Democrat Manchin undecided on Kavanaugh after 2-hour meeting

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, arrives for a private meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a member of the Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 30, 2018.

Kavanaugh meets with Democrat Manchin, wins support of GOP’s…

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee made fresh inroads with senators on Monday, as he held a lengthy meeting with a Democratic lawmaker and won the support of an unpredictable Republican. U.S. Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh spent about two hours in the office of Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the first Democrat to meet with him.

Pa.’s Newest US Attorney Wants More – of Everything P.J. D’Annunzio…

After nearly four months on the job, U.S. Attorney William M. McSwain has concluded that the nine-county region of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania needs more-of just about everything. In an interview with The Legal, McSwain said more new hires, more prosecutions, more cooperation with the media, and the creation of new units are all part of his plan to dial up the office's productivity and boost its public profile.

Opioid Battered State Lands Grant To Arm First Responders Against Threat Of Overdose

State police in Kentucky are receiving fentanyl response kits to guard against the fatal overdose risks posed by potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl. The aid for first responders comes by way of a $25,000 grant awarded to the Kentucky State Police Foundation Monday by the Passport Health Plan.

Italian Prime Minister Uses Economic Question To Praise Trump Initiative Dems Have Vowed To Repeal

The pair was asked about their respective economies. Trump was asked about the robust economic growth of the American economy as it relates to European trade and tariffs and the relative sputtering growth Italy has experienced in recent years.

Pence says ‘red wave’ will begin in Ohio’s special election

Vice President Mike Pence came to Newark today to tout GOP congressional candidate Troy Balderson in next week's special election, but the focus of much of his message was on President Donald Trump. "In the 12th district, history will record that the red wave started here," Pence said to a large ovation from the capacity crowd.

Senators seek answers about migrant family separations

The Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding answers from federal immigration officials about the Trump administration's separation of migrant children from their families and its struggle to reunite them. But a hearing scheduled for Tuesday on the topic may have a wider focus after the committee's bipartisan leaders asked federal investigators to probe reports of sexual and other abuse of immigrants at government detention facilities.

Ap Fact Check: Trump’s ‘historic’ economic gains, 2016 myths

President Donald Trump exaggerated his role in boosting U.S. economic growth, falsely claiming full credit for positive economic news and inaccurately declaring a "historic" turnaround. The statements capped a week of mystifying assertion in which Trump also invented history by saying he won the women's vote in the 2016 election, saw progress with North Korea that isn't evident to his top diplomat and boasted of "success" and "record business" in U.S. health care programs that have yet to start.

Rep. John Lewis released from hospital Sunday after observation for undisclosed illness

Rep. John Lewis thanks anti-gun violence supporters following a rally with fellow Democrats on the East Front steps of the U.S. House of Representatives October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, was released Sunday from a hospital with a "clean bill of health," after falling ill the day before, a spokeswoman said.

New York Times Whines: Stop Attacking Us

New York Times Publisher and Trump Clash Over President's Threats Against Journalism - BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - President Trump and the publisher of The New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger, engaged in a fierce public clash on Sunday over Mr. Trump's threats against journalism Statement of A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher, The New York Times, in Response to President Trump's Tweet About Their Meeting - Earlier this month, A.G. received a request from the White House to meet with President Trump. This was not unusual; there has been a long tradition How John Kelly became 'chief in name only' - The retired Marine general was brought in to tame the president, but in the end Trump boxed him in.

Netflix Exec Breaks Silence Over Aziz Ansari Controversy:…

New York Times Publisher and Trump Clash Over President's Threats Against Journalism - BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - President Trump and the publisher of The New York Times, A. G. Sulzberger, engaged in a fierce public clash on Sunday over Mr. Trump's threats against journalism Statement of A.G. Sulzberger, Publisher, The New York Times, in Response to President Trump's Tweet About Their Meeting - Earlier this month, A.G. received a request from the White House to meet with President Trump. This was not unusual; there has been a long tradition How John Kelly became 'chief in name only' - The retired Marine general was brought in to tame the president, but in the end Trump boxed him in.

States are the battleground in gerrymandering wars

Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Jim Haadsma isn't a high-profile Democratic candidate like Amy McGrath, the ex-Marine fighter pilot seeking to upset an incumbent Republican U.S. representative in Kentucky.

Joe Manchin to bring thousands of publiccomments to Brett Kavanaugh meeting

Sen. Joe Manchin will become the first Congressional Democrat to meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, this week. The West Virginia Democrat told WAJR that he has more than 2,000 inquiries from residents of his state, and is fielding more.

Capital Gazette shooting suspect Jarrod Ramos scheduled to appear in court Monday

Jarrod Ramos, the man accused of killing five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland last month, is scheduled to make his initial court appearance on Monday. Last week, a grand jury indicted Ramos on 23 charges, including five counts of murder in the deaths of Gerald Fischman, the newspaper's editorial page editor; Rob Hiaasen, an assistant editor and columnist; John McNamara, a sports writer; Rebecca Ann Smith, a sales assistant; and Wendi Winters, a community correspondent.

Senate Dem: ‘Widespread’ phishing attacks targeting political parties, senators

Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen Sunday shows preview: Giuliani strikes back Corker: Pompeo 'did not endear himself' to senators at testy hearing Markey: We know more about Trump's talks with Cohen than with Putin MORE on Sunday warned of "widespread" phishing attacks against Senate offices and political parties across the country, revealing that her office had already notified authorities of one suspicious experience. "There has been one situation that we have turned over to authorities to look into," Shaheen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Russians still trying to interfere in US elections every ‘way they can’: Republican senator

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Why Is the Trump Campaign Attacking Senator Kirsten Gillibrand?

She had recently become the first senator to join a call for abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency; Parscale pulled up an old copy of her Web site, from a decade ago, in which she called for "stopping illegal immigration." He wrote, "Looking a bit hypocritical.