In their rush to find a strong candidate to run against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Democrats should have more thoroughly vetted their party’s nominee.
The senator from Vermont has been a key backer of the insurgent Democratic candidate in Maine.
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, a liberal and a conservative, are set to testify before a House subcommittee next Tuesday.
Potential candidates and their backers moved quickly to gain an edge in the contest over who would replace Graham Platner if he exits the key Senate race.
The campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine called the allegation “categorically false and politically motivated.”
The Maryland legislature is set to convene a special session next month after Democratic lawmakers proposed a constitutional amendment on redistricting.
The latest violence followed accusations by Qatar that Iran attacked a tanker ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Some voters said they stuck with the progressive candidate through several controversies, but drew the line after a new allegation of sex assault.
A Justice Department subpoena seeking the names, addresses and contact information for hundreds of election workers and volunteers in Georgia was quashed.
The president encouraged acting attorney general Todd Blanche to fly on one of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s jets despite the FAA’s prior objection to the planes.