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Grassley to Feinstein: We won't delay Kavanaugh hearing

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is rejecting a request from Democrats to delay a Thursday hearing where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are set to testify.  Grassley sent a...

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Graham lashes out at Avenatti: 'Lawyer to porn stars' takes this to...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Wednesday slammed lawyer Michael Avenatti for releasing new allegations of sexual assault against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh a day before...

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Hatch on new Kavanaugh accusations: 'I don't think we should put up...

Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is encouraging the Senate Judiciary Committee to move forward in the process to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a third woman has emerged with sexual...

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Flake: My office received call saying my family would be 'taken...

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said on Wednesday that his office received a call saying that he and his family "would be 'taken out'" over his rhetoric on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.Flake...

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Ford's lawyers release polygraph report

The lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford on Wednesday sent the Senate Judiciary Committee documents showing the results of a polygraph test regarding her sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court...

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READ: Kavanaugh's prepared remarks for Thursday's hearing

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released the full text of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's prepared testimony.Kavanaugh is slated to speak before the panel on Thursday, where he's...

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GOP senators question new Kavanaugh allegations by going after 'lawyer...

At least two GOP senators on Wednesday raised doubts about the latest sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by going after Michael Avenatti, the lawyer...

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Grassley says Kavanaugh hearing will go on amid latest allegation

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Wednesday said that a planned hearing where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman accusing him of sexual assault are expected to testify will go forward on...

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Shelby: Deal close on third minibus spending package

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby on Wednesday said the House and Senate were close to a deal on a third package of spending bills for 2019, an assertion disputed in the...

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Hatch's office responds 'Never' to tweet telling him to die

The office for Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) replied with a single word to a tweet telling the senator to die on Wednesday.Never. https://t.co/d1GEe27A7k— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) September...

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Viral photo of Feinstein, Murkowski draws LBJ comparisons

Photographers caught Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in a tense pose at the Capitol on Wednesday, with the photo quickly going viral shortly after being posted to...

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READ: Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford's prepared remarks for...

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released the full text of the prepared testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, the first of three women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual...

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Over 60 high school contemporaries of Kavanaugh rebut new allegations

More than 60 individuals who say they knew Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in high school on Wednesday rebutted a fresh accusation of sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh.The men and women wrote...

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Kavanaugh accuser to Senate committee: 'I believed he was going to rape...

One of the women accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford, is expected to say during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday that she believed...

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Kavanaugh accuser: ‘My greatest fears have been realized’

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault at a party in 1982, will say in her opening statement Thursday at a hearing in front of the Senate...

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Kasich calls on Senate to hold off on Kavanaugh vote

Ohio Governor John Kasich on Wednesday called on the Senate to delay a planned confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh until an investigation is conducted about the sexual...

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Senate questioned Kavanaugh this week about another allegation

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday questioned Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about another assault allegation. Republican Senate investigators asked Kavanaugh about an anonymous complaint...

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Kavanaugh blasts Democrats for seeking to 'destroy my good name'

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied the sexual allegations multiple women have raised against him in heated, forceful testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.“I will not be...

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Dem state lawmaker: Kavanaugh should be disqualified for attacking 'the...

Virginia House Del. Danica Roem (D) blasted Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the Senate on Thursday, arguing his "attacks" against Democrats should disqualify him from the high...

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Graham to woman asking if he believes she was raped: 'Go to the cops'

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was confronted in the halls of the Capitol by a woman who claimed to have been raped years ago during a break in Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony about allegations of...

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