Politics

Leah Millis | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 10, 2018. ORLANDO, Fla. – Suddenly, the fierce battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court presents President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans with a …

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh organizes his desk before testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. …

Gabriella Demczuk | AFP | Getty Images Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 27, 2018. A 1983 letter written by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh described himself and his Georgetown Preparatory School classmates as “loud, obnoxious drunks …

Ron Galella | Ron Galella Collection | Getty Images Fred Trump and Donald Trump attend 38th Annual Horatio Alger Awards Dinner on May 10, 1985 at the Waldorf Hotel in New York City.  New York state tax officials are investigating allegations detailed in an exhaustive New York Times investigation into …

Staff | AFP | Getty Images The Pentagon building in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON — At least two items at the Pentagon’s mail facility were suspected of containing ricin, a poison made from castor beans, a defense official said. The mail was addressed to Secretary of Defense James Mattis and U.S. …

Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the Senate Republicans’ policy lunch to address reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.  The full Senate will vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation “this week,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch …

Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump gestures while taking questions during a press conference to discuss a revised U.S. trade agreement with Mexico and Canada in the Rose Garden of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC.  A pro-Trump nonprofit organization decided on Monday to …

Andrew Kelly | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye West pose for media at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., December 13, 2016. Kanye West delivered a speech supportive of President Donald Trump during the season premiere of Saturday Night Live — who returned the favor on …

U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr. A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter approaches at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s largest weapons supplier just cut a deal with the Defense department for the next batch of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters — …

Andrew Harnik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court associate justice nominee for U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.  A lawyer for Mark Judge, the high school buddy of embattled Supreme Court nominee …