Caitlin Yilek

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Donald Trump Jr. takes a photo with local resident.

‘This is war’: Donald Trump Jr. warns of potential Kavanaugh impeachment

Caitlin Yilek · October 5, 2018 10:30 pm

This photo provided by Office of George H. W. Bush shows a photo of former President George H.W. Bush that has tweeted on Friday, June 1, 2018 from his hospital bed while reading a book about himself and his late wife in Biddeford, Maine. The 41st president is 93 and is recovering in a Maine hospital after experiencing low blood pressure and fatigue. Barbara Bush died in April at age 92. She was married to the former president for 73 years.

George H.W. Bush applauds Susan Collins’ ‘political courage’

Caitlin Yilek · October 5, 2018 9:24 pm

Susan vs. Susan: Rice to challenge Collins?

Caitlin Yilek · October 5, 2018 8:42 pm

First lady Melania Trump, with Margaret Kenyatta, Kenya's first lady, pets a baby elephant at the David Sheldrick Elephant & Rhino Orphanage at Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya.

Melania Trump feeds baby elephants, dances with orphans in Kenya

Caitlin Yilek · October 5, 2018 7:33 pm

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., left, speaks while standing next to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy during a news conference announcing a preschool expansion plan, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, at Columbus School in Carteret, N.J. The educational program will include aid of $20.6 million to 31 eligible districts, which will enhance and expand preschool education programs for more than 2,000 children, according to Murphy.

Did Russia try to influence Kavanaugh debate? Democrat asks tech giants for answers

Caitlin Yilek · October 4, 2018 8:41 pm

First lady Melania Trump helps a student as she visits a language class at Chipala Primary School, in Lilongwe, Malawi,, on Thursday.

Melania Trump donates 1.4 million books to Malawi school

Caitlin Yilek · October 4, 2018 7:39 pm

Sens. Susan Collins and Jeff Flake are pictured.

Kavanaugh heading to Supreme Court? Flake, Collins signal ‘Yes’, full Senate vote Saturday

Laura Barrón-López, Melissa Quinn, Caitlin Yilek, Susan Ferrechio · October 4, 2018 4:09 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, walk through Statuary Hall at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017.

Ex-top FBI lawyer gave ‘explosive’ testimony about Russia investigation, GOP lawmakers say

Caitlin Yilek · October 4, 2018 2:25 pm

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.

Chelsea Clinton: Leave Kavanaugh’s daughters alone

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 7:51 pm

First lady Melania Trump listens to Cape Coast Castle museum educator Kwesi Essel-Blankson during a tour of Cape Coast Castle in Cape Coast, Ghana, on Wednesday. Cape Coast Castle was a "slave castle" used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. First lady Melania Trump is visiting Africa on her first solo international trip.

‘Very emotional’: Melania Trump visits former slave-holding fort in Ghana

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 6:05 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018.

Lindsey Graham: No vote to fill Supreme Court vacancy if seat opens during primaries in final year of Trump term

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 4:32 pm

The Pentagon is asking Congress for permission to do another round of base closures in 2019. (iStock Photo)

National Security

Utah man taken into custody in connection to suspicious envelopes sent to Pentagon, Trump

Caitlin Yilek · October 3, 2018 3:47 pm