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The FBI interviewed nine witnesses in its investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's alleged sexual misconduct, the White House said. The FBI ended up interviewing nine witnesses in its investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's alleged sexual misconduct when he was in high school and college.
Several polls out this week weren't good news for Sen. Bob Menendez. One even showed him neck and neck with Republican Bob Hugin -- a startling turn of events in the year of an expected blue wave across the country.
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Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford have given FBI Director Chris Wray the names of people they say the FBI should contact to corroborate her account of having been sexually assaulted as a teenager by Brett Kavanaugh. Ford wasn't interviewed by the FBI as part of its supplemental background investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct dating to Kavanaugh's high school and college years.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's critics say his history of making evasive, misleading, and provably false statements under oath should disqualify him from sitting on the nation's highest court. Whether Brett Kavanaugh claims a seat on the Supreme Court may be determined by this week's FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, but critics of the nominee say his history of making evasive, misleading, and provably false statements under oath should disqualify him no matter what the FBI finds.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief, which runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles and has several stops in New Mexico, will drop its plan to convert a segment of the rail line between Dodge City, Kan., and Albuquerque to bus service, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced Wednesday. The senator said in a news release that he secured a commitment from a top Amtrak official during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing to continue rail service on that segment through fiscal year 2019.
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide an election-season battle that has consumed the nation. A showdown roll call over confirmation seemed likely over the weekend.
Senate Democrats condemned the FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling it "incomplete." Democrats have accused the White House of limiting the probe, and they point to the fact that the FBI didn't interview either Kavanaugh or his most prominent accuser, professor Christine Blasey Ford.
AML for all The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into the money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank. The Danish bank said it is cooperating with the probe.
Missouri's Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a bid for a third term in a state that's trended increasingly red in recent years, setting up a nationally watched showdown that could be pivotal to party control of the Senate. After President Donald Trump won Missouri in 2016 by about 19 percentage points, McCaskill's seat was immediately seen as prime for picking up by the Republicans.
All 100 senators, and a handful of Senate staff, will be able to read the FBI's new report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But it's unclear if the public will see it.
The impassioned fight over whether to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has led to heightened security at the Capitol, with some senators using police escorts to shield them from protesters eager to confront them. Capitol police have arrested dozens of people in recent days for unlawfully demonstrating in Senate office buildings.
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the FBI would deliver to Senators its report on claims that Kavanaugh sexually abused women.
Have people forgotten the Bill Clinton days or the 1992 election? Apparently, they have because of this faux outrage over what Sen. Lindsey Graham said about Donald Trump's remarks about Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court nominee. While not the most artful in delivery, the president went after Ford, whose allegation lacks evidence, corroborating witnesses, and key details.
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Ohio Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray faced off in their second - and very conventional - debate on Monday, which was quite a contrast compared to the combative political debates the country is embroiled in at the national level. The two men squared off on issues ranging from healthcare and guns to rape kits and algae blooms .
The Trump era has, at times, been uncomfortable for Republican women, especially the six senators who will be asked to vote for Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation by week's end. On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school - a claim Kavanaugh denies.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham told the audience at the Atlantic Festival to "boo" themselves Wednesday after they booed his claim that President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was "treated like crap" during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on sexual misconduct allegations. "I'm the first person to say I want to hear from Dr. Ford.