CAPITOL HILL — A partisan divide over U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh deepened Wednesday, with Republican senators extolling his judicial record while Democrats demanded time to thoroughly vet his writings and opinions on matters ranging from environmental regulation to executive authority. “Judge Kavanaugh is the real deal,” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said […]
BRUSSELS — A meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization began on a confrontational note on Wednesday with U.S. President Trump singling out Germany for criticism, accusing the largest and wealthiest European member of the defense alliance of being a “captive” of Russia. During a breakfast meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump pointedly criticized Germany […]
WHITE HOUSE — U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is taking his first step Tuesday toward securing his place on the high court, when he begins meeting with senators to shore up support for his nomination ahead of a major confirmation battle. In what is likely to be one of the most consequential […]
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ended the first of two days of talks Friday in North Korea about ending Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.The meetings come amid reports of American intelligence assessments that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is continuing to develop the infrastructure for his nuclear program.Discussions resume Saturday. Pompeo has been […]