Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) went viral during the Trump administration, and bolstered his conservative cred, with a fiery defense of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Barring Susan Collins of Maine, all Republicans voted against Clarke's confirmation, making her a historic first woman and first Black woman to lead the powerful divison
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Total U.S. coronavirus deaths reported each morning this week: Monday, 534,889; Tuesday,
535,628. Wednesday, 536,914.
President Biden and Democratic lawmakers are facing a two-front assault as Republicans highlight troubles at the U.S.-Mexico border and try to thwart a progressive drive to nuke the Senate filibuster.
Biden, who is publicly promoting the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law, is repeatedly pilloried by Republicans, topped by criticism of the president’s handling of a surge of migrants along the U.S. southern border. During a stop in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Biden indicated he will keep his eyes on the stimulus push and has
today, a federal judge in virginia expressed skepticism whether special counsel mueller the authority to bring charges against manafort that were not directly related to collusion. of course, trump loved that the jung was tough on the prosecutors. but the judge did not issue his ruling today whether any of those charges will be dismissed. the question is, what does today s hearing mean for the mueller probe. to help us answer that question and more, i m joined by legal analyst jill wine-banks, form area siftent watergate special prosecutor and harry sen dick in the criminal division for the southern district of new york. harry, i m going to come to you first. tell me about this judge. judge ellis is a judge in the eastern district of virginia right outside washington, d.c. on the bench for about 30 years. appointed by president reagan in the 1980s. he had the johnny walker lindh case which an cleaned some notoriety in the years after. the american taliban case. exactly. the ameri