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The Senate has confirmed Mike Pompeo as the 70th secretary of state by a 57-42 vote. Six Democrats and one Independent voted to confirm Pompeo: Heitkamp, Donnelly, Manchin, McCaskill, Jones, Nelson, and King (I). Every Republican supported his confirmation, with the exception of Sen.

Conservative social media personalities "Diamond and Silk" repeatedly told the House Judiciary Committee under oath on Thursday “we have never been paid by the Trump campaign." Trump campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission show that the campaign paid them 1,274.94 for "field consulting." In an intense exchange with Democrat Rep.

An aide to Speaker Paul Ryan Thursday refused to say exactly why he forced the House chaplain to resign last week but Democrats contend his dismissal is due to a prayer Father Patrick Conroy delivered last year as lawmakers prepared to begin consideration of tax reform – irking Republicans.

Prosecutors have seized on comments made by President FBI’s recent raids of his personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s properties should be subject to attorney-client privilege. In a phone interview with Fox & Friends ahead of Cohen’s appearance in federal court in New York, Trump distanced himself from Cohen’s legal woes, saying his longtime attorney and confidant handles only a “tiny, tiny little fraction” of his lega

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In a press release, he charged that Cambridge’s actions were a “vendetta by city officials who are supporters of Elizabeth Warren.”   Capital Source Democratic insiders agree it gives both Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie more room to pick up support before the Sept. 4 primary.  Capital Source This week, when Dan Koh ran the Boston Marathon, he listed his address at his parents’ home in Andover. His wife? Not so much.   Capital Source It’s an election year in Lawrence.

As show cohost Steve Doocy said after President Trump got off the phone, “I think he was awake and had a lot to say!”  “He’s unmoored, is the only way to describe it,” said Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge who now teaches at Harvard Law School.  The confirmation comes despite lingering objections from Democrats who’ve questioned his record of hawkish policy positions and past statements about minority groups.  The White House released photos of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the highest-ranking US official to visit since 2000. 

As show cohost Steve Doocy said after President Trump got off the phone, “I think he was awake and had a lot to say!”  “He’s unmoored, is the only way to describe it,” said Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge who now teaches at Harvard Law School.  The confirmation comes despite lingering objections from Democrats who’ve questioned his record of hawkish policy positions and past statements about minority groups.  The White House released photos of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the highest-ranking US official to visit since 2000. 

As show cohost Steve Doocy said after President Trump got off the phone, “I think he was awake and had a lot to say!”  “He’s unmoored, is the only way to describe it,” said Nancy Gertner, a retired federal judge who now teaches at Harvard Law School.  The confirmation comes despite lingering objections from Democrats who’ve questioned his record of hawkish policy positions and past statements about minority groups.  The White House released photos of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the highest-ranking US official to visit since 2000. 

Ronny Jackson, Wednesday evening to save his sinking nomination.  Jackson met with Sen.