PORTLAND — A group of senators including Maine’s Sen. Angus King wants to overhaul the way the federal Department of Veterans Affairs handles appeals. King, an independent, is joining Democratic Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Jon Tester of Montana on the legislation. The senators say more than 450,000 appeals are pending before the VA […]
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Jared Kushner agrees to speak to Senate panel about Russia
White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner arrives Jan. 24, 2017, for a meeting between President Donald Trump and automobile leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s son-in-law has volunteered to answer questions before the Senate Intelligence Committee about arranging meetings with the Russian ambassador and other […]
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Donald Trump, GOP leaders pull health care bill
White House press secretary Sean Spicer gestures while speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Updated 5 p.m.: WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and GOP leaders pulled their “Obamacare” repeal bill off the House […]
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Sen. Chuck Schumer says Dems will fillibuster Gorsuch nomination
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2017, for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. WASHINGTON — As the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing from witnesses for and against Judge Neil Gorsuch, his Supreme Court nomination was delivered a critical blow: Senate Minority Leader Charles […]
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Neil Gorsuch offers senators no promises and says no one above law
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch talks about playing basketball with former Supreme Court Justice Byron White as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch declared Tuesday he’s made no promises to Donald Trump or […]
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Sen. Mitch McConnell rejects Trump's foreign aid cuts
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday shot down prospects for major parts of President Donald Trump’s budget, rejecting proposed cuts to foreign aid and medical research. “Every president sends up a budget, and with all due respect to the current president, I can’t recall any time in which we have been sort […]
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Senate committee OKs Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser
WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s shift to the White House to be President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. The 23-2 vote came after McMaster met with committee members for nearly two hours behind closed doors to discuss his move from a military assignment to […]
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Senate confirms Mick Mulvaney as Office of Management and Budget chief
Mick Mulvaney, who has focused his Washington career on driving down federal spending — even at the risk of shutting down the government and defaulting on the debt — won confirmation Thursday as President Donald Trump’s budget chief. The Senate’s 51-49 vote to put the South Carolina congressman in charge of the Office of Management […]