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On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that the way in which Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was fired is “surprising, disturbing, even alarming” and was done in a “humiliating” manner. Coons stated what while

Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) expansive amnesty plan does not fund a wall along the United States-Mexico border, nor does it reduce legal immigration levels to help raise wages for American workers – two provisions President Trump has demanded.

President Donald Trump again demanded wall funding in exchange for a deal on DACA, despite another Senate amnesty proposal from Sen. John McCain.

On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said negotiating with Republicans was like convincing kids to do their homework. On ending the shutdown, Coons said the Democrats wanted “a commitment to move forward” and added they were

During Friday’s Democratic Weekly Address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that Democrats don’t want a shutdown and the ball is in Congressional Republicans’ court if they want a shutdown. Transcript (via FedNews) as Follows:  “Hi, I’m U.S. Senator Chris Coons,

On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Wolf,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) reacted to fellow Senator Tom Carper’s (D-DE) claim that White House Chief Economic Adviser Gary Cohn faked a bad phone connection to get the president off the phone in a

As rumors circulate about former Vice President “Uncle” Joe Biden potential run for president in 2020, the HuffPost — a major news source for the left — has made a case against such a scenario, citing the potential for massive backlash in the wake of mounting allegations against men who behave inappropriately.

Last week was the week the Russia conspiracy theory fell apart, and this was the week Washington, D.C. lost its collective minds all over again.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that President Trump’s statement that Republicans should “let Obamacare fail” shows no heart and is cruel. Coons said, “[T]hat’s just heartless. We’re talking about real people here, literally

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The grave threat of North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear programs were at the center of a White House meeting between President Donald Trump, the majority of U.S. senators and national security officials Wednesday.

Monday it became official that Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has the necessary 41 senators publicly committed to filibuster Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, meaning that now the future of the nation’s highest court hangs on Republicans getting 50 votes for the constitutional option.

During a statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced he would not support cloture for the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, giving the Democrats enough votes to sustain a filibuster

Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said he thought it was unlikely President Donald Trump’s nominee for the vacancy on the Supreme Court, Federal Judge Neil Gorsuch, would get the needed 60 votes required by Senate rules

On this weekend’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace questioned Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) over comments he made during an MSNBC interview last Friday where he said that the intelligence community had transcripts of conversations between Russia and

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and incoming Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are among 21 senators who have signed onto legislation that rejects the United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 2334, which calls Israeli construction in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem “illegal.”

Thursday on MSNBC while discussing potential sanctions against Russia for interfering in the 2016 American presidential election, Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said when he is in office if President Donald Trump attempts to ignore Vladimir Putin’s aggressive actions, Trump will

Some Senate Democrats have issued scathing statements against President Barack Obama and his administration’s decision to break with longstanding tradition to veto anti-Israel resolutions, choosing, instead, to abstain from voting in a United Nations Security Council vote. The vote called for

Friday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) warned President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets could lead to “chaos” in foreign affairs. Coons was specifically referring to a tweet from Trump about the United States and it’s nuclear capabilities. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/811977223326625792 “We

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that President Obama was too cautious in his handling of alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. Coons said, “I do think that it was clear well

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” anchor Jake Tapper told Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) that winning the popular vote “and $7.99 will get you a latte. It doesn’t really matter. We have an Electoral College.” After Coons said that

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) clarified his prior comments that he regretted changes to the filibuster rule made by Democrats by saying that he regretted that Republicans “overused” the filibuster, which led the

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “At This Hour,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that he regretted Democratic rule changes regarding filibusters on nominees “because it would have been a terrific speed bump, potential emergency break, to have in our system

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” anchor Wolf Blitzer told Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) that it seemed “hypocritical” for Democrats to support Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein’s recount efforts when Democrats would have “adamently opposed” a similar move

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), who is supporting Democratic presidential nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, argued that it’s “in everyone’s best interest” for Clinton to release the transcripts of her Wall Street

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) weighed in on a reported meeting between Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton earlier this week at an airport in Arizona. Coons told host Alisyn Camerota that the

Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Susan Collins (R.-Maine), worked Monday night with Democrats, such as Sen. Chris Murphy (D.- Conn.), to fashion a compromise to give Democrats the No-Fly-No-Buy legislation they have been demanding in their political response to the June 12 spree-shooting in an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub.

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and lived to tell about it. Like thousands of other police officers and soldiers shot in the line of duty,

After his shocking primary loss on Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) canceled his keynote address to the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) that was scheduled for Wednesday morning.  Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) took Cantor’s spot. Jay Timmons, the

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told an audience of thousands of pro-Israel activists on Sunday morning that Russian President Vladimir Putin had been encouraged to invade the Crimea region of Ukraine partly because of the Obama administration’s weakness in responding to

According to the Washington Post, former Delaware senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, who won a primary against liberal Republican former Governor Mike Castle, is now thinking of running again. She would be running against Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), the man who

Sen. Chris Coons says on “Morning Joe” that Obama’s attempt at a reset with Russia has failed

Even Democratic legislators now acknowledge the Buffett rule won’t play any meaningful role in balancing the federal budget, as Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) admitted on MSNBC. The Hill reports: Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Wednesday acknowledged GOP criticisms that the