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ABC7 San Francisco
4 weeks ago
US Elections

Are the top candidates to replace Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader MAGA enough?

Trump's influence on Republican leadership race evident through aligning with candidates
Top contenders in the Republican leadership race seek Trump's favor
Intelligencer
4 weeks ago
US Elections

Who Will Replace Mitch McConnell As GOP Senate Leader?

Senator John Cornyn of Texas is among the top candidates to succeed Mitch McConnell.
Cornyn was vocal against Merrick Garland's confirmation and endorsed Trump's candidacy.
POLITICO
1 month ago
US Elections

Cornyn clashes with Ken Paxton over support for foreign aid bill

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing criminal charges and criticism from Senator John Cornyn over his focus on conspiracy theories and Russian propaganda.
Cornyn and other Republicans voted to advance an aid package to Ukraine, against the desires of former President Donald Trump.
Washington Post
2 months ago
US Elections

After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line

Sen. John Cornyn initially questioned Trump's ability to win a general election but has now endorsed and rallied around him.
A growing number of GOP lawmakers, including Cornyn, are embracing Trump as the leader of the Republican Party.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

New GOP senator irks colleagues with Judiciary committee push

"This is something the Missouri senators need to work out," Blackburn said in an interview."I'm the only Republican woman on the Senate Judiciary Committee and I don't intend to come off the committee," she added.Blackburn joined the panel after the GOP drew heat for having no female members during the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
www.cnn.com
10 months ago
US politics

Top Senate Democrats push for new ethics rules in wake of Clarence Thomas report as Republicans defend justice

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin ratcheted up demands for Chief Justice John Roberts to police the actions of Clarence Thomas in the wake of a new ProPublica report showing a GOP megadonor paying school tuition for a close relative of the conservative justice.But Durbin told CNN he can't move forward with a new ethics bill to impose a code of conduct on the justices until Sen. Dianne Feinstein returns from her illness since Republicans would have the votes to block any such legislation in his committee.
amNewYork
1 year ago
US politics

Senate to vote on same-sex marriage in coming weeks | amNewYork

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed Wednesday that the Senate will vote on legislation to protect same-sex marriage "in the coming weeks" as a bipartisan group backing the bill negotiates changes to gain more Republican support.
kvue.com
1 year ago
US politics

Senate to vote on same-sex marriage in coming weeks

A bipartisan group of senators is working to round up the ten GOP votes needed to overcome a filibuster and get the legislation through the 50-50 Senate.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Cornyn Faces Backlash After Tweeting "Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs Board of Education"

Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) recently wrote a tweet in support of the Supreme Court's anti-abortion decision in which he appeared to advocate for far right justices to reexamine cases on racial segregation as well.
www.npr.org
1 year ago
Law

Senate passes bill to give police protection to families of Supreme Court justices

Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left and his wife Virginia Thomas, right, leave the the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington after attending funeral services of the late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, on Feb. 20, 2016.
www.npr.org
2 years ago
Law

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings: What happened on Tuesday

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on her nomination to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court during the Senate Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
www.cnn.com
1 year ago
US politics

Sen. Mitch McConnell released from physical therapy rehab after fall

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he has been released from an inpatient physical therapy facility after he fell earlier this month and was treated for a concussion and rib fracture.I want to sincerely thank everyone for all the kind wishes.I'm happy to say I finished inpatient physical therapy earlier today and I'm glad to be home, McConnell said in a statement.
POLITICO
1 year ago
US Elections

Senate Dems confident they can repeal Iraq war authorizations - despite absences

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), who sponsored the measure along with Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.), was still confident Tuesday that the measure would pass."We feel like we're gonna have well north of 60 votes," he said in a brief interview.On its face, the math looks good for the legislation, with 12 Republicans backing the bill - enough to hit the necessary 60 votes, provided Democrats hang together.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine says Russians are withdrawing from Kharkiv

Russian troops are pulling out of Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukrainian officials said Saturday.
www.wfaa.com
1 year ago
Education

Segregated Texas school officially designated as a national historic site

MARFA, Texas Note: The video above is from a report on the Blackwell school on Nov. 23, 2021.
New York Daily News
1 year ago
Europe news

Russia's war effort in Ukraine not going well, Western leaders say, as Finland and Sweden move to join NATO

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not going the way the Kremlin had hoped, Western leaders said on Sunday, as two European countries made moves to join the NATO alliance against Russia's wishes.
Independent
1 year ago
Europe news

Ukraine: Russian troops withdrawing from around Kharkiv

Russian troops are withdrawing from around Ukraine's second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks, the Ukrainian military said as Kyiv and Moscow's forces engaged in a grinding battle for the country's eastern industrial heartland.
Truthout
2 years ago
Left-wing politics

Anti-Racist Book Becomes Best Seller After Cruz Cites it in Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings

The day after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) berated Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson over a children's book with anti-racist themes during her confirmation hearings, that same book became a best-selling title online.
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