Republicans are on track to keep control of the Senate which, if Joe Biden wins the White House, could make him a lame duck president from day one. As Senate leader, Mitch McConnell would control what comes to the chamber floor for a vote, a powerful position that would allow him to stymie Biden’s agenda. … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court Monday evening by the Senate in a 52-48 vote – with Republican Susan Collins crossing the aisle to vote against her. Donald Trump’s third nominee was not in the chamber to watch the roll call vote, which allows her to join the eight justices on Tuesday … Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday called a reporter a ‘criminal’ when he questioned the president’s constant attacks on Joe and Hunter Biden as ‘corrupt.’ ‘You’re a criminal for reporting it. You are a criminal for not reporting it,’ the president said, lashing out at a reporter who asked about his apparent campaign strategy to call … Read more
Donald Trump has said the US would be in a ‘massive depression’ if he had listened to the scientists on coronavirus, while Dr Anthony Fauci told an interviewer he was ‘absolutely not’ surprised Trump had fallen ill. As the president pitted the election as a ‘Trump super-recovery’ versus a ‘Biden depression’ at a rollicking rally in … Read more
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor who contracted COVID-19, said the Trump administration has ‘not treated Americans as adults’ amid the pandemic as he admitted he was ‘wrong’ for not wearing a face mask at the White House ‘super-spreader’ event. Earlier this month, Christie revealed that he was one of more than a dozen people, … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett’s decision to hold up a blank notebook to prove she wasn’t using notes during Tuesday’s Supreme Court confirmation hearing turned into quite the viral sensation on social media, inspiring a host of amusing memes from both sides of the political aisle. President Trump’s nominee displayed the pad at the behest of Senator … Read more
Technical difficulties hampered the second day of questioning Judge Amy Coney Barrett, interrupting what was supposed to be a smooth session for a Supreme Court nominee whose confirmation is all but assured. Microphones in the hearing room stopped working for about 40 minutes Wednesday afternoon, resulting in a break in the confirmation proceedings while staff … Read more
Judge Amy Coney Barrett told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she knew she’d be putting her family through the ringer by saying yes to President Donald Trump‘s plan to nominate her for the Supreme Court. ‘We knew that our lives would be combed over for any negative detail, we knew our faith would be caricatured, … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett embraced her classification as a ‘female Scalia’ on Tuesday as questioning of the Supreme Court nominee commenced on Day 2 of her confirmation hearing – but made sure to distinguish herself from the last Justice. ‘Justice [Antonin] Scalia was obviously a mentor,’ Barrett began of the Supreme Court Justice she clerked for, … Read more