FOREIGN POLICY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate is on the verge of an extraordinary rebuke of Donald Trump’s foreign policy, underscoring a bipartisan willingness to encroach on the president’s powers as commander in chief. From forcing Trump to impose sanctions on Russia to raising questions about his nuclear trigger finger, lawmakers are repeatedly asserting themselves in […]
Category: Senate
12/4/2018
ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s confidant Roger Stone is telling congressional committees that he would invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in order to not testify in response to requests for documents and testimony. Stone’s attorney Grant Smith rebuffed a request from the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee this week for […]
11/29/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/MICHAEL COHEN/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [11-29-18] denied pursuing a Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow, which his former lawyer Michael Cohen said they had continued until June 2016, during the presidential campaign. Cohen pleaded guilty on Thursday to lying to Congress about the project, putting fresh […]
11/28/2018
COURTS/MIKE PENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate on Wednesday [11-28-18] advanced a controversial Trump judicial nominee who has faced strong criticism over his record on voting rights. In a 51-50 vote, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking the tie, the Senate agreed to move forward on the nomination of Thomas Farr, who President Donald Trump […]
11/28/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Legislation to protect the special counsel’s office probe into possible Russian election interference stalled in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday [11-28-18], spurring Republican Senator Jeff Flake to make good on his threat of opposing judicial nominations until the bill moves forward. Fellow Republican Vice President Mike Pence was called in […]
11/28/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Democrats face a narrow path back to the majority in the 2020 elections, running through Trump country in a year when the president will be on the ballot galvanizing his supporters. Republicans cemented a 53-47 Senate majority with victory in Mississippi on Tuesday [11-26-18], and they must defend nearly twice as […]
11/27/2018
MITCH MCCONNELL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday [11-27-18] he would ‘probably’ block a renewed effort to bring to a vote a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The bill, known as the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity […]
11/21/2018
CRIME/MITCH MCCONNELL/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump called Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this week to press for action on a criminal justice measure that has long divided McConnell’s GOP, according to three sources familiar with the conversation. Trump’s Tuesday [11-20-18] call to McConnell comes as the criminal justice bill creates tension within the […]
11/20/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/HUMAN RIGHTS/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is demanding a definitive determination from President Donald Trump about whether Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a letter to Trump, the panel’s chairman, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), and ranking […]
11/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/RACISM/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump spoke up for a Republican senator Tuesday [11-20-18] facing a runoff election and fierce criticism after making a joke about a ‘public hanging.’ Trump said he plans to hold at least two campaign events, possibly even a third, to support Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in her runoff against Democrat […]
11/18/2018
ENDORSEMENT/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From day one Rick Scott never wavered. He was a great Governor and will be even a greater Senator in representing the People of Florida. Congratulations to Rick on having waged such a courageous and successful campaign!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 18, 2018 2:59 pm […]
11/18/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is name-calling Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for saying Matthew Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general is unconstitutional. Trump says Schiff shouldn’t complain that Whitaker wasn’t confirmed by the Senate because neither was special counsel Robert Mueller, who’s investigating 2016 election interference and possible ties between Moscow and Trump’s […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, where the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MEDIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “People are not being told that the Republican Party is on track to pick up two seats in the U.S. Senate, and epic victory: 53 to 47. The Fake News Media only wants to speak of the House, were the Midterm results were better than other sitting Presidents.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November […]
11/15/2018
IRAN/IRAQ/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is asking the Senate to approve a new ambassador to Iraq as the U.S. ratchets up pressure on neighboring Iran and as some Republicans in Congress call for a stronger response to Tehran’s influence in Baghdad. Trump on Thursday [11-15-18] officially asked the Senate to confirm Matthew Tueller, who […]
11/14/2018
PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump says he’s ‘thrilled’ to support a bipartisan bill to reform federal sentencing guidelines. The legislation is the first major rewrite of the nation’s criminal justice sentencing laws in a generation. Lawmakers reached agreement this week on legislation that would boost rehabilitation efforts for federal prisoners and give judges more […]
11/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTER FRAUD: “The concerted effort by Republicans in Washington and Florida to discredit the state’s recount as illegitimate and potentially rife with fraud reflects a cold political calculation: Treat the recount as the next phase of a campaign to secure the party’s majority and agenda in the Senate. That imperative — described […]
11/12/2018
CONGRESS/JARED KUSHNER/PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House officials and a bipartisan group of senators are mounting an ambitious effort to push criminal justice legislation through Congress by the end of the year, four sources close to the process told CNN. But first, Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, who has been leading the […]
11/12/2018
AFRICAN AMERICANS/PRISONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of senators has reached a tentative deal on the most substantial rewrite of the nation’s sentencing and prison laws in a generation, giving judges more latitude to sidestep mandatory minimum sentences and easing drug sentences that have incarcerated African-Americans at much higher rates than white offenders. The lawmakers […]
11/12/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VOTING: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [11-12-18] urged Florida election officials to end a recount and declare his fellow Republicans the winners of disputed races in last week’s elections, while Democrats picked up a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona. U.S. Representative Kyrsten Sinema declared victory and Republican opponent Martha McSally conceded […]
11/9/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump on Friday [11-9-18] floated the possibility that the race for the U.S. Senate in Arizona might need to be redone because of alleged ‘electoral corruption.’ The electoral contest between Democrat Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Martha McSally, both current members of the House, is one of the […]
11/9/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTER FRAUD: “President Donald Trump fired off a series of agitated tweets on Friday [11-9-18] about the looming Florida recount, alleging ‘election theft’ in the Senate race and suggesting without evidence that Democrats were falsifying votes to undermine GOP candidates. Trump’s unloading began Friday morning as he spoke to reporters while leaving for […]
11/8/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Jon Tester overcame President Donald Trump’s personal interest in his defeat to win a third term by holding on to his base and poaching voters who gave Trump a landslide victory in Montana in 2016. Tester beat Republican Matt Rosendale this week in a close race highlighted by Trump’s four […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans rode a red wave in Trump country Tuesday [11-6-18] night, keeping control of the Senate and handing President Donald Trump a partial victory in his first midterm election even as Democrats won the House majority. A handful of Senate races broke decisively for Republicans, allowing them to defeat at least […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats didn’t catch a blue wave. But they managed the next best thing: Divided government in the Trump era. House Democrats won back the majority for the first time since the 2010 elections. Helped by President Donald Trump, Republicans captured Senate seats in Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota to maintain […]
11/7/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If the Democrats think they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to consider investigating them for all of the leaks of Classified Information, and much else, at the Senate level. Two can play that game!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/7/2018
ELECTION/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump’s job as President, according to preliminary CNN exit polls. The results match his approval in recent public opinion polls, which have shown him to be under water nationally for months. But there’s much more to the story. In nearly every state with a key contested Senate […]
11/6/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republicans moved toward expanding their control of the Senate as Democrats took power in the House, with incomplete election results pointing toward a reaffirmation of a deeply divided nation. The Republicans flipped seats in three states — Indiana, Missouri and North Dakota — that President Trump had won by a […]
11/5/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump rushed around the country on Monday [11-5-18] in a final bid to drive his voters to the polls and blunt any late Democratic momentum in the battle for control of the Senate. The president kicked off the final day of the campaign with a rally in Cleveland, where he […]
11/5/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “John James, running as a Republican for the Senate from Michigan, is a spectacular young star of the future. We should make him a star of the present. A distinguished West Point Grad and Vet, people should Vote Out Schumer Puppet Debbie Stabenow, who does nothing for Michigan!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
11/3/2018
RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Indiana Rally, and Coach Bobby Knight, were incredible last night. Packed House in Honor of Mike Braun for Senate. Mike will be a GREAT Senator. Don’t forget to VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 3, 2018 6:49 am […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Rick Scott joined Ron DeSantis on Wednesday [10-31-18] night as he campaigned publicly for the first time next to President Donald Trump this year, ending a long spell when Florida’s chief executive kept some distance from the man who had long encouraged him to run for U.S. Senate. The Scott-DeSantis […]
10/31/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/INTELLIGENCE/SENATE/STEVE BANNON/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is pursuing a wide-ranging examination of former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s activities during the 2016 presidential campaign, three sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. The committee is looking into what Bannon might know about any contacts during the campaign between Moscow and two advisers […]
10/31/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jon Tester would be a near lock for reelection if Montana’s Senate race came down to the classic test of which candidate voters would rather have a beer with. In fact, devouring a slice of carrot cake at a diner last week, the burly farmer-turned-Democratic senator says he could use a […]
10/31/2018
ELECTION/GOP/POLLS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a staunch ally of Republican President Donald Trump, is locked in a tight race with state Senator Laura Kelly that could see the state elect its first Democratic governor in eight years, a Reuters poll found. The Reuters/Ipsos/UVA Center for Politics opinion poll published on […]
10/30/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican campaigns took a defensive approach a week before elections to determine control of the U.S. Congress, with the party spending more to try to hold on to previously secure House seats and President Donald Trump preparing a six-day trip focused on Senate races. The National Republican Congressional Committee on Tuesday [10-30-18] launched […]
10/29/2018
ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump set off early alarms when he signaled an interest in Kelli Ward, a right-wing candidate in Arizona’s competitive Republican primary for a U.S. Senate seat. But after reviewing the polls and conferring with political advisers and Senate officials, who warned him that Ward was likely to lose, Trump […]
10/24/2018
COURTS/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican-led U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday [10-24-18] held the second of two unusual hearings during a congressional recess in an aggressive push to confirm President Donald Trump’s conservative judicial nominees including to a liberal-leaning California-based court he often criticizes. Democrats, who mounted an unsuccessful effort to block Senate confirmation this month of […]
10/24/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump makes a campaign visit to Wisconsin with Republicans growing increasingly nervous about the prospects of holding onto the governor’s office, let alone picking up a Senate seat held by a well-positioned Democratic incumbent. Trump on Wednesday [10-24-18] will return to a rural part of the state he easily won […]
10/23/2018
FEDERAL RESERVE/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s decision to nominate Nellie Liang, a seasoned financial regulator, to the Federal Reserve’s board of governors is eliciting a rare show of public opposition from some Senate Republicans, who want the Fed to loosen its grip on large banks. Those Republicans, including members of the Senate Banking Committee, have continued […]
10/22/2018
ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/SENATE/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Call it the mystery middle class tax cut. In recent days President Donald Trump has twice promised a new ‘major tax cut’ ahead of the November midterm elections, mystifying White House officials, congressional leaders, and tax wonks around town who mostly have no idea what he’s talking about. The pledge […]
10/20/2018
SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Watched North Dakota’s Rep. Kevin Cramer easily win debate with Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Great job Kevin, you will be a great Senator!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2018 9:45 pm […]
10/20/2018
RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Leaving Arizona after a fantastic Rally last night, in Mesa, honoring, and for, Martha @RepMcSally McSally. She is an inspiration & will be a GREAT SENATOR for the people of Arizona. Her opponent is a Nancy Pelosi puppet, really bad for State. Early Voting NOW! Will be back soon.” –Donald Trump, […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Ever since his vicious and totally false statements about Admiral Ron Jackson, the highly respected White House Doctor for Obama, Bush & me, Senator John Tester looks to be in big trouble in the Great State of Montana! He behaved worse than the Democrat Mob did with Justice K!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
10/11/2018
GOP/MEDIA/SAUDI ARABIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A leading Republican senator said Thursday [10-11-18] that he believes Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and that ‘there is no question the Saudis did this.’ Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker told CNN that the ‘intel points directly’ to Saudi Arabia for the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi […]
10/10/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [10-9-18] used the bitter Senate confirmation battle for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to try to boost Republican voter enthusiasm and prevent a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 6 elections. At a political rally in support of Iowa and Nebraska Republicans, Trump […]
10/9/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling President Donald Trump’s attack on her handling of an allegation against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ‘ridiculous and an embarrassment.’ The ranking member of the Judiciary Committee is again denying she breached the confidence of Christine Blasey Ford, who claimed Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her […]
10/9/2018
DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lisa Murkowski is facing fresh political fallout for opposing confirmation of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, as Republicans fret about her future in the GOP and whether Trump’s attacks on the Alaska senator will alienate her on future votes on his nominees. Her Senate GOP colleagues are defending her, pushing […]
10/9/2018
DEMS/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “SENATE DEMOCRATS TAKE ON SHORT-TERM PLANS — All forty-nine Democrats, led by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, are mounting an unlikely effort to strike down the Trump administration’s rule expanding short-term, limited duration health plans. They’re trying to force a Senate vote on Wednesday to overturn the new rule, which became effective last […]
10/8/2018
DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Senator Joe Manchin III became the lone Democrat to support Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh’s elevation to the Supreme Court on Saturday [10-6-18], protesters in the Capitol screamed ‘shame.’ But in his home state of West Virginia, voters were, if not encouraging, at least understanding: He had saved himself from political […]
10/8/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The bitter fight over the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh spilled over into a key U.S. Senate race in Indiana on Monday [10-8-18], as the Republican challenger, Mike Braun squared off against Joe Donnelly, the Democratic incumbent. Braun, a businessman, hammered Donnelly over his opposition to President Donald Trump’s latest […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Protesters opposed to Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the US Supreme Court swarmed over Washington on Saturday [10-6-18]- massing at the Capitol, disrupting the confirmation vote in the Senate and banging on the Supreme Court building doors when Kavanaugh arrived to be sworn in. About 5:45 p.m. ET Saturday, a large crowd […]
10/6/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I applaud and congratulate the U.S. Senate for confirming our GREAT NOMINEE, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to the United States Supreme Court. Later today, I will sign his Commission of Appointment, and he will be officially sworn in. Very exciting!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2018 3:15 pm […]
10/6/2018
GOP/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I have asked Steve Daines, our great Republican Senator from Montana, to attend his daughter Annie’s wedding rather than coming to today’s vote. Steve was ready to do whatever he had to, but we had the necessary number. To the Daines Family, congratulations-have a wonderful day!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, […]
10/06/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said he was looking forward to a Senate confirmation vote on his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday [10-6-18] and said the conservative judge would do a ‘great, great’ job on the court. The embattled Kavanaugh was poised to win Senate confirmation later on […]
10/5/2018
DEMS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is on track to be the only Senate Democrat to break ranks with his party and vote to elevate Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. A final confirmation vote is not expected until Saturday [10-6-18], but Manchin came out in support of Kavanaugh […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Very proud of the U.S. Senate for voting ‘YES’ to advance the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2018 9:59 am […]
10/5/2018
PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don’t fall for it! Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love! #Troublemakers” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, […]
10/5/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh is set to become the Supreme Court justice who inaugurates a conservative majority for a generation, after wavering Republicans closed ranks to give him sufficient votes for confirmation in a historic victory for President Donald Trump. The final Senate vote is expected Saturday [10-6-18], but enough senators have committed […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTIONS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The ugly partisan brawl over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation remains undecided, but President Donald Trump appears likely to come out on top regardless of the outcome. If Kavanaugh is confirmed by the Senate in a vote planned on Saturday [10-6-18], Trump will have succeeded in placing his second […]
10/4/2018
ENDORSEMENT/GOP/RALLY/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Just made my second stop in Minnesota for a MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN rally. We need to elect @KarinHousley to the U.S. Senate, and we need the strong leadership of @TomEmmer, @Jason2CD, @JimHagedornMN and @PeteStauber in the U.S. House!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2018 5:58 pm […]
10/4/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/PROTESTS/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Nearly 300 protesters were arrested at a US Senate building on Thursday [10-4-18] afternoon as crowds of activists descended on Capitol Hill while lawmakers reviewed the FBI’s report on the allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Protesters gathered in the Hart Senate Building atrium after US Capitol Police barricaded […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday [10-1-18] afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him…Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff […]
10/3/2018
ELECTION/GOP/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ask Representative Marsha Blackburn about finances and a strong response can follow. When she worked as the state film and music commissioner in Tennessee in 1995, another government official questioned her travel expenses on a trip to California. Ms. Blackburn, who is now the Republican candidate for an open Senate seat in Tennessee, […]
10/3/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders pressed on Tuesday [10-2-18] to wrap up the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, seizing on word from the F.B.I. that it would complete its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct as early as Wednesday [10-3-18]…But Mr. McConnell’s promise was as […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys on Tuesday [10-2-18] implored the FBI to interview her and act on investigative leads they have provided for its inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh…The bureau is expected to wrap up its time-limited probe of the allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee […]
10/2/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/NEW YORK/SENATE: “Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, is donating $20 million to help Democratic candidates running for the U.S. Senate, a spokesman said on Tuesday [10-2-18]. The billionaire’s contribution comes as Republicans, who currently hold a 51-49 majority in the upper chamber, grow more concerned that […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/MILITARY/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation under fire, President Trump lashed out on Monday [10-1-18] at Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewing his attack that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lied about his service in Vietnam and embellishing the senator’s misdeeds far beyond the truth. Mr. Trump […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-1-18] that he wants a ‘very comprehensive investigation’ into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after reports emerged that the White House was seeking to limit the scope of the probe…The FBI is conducting a one-week investigation into sexual assault […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered a limited, week-long FBI probe of the allegations against his Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday [9-28-18]. It was a 180-degree turn from his previous statements about making such a move. After the initial accusations […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday [9-28-18] that the FBI’s supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh must cover what she called ‘the three credible’ reports of misconduct…Hirono was referring to the accounts brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, who have […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate took its first step toward formally considering Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on the floor of the US Senate on Friday [9-28-18] evening. In a voice vote, lawmakers passed the motion to proceed on Kavanaugh’s confirmation, meaning there would be no Saturday [9-29-18] session — though the […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Jeff Flake had just broken Democrats’ hearts. The night before, the retiring Arizona Republican had gotten their hopes up — seeming torn on whether to support confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination after a gut-wrenching day in the Senate Judiciary Committee. But on Friday [9-28-18] morning, he issued a statement […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Friday [9-28-18] that someone will have to fill President Donald Trump in on why Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court could be delayed a week, a half-joking remark that nonetheless highlighted confusion around what will happen next in the Senate. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), whose […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-28-18] said he found the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford a day earlier ‘very credible,’ and he said he would rely on the advice of the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether to reopen an FBI background investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Friday [9-28-18] he had not thought ‘even a little bit’ about alternatives if the Senate does not approve his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. He called the hearing an incredible moment in the history of the country, but suggested he was not […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans are racing to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, betting that the Supreme Court nominee was persuasive enough in his denial that he sexually assaulted a high school acquaintance to counter the powerful testimony of his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning to vote on Friday [9-28-18] morning […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on whether to favorably recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court will happen as scheduled Friday morning, though top GOP senators did not appear to know as of Thursday [9-27-18] night whether enough key Republican votes had been convinced to confirm Kavanaugh. Senate Judiciary […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Members of the House of Representatives have no say in whether professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh sink his Supreme Court nomination. But as much as the contentious confirmation fight over Kavanaugh played out on television screens across the country on Thursday [9-27-18] has put vulnerable […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans thought that bringing a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford would help them avoid looking like they were ganging up on an alleged victim of sexual assault. But once the hearing was underway, they seemed to quickly regret outsourcing their work to former sex crimes prosecutor Rachel […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Thirty-three minutes after the hearing into her accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began, Christine Blasey Ford stood, took an oath and started to tell her story. Hours later, after Ford delivered a detailed and dramatic testimony, Kavanaugh sat in the same chair and angrily denied […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh unspooled over nearly nine hours on Thursday [9-27-18]— about the length of a prestige mini-series, binged Netflix-style in one wrenching, riveting sitting. The mini-series contained multitudes. It was a political drama that doubled as a reality show. It was […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Washington day like no other, President Donald Trump found himself in an unusual spot: publicly absent from a melodrama gripping the nation. Closeted in his third-floor White House residence, he avoided opportunities to comment on the proceedings occurring two miles away on Capitol Hill. But nearing the end of […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Lindsey Graham, the blunt-speaking South Carolina Republican, vented to reporters on Thursday [9-27-18] outside the hearing room where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing explosive testimony about sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee. Then he went back inside and really let […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser faced off Thursday [9-27-18] in an extraordinary, emotional day of testimony that ricocheted from a woman’s tremulous account of sexual assault to a man’s angry, outraged denial, all of which played out for hours before a riveted nation and a riven Senate. The […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford began her testimony in front of a Senate committee by saying she was ‘terrified,’ and at times she looked it. But by the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/WOMEN: “Rachel Mitchell had a difficult mission as the lawyer hired by Republican senators to question the woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault: test her memory, but treat her respectfully. At a dramatic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18], Mitchell walked that fine line with accuser […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, the Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when they were teens. Like millions of Americans […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday [9-27-18] on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican investigators for the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [9-25-18] asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about two new allegations against him, according to a transcript of a conference call released by the committee. In the transcript released Wednesday [9-26-18], Kavanaugh denied an allegation that he assaulted a woman he […]
9/26/2018
DRUGS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDICAID/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House and Senate have reached agreement on a big package of measures to address the opioid epidemic. The legislation, backed by leaders of both parties, is a rare bipartisan achievement that lawmakers are eager to have in hand when they go home to campaign for the midterm elections. The 653-page […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump has some advice for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as he prepares for Thursday’s [9-27-28] climactic Senate hearing to confront sexual misconduct allegations: Be more aggressive, show more outrage, push back more. In other words, be more like Mr. Trump. But what works for Mr. Trump might not work for […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham complained that Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers are making him out to be ‘Bill Cosby.’ Orrin Hatch blasted ‘phony’ accusations in The New Yorker. And John Cornyn urged the Senate to get on with a confirmation vote before more ‘reckless’ allegations are lodged against the Supreme Court nominee. All three Republicans […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] praised the way Senate Republicans have handled sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying GOP lawmakers ‘could not be more respectful’ to accuser Christine Blasey Ford…Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school. Another woman, Deborah […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump assailed the latest woman to accuse Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying on Tuesday that she ‘has nothing’ because she was ‘messed up’ at the time, even as a key Republican senator urged colleagues to take the accusations seriously. With pressure rising in advance of a make-or-break […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As the Senate prepares for Thursday’s [9-27-18] blockbuster hearing to decide the fate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a key player has been missing from efforts to lobby undecided GOP senators — President Donald Trump. More than a dozen Republican senators said in interviews Tuesday [9-25-18] that they haven’t heard […]