Trump makes stop in Montana to pull for Senate hopeful

In a campaign stop in Montana, President Donald Trump targeted Democrat Jon Tester on Thursday in a bid to get more Republicans elected to the Senate but also to punish the lawmaker he blames for derailing his nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. Appearing in a state he dominated in 2016, Trump cast Tester as a "liberal Democrat," railing against his voting record on issues like abortion, immigration and taxes.

Scott Pruitt should’ve been fired ’28 scandals ago,’ Sen. Elizabeth Warren says

"A man who doesn't believe in climate change never should have been in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first place," Warren told The Hill . "And a government official that corrupt should have been fired by the President of the United States 28 scandals ago."

Trump offers $1 million to Elizabeth Warren’s charity of choice to…

President Trump dangled a $1 million donation to Sen. Elizabeth Warren 's charity of choice if she takes a DNA test and it proves her purported Native American heritage. Trump mused that he would buy a DNA test and throw it at her should he face off with the Massachusetts lawmaker during a 2020 presidential debate - and she brings up the claim.

Senator gauges federal programs’ work with small businesses

A U.S. senator from Idaho held an oversight hearing in Anchorage to receive feedback from Alaska business leaders on Small Business Administration programs. The Alaska Journal of Commerce reports Republican Sen. Jim Risch, chairman of the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, aimed for the hearing last week to gather insight into how and if the programs are helping businesses navigate the federal contracting system.

EPA’s New Chief Is Former Coal Lobbyist, Senate Staffer

The new leader of the Environmental Protection Agency is a former coal industry lobbyist who helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans' health and address climate change. Andrew Wheeler, the No.

Connecticut environmentalists hail Pruitt’s fall

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on April 26. President Trump tweeted Thursday, July 5, he accepted the resignation of Pruitt.

3 judges top Trump’s Supreme Court nominee list

President Donald Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump's top contenders for the vacancy at this time are federal appeals judges Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Raymond Kethledge, said a person familiar with Trump's thinking who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Scott Pruitt’s replacement expected to carry on Trump’s anti-regulatory agenda at EPA

With a top coal lobbyist stepping in to serve as acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency , few people are expecting Scott Pruitt's resignation to slow down the Trump administration's efforts to deal a knock-out blow to the agency's ability to protect the environment. President Trump on Thursday named EPA deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler - whose beliefs on environmental protection are as radical as Pruitt's - to serve as acting administrator of the agency.

Congressional Democrats and Republicans join hands to celebrate Scott Pruitt resignation

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Environment Subcommittee in this April 26, 2018, file photo. CREDIT: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined virtual hands Thursday to celebrate the resignation of Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency.

Chris Murphy kicks off annual walk across Connecticut

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy , waving to an assembled crowd, completes his more than 100-mile A'Walk Across ConnecticutA' walk at Rogers Park in Danbury shortly after noon on Thursday, August 17, 2017. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy , waving to an assembled crowd, completes his more than 100-mile A'Walk Across ConnecticutA' walk at Rogers Park in Danbury shortly after noon on Thursday, August 17, 2017.

Candidate’s website mistakes him for a sandwich

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dominic Rapini chats at the Wilton Republican Committee's Save Our State fundraiser luncheon at the Old Town Hall in Wilton June 10. Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dominic Rapini chats at the Wilton Republican Committee's Save Our State fundraiser luncheon at the Old Town Hall in Wilton June 10. "Oh my god, you're kidding me!" Rapini, a longtime Apple executive from Branford, exclaimed when he heard this fact. Rapini's website was recently relaunched and redesigned to make his longshot candidacy more enticing - but making him sound like a warm, grilled sandwich was entirely accidental.

Trump reportedly leaning toward Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

President Trump is reportedly close to picking federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, according to a CNBC report . Kavanaugh is seen as a better bet in winning over moderate Republican senators such as Susan Collins of Maine who could be a swing vote.

Blackburn’s campaign announces coalition of veterans who are supporting her

Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. Rep. Marsha Blackburn visits with World War II veteran Clayton Hicks of Franklin at President Trump's rally held in Nashville in late May. The Marsha for Senate campaign announced earlier this week that a coalition called Veterans for Marsha has been formed to focus on the more than 1,000 veterans who are supporting Rep. Marsha Blackburn's bid to become Tennessee's next senator.

Judge tosses DNC lawsuit, suggests lack of jurisdiction

Donald Trump's campaign won the technical knockout of a lawsuit filed by two Democratic National Committee donors and a DNC staffer who accused it of colluding with Russian to publish compromising information about the Clinton campaign on WikiLeaks that included details about their lives. U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle in Washington dismissed the year-old lawsuit in a ruling issued late Tuesday, but did so in a way that would allow the men to refile elsewhere.

Leonard Quart | Letter From New York: The rise of a media- politician demagogue

The newspapers, the social media, the TV news and political commentary programs repeat every Trump off-the-cuff remark, tweet, and bit of bombast insidiously dominating our collective consciousness. He's everywhere - lying, distorting, bullying - a sleazy tabloid figure who in retrospect makes the socially committed but crass, intimidating Lyndon Johnson seem comparatively delicate and sensitive.

Montana Sen. Tester a welcomesa Trump by touting passed bills

In this July 3, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is giving Trump a tongue-in-cheek welcome to Montana by taking out a full-page ad in 14 newspapers thanking the president for signing 16 bills that the Democrat sponsored or co-sponsored.

Breaking Now: Embattled Epa chief Pruitt quits amid numerous ethics scandals

After months of controversy and ethical questions, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned from the agency, President Trump tweeted on Thursday. Over the several months, Pruitt has increasingly come under fire for multiple allegations of abusing his power from spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on first-class travel to a sweetheart real estate deal tied to a lobbyist with EPA business and attempting to secure a private business deal for his wife among numerous allegations.