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A former aide so close to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that he considered him like a brother was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for fraud and accepting bribes. The judge said she hopes the punishment "will be heard in Albany."
The midterm elections and the work of the special counsel have accentuated these divisions. We now have the upcoming hearings into the explosive allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California finds herself in the middle of the political maelstrom over sexual assault allegations against high court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California finds herself in the middle of the political maelstrom over sexual assault allegations against high court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Country music icon Willie Nelson has his own opinion about politics in Texas, and he doesn't care if his fans have the same one as him. The 85-year-old musician announced he's headlining a fundraising event for Democratic Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke , who's running against incumbent Republican Ted Cruz for the November Texas mid-term election.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday bluntly questioned the allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a fellow high school student over 30 years ago, and Republicans warned the accuser the window was closing to tell her story before a confirmation vote. Trump's skepticism, the most explicit challenge top Republicans have so far mounted to Christine Blasey Ford's credibility, came as GOP Senate leaders tried to firm up support for Kavanaugh.
I'm sure it is lots of fun. I just spent a summer temping in a father/son office where, when not yelling at their administrator , they did nothing but talk about golf.
In this June 20, 2018, file photo, Immigrant children walk in a line outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children a former Job Corps site that now houses them in Homestead, Fla.
The speech at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law was supposed to analyze whether judges should behave like umpires in a baseball game, analyzing words from Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. But Judge Brett Kavanaugh decided to share his personal connections with the District of Columbia-based university. A graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, he said three of his classmates and close friends graduated from the law school.
Virginia House Republicans have filed their own redistricting proposal they say will fix what a court found were unconstitutionally gerrymandered districts. GOP Del.
John D. Celestine, left, is expected to head to trial Oct. 15, 2018, in the slaying of 12-year-old Talaija Dorsey, right. She disappeared July 1, 2014, and was later killed.
Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says. Foreign government hackers continue to target the personal email accounts of U.S. senators and their aides - and the Senate's security office has refused to defend them, a lawmaker says.
In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.
In the aptly named Harvester Restaurant, wheat farmer Roy Dube makes clear he's no fan of President Donald Trump's trade policy. "We get him elected into office and he pulls us out of trade agreements," Dube said last week as local farmers gathered to hear Democratic House candidate Lisa Brown.
President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans on Wednesday took a hard line: full-speed ahead on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court despite an allegation of sexual assault decades ago.
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, listens to a question from the Northwest Herald Editorial Board on Wednesday at the newspaper's office in Crystal Lake. U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, voiced his thoughts on taxes, President Donald Trump's "2 a.m. tweets" and the key differences between himself and opponent Lauren Underwood on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump has demanded the "immediate declassification" of sensitive materials about the Russia investigation, but the agencies responsible are expected to propose redactions that would keep some information secret, according to three people familiar with the matter. The Justice Department, FBI and Office of the Director of National Intelligence are going through a methodical review and can't offer a timeline for finishing, said the people, who weren't authorized to speak publicly about the sensitive matter.
Republicans forged ahead with a hearing Monday to consider sexual-assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and set a deadline of Friday to determine whether his accuser appears, after days of political wrangling over how best to handle accusations that threaten his nomination. White House Spokesman Raj Shah said the president won't look at naming any replacement nominee unless there is a clear need.
If this is what the left pulls against a sweet nerd like Brett Kavanaugh, I can't wait for the hearings to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg! Observers of the passing scene were not surprised that the same lunatics screaming that Kavanaugh is going to impose "The Handmaid's Tale" on America also announced that he had committed attempted rape and murder in high school. His accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, remembered this in a therapy session 30-plus years after the alleged incident-coincidentally, at the exact moment Kavanaugh was all over the news as Mitt Romney's likely Supreme Court nominee.