Tag: Senate

President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, listens to questions from Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in the evening of the second day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Sept. 5, 2018.

Sexual misconduct allegation fuels last-minute push to tank Kavanaugh

Melissa Quinn · September 16, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings.

Senate comes together to fight opioid crisis

Kimberly Leonard · September 10, 2018 4:00 am

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker speaks during an announcement in Newark, N.J.

GOP mocks Cory Booker for ‘Spartacus’ gaffe

Pete Kasperowicz · September 7, 2018 12:37 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 2018.

Senate reaches deal on more than 70 bills to combat opioid epidemic

Robert King · September 7, 2018 2:08 am

Brett Kavanaugh and Robert Mueller.

Brett Kavanaugh denies any ‘inappropriate conversations’ about Robert Mueller

Kelly Cohen · September 6, 2018 3:46 pm

A protester against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is removed from his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing.

Trump castigates protesters at Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing: ‘It is an embarrassment’

Katelyn Caralle · September 4, 2018 10:42 pm

Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J., (pictured left) and Kamala Harris, D-Calif., (pictured right) are now joining the Senate Judiciary Committee, according to statements made on Tuesday. Booker will be the first black male to sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee, while Harris becomes the first black female to sit on the committee since the 1990s. (AP Photos)

Possible Democratic 2020 contenders pounce on Kavanaugh during hearing

Melissa Quinn · September 4, 2018 10:17 pm

A woman stands and voices her opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination for Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Washington.

Capitol Police arrest 22 protesters in first hour of Brett Kavanaugh hearing

Anna Giaritelli · September 4, 2018 3:41 pm

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters.

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan says it’s not ‘politically wise’ for Trump to fire Jeff Sessions

Naomi Lim · September 2, 2018 4:14 pm

Big Tech needs to make friends with the GOP, says Facebook’s former DC chief

Steven Nelson · September 2, 2018 4:00 am

James Phillips (left) and Chad Cordill (right) use a roof bolting machine to secure with roof of the Sewell "R" coal mine in Yukon, W.Va.

Energy and Environment

Trump’s EPA takes aim at new swath of Obama-era coal rules

John Siciliano · August 29, 2018 10:08 pm

The American flag flies at half-staff over the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain of Arizona who died Saturday of brain cancer. After the death of McCain, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said he will introduce a resolution to rename the building to honor McCain.

Russell Senate building renamed for John McCain in Google Maps

Caitlin Yilek · August 29, 2018 10:00 am