Politics

Trump urges Senate to change rules, push through court pick

By Erica Werner and Mark Sherman, Associated Press

President Donald Trump urged Majority leader Mitch McConnell to change the rules of the Senate if necessary to swiftly push through his Supreme Court nominee.

WATCH LIVE: Spicer expected to take questions on SCOTUS nominee

By News Desk

White House press secretary Sean Spicer will hold a briefing with the press Wednesday. You can watch it here.

Petraeus says Trump order is blocking Iraqi general from US

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

Former CIA Director David Petraeus says President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration and refugees is blocking a senior Iraqi military official…

Why Sen. Orrin Hatch suspended committee rules to advance Trump nominees

By Lisa Desjardins

On the second day of boycott from Democrats, Hatch says they ‘haven’t done a thing to help cooperate" with hearings for Steve Mnuchin, Rep. Tom Price.

GOP suspends Senate rule, muscles Trump picks through panel

By Richard Lardner and Alan Fram, Associated Press

Republicans rammed President Donald Trump's picks to be Treasury and health secretaries through a Senate committee on Wednesday without any Democrats present…

Trump's secretary of state pick headed for Senate approval

By Richard Lardner, Associated Press

The vote on Tillerson, scheduled for Wednesday, comes as tension builds among congressional Republicans and Democrats over Trump's executive order on immigrants and refugees.

Senate GOP united, Democrats skeptical of Trump's Supreme Court pick

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are standing united behind President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and bracing for a protracted fight with Democrats over a conservative judge similar in philosophy to the late Justice Antonin…

WATCH: Senate Judiciary Committee votes to approve Sessions for Attorney General

By News Desk

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Wednesday to confirm Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., as attorney general.

A blur of a week in politics, slowed down

By Lisa Desjardins

The pace of action over the course of President Trump’s first days in office meant that just as Americans started digesting one news item, the next was rolling out at full-speed. Here’s an attempt at putting a haze of action…