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U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia and GOP challenger Corey Stewart traded accusations of hypocrisy and bad faith Tuesday in a campaign debate heavily focused on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and some members of Congress. In their third and final debate ahead of November's Election Day, both candidates tried to draw sharp contrasts with one another.
Just over two years ago, in his first debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump was not the least bit defensive, let alone embarrassed, by old tax returns submitted to New Jersey casino authorities that showed he had not paid any federal income taxes. " That makes me smart ," Trump said.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's gestures grew more emphatic and her light Southern accent more pronounced as the Massachusetts Democrat moved toward a crescendo before an audience in her native Oklahoma. She ticked off the villains: billionaires, giant corporations, hungry politicians and their rigged system.
To some, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is clearing his name. To others, he's veering into conspiracy theory when he partly blames "revenge on behalf of the Clintons" for the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
The move comes as President Donald Trump's administration chips away at protections of the LGBTQ community, although officials cast the decision as motivated by legal reciprocity rather than an anti-gay agenda. Under the new guidelines, diplomats regardless of sexual orientation will need to be married by the end of the year in order for their partners to receive visas.
Hillary Clinton rejects Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's claim that sexual misconduct allegations were done 'on behalf of the Clintons,' calling it laughable. Hillary Clinton couldn't help but laugh when asked Tuesday about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's remarks last week, when he suggested that his embattled confirmation process had, among other things, turned into "revenge on the behalf of the Clintons."
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and his running mate Juliana Stratton participate in a roundtable discussion with 10 female high school students from across Chicago about the importance of leadership at EvolveHer, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. Gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participate in a roundtable discussion with 10 female high school students from across Chicago about the importance of leadership at EvolveHer, Monday, Oct. 1, 2018.
With a wave and tweet, first lady Melania Trump headed for Africa on Monday on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour that will take her to every corner of the vast and impoverished continent. The first lady opens her first-ever visit to Africa on Tuesday in Ghana in the West, followed by stops in Malawi in the South, Kenya in the East and Egypt in the Northeast.
Throughout 2017 and 2018, your good friends here at the Observer have strained to make sense, any sort of sense, out of the Senate race between Sen. Ted Cruz and El Paso U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke. We've talked with O'Rourke about Cruz's plan to have notorious drug lord Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzman pay for President Donald Trump's wall on the Texas-Mexico border, been there as the representative barnstormed all 254 Texas counties and tried to figure out just what the Texas GOP was attempting to do when it scolded O'Rourke for being in a band and skateboarding through a Whataburger parking lot.
The F.B.I. Can Do This - Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week. - Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director.
The F.B.I. Can Do This - Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week. - Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director.
The F.B.I. Can Do This - Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week. - Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director.
With no opponent in the Republican primary, Rick Green spent close to a year running for the 3rd Congressional District out of the spotlight, keeping his presence known but having to wait until the 10-way Democratic primary settled to know his opponent would be Lori Trahan. Now that the race is clearly defined, Green said his campaign has not changed beyond bringing on additional staff and volunteers.
In the first round of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Brett Kavanaugh kept his cool under hostile questioning, stressed his independence, and exhibited the calm judicial demeanor that characterized his dozen years on a prestigious appeals court bench. His performance Thursday, responding to accusations of sexual misconduct at a hearing of the same Senate committee, sent a different message.
The legendary singer, actress and stage performer has announced her return to the music scene this week, and it's all kicking off with the release of her first single in four years, Don't Lie To Me, which was co-written by the icon herself. "How do you win if we all lose, you change the facts to justify, your lips move but your words get in the way," she sings over haunting strings and keys, before asking on the soaring chorus: "How do you sleep when the world is burning?" While there's no direct mention of Trump, it's not hard to figure out he's the target of her scathing judgement.
With dogged determination and an affable style, J.D. Scholten might just be in with a chance against the infamous GOP congressman. J.D. Scholten, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th congressional district, is gaining ground on his opponent, Republican Rep. Steve King.
The revival season of 1990s newsroom sitcom Murphy Brown kicked off Thursday with a surprise guest: Hillary Clinton, who made an appearance as a job candidate for a "secretarial position." Clinton appeared in the Candice Bergen-led sitcom's premier Thursday as "Hilary," an applicant for a secretary opening on the star's cable news show "Murphy in the Morning," Variety reports.
A new book by Bob Woodward and an anonymous op-ed piece in the New York Times paint a disturbing picture of the Trump White House. Some have called this White House power struggle "unprecedented," but it is not.