Brett Kavanaugh

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives at the office of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.

Brett Kavanaugh is no fan of increased executive power

Patrick Purtill · July 30, 2018 4:00 am

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with a staffer on Capitol Hill in Washington, after passage of a procedural vote aimed at reopening the government. Former coal executive Don Blankenship went from prison to politics after serving a one-year sentence related to the deadliest U.S. mine disaster in four decades. His quest: To take down the man he blames for fueling public distrust of him, Democratic Manchin of West Virginia.

Joe Manchin to bring thousands of public comments to Brett Kavanaugh meeting

Kelly Cohen · July 29, 2018 5:53 pm

Kavanaugh confirmation enters new territory as first meeting with Democrat looms

Al Weaver and Melissa Quinn · July 29, 2018 4:00 am

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Chuck Grassley formally requests Kavanaugh White House records amid document battle

Melissa Quinn · July 27, 2018 11:51 pm

Chuck Schumer and George W Bush.

Chuck Schumer asks George W. Bush to release Kavanaugh’s White House records

Melissa Quinn · July 27, 2018 6:58 pm

East Boston, MA: 04-01-20: A New England Patriots jet arrived at Logan Airport after flying from China with a massive shipment of over one million N95 masks which will be used in Boston and New York to help fight the spread of the coronavirus. Massachusetts governor Charles Baker got emotional and appeared on the verge of tears as he thanked the Kraft family at the start of his remarks. Patriots CEO Jonathan Kraft is in the backround at right.

Massachusetts governor signs law to protect abortion rights

Robert King · July 27, 2018 4:35 pm

Missouri Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley talks while President Trump listens during an appearance at the Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention on July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo.

Beltway Confidential

Defending ‘our way of life’ from Washington: Republicans’ culture war line for 2018

Emily Jashinsky · July 27, 2018 3:03 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before meeting with Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Thursday, July 12, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh faithfully applies the law instead of making it up

Adam Laxalt · July 27, 2018 4:00 am

Sen. cory booker, D-N.J., questions Secretary of State Mike Pompeo as he testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 25, 2018, during a hearing on diplomacy and national security.

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Cory Booker should take it down a few notches

Becket Adams · July 26, 2018 9:09 pm

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., questions Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. Booker said he was "seething with anger" over President Trump's alleged "shithole comments." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Right on cue: The story of Cory Booker’s ‘complicit in evil’ comments is now about the GOP reaction

Becket Adams · July 26, 2018 8:09 pm

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan participates in a question and answer program about her time sitting on the high court at Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Elena Kagan: Partisan wrangling over Supreme Court vacancies makes court look like ‘junior varsity politicians’

Melissa Quinn · July 26, 2018 4:57 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, shakes hands with Vice President Mike Pence, right, in front of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, during a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

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Democrats hurt themselves and the country with crazed attacks on Brett Kavanaugh

Quin Hillyer · July 26, 2018 8:30 am