Midterm hopes: GOP fingers crossed; Democrats have to work
With the Supreme Court's abortion and gun decisions and mass shootings threatening to slow Republican's midterm elections momentum, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are hoping for a left-wing overreaction and short memories. They relish debates over increasing the size of the High Court or impeaching justices or demonstrations at justices’ homes. These are distractions from a focus on restoring abortion protections and preventing further right-wing intrusions into private lives on same sex marriage or the use of contraceptives, which the public strongly oppose
Read MoreHarris says bringing home Brittney Griner, other detained Americans 'on our highest priority list'
Vice President Harris told CBS’s Robert Costa in an interview that the Biden administration is making it a priority to bring WNBA star Brittney Griner home from detention in Russia. “[W]e take very seriously and we've been very clear, Brittany Griner, and there are sadly other Americans who are being unlawfully detained around the world, and it is on our highest priority list to bring those folks home,” she told Costa in an interview that aired on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “I can't talk to you about the details of what's happening behind the scenes, but I can te
Read MoreSEC: Step up on climate change
It is no secret that time is running out to address climate change. The Earth is now warmer than any time since before the last ice age. Children born this year could live to see parts of the Eastern seaboard swallowed by the ocean and, by the end of this century, climate change could be the cause of 4.6 million excess deaths each year.
Read MoreDurbin says its 'not realistic' to consider impeaching Clarence Thomas
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Sunday said it would be "a mistake" to impeach Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has drawn national scorn for suggesting the court reconsider case precedents that affirmed the constitutional right to same-sex marriage, contraception and the right to privacy in the bedroom. "I don't think it's realistic," Durbin told "Fox News Sunday" anchor Mike Emanuel. "I think it's a mistake as to whether he's going to be impeached. It's not realistic, but [Thomas] should show good judgement. If this cou
Read MoreKinzinger says Cipollone didn't contradict ‘what anybody said' in testimony
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