Brett Kavanaugh is uncommonly partisan, research shows

During a visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence, right, spoke about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell listened. Judges, particularly those on the Supreme Court, are expected to sit above the partisan fray.

New Mexico candidate for governor pledges not to raise taxes

The Republican candidate for governor of New Mexico has signed a pledge to oppose any tax increases if elected, even as the state struggles to shore up its credit rating and address public pension liabilities. Congressman and gubernatorial contender Steve Pearce confirmed Monday his commitment to conservative activist Grover Norquist's famous pledge against any net tax increases if elected governor.

Sofidel CEO Luigi Lazzareschi Has Presented the Group’s Most Recent…

LUCCA, Italy: Sofidel's most recent greenfield investment in the United States has been presented as part of the SelectUSA Investment Summit in Washington D.C., the most important event for the promotion of direct foreign investments in the US. The investment will lead to the opening of a new large manufacturing plant in Inola, Oklahoma within two years.

New York Gov. Cuomo signs reproductive rights executive order ahead of Trump’s Supreme Court pick

Ahead of the planned announcement of President Trump's Supreme Court nomination, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order to protect abortion and contraceptive coverage in the state. Since Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement, giving Trump the ability to select his second Supreme Court justice in his first term as president, Democrats have publicly expressed concern that the nation's highest court, with the addition of a conservative judge, could overturn Roe v.

Crowded Wisconsin Democratic primary spurs national discussion about party of ‘identity politics and victimology’

Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn's recent characterization of the Democratic Party's "identity politics and victimology" appears to be a reality expressed by a growing national movement. Flynn is one of 10 candidates in a crowded Democratic primary field seeking the nomination to run against Republican Gov. Scott Walker in November.

How the trade war is changing minds in a Senate battleground

Jimmy Tosh's sprawling hog farm in rural Tennessee is an unlikely battleground in the fight for control of the U.S. Senate. Yet his 15,000 acres two hours west of Nashville showcase the practical risks of President Donald Trump's trade policies and the political threat to red-state Republican Senate candidates such as Tennessee's Marsha Blackburn.

Announcement of Trump’s Supreme Court choice nears

President Trump was closing in on his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Saturday, making final deliberations from the privacy of his New Jersey golf club. Clearly relishing the mounting suspense, Trump tweeted early in the morning: ''Big decision will soon be made on our next Justice of the Supreme Court!'' The president, who is planning a Monday night announcement from the East Room in the White House, has told reporters that he was focused on four people and ''of the four people I have it down to three or two.'

Announcement of Trump Supreme Court choice nears

President Donald Trump was closing in on his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Saturday, making final deliberations from the privacy of his New Jersey golf club. Clearly relishing the mounting suspense, Trump tweeted early in the morning: "Big decision will soon be made on our next Justice of the Supreme Court!" The president, who is planning a Monday night announcement from the East Room in the White House, has told reporters that he was focused on four people and "of the four people I have it down to three or two."

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff/File In Warren, Patrick, two ways to take on Trump

The day before Elizabeth Warren announced she was leaving Harvard to run for the US Senate, she gave Deval Patrick a call to ask for advice, eager to hear what a novice campaigner could learn from a veteran. Now, as the former Massachusetts governor and the Bay State's senior senator both seem to be positioning themselves for 2020 presidential runs - perhaps against each other - they could soon both need plenty of water as they shout themselves hoarse at campaign stop after stop, trying to stand apart from the pack - and each other.

Maine’s Medicaid expansion funding bill faces long odds

Tens of thousands of Maine residents who could qualify for voter-approved Medicaid coverage face lingering questions on the expansion's fate as a funding plan lacks the House Republican votes needed to override the Republican governor's veto. Lawmakers are scheduled to return Monday and face about three dozen vetoes from Gov. Paul LePage, who rejected Medicaid expansion funding legislation and called for long-term funding.

Colorado politicians strike back on border

A transport officer, right, helps immigrants Dilma Araceley Riveria Hernandez, and her son, Anderson Alvarado, 2, get off the bus after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 24 in McAllen, Texas. A transport officer, right, helps immigrants Dilma Araceley Riveria Hernandez, and her son, Anderson Alvarado, 2, get off the bus after they were processed and released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 24 in McAllen, Texas.

GOP governor cuts health care to take anti-abortion stand

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. McMaster made a campaign promise no taxpayer money would go to any group that performs abortions. less South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announces he is vetoing $16 million from the state budget because part of the money goes to Planned Parenthood at a news conference Friday, July 6, 2018, in Columbia, S.C. ... more COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster removed $16 million for health care from the state budget, saying Friday he wanted to make sure no taxpayer money goes to abortion providers.

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In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks in Washington on race in America and his decision to take down Confederate monuments in his city. FILE - In this June 16, 2017, file photo, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks in Washington on race in America and his decision to take down Confederate monuments in his city.

AP Exclusive: Washington hospital is ‘like going into hell’ Source: AP

Behind tall brick walls and secure windows, hundreds of patients at Washington state's largest psychiatric hospital live in conditions that fail U.S. health and safety standards, while overworked nurses and psychiatrists say they are navigating a system that punishes employees who speak out despite critical staffing shortages. "They don't have enough staff to protect patients, or provide them with the bare minimum of care," said Lisa Bowser, whose mother spent two years at Western State Hospital and suffered dozens of falls and assaults.