Pete Ricketts sworn in as Nebraska senator, replacing Sasse
January 23, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn in as the newest member of the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess to begin a new session of closely-divided government.
Nebraska governor names predecessor to US Senate seat
January 12, 2023 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — In one of his first acts as Nebraska’s governor, Republican Jim Pillen named his predecessor to the state’s vacant U.S. Senate seat on Thursday.
Pillen surprised no one in naming fellow Republican Pete Ricketts to the seat vacated Sunday by Ben Sasse.
Outgoing Sen. Sasse knows Trump criticism shapes his legacy
January 8, 2023 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's outgoing U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse knows he may be remembered more for his criticisms of former President Donald Trump than for the policies he supported during his eight years in office.
Republican Jim Pillen sworn in as 41st governor of Nebraska
January 5, 2023 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jim Pillen was sworn in Thursday as the 41st governor of Nebraska, joining a slew of Republicans who claimed all of the state's top executive offices.
Pillen was elected in November, defeating Democratic state Sen.
Sasse’s exit from Senate prompts GOP unease over replacement
December 16, 2022 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — When Republican Jim Pillen becomes Nebraska’s governor next month, one of his first acts will likely be to name his predecessor and biggest supporter to fill an open U.S. Senate seat.
Nebraska Gov. Ricketts seeks appointment to US Senate seat
December 6, 2022 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Outgoing Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced his intention Tuesday to seek appointment to the state’s U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Ben Sasse, who is leaving Congress to become president of the University of Florida.
Sen. Sasse wins final vote to be next U of Florida president
November 9, 2022 GMTST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse won final approval Wednesday to become the 13th president of the University of Florida, capping a swift and sometimes contentious process.
Sasse, a Republican, was confirmed for the post by the state university system Board of Governors on a voice vote.
U. of Florida trustees approve Sen. Sasse as next president
November 1, 2022 GMTNebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse won approval Tuesday from the University of Florida Board of Trustees to be the school's next president despite vocal opposition from some faculty and students.
Sasse, a Republican, was recommended for the top post by a unanimous vote of the trustees.
Florida faculty vote no-confidence in process to pick Sasse
October 27, 2022 GMTGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — University of Florida faculty members expressed their displeasure Thursday with Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse being named as the lone finalist for the school’s presidency.
The Faculty Senate approved a no-confidence vote on the selection process by a margin of 67-15, the Gainesville Sun reported.
Protest ban at Florida university after anti-Sasse rally
October 25, 2022 GMTGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida is going to start enforcing a decades-old prohibition against indoor protests following a raucous demonstration earlier this month against the selection of U.S.
Nebraska senator faces questions, protests at U of Florida
October 10, 2022 GMTGAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Nebraska U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse faced pointed questions and loud protests Monday during his first visit to the University of Florida as the lone finalist for the school's presidency.
All eyes on Nebraska Gov. Ricketts to replace Sen. Sasse
October 7, 2022 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — With Ben Sasse apparently ready to resign his Nebraska U.S. Senate seat to become president of the University of Florida, speculation is rampant that his temporary replacement could be Gov.
Nebraska senator likely to resign for Fla. university job
October 6, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is the sole finalist to become president of the University of Florida, the school said Thursday, and the Republican senator indicated he will take the job — meaning he will likely resign in the coming weeks.
Nebraska US Sen. Sasse pushes back against GOP activists
February 5, 2021 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska is pushing back against some fellow Republicans who want the state party to formally censure him for his outspoken criticism of President Donald Trump after the U...
Nebraska Sen. Sasse says Trump incited Capitol riot
January 8, 2021 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse blasted President Donald Trump on Friday for his statements just before the riot at the U...
GOP torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden
January 2, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's extraordinary challenge of his election defeat by WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska issued a pointed rebuke Thursday of GOP attempts to object Jan...GOP senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to fight Biden victory
December 31, 2020 GMT
The Latest: Romney slams Trump efforts as ‘undemocratic’
November 20, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President-elect Joe Biden (all times local):...
Trump lashes back at Nebraska Sen. Sasse after criticism
October 17, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pushed back Saturday at Sen. Ben Sasse on Twitter, calling the Nebraska senator “a liability to the Republican Party, and an embarrassment" to the state...
Nebraska Sen. Sasse rips Trump over COVID-19, foreign policy
October 15, 2020 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse told Nebraska constituents in a telephone town hall meeting that President Donald Trump has “flirted with white supremacists,” mocks Christian evangelicals in private, and “kisses dictators' butts...
Nebraska Democrats renounce their Senate pick over comments
June 16, 2020 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Democratic Party called on its U.S. Senate nominee to drop out of the race Tuesday after he made sexually repugnant comments about a campaign staffer in a group text with her and other staffers...
Nebraska primary voters avoid polls, shatter mail-in record
May 13, 2020 GMTOMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's primary voters mostly steered clear of polling sites Tuesday while shattering the state record for absentee voting with nearly 400,000 mail-in ballots in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic...
Trump offers ‘total’ endorsement of Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse
September 11, 2019 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — President Donald Trump has offered a full-throated endorsement of Nebraska Sen...
Feds to investigate billionaire Epstein’s sex plea deal
February 6, 2019 GMTFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into federal prosecutors' handling of a plea deal in which a wealthy, politically connected Florida financier avoided potentially severe penalties for sexually abusing teenage girls in favor of a relatively light state conviction...
Gritty Nebraska high school athlete Sasse’s guest at State of Union
February 6, 2019 GMTA Nebraska high school athlete from McCool Junction was Sen. Ben Sasse's guest at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night.
Noah Lambrecht was born in Chicago with major heart issues and adopted by Nebraskans as an infant.
Nebraska basketball team will tour Washington D.C. with Sen. Ben Sasse
January 1, 2019 GMTThe team is leaving a day earlier than usual for its Jan. 2 game against Maryland to get a personalized tour of the U.S. Capitol building with Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse. Sasse reached out to the program about the possibility of the tour not long after the season’s schedule came out.
Jury is still out on Nebraska’s Ben Sasse
December 22, 2018 GMTThe letter from Mary in Norfolk came as a surprise — not because anyone might call into question my decidedly conservative approach to politics or my “bravery in citing the obvious” relative to the witch hunt cabal involving “special counsel” Mueller and his cronies in the FBI and the DOJ.
Omaha attorney nominated to federal bench in Nebraska
October 11, 2018 GMTLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha attorney who ran for attorney general has been nominated to serve as a federal judge in Nebraska...
Ben Sasse is a ‘lean-yes’ for Kavanaugh; Grassley, Ernst and Fischer pledge support
October 5, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON — Sen. Ben Sasse was officially in the leaning yes column ahead of Friday’s key vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The Nebraska Republican had to leave Washington for a few hours to attend to an “urgent matter” Thursday but planned to return Thursday evening, spokesman James Wegmann said in a statement.
Sasse, critic of GOP, says he’s ‘independent conservative’
September 9, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse said Sunday that neither his Republican Party nor the Democrats stand for "very much more than being anti" and that's why he often thinks about becoming an independent...
Nebraskans in Congress reach consensus: tariffs, bad; trade, good
August 10, 2018 GMTPolitics and business met halfway between Omaha and Lincoln Thursday and reached a consensus: trade, good; tariffs, bad.
Nebraska’s five-person congressional delegation, reinforced by an executive from the U.S.
Sen. Sasse calls Politico profile, “…a whole bunch of nonsense”
July 13, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Ben Sasse speaking at a Republican gathering in Iowa/Photo courtesy of Radio Iowa
United States Senator Ben Sasse dismisses an article in a national political magazine that he might mount a primary challenge to President Trump’s re-election campaign.
Dianne Feinstein rejects Trump’s call to readmit Russia to G-7
June 10, 2018 GMTSen. Dianne Feinstein of California rejected President Trump's call for the Group of Seven nations summit to let Russia back in, saying Vladimir Putin hasn't shown contrition for rogue behavior.
World leaders push back against Trump’s trade war threat
March 2, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday insisted "trade wars are good, and easy to win," a bold claim that prompted threats of retaliation against U...
Fischer gains seat on Senate Agriculture Committee
January 10, 2018 GMTSen. Deb Fischer has gained a seat on the Senate Agriculture Committee as it begins to shape a new farm bill.
"Nebraska needs to be at the table," Fischer said Tuesday in announcing her appointment.
Republicans hail tax bill; Democrats schedule protests
December 20, 2017 GMTAs Nebraska's Republican delegation in Congress hailed the pending passage of a massive tax cut bill as good news for families and businesses, Democratic candidates seized on the issue Wednesday and party activists prepared to take to the streets.
GOP’s Sasse likes tax bill, but won’t call it key to 2018
November 19, 2017 GMTDES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse says Republican leaders are overstating how much passing tax-cut legislation can protect their party in next year's elections...