Amber Phillips

Their strategy has been attempted after almost every election for the past two decades. It got nowhere in the past, and it almost certainly won’t now.

Republicans are trying to make it a political issue. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says she has confidence in him.

Takeaway No. 1: He is all in as a partisan player.

Former FBI director thought Trump was a liar; neither Republican nor Democratic administrations fare well in Comey's account; Republicans lukewarm in defense of president.

In the next few weeks, Vermont could become the first state legislature to legalize marijuana. At Gov. Peter Shumlin's, D, urging, a bill to make Vermont the fifth state to legalize recreational marijuana passed the state Senate in February and is currently being debated in the state House.

The Trump-Francis feud isn't the first time a pope has placed himself directly in front of the train that is another country's politics. Precedents suggest that some of the popes have stepped in when they think a country's leaders have strayed too far from democracy or Christian ideals.

Obama has a few confirmation paths to choose. He can try to pick a liberal firebrand who rallies Democrats, a moderate Republican who puts Senate Republicans in an awkward spot to oppose, or someone in between.

President Barack Obama says he'll nominate a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, who was found dead Saturday at a Texas hunting resort. It's fair to say that no matter who is nominated, a confirmation battle lies ahead.