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Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Sara Gideon clashed Wednesday night over attack ads, health care and the judiciary in their final debate before Election Day. Gideon, speaker of the Maine House, sought repeatedly to link Collins with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump, urging Mainers to vote for change. Collins, chief architect of...

A new poll in the Maine Senate race is calling the contest a statistical race between Sen. Susan Collins and Sara Gideon. Third parties may be a factor this year.

When Republican Sen. Susan Collins had to vote on a Supreme Court justice in 2018, she deliberated under the spotlight for weeks, building suspense that ended with a dramatic floor speech. When she announced her support for President Donald Trump’s nominee, she triggered an onslaught of Democratic anger. On Monday, Collins cast her vote against Trump’s pick without any...

Sen. Susan Collins of Maine returned to the campaign trail Tuesday after casting her vote against Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court Justice a day earlier.

Amy Coney Barrett is headed to the Supreme Court.

The Republican-led Senate has voted to advance Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett toward final confirmation despite Democratic objections

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett won crucial backing Saturday when one of the last Republican holdouts against filling the seat so close to Election Day announced support ahead of a confirmation vote expected Monday

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set an Oct 22 vote on recommending approval of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination. Republicans are racing to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick and Democrats acknowledging there is little they can do stop them. Her confirmation would lock conservative majority on the court for years to come. Thursday’s session is without Barrett after she...

During the third day of Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., tried to use the Houston Astros as an example of what Supreme Court judges don’t do. “I think all baseball fans know that the Houston Astros cheat,” said Sasse. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, fired back: “Thank goodness the First Amendment protects that right, for...

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was pressed by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., about how she would rule on a potential voter intimidation case if it came before her while serving on the court. Judge Barrett refused to forecast how she would rule even though Sen. Klobuchar was able to provide the exact statute making voter intimidation illegal.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., recalls how both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia were confirmed to Supreme Court nearly unanimously, despite some senators disagreeing with their views. Ginsburg received 96 votes in 1993, Scalia received 98 votes in 1968. “Those were days that have since passed. I regret that,” Graham said.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett vows to be a justice “fearless of criticism” as the Senate charges ahead with confirmation hearings on President Donald Trump’s pick just weeks before Election Day and with the country struggling to contain the pandemic. Barrett draws on faith and family in prepared opening remarks for hearings that start Monday.

A new White House coronavirus aid has gotten bad reviews from both ends of the political spectrum

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spent a year prepping his Republican colleagues for this moment confirming a Supreme Court justice

Vulnerable Republicans are increasingly taking careful but clear steps away from President Donald Trump in the final stretch of the 2020 election.

Senate Republicans want to cancel legislative work until Oct. 19 as coronavirus rampages their ranks. But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett are still set to begin on Monday, Oct. 12.

The HEROES Act is expected to die in the Senate, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel, R-Ky.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the new fiscal year starts Thursday.

President Donald Trump offered to name Judge Amy Coney Barrett his Supreme Court nominee — and she accepted — more than a week ago at the White House

The Senate is ready to move quickly on a Supreme Court nominee.