sen. jeff flake

Trump changes course

President Donald Trump ordered a limited, week-long FBI probe of the allegations against his Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday. It was a 180-degree turn from his previous statements about making such a move.

GOP senator will drop his holds on judges for tariff vote

Sen. Jeff Flake told CNN Tuesday he will lift the extraordinary holds he put on all of President Donald Trump's appeals court nominations if he gets a vote on legislation that could make it harder for Trump to use national security as a reason to impose tariffs on other countries, as the President recently did against Mexico, Canada and the European Union.