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The former president campaigned in Philadelphia with two leading Democrats running for re-election, Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. At a campaign rally at the Dell Music Center in Philadelphia, Obama implored Pennsylvanians to vote in November because the election was more consequential than any he could remember.
During a debate Friday evening, Sen. Ted Cruz attempted to attack his challenger Beto O'Rourke by claiming he wants to see the Dallas officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment lose her job.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke will have their first meeting on the debate stage Friday evening in Dallas. The debate begins at 6 p.m. at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and is the first of three hour-long debates between the two Texas candidates.
Republican U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes of California is being criticized by his Democratic rival in the November election after a photograph on social media showed the congressman next to a supporter making a hand gesture that some consider racist. In a photo taken at a Tuesday event, a man standing beside the congressman is making an A-OK sign with his hand, a gesture the Southern Poverty Law Center says is used by white supremacists to signal their beliefs.
Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, left, and Democratic U.S. Representative Beto O'Rourke, right, take part in their first debate for the Texas U.S. Senate in Dallas, Friday, Sept.
Sen. Ted Cruz said during a Friday debate with challenger Beto O'Rourke that there's a possibility he could change his "yes" vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh . He then suggested he wants the woman who accused him of sexual assault to testify "respectfully" before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Sen. Ted Cruz faced off against Rep. Beto O'Rourke , the El Paso Democrat running a spirited campaign against him, in their first of three debates on Friday. The moment arrived as recent polls have shown a too-close-for-comfort contest and Republicans in Washington D.C. have been concerned that O'Rourke's massive fundraising prowess and personal appeal could lead to an upset.
He'd breeze through confirmation, whoever he was: You could pretty much count on the Senate Judiciary Committee's terminally third-brained centrist Democrats lining up to play themselves. And that would be a success, theoretically: A new, arch-conservative Supreme Court justice, possibly even one not tainted by a credible accusation that he once tried to rape a child.
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says the head of the federal disaster response agency did use government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job over it. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator William "Brock" Long had been under investigation by the Homeland Security Department's watchdog over travel to his home in Hickory, North Carolina.
When Hillary Clinton sat down for an interview with Stephen Colbert set to air on Friday night's Late Show , it was still up in the air whether or not Christine Blasey Ford would agree to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week about her sexual-assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The federal government is warning the owners of a troubled nuclear power plant in Georgia that any move to cancel a planned expansion would lead to demands for quick repayment of nearly $6 billion in federal loans. In a letter to the plant's three owners, the Department of Energy said late Friday that if the construction project is cancelled, the government is "prepared to move swiftly to fully enforce its rights under terms of the loan guarantee agreements, including the repayment provisions."
U.S. officials recommended approval on Friday of a plan to block new mining claims for 20 years on the forested public lands that make up Yellowstone National Park's mountainous northern boundary. Regional Forester Leanne Marten submitted a letter to the Bureau of Land Management endorsing the plan to withdraw 30,000 acres in Montana's Paradise Valley and the Gardiner Basin from new claims for gold, silver, platinum and other minerals, U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Marna Daley said.
Google says YouTube isn't for children under 13, which is why it created a separate app for them, YouTube Kids. Rep. David Cicilline, a Rhode Island Democrat, and Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, a Nebraska Republican, sent a letter this week to Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai asking for more details about how the service collects data.
"I met with the DOJ concerning the declassification of various UNREDACTED documents. They agreed to release them but stated that so doing may have a perceived negative impact on the Russia probe.
Barack Obama was turning his political attention Friday to a state that Donald Trump won as the former president prepared to campaign Friday in Philadelphia with two leading Pennsylvania Democrats running for re-election, Gov. Tom Wolf and U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. In the Nov. 6 contests, Democrats are trying to oust Republicans in four U.S. House districts and more than a dozen state legislative seats in the Philadelphia area alone.
Putting Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court will not end the investigation into Christine Braley Ford's accusations, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said on Thursday. Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said when Democrats retake the House and Senate, he's "confident" they will investigate not only Ford's claims -- but "why the FBI stood down its background investigation" when Ford dropped her bombshell.
Donald Trump delays FBI document release after objections from Justice Department, U.S. allies President Donald Trump said Justice Department and foreign allies raised concerns about release of FBI documents Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2zmwihM WASHINGTON - Reversing course, President Donald Trump delayed the release of classified FBI documents on Friday after the Justice Department and foreign allies objected amid concerns that their publication may damage the investigation of Russian election interference. The Department of Justice Inspector General "has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis," Trump tweeted.
Christine Blasey Ford, through her attorneys, is setting new conditions for her possible appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "She wishes to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety," her attorney Debra Katz said in a statement obtained by the New York Times.
Former Vice President Joe Biden expresses regret over the 1991 Anita Hill hearing. His suggestion is to start with an FBI investigation into allegations.
Officials say an Alabama lumber company will add dozens of new jobs following the approval of a tax abatement package. The Tuscaloosa News reports the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority approved the tax abatement package as part of a $28.2 million capital investment at KyKenKee Inc. during its Thursday meeting.