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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not appear at the court on Tuesday as she continues to recover from a fall that left her with broken ribs.
The chief of the Department of Justice's antitrust division said Tuesday that political considerations do not impact the department's work, a day after President Donald Trump suggested Comcast could soon face increased scrutiny.
Mark Salter, who was a confidant to and co-author for McCain for decades, responds to Sinema's apparent victory by breaking down what it meant for President Trump and the GOP in the state — not good.
The lawsuit comes less than a week after the White House announced it would suspend Acosta's "hard pass" in the wake of the reporter's fiery exchange with Trump at a news conference Wednesday.
"I think a lot will have to do with whether infrastructure gets the kind of treatment that it really deserves," Ross says.
It is far from assured that there will be any public "Mueller report" for Democrats to lean on.
Michael Cohen has repeatedly met with Robert Mueller's team since pleading guilty to charges that include campaign contribution violations related to a hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, purportedly at President Donald Trump's behest.
Democratic former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy aims to upset Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in the Nov. 27 Senate special election runoff.
President Trump demands that the tight Florida races for governor and the state's seat in the U.S. Senate be called for Republicans because an "honest vote count is no longer possible."
Richard Ojeda and others who declared early candidacies will have a lot of trouble breaking out of what's expected to be a large field consisting of several Democrats, potentially including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden.
The Koch network is mounting a multimillion-dollar campaign to push some key priorities – such as immigration reform and free-trade initiatives — before Democrats take over the House in January.
Before the Trump administration began calling for unimpeded commerce and an end to authoritarianism in the Indo-Pacific, both Japan and Indonesia already had their own policy ideas for the critically important region.
A key player in Schultz's growing team is Steve Schmidt, a former vice chairman at public relations powerhouse Edelman who managed Republican Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008.
Iran could become the Trump administration's most defining foreign policy challenge in the next two years.
Linda McMahon is favored by President Trump to replace Ross, sources said. He is also considering Ray Washburne, president and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation, according to one source.
With votes still being counted, an estimated 113 million Americans cast ballots in the first nationwide election of the Trump presidency, according to AP data. That's the highest raw vote total for a non-presidential election in U.S. history.
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