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Mitch McConnell’s Legacy Is Riding on Kavanaugh’s Confirmation
Picture this: Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C. Early July 2017, a punishing 86 degrees. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walking alongside his wife, Elaine Chao.
Jury in murder trial of Chicago policeman to begin second day of deliberations
A second day of deliberations will begin on Friday in the murder trial of a white Chicago police officer who killed a black teenager in 2014 in a hail of bullets, a case that has put the city's large African-American community on edge. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke watches the prosecution's closing statements during his trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 4, 2018.
Adults Can Get Homesick, Too
Travis Wannemuehler hasn't lived in his home-well, his parents' home-in seven years. At 24, he's checked all the boxes of an independent, successful young adulthood: He has a social life, an apartment, and a job that pays the bills.
Deeply split Senate enters final stage on Kavanaugh
Demonstrators protest Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday in the Hart Senate Office Building. As senators read FBI interview transcripts Thursday, the White House is confident the new background check on Kavanaugh has improved his confirmation prospects.
Senate plans procedural vote on Kavanaugh in bitter confirmation fight
President Donald Trump's drive to cement the conservative grip on the top U.S. court faces a major test on Friday as the Senate holds a key procedural vote on Brett Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court nomination has set off a political brawl. Senate Republicans were growing more confident they would win the 10:30 a.m. vote after two wavering Republican senators responded positively on Thursday to an FBI report on accusations of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.
Trump family tax report tests new IRS chief on 2nd day in office
Charles Rettig was barely 24 hours into his new job as President Donald Trump's hand-picked chief tax official when a bombshell news report hit, alleging shady tax dealings by Trump and his family roughly 20 years ago. With New York state and city officials now saying they'll examine allegations raised by the New York Times , Rettig - who built a reputation as a tough tax litigator in private practice - risks incurring Trump's wrath if he chooses to follow suit, according to tax lawyers and veterans of the Internal Revenue Service.
The Latest: Grassley releases list of 10 interviewed by FBI
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is escorted by U.S. Capitol Police past waiting reporters trying to ask about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.
Allegations aside, Kavanaugh proves unsuitable for court
President Ronald Reagan, an icon of Republicans and the right-wing conservative movement, made three successful Supreme Court appointments.
Five senators hold keys to Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid
President Donald Trump's nomination of conservative federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to hinge on the votes of a handful of senators: three Republicans and two Democrats. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Jeff Flake takes part in a discussion "Can our Democracy Survive?" at The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute's 2018 Atlantic Festival in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2018.
Key senators undecided as Senate poised to vote on Kavanaugh
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept.
Today in History: October 5, 2018
Former President of the Republic of Poland and the Nobel Prize Laureate Lech Walesa delivers a speech during the fifth Informal High-Level NATO-Ukraine Consultations. A monster truck went out of control at an "Extreme Aeroshow" in Chihuahua, Mexico, killing eight people and injuring ten times as many.
Republicans aim to confirm Kavanaugh on weekend; protesters arrested
President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans gained confidence on Thursday that his U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, could win Senate confirmation after two wavering lawmakers responded positively to an FBI report on accusations of sexual misconduct against the judge. The report, sent by the White House to the Senate Judiciary Committee in the middle of the night, was denounced by Democrats as a whitewash that was too narrow in scope and ignored critical witnesses.
Ford, Kavanaugh not among FBI witnesses
The FBI has wrapped up its background investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but much of what it did remains a mystery, including its decisions about whom to interview.
2 key senators back nominee
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh moved closer to confirmation as the Senate prepared for a key vote today, with Republicans arguing that an FBI report on sexual misconduct allegations exonerated the judge.
NSA Cyber Official Asks for First-Hand Accounts of Chip Hacking
An NSA cybersecurity official asked anyone with "first-degree knowledge" of Chinese attempts to hack hardware headed for US data centers to share what they know with federal authorities a The senior cybersecurity adviser made the plea Wednesday at an event hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce and RealClearPolitics a He was addressing a report by Bloomberg Businessweek last week, which said Chinese military agents had spy chips covertly planted on Supermicro motherboards ordered by US companies John Voskuhl -- A cybersecurity expert with the National Security Agency made a public plea Wednesday for anyone with "first-degree knowledge" of Chinese attempts to hack computer hardware to share it with federal authorities.
Sasse Is a ‘Yes’; Update: Collins Is ‘Yes’ to End Debate
UPDATE : Sen. Susan Collins told reporters that she will be voting "yes" to end debate and proceed to the confirmation vote. She will announce her final vote at 3 p.m. Susan Collins tells reporters: "I will be voting yes to proceeding to the final confirmation vote, and I will announce my intention on how I'll vote later today."
Harry Hopkins Democratic Dinner and Celebration
Friday night, the Woodbury County Democrats welcomed Representative Tim Ryan from Ohio at the annual Harry Hopkins Democratic Dinner and Celebration. Along with Representative Ryan was Iowa Secretary of State candidate Deidre DeJear, State Auditor candidate Rob Sand, and Candidate for Iowa Congressional District 4, J.D. Scholten.
Kavanaugh confirmation all but sure after long, bitter fight
After weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests, a pair of wavering senators declared Friday they will back Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation, all but guaranteeing the deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation's highest court on Saturday. The announcements by Republican Susan Collins of Maine and Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia ended most of the suspense over a political battle that has transfixed the nation - though die-hard Democrats insisted on arguing through the night to a mostly empty Senate chamber.
I might have been too emotional at hearing, says Brett Kavanaugh
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has acknowledged he "might have been too emotional" when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations as he made a bid to win over wavering Republican senators on the eve of a crucial vote to advance his confirmation. The 53-year-old judge said in an op-ed that he knows his "tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said" during testimony last week to the Judiciary Committee.