Democrats push toward vote on Jackson for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing Ketanji Brown Jackson closer to confirmation, setting up a vote next week to recommend her nomination to the full Senate and seat her as the...
View ArticlePoll: Trump leads Biden, Harris in 2024 match-ups
(The Hill) -- Former President Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 match-up, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill on...
View ArticleTrump urges Putin to release dirt on Hunter Biden
(The Hill) - Former President Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release dirt on President Biden’s son Hunter Biden during an interview published Tuesday. “One thing, while I'm on...
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Senate panel deadlocks on Ketanji Brown Jackson, but nomination will proceed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked, 11-11, Monday on whether to send Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination to the Senate floor. But President Joe Biden’s nominee is...
View ArticleSenate to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court Thursday
(The Hill) - The Senate will confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first Black, female Supreme Court justice on Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) locked in a deal —...
View ArticleAt DC roast, NH's GOP governor skewers Trump as 'crazy'
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire said Donald Trump is “crazy” and joked that if the former Republican president was admitted to a mental hospital, “he ain't getting out!”...
View ArticleMcConnell: GOP could flub midterms with ‘unacceptable’ candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Hill) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said the political atmosphere is good for Republicans heading into the midterms but warned that the party could...
View ArticleCOVID spending bill stalls in Senate as GOP, Dems stalemate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses stalled in the Senate Wednesday and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a...
View ArticleCOVID spending bill stalls in Senate as GOP, Dems stalemate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A compromise $10 billion measure buttressing the government’s COVID-19 defenses has stalled in the Senate and seemed all but certainly sidetracked for weeks, victim of a...
View ArticleIowa GOP open to non-Trump prospects as 2024 gets underway
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's persistent flirtation with another White House run is doing little to discourage other potential Republican candidates from stepping up their...
View ArticleNY Times report: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told other GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to an audio...
View ArticleAds from soft-spoken Arkansas Sen. Boozman reflect GOP fury
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — At home, two-term Republican Sen. John Boozman is known as an unassuming figure who talks almost in a whisper and is more comfortable chatting about policy or the University...
View ArticleGOP leaders in Ohio try to block Trump endorsement of Vance
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance in the crowded...
View ArticleMcCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'
WASHINGTON (AP) — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy assured colleagues Wednesday he never asked then-President Donald Trump to resign over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol,defending private...
View ArticleHunter Biden is prime target if Republicans win Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intelligence officials had gathered to brief select members of Congress on future threats to U.S. elections when a key lawmaker in the room, No. 3 House Republican Elise Stefanik of...
View ArticleBiden roasts Trump, GOP, himself at correspondents' dinner
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House press corps' annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: President Joe Biden. The...
View ArticleSen. Rand Paul wants to investigate origins of COVID-19
SMITHFIELD, Ky. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul promised Saturday to wage a vigorous review into the origins of the coronavirus if Republicans retake the Senate and he lands a committee chairmanship....
View ArticleGOP Gov Hutchinson says 2024 presidential bid 'on the table'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won't be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the...
View ArticleOhio's GOP elections chief faces conservative foe in primary
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's Republican primary for secretary of state features a matchup between incumbent elections chief Frank LaRose, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, and conservative...
View ArticleIndiana GOP lawmakers resisting many hard-right challengers
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Frustrated conservatives wanting to push the Republican-controlled Indiana Legislature further to the right are trying to unseat several GOP lawmakers in Tuesday’s primary. Roughly...
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