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President Donald Trump expressed public confidence in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, calling him "a great gentleman" with an "impeccable reputation" as the judge's fate remained unclear in his Senate confirmation process. At a campaign rally here, Trump took care not to mention Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school more than three decades ago.
Experts say that because of how memory works, it's possible that both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford - the woman who says a drunken Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her at a party when they were teenagers in the early 1980s - believe what they say. "Confidence is not a good guide to whether or not someone is telling the truth," said Nora Newcombe, a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.
In the past, Democrats have poured millions of dollars in Colorado's 6th District to unseat incumbent Rep. Mike Coffman , with little success. Now, Democratic challenger and combat veteran Jason Crow is on the ballot, and strategists say if he can win, Democrats can feel confident about taking back the House.
Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Rob Portman at his office in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, July 11, 2018. [Photo/Agencies] WASHINGTONi1 4 US Republicans are warning that time is running out for Brett Kavanaugh's accuser to tell Congress about her claim he sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers, even as President Donald Trump called the woman's allegation hard to believe in one of the GOP's sharpest attacks on her credibility.
In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Sen. Lindsey Graham says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is the victim of a "drive-by shooting" and that he wants to "listen to the lady" - an accomplished research psychologist who says the future judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school - and then "bring this to a close." Sen. John Cornyn is already attacking Christine Blasey Ford 's credibility, complaining about "gaps" in her recollection of an event she says has traumatized her for decades.
President Donald Trump expressed public confidence in Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday, calling him "a great gentleman" with an "impeccable reputation" as the judge's fate remained unclear in his Senate confirmation process. At a campaign rally here, Trump took care not to mention Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school more than three decades ago.
In announcing that President Donald Trump had ordered the declassification of several documents related to the investigation of possible ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders made it sound like there was no politics involved. The disclosures were designed, Sanders said, "for reasons of transparency" and to accommodate requests from Congress.
First of all, imagine Trump's gloating tweets. Beyond that, imagine how it would be interpreted if at this point the Democrats fail to recapture the House.
4, 2018, file photo Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is surrounded by photographers as he stands with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley R-Iowa, during his confirmatio... . U.S. Sen. Susan Collins , speaks to the media on Friday, Sept.
As pressure builds for Christine Blasey Ford to testify Monday about her sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a burgeoning group of friends, neighbors and activists is supporting her either way. Whether she appears or not, a banner will still fly over her neighborhood on Thursday, saying "Thank you, Christine.
BEND, Ore. - Congressman Greg Walden has accepted an invitation from News Channel 21 to attend a televised debate with In a letter dated September 19 addressed to Walden, McLeod-Skinner suggested the scheduled debate doesn't meed the criteria for a "robust debate for public office."
According to Walden's office, $17 million in new grants from the Department of Health and Human Services will go to "increase access to a wide range of opioid abuse and addiction services across the state, specifically targeted to rural areas." The $17 million is just a portion of the $1 billion in opioid-related granted to all 50 states from DHHS.
DeSantis distanced himself from a donor who called President Barack Obama the N-word, but the candidate will likely keep the campaign funds. NewsOne did not receive an immediate response Thursday from DeSantis' campaign on whether the more than $20,000 from Steven A. Alembik was given back.
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Women who attended Christine Blasey Ford's high school have delivered a letter in support of her to senators as she faces scrutiny over her accusation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted when they were teens. Organizers say more than 1,000 women from the school signed the letter.
WASHINGTON - In a move that could impact the Ohio governor's race between Republican Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray, two employees of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have charged they were discriminated against by officials of the federal agency once headed by Cordray.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2018.
Michigan Republicans were quick to denounce the formation of a "Republicans and Independents for Whitmer committee" which 6 News told you about for the first time Wednesday night. State Republican chair Ron Weiser, Sen. Mike Shirkey and Rep. Lee Chatfield complained this group is "working to tear down not only Bill Schuette but the top of the ticket."
Sen. Chuck Grassley walks to the Senate floor for a vote after a meeting in Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's office in the Capitol. A top Senate Judiciary Committee staffer gave critics of the panel's efforts to speedily confirm Brett Kavanaugh more ammo Thursday, after suggesting that the Supreme Court nominee's confirmation was already in the bag.
The list of goods getting caught in the battle over tariffs keeps growing. Earlier this week President Trump put tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.