Hillary Clinton to receive honorary degree from Queen’s University Belfast

Former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, will be presented with an honorary degree by Queen's University Belfast next month. Secretary Clinton will be awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws for her exceptional public service in the USA and globally, and for her outstanding contribution to peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.

‘I know his heart’: Ashley Estes Kavanaugh speaks out

It was the call issued in 1968 by country music's "First Lady," Tammy Wynette, instructions famously spurned in 1992 by then-First Lady Hillary Clinton as she waved away allegations of sexual impropriety against her husband. "You know, I'm not sitting here, some little woman standing by my man like Tammy Wynette," Clinton said in a "60 Minutes" interview.

This underdog candidate ran in nine Senate primaries and lost them all

People who follow primary results closely, including those of us who work on election results pages , have gotten very familiar with the name Rocky De La Fuente. In 2016, he ran for president - first for the Democratic nomination and then as an independent in the general.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to meet Trump Thursday

President Donald Trump will meet with Rod Rosenstein Thursday after the deputy attorney general went to the White House Monday expecting to be fired. "At the request of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

New accusation rocks Brett Kavanaugh nomination; Donald Trump stands firm

President Donald Trump staunchly defended his embattled Supreme Court nominee against a new allegation of sexual misconduct Monday, calling the accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh "totally political." The president spoke a day after a second allegation emerged against Kavanaugh, a development that further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court, forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation.

The Latest: Trump says Kavanaugh allegations ‘political’

President Donald Trump is pledging his support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying the sexual misconduct allegations against his choice are "totally political." Trump, at the United Nations in New York, declared that Kavanaugh is "outstanding," and added, "I am with him all the way."

Women wrestle with accusation against Kavanaugh

At a blowout bar in this politically divided Minneapolis suburb, talk of high school homecomings and upcoming local events gave way to something festering in Washington, a Supreme Court nominee accused of sexually assaulting a woman as a teenager. Kerry Ciardelli, a 61-year-old interior designer who voted for Hillary Clinton, defended Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of assaulting her when she was 15. "She's very credible, she's very educated, she doesn't want to be in the spotlight at all," said Ciardelli, a Democrat whose daughter recently graduated from college.

Lindsey Graham Nails It, Bureaucratic Coup at the Dep. of Justice and FBI

In an interview, this morning on Fox News Sunday the Senator from South Carolina was asked about the mess in the Senate Judiciary Committee with on again off again accuser Christine Ford but that is not what was interesting. He dropped some bombs on the Justice Dept.

Cole: ‘Threats can give rise to opportunity if people engage’

When David Cole agreed to become national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union in summer 2016, he was dead-certain about the outcome of the November presidential election. "Hillary Clinton was going to win the presidency, she would name Justice Scalia's replacement, and for the first time in four decades, we would have a liberal-majority Supreme Court," Cole recalled while delivering UC Davis School of Law's annual Edward L. Barrett Jr. Lecture on constitutional law on Sept.

Arizona congressman blasts siblings who endorsed opponent

In this Dec. 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., speaks during a Congressional Field Hearing on the Affordable Care Act in Apache Junction, Ariz. Six siblings of Gosar have urged voters to cast their ballots against the Arizona Republican in November 2018 in an unusual political ad sponsored by the rival candidate.

Alec Baldwin said it’s ‘agony’ to be Trump on ‘SNL,’ but it looks as…

This Feb. 4, 2017, photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live," in New York. With the return of John Oliver to HBO and Alec Baldwin's guest hosting slot on "Saturday Night Live," this is shaping up like a big weekend for late-night's treatment of the new president.() On an episode of the podcast "Origins With James Andrew Miller," released Friday, Baldwin told Miller of the Trump appearances this season, "I think I'm going to do some of it, but not a whole lot."

The Latest: Trump takes stage at Missouri campaign rally

The president is in Missouri to campaign for state attorney general Josh Hawley, who is challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. Trump has been campaigning aggressively to help the Senate expand its narrow 51-49 majority in the Senate.

AP sources: Rosenstein spoke of possible secret Trump taping

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed secretly recording President Donald Trump last year amid law enforcement concerns about chaos in the White House, according to people familiar with exchanges at the time. But one person who was present said Rosenstein was just being sarcastic.