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Booker misplays ‘Spartacus’ hand in SCOTUS hearing

WASHINGTON – It was Day Three of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings when Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., launched his…

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Dems plumb new lows with Kavanaugh antics

The Constitution provides that Supreme Court justices shall be appointed by the president with the “advice and consent”…

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Senate GOP prepares closing midterm arguments

In 2016, Americans, tired of the gridlock produced by divided government, unified control of the Congress and the…

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Count costs before boosting benefits

Senate Bill 151, the pension-reform law being challenged in a case the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear later…

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Complaints about Grimes raise larger questions

Last week’s criminal indictments against her father and campaign consultant may render Alison Lundergan Grimes a political has-been.…

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Eminently qualified Kavanaugh facing hostile Democrats

Since Robert Bork’s “borking” 30 years ago, Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for a high court nominee by a…

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Why the Bush-Obama Candygate moment matters

Back in 2010, still early in Barack Obama’s presidency, a small group of Minnesota businessmen came up with…

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Dems’ sideshow won’t keep Kavanaugh off the court

WASHINGTON – If you missed Day One of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court hearing, just try to imagine a…

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Democrats use the word ‘bipartisanship’ as a weapon

Bipartisanship or caving in? In the days following the death of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., there have been…

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Journalists killed, jailed to smother truth

Three Russian journalists landed one day in late July in the Central African Republic, a former French colony,…