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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Wednesday he has not seen any reason to fire special counsel Robert Mueller during the course of the Russia investigation, despite the emergence of text messages that show officials working on the probe disliked President Trump. Mr. Rosenstein was in the hot seat to address questions from members of

Democrat Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama’s special Senate election sent shock waves Wednesday across Capitol Hill, buoying and emboldening Democrats while forcing Republicans to grapple with a soon-to-be slimmer Senate majority that will make enacting U.S. President Donald Trump’s agenda all the more difficult in 2018, an election year. “Things are looking good for us,”

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton on Wednesday appointed Lt. Gov. Tina Smith to the U.S. Senate, where she’ll replace Sen. Al Franken following his planned resignation following a sexual harassment scandal. “First and foremost, I want to appoint the person who I believe will best represent the people of Minnesota in the United States

On the eve of a Federal Communications Commission vote to repeal net neutrality rules, some congressional Republicans are suddenly pivoting against the Trump administration and joining the outcry against the move — just as a new poll shows the vast majority of GOP voters want the rules preserved. In 2015, the FCC put in place

Doug Jones defeated Roy Moore in Tuesday’s Alabama Senate race with the overwhelming support of black women voters, 98 percent of whom cast their ballots for the Democratic candidate. According to CNN’s exit polls, only 35 percent of white women voted for Jones, with 63 percent of the voter bloc offering their support to Moore

The odds of any Democrat capturing a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama are steep at best, but Doug Jones was uniquely suited to pull off an upset Tuesday over Republican Roy Moore. Accusations that Moore sexually abused teenage girls played a big part, no doubt, in Jones’ improbable victory over the renowned religious right crusader.