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EDITORIAL What’s most important is that legislative leaders send a message that they’re serious about changing a sexist culture that has thrived for too long. New rules only go so far.  “Puerto Rico has suffered enough,” the Massachusetts senator said.

EDITORIAL What’s most important is that legislative leaders send a message that they’re serious about changing a sexist culture that has thrived for too long. New rules only go so far.  “Puerto Rico has suffered enough,” the Massachusetts senator said.

EDITORIAL What’s most important is that legislative leaders send a message that they’re serious about changing a sexist culture that has thrived for too long. New rules only go so far.  “Puerto Rico has suffered enough,” the Massachusetts senator said.

Anticipation is building for special counsel MORE’s report, bringing to boil a debate over whether it will also be made public. The report took center stage at attorney general nominee William Barr’s confirmation hearing last week, where Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee pressed him to commit to releasing it publicly. It’s far from clear how close Mueller is to ending his investigation; the former FBI director has shown no signs of concluding his investigation. At the same time, there is a growing sense in Washington that a probe that has captivated the poli

New tensions are flaring on the Senate Judiciary Committee over plans by newly minted Chairman MORE (R-S.C.) to dig into Obama-era scandals. Graham, a close ally of MORE’s, has outlined several areas he wants to probe now that he has the Judiciary Committee gavel. They include the FBI’s handling of its investigation into MORE’s private email server and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant applications targeting former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. Sen.

MORE on Monday accused the media of smearing the high school students involved in a widely publicized encounter over the weekend with a Native American man.  "Looking like Nick Sandman & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false - smeared by media.

Democratic presidential hopefuls on Monday seized Martin Luther King Jr. Day to promote their respective campaign messages even as the 2020 field continues to broaden. Sen. MORE (D-N.Y.) and other potential frontrunners made public appearances tying their messages to the civil rights leader. Appearing Monday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Harris declared her bid and said she was honored to do so on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. "Today, the day we celebrate Dr.

Rep. MORE (D-Iowa).

While they acknowledged the need to win back support from suburban and female voters, some Republican leaders have placed the blame for their 2018 midterm losses on a set of factors outside of their control. 

Emmer bemoaned the high-dollar spending by the House Democrats’ campaign arm as well as mega-donors like Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer, even as the NRCC and House Republicans’ largest super PAC were some of the biggest spenders last cycle, according to data from OpenSecrets.

The Washington Post’s so-called “conservative” Jennifer Rubin wrote that while Harris is “better known for her prosecutorial questioning on the Senate Judiciary Committee, she has come across as bubbly, warm and fun on her book tour.” Comparing Harris to former President Barack Obama, Rubin wrote that Harris has potentially “more upside” than Sen.

President Trump said the students involved in the encounter were “smeared by the media” and noted that the students were making a “big comeback” while being “treated unfairly” by the media. “Looking like Nick Sandman & Covington Catholic students were treated unfairly with early judgements proving out to be false – smeared by media.