Congress to face same question: When will shutdown end?

January 14, 2019 Comments Off on Congress to face same question: When will shutdown end?

FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, file photo seen from a window outside the Oval Office, President Donald Trump gives a prime-time address about border security at the White House in Washington. With the standoff over paying for his long-promised border wall dragging on, the president’s Oval Office address and visit to the Texas border over the past week failed to break the logjam and left aides and allies fearful that the president has misjudged Democratic resolve and is running out of negotiating options. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Congress returns to Washington for its first full week of legislative business since control of the House reverted to Democrats, but lawmakers will be confronted with the same lingering question: When will the partial government shutdown end?

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Kavanaugh’s ‘revenge’ theory spotlights past with Clintons

October 3, 2018 Comments Off on Kavanaugh’s ‘revenge’ theory spotlights past with Clintons

In this Sept. 27, 2018, photo, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh gives his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kavanaugh is blaming the Clintons for the sexual misconduct allegations against him. In doing so, the judge is drawing new attention to his time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton’s sexual misconduct in the 1990s. And he’s shown he can deliver a Trump-like broadside against detractors even if it casts him in a potentially partisan light. (Saul Loeb/Pool Image via AP)

To some, Brett Kavanaugh is clearing his name. To others, he's veering into conspiracy theory.

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Trump urges Senate to vote after Kavanaugh’s fierce defense

September 28, 2018 Comments Off on Trump urges Senate to vote after Kavanaugh’s fierce defense

President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn on return from New York City, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies stood by Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

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Kavanaugh, accuser say they’re ready to testify — but how?

September 17, 2018 Comments Off on Kavanaugh, accuser say they’re ready to testify — but how?

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, after more than an hour of delay over procedural questions, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers has come forward to The Washington Post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of a decades-old sexual assault both indicated Monday they would be willing to testify to a Senate panel as the confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee shifted from seemingly painless to problematic.

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Congress to face same question: When will shutdown end?

Kavanaugh’s ‘revenge’ theory spotlights past with Clintons

Trump urges Senate to vote after Kavanaugh’s fierce defense

Kavanaugh, accuser say they’re ready to testify — but how?