Tag: Elections

Two candidates have withdrawn. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Jim Mattis: Candidates still being considered for Army secretary

Travis J. Tritten · July 14, 2017 3:08 pm

Spencer said he has ordered a strategic review that will tap the knowledge of private industry such as oil giant BP on shoring up safety and overcoming the incidents. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Senate committee approves Trump’s Navy secretary

Travis J. Tritten · July 13, 2017 6:43 pm

President Trump has maintained he only just learned of the meeting. (AP)

National Security

Watchdog groups charge Trump Jr., Kushner, and Manafort violated foreign solicitation ban

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2017 6:23 pm

DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Lujan sent a letter to NRCC chairman on Monday asking him to work with Democrats to "take bold steps to protect the American political system from future intrusions." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

Democrats ask Republicans to form ‘united front’ to stop Russian meddling in 2018 midterms

Melissa Quinn · July 13, 2017 4:06 pm

Schmitt, 42, was scheduled to sit down with Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, chairman of the NRSC. (Kile Brewer/The Jefferson City News-Tribune via AP, File

GOP Missouri treasurer Schmitt in town to talk Senate challenge to McCaskill

David M. Drucker · July 13, 2017 3:20 pm

Business groups and Republicans praised President Trump's choice late Tuesday of lawyer William Emanuel to serve on the National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Trump nominee will consider recusing himself from NLRB cases involving Trump businesses

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2017 3:10 pm

Two of President Trump's nominees to the federal courts of appeals survived Senate Judiciary Committee votes. John K. Bush's nomination to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals narrowly passed with an 11-9 vote, while 11th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Kevin Newsom sailed through the committee by an 18-2 vote.

Two Trump federal appeals court nominees survive judiciary committee votes

Ryan Lovelace · July 13, 2017 2:49 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander read aloud comments the Democrats made four years ago during President Obama's administration that called quick confirmation of board nominees as important to the nation's economy. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Lamar Alexander jabs Democrats over NLRB picks

Sean Higgins · July 13, 2017 2:25 pm

Stewart narrowly lost the GOP race for Virginia governor. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)'

Trump supporter Corey Stewart to enter GOP race for US Senate seat in Virginia: Report

Josh Siegel · July 13, 2017 1:25 am

Shiva Ayyadurai is a Republican running for Senate in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Elizabeth Warren’s challenger on Native American claim: ‘Only a real Indian can defeat a fake Indian’

Ariella Phillips · July 12, 2017 11:45 pm

He's a strong supporter of President Trump and would challenge Sen. Debbie Stabenow. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

Kid Rock teases run for US Senate in Michigan

Kyle Feldscher · July 12, 2017 9:11 pm

"No, I am not taking it off the table. I just have not made any decisions." (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Bernie Sanders on 2020 run: ‘I am not taking it off the table’

Al Weaver · July 12, 2017 8:39 pm