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There were a "number of ways" Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was "deeply troubling," including his reluctance to disagree with a congressional or presidential order banning people coming into the United States based on their race, Sen. Chris Coons, a committee member, said Monday. "This was one exchange," the Delaware Democrat told MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
With 57 days until the midterms, Republicans are calling for reinforcement from President Trump in Sen. Ted Cruz's tightening race against Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan was one of the first members of Congress to mention the possibility of impeaching President Donald Trump more than a year ago. But on Monday Pocan downplayed impeachment talk when asked about it at a news conference.
Nancy Pelosi: As long as Trump is here, 'I'm here' - Christiane Amanpour's full interview with Nancy Pelosi airs on CNN International at 7 p.m. CET and 10 p.m. ET, and on PBS across the United States at 10 p.m. ET.
"What is this damn fool doing coming out of retirement to break with the tradition of not attacking sitting presidents? That was my first thought." - Former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (R), quoted by The Hill , on Barack Obama's return to the campaign trail.
California has set a goal of phasing out fossil fuels from the state's electricity sector by 2045 under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown, who has positioned California as a global leader in the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, approved the measure as he prepares to host a summit in San Francisco of climate change leaders from around the world later this week.
Embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his allies tried to change the conversation of his re-election campaign on Monday, as bad news continued to pile up for the two-term Republican incumbent. The Republican Governors Association launched a new attack ad against his Democratic opponent, Tony Evers, while Walker opened a new front in the campaign by tweeting that Evers, the state schools chief, hasn't done enough to close the achievement gap.
Joseph Mifsud Is Alive, His Adviser Says - The allegation touched off concerns that the mysterious professor, who allegedly told George Papadopoulos that Russians had Clinton emails, had been murdered.
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NEW YORK: The National Gallery in London persuaded a U.S. appeals court that three grandchildren of a muse for French artist Henri Matisse should not reclaim a 1908 painting they said was stolen. In a 3-0 decision on Monday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said sovereign immunity shielded the museum and Britain from having to return "Portrait of Greta Moll" to the grandchildren, Oliver Williams and Margarete Green from Britain and Iris Filmer from Germany.
Republicans say in a television ad that Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has taken more money from lobbyists than any other member of Congress as he seeks to fend off a challenge from Republican State Auditor Matt Rosendale. Tester, a third-generation farmer and former president of the Montana Senate, has a reputation as a populist.
In this March 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans got it right that Tester for a time topped all other members of Congress in campaign contributions from lobbyists.
The 2016 campaign set a new standard for interruptions and other crimes against civility by candidates. The primaries were full of such rudeness, particularly the Republican free-for-alls.
New Jersey Democratic congressman Donald Norcross and New York Times' columnist Brett Stephens told MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle that while Trump may be denying everything said in both Bob Woodward's book and the anonymous New York Time's op-ed, the series of leaks only "reconfirms what we've been hearing literally for years now." Neither expected the new revelations to have any impact on Republican voters or leadership.
Former Trump campaign adviser David Urban suggested on Monday that Americans elected President Donald Trump because of the physical appearance of President Barack Obama, who is black. During a panel discussion on CNN, Urban argued that Obama was the wrong person to campaign for Democrats because his party lost the House of Representatives while he was president in 2010.
Amid a tight re-election fight, Sen. Ted Cruz warned that liberals want to turn Texas into California, "right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair." Democrats want to turn Texas into California with 'dyed hair' and 'tofu,' Ted Cruz warns Amid a tight re-election fight, Sen. Ted Cruz warned that liberals want to turn Texas into California, "right down to tofu and silicon and dyed hair."
Former President Barack Obama spit hot fire Friday at the University of Illinois to encourage all you young people out there to get your behinds to the voting booths in November to stop whatever is going on in Washington and bring some sanity back to democracy. But it may be harder for some than others.
GOP candidate for Fla. governor spoke at racially charged events - Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe The Urgent Question of Trump and Money Laundering - How Bruce Ohr, President Trump's latest Twitter target, fits a suspicious pattern of behavior on Russia.