Judiciary approves Kavanaugh, sending nomination to full Senate after Flake...
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on Friday after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) requested a delay in the floor vote on the nomination for a week.The...
View ArticleAvenatti says he will 'thoroughly enjoy embarrassing' Senate GOP...
Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing Julie Swetnick in her sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, issued a stern warning on Friday to Republicans on...
View ArticleTrump calls Kavanaugh accuser a 'credible' witness
President Trump on Friday called the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault a “credible witness” and deferred to the Senate on whether to delay a vote on his...
View ArticleKavanaugh friend says he'll cooperate with 'confidential' law...
Mark Judge, a high school friend of Brett Kavanaugh's whom Christine Blasey Ford says was in the room during her 1980s sexual assault at the Supreme Court nominee's hands, says he will cooperate with a...
View ArticleGOP leaders delay Kavanaugh confirmation for one-week FBI investigation
Senate Republicans on Friday agreed to ask the FBI to investigate sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a move that will temporarily delay his nomination. The move...
View ArticleKlobuchar: If I acted like Kavanaugh in his courtroom 'he would have...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Friday she would have been "thrown" out of a courtroom if she behaved the way Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh did during his testimony before the Senate...
View ArticleJoy Behar: Republicans pushing Kavanaugh nomination 'are only interested...
“The View” co-host Joy Behar said Friday that Senate Republicans are trying to push through Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination in order to retain “white power.”Behar lodged the accusation on...
View ArticleLawyer for Kavanaugh accuser: FBI probe should not have...
Debra Katz, a lawyer for Christine Blasey Ford, said on Friday that "artificial limits" should not be placed on the FBI as it reopens its background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett...
View ArticleMcConnell says Kavanaugh nomination moving forward as Trump approves FBI probe
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that the Senate is moving forward with Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, even as President Trump agreed to GOP leaders' request for the FBI to reopen its...
View ArticleHow Flake came to secure Kavanaugh delay
At a crucial moment during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s rancorous debate on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) realized he had to act and ducked out of the hearing...
View ArticleKavanaugh confirmation faces fresh uncertainties
The confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is headed into another week of uncertainty.Senate GOP leaders on Friday afternoon delayed a vote to end debate on Kavanaugh’s...
View ArticleBiden hits GOP for 'invective, blind rage and brute partisanship'...
Former Vice President Joe Biden issued a blistering rebuke Friday of Senate Republicans' handling of the sexual assault allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.“What we witnessed...
View ArticleBernie Sanders calls for FBI to investigate whether Kavanaugh told truth in...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday sent a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) demanding that the FBI, in addition to investigating sexual assault allegations...
View ArticleChristine Blasey Ford's friend will cooperate with FBI, not...
A lawyer for a friend of Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, said in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that she does not refute...
View ArticleFlake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up...
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says he plans to support Brett Kavanaugh's nomination unless the FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee reveals wrongdoing.“I’m a...
View ArticlePelosi on impeaching Kavanaugh: If he's lying 'he's not...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday urged Democrats to take it "one step at a time" on Brett Kavanaugh, but said if the Supreme Court nominee is found to be untruthful he is unfit...
View ArticleFBI reaches out to second Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez
FBI agents conducting a new background investigation into President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have contacted Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual...
View ArticleCall for FBI probe draws attention to association's past Kavanaugh concerns
The American Bar Association's (ABA) statement this week during a crucial point in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination is drawing attention to another time the group weighed in late in his...
View ArticlePoll shows split views on Kavanaugh, Ford after dramatic hearing
A poll released Saturday shows that Americans are deeply divided over testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford at Thursday's dramatic Senate Judiciary...
View ArticleThe Memo: GOP risks disaster with Kavanaugh, midterms
The question for Republicans, as they press forward with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is whether they risk alienating female voters for years — and just in time for this year’s...
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