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Senate Majority Leader MORE (N.Y.) have struck a deal to vote on a package of 15 judges and recess the Senate until the Nov. 6 election. All of the nominees, including three circuit court nominees, are expected to pass despite opposition from liberal groups that fought an all-out-battle to block Supreme Court Justice MORE earlier this month. The development is welcome news for vulnerable incumbents in tough races eager to get back home to campaign. The Senate had been scheduled to be in session until Oct.

MORE on Thursday hosted Kanye West for a wild meeting in the Oval Office days after the rapper made a public display of support for the president.  Trump said "Kanye has been a friend of mine for a long time" as West, who was wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat, sat across from him at the Resolute Desk.  The mercurial rap star then launched into a 10-minute, profane monologue touching on his own mental health struggles, the pitfalls of the prison system, the 13th Amendment, ways to improve life for African-Americans in inner cities, his relationship with spor

Democrats have a major edge when it comes to support among female voters, but they have struggled to lock down another key voting bloc: Latinos. While midterm voter turnout among Hispanics has historically been lower than other demographic groups, many on the left have been hoping that MORE's hard-line immigration policies and heated rhetoric will lead to a surge of energized Latinos at the polls in favor of Democrats on Election Day. But with less than four weeks before the Nov.

Senators are making clear that key aspects of the U.S.-Saudi relationship are on the line as they ramp up pressure on the royal family and MORE over the disappearance of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Top Republican senators are hopeful the Trump administration will heed their warning and act on the Senate’s request for the White House to conduct a statutorily required investigation into whether Saudi sanctions are needed. But some lawmakers are going a step further by talking about a possible clampdown on the military-to-military relationship that would inclu

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If Donald Trump. With four “Make America Great Again” rallies this week alone, Trump will be shaping the direction of his party and its candidates more explicitly than usual in the days to come.

The TAKE with Rick Klein “I will surely not be a candidate for any office in 2020,” United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley wrote in her letter of resignation, closing off speculation before anyone could even ask. Much of the focus on Haley’s surprise resignation announcement has focused on the inexplicable timing, and the fact that President Donald Trump’s administration is losing a prominent and well-respected