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Lindsey Olin Graham Republicans celebrate Krauthammer Graham 'not buying' Giuliani claim that Mueller is trying to frame president The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by PhRMA - Some GOP lawmakers reject script on Trump MORE John Sidney McCain McCain rips Trump over trade, tells allies: 'Americans stand with you, even if our president doesn't' Republicans celebrate Krauthammer Leaks continue to plague Trump White House despite crackdown MORE on Sunday, saying he was "not so sure" about McCain's remarks on Saturday that a majority of Americans favor free trade. "I'm not so sure John's right about where America is on trade," Graham told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."
Sen. John McCain pushed back Saturday night against President Donald Trump's reversal of an agreement to sign onto a statement by the G7 countries, saying that Americans would continue to stand with its historical allies. "To our allies: bipartisan majorities of Americans remain pro-free trade, pro-globalization & supportive of alliances based on 70 years of shared values," the Arizona senator tweeted.
It's hard to defend the indefensible. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, explaining why the Trump administration is separating migrant families at the border.
A federal judge on Friday rejected a request by supporters of Max Linn to declare that Secretary of State Matt Dunlap violated the law when he rejected nominating petitions bearing their signatures and disqualified Linn from the June 12 Republican U.S. Senate primary. The ruling killed Linn's hopes to run against state Sen. Eric Brakey for the Republican nomination for the seat held by U.S. Sen. Angus King, an independent seeking his second term this November.
With Gov. Jerry Brown set to leave office at the end of the year, Tuesday's election results potentially held hints of the shifting power dynamics that will write the state's next chapter. Long assumed to be a Democrat-versus-Democrat race between Lt.
This is one of those blogging equivalents to Hannibal Smith on the "A-Team," who liked to sign off with, "I love it when a plan comes together!" In this case, I get to day, "I love it when a 'Civil War on the Left' entry writes itself." This, from Robert Kuttner at the left-leaning American Prospect : Race, Class, and Loyalty.
The ex-wunderkind congressman from Peoria, Schock, 36, resigned in March 2015 amid media allegations of possible misuse of government and campaign funds. He was indicted by the U.S. Attorney in Springfield in November 2016 on 24 counts of alleged wrongdoing.
Republicans haven't won a statewide race in Virginia since 2009, and GOP leaders have all but written off their chances of changing that trend in this year's Senate race. The best-known candidate, Corey Stewart, built his brand on defending Confederate icons.
That's what the North Dakota Democrat in one of the most Donald Trump-friendly states says, though it would seem she also doesn't have that luxury. The first-term U.S. senator, among the most vulnerable in her party seeking re-election this year, is maneuvering herself at once as an ally of the Republican president on policy, and a polite opponent at other times.
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The former security director for the Senate Intelligence Committee made an initial court appearance Friday after his indictment on accusations that he lied to federal investigators investigating a leak of information about a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump. The indictment of James Wolfe, 57, indicates that FBI agents were trying to determine how reporters learned that Carter Page, the former Trump campaign aide, had contacts with Russian intelligence operatives.
While President Donald Trump searches for a way to save America's coal country, some in his own party have their eyes set on what's arguably the exact opposite: making solar shine. Since taking office, Trump has worked to undo his predecessor's renewable energy-friendly policies, levied tariffs on imported solar equipment and signed tax reforms that depleted financing for clean energy projects.
According to its name, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exists to protect consumers. But according to the vision of its progenitor, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, the CFPB is a government-sanctioned bludgeon to be wielded against businesses and industries at the whim of its director - whom she intended, like a latter-day Louis XIV, to be herself.
Voters who took part in California's innovative and anti-party "jungle" primary delivered a typical and predictably partisan result in the governor's race. They sent Democratic Lt.
The National Puerto Rican Parade in New York turned into its usual boisterous celebration Sunday, but many participants also saw it as an occasion to express their more somber concerns over the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria. Along the parade route in the heart of Manhattan, people carried signs with tributes like "New York Stands with Puerto Rico," ''You will not be forgotten" and "Decolonize Puerto Rico."
Democrats are coming out swinging against the Department of Justice's move to back a lawsuit brought forth by a group of Republican attorneys general against the Affordable Care Act that, if successful, could result in the dismantling of some of the most significant parts of the health care law. The Senate's top Democrats fired off a letter to President Trump on Friday to denounce the decision and urged Trump's Justice Department to reverse course.
Along with roll call votes this week, the Senate also passed the Small Business Investment Opportunity Act , to increase the amount of leverage made available to small business investment companies.
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation's legal landscape for pot users and businesses. The federal ban that puts marijuana on the same level as LSD and heroin has created a conflict with about 30 states that have legalized pot in some form, creating a two-tiered enforcement system at the state and federal levels.