“A vote for Trump’s Social Security Commissioner is a vote to destroy Social Security,” warned one advocacy group. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday is set to hold a confirmation vote for President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Social Security Administration—an ultra-rich former Wall Street executive who has aligned himself with the Elon Musk-led slash-and-burn […]
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday publicly introduced Merrick Garland, a federal appellate court judge whom Republicans snubbed for a seat on the Supreme Court in 2016, as the attorney general to lead the country’s Justice Department in his new administration. Garland, 68, has served 23 years as an appeals court judge in Washington but […]
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when both were teenagers aretestifying Thursday at a Senate hearing that could determine the balance of the nation’s highest judicial body. Christine Blasey Ford is giving her account of the alleged incident, in which she says Kavanaugh assaulted her […]
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is denying allegations of sexual misconduct and says he will not withdraw his name from consideration for the top court. Appearing Monday on Fox News for his first television interview on the allegations, Kavanaugh said, “I’ve never sexually assaulted anyone. Not in high school. Not ever.” He said he is […]