived as recent polls have shown a too-close-for-comfort contest and Republicans in Washington D.C. have been concerned that O'Rourke's massive fundraising prowess and personal appeal could lead to an upset.
U.S. officials recommended approval on Friday of a plan to block new mining claims for 20 years on the forested public lands that make up Yellowstone National Park's mountainous northern boundary. Regional Forester Leanne Marten submitted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management endorsing the plan to withdraw 30,000 acres in Montana's Paradise Valley and the Gardiner Basin from new claims for gold, silver, platinum and other minerals, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Marna Daley said.
Google says YouTube isn't for children under 13, which is why it created a separate app for them, YouTube Kids. Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican, sent a letter this week to Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai asking for more details about how the service collects data.
Putting Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court will not end the investigation into Christine Braley Ford's accusations, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said on Thursday. Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said when Democrats retake the House and Senate, he's "confident" they will investigate not only Ford's claims -- but "why the FBI stood down its background investigation" when Ford dropped her bombshell.
Donald Trump delays FBI document release after objections from Justice Department, U.S. allies President Donald Trump said Justice Department and foreign allies raised concerns about release of FBI documents Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2zmwihM WASHINGTON - Reversing course, President Donald Trump delayed the release of classified FBI documents on Friday after the Justice Department and foreign allies objected amid concerns that their publication may damage the investigation of Russian election interference. The Department of Justice Inspector General "has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis," Trump tweeted.
The political maneuvering required to get Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court is probably the most important and consequential since the Florida recount in 2000, so deftly navigated by the old Republican hand Baker on behalf of George W. Bush. I tip my hat to the Democrats for how they have played a lousy hand.
Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
A girl from Honduras has been reunited with her family in New Hampshire after she was separated from them by the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal border crossings. Twelve-year-old Nathalia Guzman travelled from Yoro, Honduras with her aunt Francia Guzman, her uncle, Henrry Cruz-Amaya, and her cousin, Fernando Cruz-Guzman.