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The candidate who openly bragged about grabbing women's private parts - but denied he really did so - was elected president months before the cascading sexual harassment allegations that have been toppling the careers of powerful men in Hollywood, business, the media and politics. He won even though more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct, and roughly half of all voters said they were bothered by his treatment of women, according to exit polls.
In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.
Whenever the legal walls start closing in on Donald Trump, the president releases a bad rabbit on the political field, a creature invisible to all but the haters of Hillary Clinton. The most recent example is his attorney general's call to "evaluate certain issues" regarding the sale of a majority stake in Uranium One and the Clinton Foundation.
The attorney for Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, is pushing back against the Senate Judiciary Committee after the panel accused Kushner of not disclosing key documents. In a letter Friday to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and ranking Democrat Dianne Feinstein of California, attorney Abbe Lowell wrote that there were no "missing documents" as the committee has alleged, while criticizing the panel's leaders for going to the media on Thursday with their accusations.
Megyn Kelly took a few minutes out of her show today to point out the hypocrites named Donald Trump and Roy Moore. Kelly has found a niche for herself since moving to NBC by highlighting sexual assault and harassment charges against powerful men, a topic she's familiar with from her time at Fox News.
U.S. President Donald Trump has added federal appellate Judge Brett Kavanaugh and four other jurists to his list of potential nominees to the Supreme Court, the White House said Friday. The most notable new name, Kavanaugh is a judge on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and once clerked for Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says there's a 'very clear distinction' between President Trump and Minnesota Sen. Al Franken. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters' questions during a White House briefing Friday.
President Donald Trump could have an easier time appointing conservative judges to California's federal courts under a policy shift in the U.S. Senate this week. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Thursday that he wouldn't necessarily follow the Senate's informal "blue slip" policy, which allows senators to veto judicial nominees in their home states.
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's top adviser and son-in-law, still has interim security clearance, while his application for permanent clearance is being reviewed, according to Politico. Many senior White House officials have gotten permanent clearance, but interviews and paperwork for Kushner - who has been with the administration since the first day - are still in the works.
The 2016 Democratic presidential candidate joked in an interview with the online news outlet NowThis that she is officially resigning as the conservative news channel's president of the United States. She said the outlet is "always talking about the Clinton administration," despite the fact that she lost the election to Donald Trump.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Thursday he's going ahead with confirmation hearings for two appellate court nominees, Davis Straus of Minnesota and Kyle Duncan of Louisiana, even though they have not received the support of both of their home-state senators. In each case, a senator declined to return a so-called blue slip marking their support for the judicial nominee from their state.
By RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress on Thursday sent President Donald Trump a sweeping defense policy bill authorizing a $700 billion budget for the military, including billions of dollars more for missile defense programs to counter the growing nuclear weapons threat from North Korea.
Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore's campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring "let the battle begin." Women's advocates decried the talk as worn intimidation tactics in a desperate attempt to keep his imperiled Senate bid alive.
Last-minute conversations with President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan helped persuade U.S. Rep. Ken Buck to vote with most of his Republican colleagues in support of a broad tax bill, the Colorado lawmaker said Thursday after the 227-205 vote. Buck initially was skeptical of the measure - given expectations that it would grow the national deficit - but the Windsor Republican said he was convinced to get behind it after he got assurances the tax cuts would be partially offset by future reductions to spending on social programs.
President Donald Trump believes Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore should step aside if sexual misconduct allegations against him are true, the White House said on Thursday, while state party leaders in Alabama vowed to stand by their nominee. Judge Roy Moore speaks as he participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, U.S., November 11, 2017.
When an "Access Hollywood" tape featuring Donald Trump making comments about how money and power allowed him to grab women in their private parts without penalty - and he still won the White House - we knew there would be political and cultural repercussions. When more than a dozen women accused Trump of sexually inappropriate behavior during the campaign - and he still won - we knew the impacts would be long lasting and meaningful.
Two more women describe unwanted overtures by Roy Moore at Alabama mall - Kayla McLaughlin, left, and Gena Richardson worked together at Sears in the late 1970s. The pair is seen in this image from 1977.
Two more women describe unwanted overtures by Roy Moore at Alabama mall - Kayla McLaughlin, left, and Gena Richardson worked together at Sears in the late 1970s. The pair is seen in this image from 1977.
Republicans are muscling their massive tax bill through the House, with President Donald Trump urging them on to a critically needed legislative victory and GOP House leaders exuding confidence they have the votes. But the tax overhaul hit a roadblock Wednesday as Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin became the first Republican senator to say he opposes his party's politically must-do tax legislation.
An attorney for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is attempting to discredit a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by Moore in 1977. Phillip Jauregui says a year book she claimed bears Moore's signature doesn't appear to be real.