Trump Jr. praises Kavanaugh's tone: 'Others in the GOP should take...
Donald Trump, Jr., the president's son, praised Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh for taking a forceful and impassioned tone in his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee...
View ArticleGraham explodes at Dems, rips proceedings as 'unethical sham'
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) grew visibly angry and yelled at Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.) and other committee Democrats in a fiery exchange during Thursday’s hearing, accusing them of trying to destroy...
View ArticleKavanaugh blasts 'phony question' from Durbin, resists call for FBI...
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday blasted Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) for asking if he was afraid of what an FBI investigation might find, calling the line of questioning "phony.""You...
View ArticleRepublicans shift to asking Kavanaugh questions directly
Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee turned to questioning President Trump's Supreme Court nominee directly on Thursday after previously using an Arizona sex crimes prosecutor to...
View ArticleGOP senator at Kavanaugh hearing: 'Porn star lawyers' are driving...
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) launched a passionate defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during an extraordinary public hearing on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Hatch, who has...
View ArticleTrump pleased with Kavanaugh testimony, White House says
President Trump is pleased with Brett Kavanaugh's testimony during an explosive hearing about sexual assault allegations against him, and the president stands by his Supreme Court nominee, according to...
View ArticleSome GOP governors call for delay of Kavanaugh vote pending investigation
Multiple Republican governors called on the Senate to delay its confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to allow for an investigation of sexual misconduct allegations leveled...
View ArticleKavanaugh, Ford give stirring testimony. Now senators must decide
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh offered a resounding defense of his character on Thursday as he angrily denied the charges of sexual assault made against him in equally compelling testimony...
View ArticleCotton to Blumenthal: You don't have credibility to question Kavanaugh
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) ripped into Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Thursday for lying about his military service and then questioning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's...
View ArticleKavanaugh, Ford didn't watch each other's Senate testimony
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, did not tune into each other's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Kavanaugh said during the...
View ArticleFeinstein denies that Ford letter came from her office
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) rebuked conservative claims she or her staff held onto a confidential letter from Christine Blasey Ford against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and leaked...
View ArticleModerate Republicans remain undecided on Kavanaugh after hearing
Senate Republican moderates remain undecided on how to vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after nearly eight hours of testimony before the Judiciary Committee, according to Sen. Joe Manchin...
View ArticleRepublicans shift course after outside counsel falters
Senate Republicans on Thursday abandoned using the outside prosecutor they had hired to question both Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, underscoring what many observers said was a major GOP...
View ArticleDemocrat says Senate has lost independence, become 'very weak arm'...
Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), the longest serving Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, blasted Republicans for jettisoning their independence in their push to get Supreme Court nominee Brett...
View ArticleDonnelly to vote 'no' on Kavanaugh
Sen. Joe Donnelly (Ind.), one of only three Democrats who voted for Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, says he will oppose Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s second pick to the high...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. Rick Scott: Kavanaugh “should be confirmed” to Supreme Court
Florida Governor and Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott said he thinks Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court in a press release Friday. The statement comes a day after...
View ArticleYale Law School dean calls for delay to Kavanaugh vote
The dean of Brett Kavanaugh’s alma mater is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to postpone its vote on whether to send Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court to the Senate floor for a...
View ArticleTester to oppose Kavanaugh
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said Friday that he will oppose Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.Tester said Friday that he has a myriad of "concerns" about Kavanaugh, but could not get an...
View ArticleTrump signs spending bill, preventing shutdown
President Trump on Friday signed an $854 billion spending package that will avert a shutdown by keeping the federal government open into the new fiscal year, which begins Monday.The measure fully funds...
View ArticleFlake calls for one-week delay to floor vote on Kavanaugh
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Friday called for a one-week delay in a Senate floor vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to give the FBI time to investigate sexual assault allegations that have...
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