Новости за 05.10.2018

Former President George H.W. Bush praised Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Friday after she delivered a roughly 45-minute speech on the Senate floor in support of Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.Bush saluted Collins's...

Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), the lone Democrat who will vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was confronted by angry protesters outside his office after announcing his position.Manchin's answers to reporter...

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing Julie Swetnick in her allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, condemned Sen. Susan Collins’s (R-Maine) remarks Friday slamming Swetnick’s accusations as...

Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing Julie Swetnick in her allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, condemned Sen. Susan Collins's (R-Maine) remarks Friday slamming Swetnick's a...

President Trump on Friday abruptly replaced the director of federal personnel with a top official at the Office of Management and Budget, according to the White House.The White House said in a brief statement Marga...

New Yorker's media critic Ken Auletta slammed CNN during a panel discussion in New York on Friday, arguing that "from four o'clock to eleven o'clock at night - it's the all Trump network."The perspective comes days...

Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, best known for starring on MTV's "Jersey Shore," was sentenced to eight months in prison for federal tax evasion.The sentencing, in federal court in New Jersey, comes after Sorrentino pleaded guilty in January. In...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appeared to challenge GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) to a primary race in 2022 after the senator voted against pushing Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court through to a final vote. “Hey @...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appeared to challenge GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) to a primary race in 2022 after the senator voted against pushing Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court thro...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) called on survivors of sexual assault to not be discouraged Friday as it appeared Republicans had the necessary votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee who h...

California Sen. Kamala Harris (D) called on survivors of sexual assault to not be discouraged Friday as it appeared Republicans had the necessary votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee who has been accused by three...

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who is up for reelection in a state President Trump won by 42 points, said Friday he will back the president's second nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh.Manchin is the only Democrat who has said he will back...

A federal district court judge has ruledAttorney General Jeff Sessions’ conditions on grant funding to force so-called sanctuary cities to cooperate with immigration enforcement efforts as unconstitutional  Judge William Orrick, of the U.S...

GOP Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) said Friday that she will support Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, clinching the votes needed for confirmation.Collins's decision means Kavanaugh will have at least 50 vote...

During the Cold War, facing off against a nuclear-armed Soviet Union, sharp partisan politics in America stopped, in the phrase of Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, “at the water’s edge.” Back then, as much as we fought about domestic issues – and, we can...

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Friday said that the U.S. Senate will be not be intimidated by "paid protesters" in its quest to vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh."Our vote today was important not only because it will allow us to...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will announce how she plans to vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday rejected a request from the Department of Justice (DOJ) to temporarily block an order requiring Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and another official ...

Jurors on Friday found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.Van Dyke had been charged with first-degree murder, 16 counts of...

Jurors on Friday found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of black teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014.Van Dyke had been charged with first-degree murder, 16 counts of...

Former Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly condemned Democrats as a "left wing mob" on Wednesday for what he said was their refusal to give Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh "due process" as he faces sexual misconduct alleg...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed optimism about the chances of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.McConnell made the remarks after he and others in the GOP leadership had lunch with Sen. Susan Collins (...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed optimism about the chances of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.McConnell made the remarks after he and others in the GOP leadership...

The Washington Post printed a blank column in its Friday edition in a show of solidarity with a Saudi contributor to the paper who disappeared while visiting Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, this week....

The American Bar Association (ABA) sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday announcing that it will be reopening its evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.The ABA said in the letter to Chairman...