Tag: Thom Tillis

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Monday he will hold votes on appellate and district court nominees, but journalists gathered at the Capitol were more interested in the Republican Party's response to the indictment of former Trump campaign associates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Indictment-obsessed press yawns at Republican agenda

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · October 31, 2017 4:01 am

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Cory Booker, D-N.J., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., introduced a bill Thursday afternoon aimed at preventing the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Democrats caution Trump against firing Robert Mueller after indictments in Russia investigation

Melissa Quinn · October 30, 2017 7:19 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Thom Tillis argued that more funding and resources would be required to fight ISIS in Africa. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

National Security

ISIS is pivoting to Africa, senators say

Travis J. Tritten · October 26, 2017 8:42 pm

President Trump began Tuesday clashing with Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., who described him as an "untruthful president." Hours later, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., abruptly announced he would not seek re-election next year, decrying the "coarseness of our leadership" from the Senate floor. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party meets continued resistance

W. James Antle III · October 25, 2017 4:01 am

Sen. Thom Tillis posted tweeted a picture of himself grabbing some popcorn with the caption: "Ready for lunch with POTUS and @SenateGOP." (Thom Tillis/Twitter)

Thom Tillis grabs some popcorn to prepare for lunch with Trump and Bob Corker

Katie Leach · October 24, 2017 6:18 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., on Thursday will propose immigration legislation that seeks to strike a balance between progressive and conservatives' demands on border security and the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Bob Christie)

Jeff Flake wants to find a fix for DACA and border security

Anna Giaritelli · October 5, 2017 4:10 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., is set to address Republicans at a caucus lunch Tuesday on the bipartisan deal he is working on with Sen. Patty Murray, R-Wash. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Republicans want more flexibility in Obamacare fix

Robert King · October 3, 2017 4:07 pm

White House Watch: Senate Republicans Try to Play Catchup with the Trump-Pelosi Amnesty Plan

Michael Warren · September 26, 2017 10:50 am

Under the Tillis and Lankford bill, recipients would have to meet other requirements such as passing a criminal background check, and follow one or a combination of three merit-based paths in order to show they are productive members of their communities. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

GOP senators push merit-based Dream Act alternative that also curbs illegal immigration

Anna Giaritelli · September 25, 2017 5:02 pm

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced a bill on Wednesday to boost medical marijuana research. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Orrin Hatch bill would boost medical marijuana research

Kelly Cohen · September 13, 2017 5:54 pm

Sen. David Perdue's unwavering loyalty to President Trump in the face of controversy has also earned him the trust of a president who has rejected many of his colleagues and much of the political framework in which Perdue operates. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

David Perdue, the outsider who has become Trump’s man inside the Senate

Sarah Bedford · September 3, 2017 4:01 am

Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., met with National Council of Resistance of Iran President Maryam Rajavi and members of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran. Rajavi thanked the senators for their firm position toward Iran, especially the adoption of new sanctions against the ruling regime and the Revolutionary Guards for their human rights abuses, Iran's ballistic missile program, and the export of terrorism. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Beltway Confidential

Why is Tehran terrified of US senators meeting with the Iranian opposition?

Washington Examiner · August 16, 2017 4:01 am