Two Trump Nominees to Fourth Circuit Sail Through Senate
A federal prosecutor and judge nominated for the Fourth Circuit appeals court by President Donald Trump won the overwhelming support Thursday of the U.S. Senate.
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Minnesota Key to Democratic Hopes of Blue Wave
In a major battleground state for November’s midterm elections, Minnesota voters in Tuesday’s primary election will narrow the field for two U.S. Senate seats, eight House spots and the governorship.
Read moreMichigan Voters Advance Gubernatorial Candidates
The race to become the next governor of Michigan was narrowed down to Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette and Democratic establishment favorite Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday night.
Read moreRight-to-Work Overwhelmingly Rejected in Missouri
With the eyes of the nation watching, Missourians flocked to the polls in Tuesday’s primary election to decide whether Missouri will become a right-to-work state and to set the stage for a much-anticipated U.S. Senate race in November.
Read moreSenate to Send Butina Transcript to Justice Department
The Senate has quietly agreed to send a transcript of a private interview of accused Russian operative Mariia Butina by the Senate Intelligence Committee to the Department of Justice and her lawyer.
Read moreKey Tennessee Primary Races Could Affect Judiciary
Voters across Tennessee will cast ballots Thursday in a primary election to determine the candidates for an open U.S. Senate seat and the governor’s office, two important positions for influencing federal and state judicial systems.
Read moreGeorgia High Court Justices Now Has Seat on 11th Circuit
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a Georgia Supreme Court justice and former state solicitor general to a seat on the 11th Circuit.
Read moreSenate Confirms Robert Wilkie for Veterans Affairs Secretary
The Senate on Monday confirmed Pentagon official Robert Wilkie to be secretary of Veterans Affairs, charged with delivering on President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to fire bad VA employees and steer more patients to the private sector.
Read moreContrasting Virginia Campaigns Could Affect Control of House
Some GOP congressmen in Virginia want nothing to do with their own party’s provocative candidate for Senate, Corey Stewart, an outspoken acolyte of President Donald Trump and defender of Confederate monuments. Stewart says he’s fine with the cold shoulders if it helps Republicans win.
Read moreSenate Panel Says Planned Overhaul of Departments in Limbo
Plans to overhaul the Interior and Energy departments are stalled until lawmakers receive more information about the cost-benefit of undertaking such a massive restructuring, a Senate panel told department heads on Thursday.
Read moreSenate Resolution Warns Trump Not to Hand Officials to Putin
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump disagrees with a proposal from Russian President Vladimir Putin that would allow the Kremlin to interrogate a former U.S. ambassador to Russia and others.
Read moreNew Democratic Guard Pushes Left in California
California’s Democrat-on-Democrat clash for a U.S. Senate seat ratcheted up over the weekend, as party delegates spurned longtime Senator Dianne Feinstein in favor of progressive candidate Kevin de Leon. But many experts believe Feinstein will win handily in November anyway, despite the delegates’ fervent hopes.
Read moreSenate Confirms Justice Official Who Worked for Russian Bank
The Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department’s criminal division.
Read moreProposed Endangered Species Act ‘Revamp’ Seen as Gutting Protections
The Republican chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced a draft bill this week that has conservationists worried. The legislation proposed by Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso will significantly revamp the Endangered Species Act, but critics of the move say it will essentially gut the law.
Read moreSenate Blocks Trump Plan to Cut $15B in Unused Spending
In a rebuke to President Donald Trump, the Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday blocked a White House plan to cut almost $15 billion in unused government money slated for children’s health insurance and other programs.
Read moreCambridge Analytica Quiz Designer Apologizes For Data Mining Role
The designer of the online quiz at the center of the Cambridge Analytica data use scandal apologized on Tuesday for his role in the story, saying he believed the way his team used the app to gather information on Facebook users and their friends was nothing unusual.
Read moreFlake Holds Up Judicial Nominee, Mum on Why
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., last week delayed a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on President Donald Trump’s pick for a seat on the 11th Circuit for reasons “unrelated to the nominee’s merits,” according to a committee source.
Read moreIndicted Senate Staffer Calls Trump Remarks Prejudicial
The former Senate intelligence staffer indicted as part of the government’s leak probe claimed in a court filing Tuesday that the president’s remarks about him impinge his right to a fair trial.
Read moreSenators Press DOJ Officials on Clinton Watchdog Report
Senators drilled Monday into the findings of last week’s watchdog report detailing the Justice Department’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server, with Republicans pointing to political text messages as proof of bias and Democrats noting the report says nothing of the ongoing Russia investigation.
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