Judge Kavanaugh fit to serve on the United States Supreme Court

On July 9, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court, and in the coming months, the Senate will vote on this important nomination. As a senator, I take my responsibility to evaluate presidential nominees very seriously.

Jack Spillane: Maybe a sleepy election season is just the ticket

People are evidently so happy with the guys and gals who represent us in the state Legislature that hardly anybody has run against a wide swath of longterm incumbents who have represented local cities and towns for one, two and three decades. It's actually more likely that a U.S. senator or congressman from Massachusetts, incumbent governor or attorney general, will draw a re-election opponent than an incumbent member of the state Legislature from SouthCoast.

Elizabeth Warren criticizes GOP on opioid crisis, immigration

Senator Elizabeth Warren sharply criticized the Trump administration and congressional Republicans for straying away from American values in their handling of the opioid crisis and family separations at the border during a Saturday town hall meeting in the South End. on stage at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology.

‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force

The Democrats' super villains for much of the last decade have quietly launched a rebranding effort that may vanquish the "Koch brothers" moniker from American politics. The catalyst came earlier in the year when ailing billionaire conservative David Koch stepped away from the family business, leaving older brother Charles as the undisputed leader of the Kochs' web of expanding political and policy organizations.

Koch Network Says Trump Trade Policies Causing Long-Term Damage

The conservative political network led by billionaire Charles Koch opened a conference in Colorado with sharp criticism of President Donald Trump's trade policies and leadership style as it sought to play up a desire for more bipartisan solutions. "The policies right now are hurting people," Brian Hooks, president of the Charles Koch Foundation and Charles Koch Institute, told reporters Saturday during a briefing session.

2020 Insight: Netroots on tap in New Orleans; Warren endorses in…

Democratic 2020 prospects will descend on New Orleans this week as thousands of activists gather for the annual Netroots Nation. On Thursday, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is scheduled to deliver a major speech.

‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force Source: AP

The Democrats' super villains for much of the last decade have quietly launched a rebranding effort that may vanquish the "Koch brothers" moniker from American politics. The catalyst came earlier in the year when ailing billionaire conservative David Koch stepped away from the family business, leaving older brother Charles as the undisputed leader of the Kochs' web of expanding political and policy organizations.

Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from…

Still Standing, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Step Back in the Spotlight - They have waited out, and in some cases ground down, their critics, and are ready to make a more visible push for their priorities. - WASHINGTON - They disappointed climate change activists who thought Our socialist president - For three months in 1917, Leon Trotsky lived in the Bronx, just south of the congressional district where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently defeated a 10-term incumbent in a Democratic primary.

5 Killed Including 2 Children and Their Great-Great Grandmother in California Wildfires

The United States federal government has approved aid for the state of California to help battle a devastating blaze that has engulfed nearly 81,000 acres of land and has killed at least five people. Today, President Donald Trump "ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a wildfire beginning on July 23." Because of this, the Federal Emergency Management Agency "is authorized to identify, mobilize and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency."

Democrats visit Flint: Hypocrisy, lies and cover-upwsws.org

By Sheila Brehm 27 July 2018 Several members of the Democratic Party's Congressional delegation dropped in on Flint, Michigan last week for a photo-op where city residents still suffer from a health crisis four years after the lead poisoning of their water supply. The July 20 event included Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader in the US House of Representatives, and her colleagues Dan Kildee and Debbie Dingell , Jim McGovern , and Sheila Jackson Lee .