Three Republican state senators in South Carolina who filibustered an abortion ban in the state have lost in their primary elections this month. Katrina Shealy, Sandy Senn and Penry Gustafson lost to three male candidates and were among a bipartisan group of five women state senators who filibustered a near-total abortion ban. They were nicknamed […]
Former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, on June 13, 2024 in Washington, D.C., as Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, left, seen as a possible vice presidential pick, and other Republicans look on. Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, was visiting Capitol Hill to […]
U.S. lawmakers are expected to press Boeing’s chief executive Tuesday about the company’s latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems, and relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners plan to be in the room, watching him. CEO David Calhoun is scheduled to appear before the Senate investigations subcommittee, which […]
Gov. Jim Pillen leads his third property tax town hall Friday, May 24, 2024, in Beatrice as he seeks to launch a special session to lower taxes this summer. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) NEBRASKA CITY, Nebraska — As Gov. Jim Pillen seeks to rally Nebraskans behind his property tax relief ideas, tensions are heating up, with […]
WASHINGTON — Six Senate Republicans are threatening to try and block consideration of key nominees by President Joe Biden in protest of a jury in New York state court finding Donald Trump guilty on 34 felony counts. The conservative senators say in a new letter that they “will not allow the fast-tracking of any Biden […]
A witness at an abortion-rights hearing expertly rebuffed an inflammatory question from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Wednesday. (Watch the video below.) At a Senate subcommittee hearing that focused on interstate travel for abortions as more states restrict the procedure, Kennedy mentioned a woman who supposedly asked for an abortion in her 34th week of […]
Argentina’s Senate has narrowly approved key state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei, delivering an initial legislative victory to the libertarian leader in his efforts to enact his promises of radical change. Senators voted 37 to 36 late on Wednesday to give their overall approval to the overhaul bill after 11 hours […]
Former President Donald Trump will meet with a group of Republican senators in Washington, D.C., this week, four sources with knowledge of the meeting told NBC News. Trump will meet with the senators on Thursday after addressing the Business Roundtable, a lobbying group. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told fellow GOP senators in an e-mail obtained […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — On this “To The Point,” Michigan’s two U.S. senators talk about getting along in a polarized D.C. environment. Sen. Debbie Stabenow says there has always been partisanship, but now it’s different. “But now if you don’t agree with me on everything you’re a horrible person, your evil,” she said. For […]
Senate Republicans are warning New York Judge Juan Merchan not to sentence former President Trump to prison or house arrest or take any other action that could disrupt the likely GOP nominee’s ability to campaign ahead of the November election. It could take months for Trump to appeal his conviction on 34 felony counts related […]
Detra Shaw-Wilder seemed like a shoo-in when President Joe Biden nominated the prominent attorney as a federal judge in Miami. As the former managing partner of a top South Florida law firm, she came highly recommended by a nominating committee handpicked by the influential Miami Sen. Marco Rubio. She also drew broad support from members […]
Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday rejected Senate Democrats’ request to meet to discuss the Supreme Court ethics firestorm surrounding Justice Samuel Alito. “I must respectfully decline your request for a meeting,” Roberts wrote to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who chairs a subcommittee on the federal courts. […]