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Representative-Elect Mikie Sherrill has named Ethan Saxon, a 12-year veteran of the legislative branch, as her chief of staff, senior campaign staff Kellie Doucette and Jill Hirsch as district directors, and Jackie Burns as communications director. "We're building a team of skilled, passionate, and committed people who are dedicated to serving the people of our community," said Congresswoman-Elect Sherrill.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker gestures after speaking at the Dept. of Justice's Annual Veterans Appreciation Day Ceremony, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, at the Justice Department in Washington.
United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks at a press conference inside the Stamford headquarters and distribution center of Americares, one of the largest nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies, alongside Americares President and CEO Michael J. Nyenhuis and Americares Vice President of Emergency Programs Kate Dischino.
WASHINGTON The Saudi Arabian government is preparing a report that would assert Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, was killed during an interrogation that went awry, according to CNN and other media outlets. Citing unnamed sources, CNN reported that the Saudis planned to say the operation was conducted "without clearance" from the ruling royal family an effort to shield Saudi's king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Facebook, which briefed the Department of Homeland Security and FBI last week, is slated to meet with more lawmakers this week, including members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, according to The Wall Street Journal , which first reported the meetings. The move appears to be part of the Silicon Valley giant's efforts to try to get ahead of a breach that could hurt the company and result in undesirable regulations.
But in blaming "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" for the sexual misconduct allegations against him, the Supreme Court nominee is drawing new attention to his time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton. And in doing so, he's shown he can deliver a Trump-like broadside against detractors even if it casts him in a potentially partisan light.
But in blaming "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" for the sexual misconduct allegations against him, the Supreme Court nominee is drawing new attention to his time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton. And in doing so, he's shown he can deliver a Trump-like broadside against detractors even if it casts him in a potentially partisan light.
The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules dating back to Thomas Jefferson mandate that lawmakers refer to each other by state and title - "my good friend, the senator from California" - and forbid members from questioning motives, maligning a home state or imputing "to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a senator."
What took place in a Senate Hearing Room, on September 28, 2018, will go down in American history as one the most sordid, outrageous, abjectly shameless, and disgusting episodes in U.S. Senate history. Americans bear witness to nothing less than wholesale character assassination: the attempted murder of a person's very self by Congressional Democrats.
As the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Senate floor, it seems that Democrats and left-wing pundits may very well get what they've been asking for: an investigation by the FBI into the accusations of sexual assault against the nominee. But recent history casts doubt on whether a finding in Kavanaugh's favor would make a difference in the minds of Democrats who decided - long before there was any mention of the allegation - that Kavanaugh was unfit to serve on the Supreme Court.
A federal judge has ruled that 200 Democratic members of Congress have legal standing to sue President Donald Trump for allegedly violating the emoluments clause of the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments while in office. The case argues that the president has received foreign government favors, such as Chinese government trademarks for his companies, payments for hotel rooms and event-space rentals by representatives of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and proceeds from Chinese or Emirati-linked government purchases of office space in Trump Tower.
In this June 30, 2018, file photo, aw enforcement officers stand guard in front of the Trump Hotel in Washington. A federal district judge in Washington says a group of nearly 200 Democratic senators and representatives has legal standing to sue President Donald Trump to prove he violated the U.S. Constitution's emoluments provision.
Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
Sen. Claire McCaskill had said she found the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were disturbing but would "set them aside" when deciding her vote. Claire McCaskill says she's voting 'no' on Brett Kavanaugh Sen. Claire McCaskill had said she found the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh were disturbing but would "set them aside" when deciding her vote.
Greenwich Selectman Sandy Litvack and State Rep. candidate Laura Kostin applaud speakers at the Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Cookout and Campaign Rally at Greenwich High School in Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, Sept.
U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro listens with state, local and federal officials at a roundtable discussion about efforts to curb the opioid epidemic at the New Haven Police Department in 2016. U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro listens with state, local and federal officials at a roundtable discussion about efforts to curb the opioid epidemic at the New Haven Police Department in 2016.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday she has notified federal investigators about information she received - and won't disclose publicly - concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., holds up her hand to speak as she shares a note with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., right, during a Senate Judiciary Committee markup meeting on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, in Washington.