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Trump: Kavanaugh is 'going to make us all very proud'

President Trump voiced his confidence in Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday shortly before the Senate was poised to confirm him to the Supreme Court."I think he's going to make us all very proud," Trump told...

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Protesters interrupt final vote on Kavanaugh, screaming opposition

Dozens of protesters immediately interrupted the Senate's final vote on confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, screaming and yelling as they were removed from the gallery that...

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Senate installs Kavanaugh on Supreme Court

The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, giving President Trump a significant win a month before a crucial midterm election.Senators voted 50-48 to confirm Kavanaugh,...

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Trump says Kavanaugh will be sworn in Saturday

President Trump said Brett Kavanaugh will be sworn into the Supreme Court on Saturday, hours after the nominee won a hard-fought confirmation vote in the Senate."I applaud and congratulate the U.S....

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Trump says he asked senator to go to his daughter's wedding during...

President Trump said Saturday that he had asked Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) to attend his daughter's wedding in Montana this weekend after Republicans secured enough votes to allow him to miss the vote...

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McConnell: GOP trying to recruit more women for Judiciary Committee

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Saturday that Republican leadership will try to recruit female senators to join the Senate Judiciary Committee going forward. "We've encouraged...

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Collins says Kavanaugh’s anger and frustration ‘are understandable’

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) defended Supreme Court Designate Brett Kavanaugh’s temperament in a pre-taped interview with CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Well first let me say that I thought Judge...

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The winners and losers of the Supreme Court fight 

The Senate confirmation battle over Brett Kavanaugh was the most vicious Supreme Court fight since Clarence Thomas narrowly won confirmation in 1991.The victors will reap the spoils of success and the...

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McConnell: Senate GOP 'refused to be intimidated by the mob'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) touted Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation on Saturday, saying after the vote that Republican senators stood up to the "mob."“We refused...

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Daines's son shares video of father watching Kavanaugh vote

The son of Montana Sen. Steve Daines (R) shared a video Saturday of his father watching the Senate's vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, which Daines skipped to attend his daughter's wedding.Mike...

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Trump, GOP aim to weaponize Kavanaugh vote ahead of November

President Trump and congressional Republicans are seeking to weaponize the Supreme Court fight as they head into the final month of campaigning before the November midterm elections. The Senate...

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Graham: Kavanaugh turned out to be the 'slut whore drunk' of the...

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) said "the roles were reversed" in Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation process and that Kavanaugh turned out to be the "slut whore drunk” as he faced...

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More than 30 protesters arrested for disrupting final vote on Kavanaugh

The group behind the Women's March said more than 30 protesters were reported arrested for disrupting the Senate's final vote on confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday.Protesters...

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Collins: Kavanaugh vote ‘right up there’ among hardest decisions ever made

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said in an interview to be broadcast Sunday that her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was one of the toughest decisions she's ever made, but expressed...

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McConnell calls Kavanaugh confirmation proudest moment as senator

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that he believes the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is his proudest accomplishment in the upper chamber."I think so,"...

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Collins: I believe Ford believes her testimony, but no corroboration it was...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Sunday that there was no corroboration for Christine Blasey Ford's accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, though she added that...

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Hirono: Roe v. Wade won't be overturned, but will be nullified

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) said on Sunday that she does not think the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade now that Justice Brett Kavanaugh is a member, but that lower-level judicial and...

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Heitkamp: Vote to oppose Kavanaugh wasn't about politics

Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) acknowledged in an interview scheduled to be broadcast late Sunday that voting for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would have been "politically expedient," but argued...

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GOP senator: If Kavanaugh wasn't angry during testimony, 'people...

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said Sunday that he thinks Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal was enough to explain his temperament during testimony in front...

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Kavanaugh accuser: ‘I am disgusted and appalled by the way that I have been...

Julie Swetnick, the third woman to accuse Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, said Sunday that she is outraged by the way her allegations against Kavanaugh have been handled."As a sexual...

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