Mar 23 AP fact check: Senators misrepresent Ketanji Brown Jackson on abortion By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Republican senators painted Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson as hostile to anti-abortion views, twisting words from a legal brief she co-signed years ago as evidence she would rule broadly against abortion opponents. Continue reading
Mar 23 WATCH: Asked about compassion, Jackson says public safety and rehabilitation were her goals By Laura Santhanam Sen. Thom Tillis suggested that Ketanji Brown Jackson’s compassion “could lead to bad results” when it comes to recidivism. A former trial judge, Jackson responded her “attempts to communicate directly with defendants is about public safety.”… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 3:40 News Wrap: Three more men to face trial for Whitmer kidnapping plot In our news wrap Monday, a Michigan judge ordered three more men to stand trial for allegedly plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last October. The FBI says they were anti-government extremists angered by COVID restrictions. The U.S responded to… Continue watching
Mar 29 North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis says he’ll have surgery for prostate cancer By Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Sen. Thomas Tillis said Monday that he has prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week in North Carolina to treat it. “I am in the hands of outstanding medical professionals and expect to make a… Continue reading
Nov 11 Republican Tillis keeps Senate seat in North Carolina By Associated Press The North Carolina campaign was marked in the final weeks by Democrat Cal Cunningham’s acknowledgment of an extramarital affair and Sen. Thom Tillis’ COVID-19 diagnosis. Continue reading
Nov 10 Democrat Cal Cunningham concedes to U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying “the voters have spoken” and it was clear Tillis had won. Continue reading
Jul 24 Watch 5:59 As Trump’s poll numbers fall, these Senate races have become more competitive With President Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden in nearly every major national poll, Democrats see November’s election as a major opportunity. But the contentious political contests extend beyond the White House to the Senate. Jessica Taylor, senior editor… Continue watching
May 02 N.C. Democratic Party files complaint against Sen. Tillis, state GOP over work by Cambridge Analytica By Associated Press Cambridge Analytica, the British-based firm that supposedly improperly used data from tens of millions of Facebook users to influence the 2016 presidential race for Donald Trump, was also paid by the Tillis campaign and the state GOP for work in… Continue reading
Nov 16 Trump’s pick for EPA chemical safety post opposed by two GOP senators By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Senators Richard Burr and Thom Tillis issued statements saying they will vote against Michael Dourson to serve as head of EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Environmentalists and Senate Democrats have vehemently opposed Dourson, a toxicologist with close… Continue reading
Aug 03 Can Congress protect special counsel Mueller from being fired? By Daniel Bush Sens. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Chris Coons, D-Del., introduced legislation Thursday that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job. Continue reading