Declaring that his red "MAGA" hat makes him "feel like Superman," rapper Kanye West made a free-styling appearance in the Oval Office on Thursday. Ahead of a private lunch, President Donald Trump and West spoke with reporters as they sat across from each other at the Resolute Desk. West dominated...
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Wednesday referred more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints filed recently against Brett Kavanaugh to a federal appeals court in Colorado. The 15 complaints, related to statements Kavanaugh made during his Senate confirmation hearings, were initially filed...
FBI Director Chris Wray on Wednesday defended the FBI's background investigation of new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, saying the work was limited in scope and that the "usual process" was followed by his agents. Wray's comments at a Senate committee hearing on national security threats...
Hugh Hewitt: "Is there any doubt in your mind, Senator Cotton, that this was planned long before it was unveiled? And by that, I mean the leak of Dr. Ford's letter. I don't know who did it, but I believe it was part of a campaign that was set up to occur exactly when it did. Do you agree with me?"...
Nikki Haley's abrupt and unexpected resignation from President Donald Trump's administration secured her membership in a singular club - the rare former White House official who leaves Trump's orbit as a political force who could pose a potential threat to the president. In a sign of her rising...
Chants of "Lock her up!" rang once again throughout an Iowa arena as President Donald Trump rallied supporters Tuesday night. But this time, the staple of Trump's 2016 campaign against Democrat Hillary Clinton had a new target: California Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Trump, who was in the state boosting...
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency liked a racist post about the Obamas a few years ago and engaged with prominent far-right conspiracy theorists on social media, according to screenshots published online Tuesday. Andrew Wheeler, who has been the agency's acting administrator since...
President Donald Trump welcomed Brett Kavanaugh to the White House on Monday evening for a ceremonial swearing-in as the Supreme Court's new associate justice. The event was much more a culmination of a political fight than a legal one. Kavanaugh's legal philosophy faded into the background over...
Look what Taylor Swift made you do. In a surprise Instagram post Sunday, the music megastar broke her long silence on politics and encouraged her more than 112 million followers on the platform to register to vote. It seems some of them rushed to do just that, according to Vote.org, a nonpartisan...
Brett Kavanaugh took the bench with his new Supreme Court colleagues for the first time Tuesday in a jovial atmosphere that was strikingly at odds with the tension and rancor surrounding his high court confirmation. The new justice dived into his new job, asking a handful of questions in the first...
Kanye West is coming to the White House. The rap star is scheduled to meet Thursday morning with President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and then have lunch with Trump himself, according to a person familiar with the plans. The visit is the latest development in a budding relationship...
Long before Congress was consumed by the wrenching fight over sexual assault allegations against Brett M. Kavanaugh, lawmakers had promised to make the process fairer for those who accuse lawmakers or staffers of sexual misconduct. But nearly a year after the #MeToo era began, lawmakers have failed...
When thousands of furious, screaming protesters marched toward the Capitol over the weekend as Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, Republican staffers peered out at the scene from the windows above. They were not alarmed but elated. Weeks ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans have cast...
President Donald Trump says he likes superstar Taylor Swift's music "about 25 percent less now" that she's endorsed two Democratic candidates in Tennessee. Trump was asked about Swift's decision to wade into politics as he returned to Washington after a trip to Florida. Swift announced Sunday she's...
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in —again, for the cameras, this time — Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed Kavanaugh's opponents for a "campaign of personal destruction." In a ceremony that could have been a unifying moment for...
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday rejected President Donald Trump’s call for Chicago police to start using stop-and-frisk tactics to get the city’s violent crime under control, saying “the failed policies he’s talking about” would damage the work to build public trust in police. In the latest example...
Danielle Walker cried on Joe Manchin's shoulder after she shared her story of sexual assault in the senator's office. She thought he listened. The 42-year-old Morgantown woman said she was both devastated and furious when Manchin became the only Democrat in the U.S. Senate to support President...
President Donald Trump declared a reprieve Monday for Rod Rosenstein, saying he has no plans to fire his deputy attorney general whose future has been the source of intense speculation for two weeks. "I'm not making any changes," Trump told reporters as he returned to the White House after traveling...
The Senate's majority leader, insisting his chamber won't be irreparably damaged by the bitter fight over new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, is signaling he's willing to take up another high court nomination in the 2020 presidential election season should another vacancy arise. "We'll see...
Sen. Susan Collins said she had doubts about the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh after Christine Blasey Ford accused him of attempted rape when they were in high school. She told CNN's “State of the Union” that after hearing Ford's testimony that she thought "Oh, my goodness" and wondered...
Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court has put a spotlight on the dozens of federal cases pitting the Trump administration against Democratic-leaning states, on issues including auto emission standards, immigration and a free-flowing internet. He lashed out against "left-wing...
Protests against the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday led to 171 arrests at the U.S. Capitol and the Supreme Court, authorities said Sunday. U.S. Capitol Police said 164 people were arrested for "crowding, obstructing, or incommoding." They were processed off site...
The moment conservatives have dreamed about for decades has arrived with Brett Kavanaugh joining the Supreme Court. But with it comes the shadow of a bitter confirmation fight that is likely to hang over the court as it takes on divisive issues, especially those dealing with politics and women's...
The bitter battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court has exacerbated the nation's political divide and left many Americans emotionally raw. It's also given new definition to the high stakes of November's election. Until now, the fight for control of Congress has largely been...
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker urged Democrats disappointed by Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to turn their despair into action as he made his national debut in Iowa as a Democratic presidential prospect. Racing from Saturday afternoon's Senate confirmation vote in Washington, Booker breezed into...
Rage and frustration filled the streets of Capitol Hill before and after the U.S. Senate vote Saturday afternoon to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Protesters, voicing opposition and promising payback in November, arrived early and stayed late to express their anger with a process...
President Donald Trump touted a pivotal conservative victory at a rally here Saturday night, just hours after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, outlining what's at stake ahead of the Nov. 6 midterms to his re-energized supporters, and portraying...
The Kavanaugh court will be the one conservatives have worked for decades to construct, experts say, with velocity the only question about the Supreme Court's advance to the right. Expect re-energized efforts from social and religious conservatives to get their issues - gun control challenges,...
President Donald Trump predicted Saturday that Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, "will never recover" politically for her vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he celebrated his nominee's ascension following an extraordinarily brutal confirmation process. In a brief telephone interview...
Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday night as the 114th justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, after a wrenching debate over sexual misconduct and judicial temperament that shattered the Senate, captivated the nation and ushered in an acrimonious new level of polarization — now encroaching on the...
Again and again, President Donald Trump was instructed not to do it. A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women who had accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. So he did it anyway. Addressing thousands...
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski turned against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh quietly, uttering a single word: "No." Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, her longtime friend and fellow moderate Republican, spoke on the Senate floor for 45 minutes, explaining her support for Kavanaugh in detail. Though...
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told reporters that the Senate Judiciary Committee's inability to attract Republican women might be caused by its heavy workload, a remark the panel's chairman tried to retract a few minutes later. "It's a lot of work - maybe they don't want to do it," Grassley told...
The American Bar Association said Friday that it will re-evaluate its high rating of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after his combative, tear-streaked Senate testimony last week, signaling doubts about the judge's temperament. "New information of a material nature regarding temperament"...