Voices: Americans grapple with emotional, momentous hearing
The desk where Christine Blasey Ford will sit in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill.
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Sen. Orrin Hatch Just Made a Very, Very Cringey Comment About Christine Blasey Ford
During a break in the Senate hearing Thursday with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, Sen. Orrin Hatch took his performance to a new level of cringeworthy. Asked if he believes Dr. Ford, Sen. Orrin Hatch says, "I don't find her un-credible.
Kavanaugh hearing: Students skip school to witness ‘a real historic moment’
Some came on field trips. Some skipped school. They came to protest or catch a glimpse of the "historic" hearing.
Republicansa a oeFemale Assistanta Strategy Seems to Have Backfired
When it became clear Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was going to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Republican members of the committee made a critical decision. Fearing a repeat of the 1991 Anita Hill debacle-once again, the Republicans on the committee are all men, and they didn't want to be perceived as badgering a victim of assault-they hired what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called a "female assistant" to do the questioning for them.
Sen. Lindsey Graham calls Kavanaugh’s confirmation process ‘Hell’
President Trump was glued to the television and heartened by the fiery testimony of his Supreme Court nominee, aides said, as Brett M. Kavanaugh defended himself against allegations of sexual assault on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. One senior administration official involved in the confirmation process described Kavanaugh's performance as "powerfulstronggame changing" in a text message.
Trump says he prefers to keep Rosenstein, may delay meeting
President Donald Trump said he would "certainly prefer not" to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and that he may delay a highly anticipated meeting with the Justice Department's No. 2 official.
Gender, politics, and more: Americans weigh in on Kavanaugh
The desk where Christine Blasey Ford will sit in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill.
The Latest: Ford says she’s ‘100 percent’ sure of attacker
Christine Blasey Ford testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.
GOP finally wavering on Brett Kavanaugh? First Republican calls for FBI investigation
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Grassley snaps at staffer at Kavanaugh hearing: ‘Speak plainly with me, please’
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley sparked some confusion during the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford on Thursday when he snapped at a staffer interrupting him -- only to have Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. briefly think he was aiming his barbs at her.
During Kavanaugh hearing, prosecutor addresses Ford feeling…
During Kavanaugh hearing, prosecutor addresses Ford feeling 'terrified' to testify: 'That's not right' Outside Republican counsel Rachel Mitchell outlines her questioning to Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing addressing her sexual misconduct allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell , hired by the Senate Judiciary Committee to handle some of Thursday's questioning, opened with some words of encouragement for Christine Blasey Ford , the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault.
The Latest: Trump calls hearing ‘brutal,’ praises Kavanaugh
27, 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Fo... .
Rosenstein’s Day of Reckoning with the President
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was reportedly convinced that he'd be fired following a bombshell New York Times report that described comments he apparently made about President Trump privately last year. But whether or not Rosenstein emerges from a meeting with Trump on Thursday with his job intact, House Republicans are salivating at the thought of exploiting The Times' story to tighten the noose on the Justice Department.
Anita Hill says #MeToo movement can create lasting change
26, 2018, in Salt Lake City. Hill has been back in the spotlight since Christine Blasey Ford accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of ... .
Charge refiled for 2011 murder in Tulsa
Court records show prosecutors refiled a first-degree murder charge this week against 27-year-old Michelle Millikin. She's accused of of fatally stabbing 59-year-old Gary Bailey back in 2011 at a home on South 50th West Avenue.
Ford, Kavanaugh and a Senate hearing: A viewer’s guide
The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday turns on the credibility of its two star witnesses, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who says he sexually assaulted her. But there is much more electrifying the atmosphere in the cramped hearing room and the nation beyond the cameras.
Stakes high for both GOP, Dems as Kavanaugh and Ford testify
With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct ahead of a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority. The Senate Judiciary Committee -- 11 Republicans, all men, and 10 Democrats -- was to hear from just two witnesses on Thursday: Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge who has long been eyed for the Supreme Court, and Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor who accuses him of attempting to rape her when they were teens.
The Memo: Kavanaugh drama reaches fever pitch
The political world faces the most dramatic day in months Thursday as the controversy over Brett Kavanaugh takes center stage on Capitol Hill. Donald John Trump Avenatti: Third Kavanaugh accuser will prove credible against Kavanaugh, other 'privileged white guys' who defend him Grassley's office says it has received profane phone calls amid Kavanaugh fight Trump admin official once questioned if using n-word was racist: report MORE 's second nominee to the Supreme Court, now faces three separate allegations of sexual misconduct.
Poll: ‘Blue wave’ may swamp Republican nominees for governor, U.S. Senate in Pa.
Democratic voter enthusiasm could swamp and then sink the Republican campaigns for the U.S. Senate and governor in Pennsylvania, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College Poll. The "blue wave" projected to help the Democratic Party in the midterm general election is being propelled in great part by President Trump's actions and administration, according to G. Terry Madonna, the poll's director.
Kavanaugh and Ford complete testimony in contentious Senate hearing
Christine Blasey Ford and the man she accused of a 1980s sexual assault, Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, both testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday in a hearing, at times emotional, contentious and in some ways revealing, that captured the attention of the nation. Ford spoke before the committee first, recounting her allegations in a soft and sometimes-halting voice in a drama that threatened to derail Kavanaugh's nomination.