Tag: Protests

Activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court to protest the confirmation vote of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh near Capitol Hill on Saturday in Washington.

Protesters gather outside Capitol ahead of Kavanaugh confirmation

Claude Thompson · October 6, 2018 3:11 pm

President Trump speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C.

Trump praises pro-Kavanaugh protesters

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 6, 2018 3:02 pm

A group led by Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, above, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are developing a possible framework that could include raising the federal borrowing limit for six weeks and approving a government funding bill that would run anywhere from six months to a year. (AP Photo)

Protest fever grows on Capitol Hill after Collins, Manchin announce Kavanaugh support

Al Weaver · October 6, 2018 12:22 am

Demonstrators protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, as they march to the U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, in Washington.

Trump alleges that anti-Kavanaugh protesters are ‘paid professionals’

Katelyn Caralle · October 5, 2018 1:23 pm

On Wednesday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said that he would support Mitt Romney if the former Republican presidential candidate decided to run for Senate. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)

Orrin Hatch ignites anti-Kavanaugh protester anger with ‘grow up’ comment

Naomi Lim · October 4, 2018 11:05 pm

Protesters turn out in D.C. to protest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation vote amid allegations of high school drinking and sexual assault.

302 arrested in anti-Kavanaugh protests at Senate buildings

Anna Giaritelli · October 4, 2018 10:55 pm

Amy Schumer (pictured center) and Emily Ratajkowski (right) are seen with other protesters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Amy Schumer among Kavanaugh protesters swarming Capitol Hill

Dominick Mastrangelo · October 4, 2018 10:11 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, responds to reporters.

Lindsey Graham goes off on Kavanaugh protester: ‘You’ve humiliated this guy enough’

Dominick Mastrangelo · October 4, 2018 9:56 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with a staffer on Capitol Hill in Washington, after passage of a procedural vote aimed at reopening the government. Former coal executive Don Blankenship went from prison to politics after serving a one-year sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. His quest: To take down the man he blames for fueling public distrust of him, Democratic Manchin of West Virginia.

Anti-Kavanaugh protesters confront Joe Manchin at elevator

Diana Stancy Correll · October 4, 2018 9:04 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said in an interview this week that she was not thrilled to learn former President Barack Obama had accepted $400,000 from a Wall Street firm to speak later this year at a healthcare conference. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Elizabeth Warren prodded by protesters to list Native Americans among ‘people who don’t have power’

Naomi Lim · October 4, 2018 6:59 pm

"He will restore America to greatness," said Maryland Rep. Andy Harris about Ben Carson. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

‘Pot-smoking agitators’ injure Republican lawmaker

Pete Kasperowicz · October 4, 2018 11:31 am

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., speaks at an event.

Perdue accuses Democrats of Nazi tactics after wife confronted on Kavanaugh

Pete Kasperowicz · October 3, 2018 7:13 pm