WASHINGTON — The Senate Foreign Relations committee is due to vote Monday on President Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of State, oil executive Rex Tillerson, and it still remains unclear if Republican Senator Marco Rubio will support the nomination. On Sunday, two influential Republicans, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham threw their support behind Tillerson after […]
WASHINGTON — In congressional races across America, Republicans are beginning to echo Democrats on a core assumption: Hillary Clinton will be president. With Donald Trump lagging in the polls, Republicans running for Congress are urging voters to elect them as a check on a Clinton presidency. Democrats, meanwhile, argue Hillary Clinton will need allies on Capitol […]
CAPITOL HILL—One week after the FBI recommended no charges against Hillary Clinton for her handling of emails as secretary of state, America’s top law enforcement officer declined to discuss specifics of the matter on Capitol Hill. Again and again Tuesday, Republican lawmakers demanded answers as to why the Justice Department is not prosecuting Clinton, the […]
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration redoubled its push to confirm Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland as a new opinion poll showed 62 percent of Americans think the Senate should vote on the nomination, rather than leaving the high court seat vacant until a new president is sworn in next year. “Chief Judge Garland deserves a hearing, just […]