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The TAKE with Rick Klein Now the chance to remake the Supreme Court for a generation becomes an opportunity for President Donald Trump to further rock the political landscape. Questions for Brett Kavanaugh will hinge less on qualifications and even judicial ideology than they will on partisanship.

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The reservation locks in ad space on shows that are watched by the demographic the Republican’s campaign is presumably hoping to target.  The “American Idol” alum is scheduled to perform at a fund-raising concert in Barnstable Thursday night to benefit GOP operative Beth Lindstrom’s campaign.  Representative Michael Capuano got a little testy Monday when asked about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s win in New York and calls to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

President Trump lobbed fresh complaints about allies’ ‘‘delinquent’’ defense spending during the opening of what was expected to be a fraught two-day meeting.   In his statement posted on Twitter, the former secretary of state said the president’s broadside against Germany had weakened the United States.

President Trump lobbed fresh complaints about allies’ ‘‘delinquent’’ defense spending during the opening of what was expected to be a fraught two-day meeting.   In his statement posted on Twitter, the former secretary of state said the president’s broadside against Germany had weakened the United States.

President Trump lobbed fresh complaints about allies’ ‘‘delinquent’’ defense spending during the opening of what was expected to be a fraught two-day meeting.   In his statement posted on Twitter, the former secretary of state said the president’s broadside against Germany had weakened the United States.

A federal judge on Tuesday told the Trump administration to adhere to the deadline for reuniting children separated from their parents under the "zero tolerance" policy, even as officials have said they'll be unable to meet it. The New York Times reported that U.S.

MORE put feverish speculation to an end on Monday night when he nominated Brett Kavanaugh, a 53-year-old appellate judge from the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Here are five big takeaways from the announcement. Trump was at his most conventional The president takes pleasure in transgressing norms in other areas of political debate, but the Supreme Court seems to bring out his most conventional side. The same was true on Monday, when he nominated Kavanaugh with a speech that took in all the us

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Democrats are seizing on special counsel MORE’s Russia investigation as they plot a strategy to block Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. Senate Democrats argue that MORE’s pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy should be disqualified because, if confirmed, he may have to decide whether the president can be criminally indicted, or if Trump has the power to pardon himself in Mueller’s probe into potential collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign in 2016. “There are so many elements of this case that could potentially co