UN Ambassador Haley resigning; she gives no reason
U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is leaving the administration at the end of the year, she and President Donald Trump announced Tuesday.
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History suggests, but doesn’t dictate, a midterm power shift
Orange County voters will fill seats for mayor, council and school board on Nov. 6. If history shows anything about midterm elections, it's that the sitting president's political party often - but not always - has a tough night. In 35 out of 38 midterm elections held since the end of the Civil War the president's party has lost seats in the House, according to the Cook Political Report.
Kavanaugh is confirmed: Senate Oks Supreme Court nominee
The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides. The near party-line vote was 50-48, capping a fight that seized the national conversation after claims emerged that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted women three decades ago - which he emphatically denied.
Trump mocks Taylor Swift for opposing Republican in Senate race
Donald Trump fired back Monday at Taylor Swift for weighing in on Tennessee's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, saying the country-pop crossover star 'doesn't know anything' about the Republican she attacked on Sunday. The suddenly sassy president didn't know about Swift's unprecedented dip into politics, but he told DailyMail.com outside the White House that he found her music a bit less listenable because she's opposing Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican who he's endorsed.
Kavanaugh vote reshapes Maine senator’s political future
Interest in the Maine Republican senator's 2020 re-election has exploded in the days since she cast the deciding vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick - a vote that helped transform the balance of power on the nation's high court for a generation and suddenly complicates Collins' path to a fifth term.
Ryan says ‘big fight’ coming over border wall after election
House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday promised a "big fight" over border wall funding after midterm elections as part of a commitment he made to President Donald Trump. Ryan said he and others in Congress did not think a funding fight made sense ahead of the midterms.
‘Made up, fabricated’: Trump says allegations against Kavanaugh were a ‘hoax’
US President Donald Trump has apologised to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family for the "terrible suffering" they have endured during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing, after earlier calling sexual assault allegations against his pick a "hoax". Speaking at the start of a ceremonial swearing-in at the White House, Mr Trump slammed Democrats and opponents of Justice Kavanaugh's nomination for a campaign of personal destruction.
Trump apologizes ‘on behalf of the nation’ to Kavanaugh during swearing-in
President Donald Trump apologized to incoming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Monday evening "for the terrible pain and suffering" that he and his family endured during his confirmation process, going so far as to claim that Kavanaugh was "proven innocent" of the sexual assault allegations made against him. Add Supreme Court as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Supreme Court news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
The Latest: Trump says allegations against Kavanaugh ‘hoax’ Source: AP
New Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the Supreme Court "is not a partisan or political institution," and is promising to "always be a team player on a team of nine." The Senate vote approving Kavanaugh's nomination followed a bitter partisan fight that became a firestorm after sexual misconduct allegations emerged.
After flap, Trump says he has no plans to fire Rosenstein
President Donald Trump said Monday he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, delivering a reprieve for the Justice Department official whose future has been the source of intense speculation for two weeks. Trump told reporters at the White House that he had "a very good relationship" with Rosenstein and was eager to speak with him aboard Air Force One on a flight to Florida for the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference.
Politically correct just means polite
I first heard that term about 25 years ago in a staff meeting.The offender had said something about an ethnic group and the supposedly nasty food they ate. When I first heard the words "politically correct," I took it to mean that people watched what they said about other people in what we used to call "polite society."
McConnell now open to high court nomination in election year
The U.S. Senate confirms the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court on a 50 to 48 vote.
Gray calls for voters to ‘stand up’ for civil rights at NAACP banquet
The Rev. Darryl Gray said he woke up at 6 a.m. Saturday to make the drive from St. Louis to Hutchinson from where he'd been sleeping the past five days on the sidewalk.
The Left Criminalizes Politics by Weaponizing Investigations
Sen. Cory Booker and Sen. Kamala Harris listen to testimony from Christine Blasey Ford during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, September 27, 2018. That's because the Left stands ready to eradicate any norm at any time if there is political advantage in it.
Manchin scorched from both sides after Kavanaugh vote
Danielle Walker cried on Joe Manchin's shoulder after she shared her story of sexual assault in the senator's office.
The Latest: GOP Senate could act on 2020 high-court nominee Source: AP
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is signaling that a Republican-controlled Senate would act on President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court in 2020, a presidential election year, should a vacancy arise. McConnell had blocked a vote on Democratic President Barack Obama's choice of Merrick Garland to the high court in 2016, citing tradition of not filling vacancies in a presidential election year.
Ap Fact Check: Trump fudges history on black vote, drug cost
In this Oct. 2, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Analysis: Brett Kavanaugh fight sharpens the stakes for midterms
The bitter battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has exacerbated the nation's political divide and left many Americans emotionally raw. It's also given new definition to the high stakes of November's election.
Senate confirms Kavanaugh as newest associate justice, concluding a…
Despite the cries of hundreds of protesters on Capitol Hill and several outbursts in the gallery, the saga of Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination came to an end on Saturday, when the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him as the newest associate justice. The Senate needed just 51 votes to confirm Kavanaugh, rather than the official Senate rule of 60 votes under a cloture motion.
Manchin faces firestorm at home following Kavanaugh vote Source: AP
Danielle Walker cried on Joe Manchin's shoulder after she shared her story of sexual assault in the senator's office. She thought he listened.