No debating this fact: Tran, Chalifoux Zephir trade barbs
STATE SEN. DEAN TRAN may not want to participate in a traditional debate with his Democratic challenger, but it appears one is happening online in slow motion.
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Hilton Head Chamber allocation doesn’t smell right
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce's request, its timing and the amount approved by the Town of Hilton Head Island are likely fully justifiable, legitimate and authorized under existing 1990-era procedures. But it just doesn't smell right.
The Dallas County House battleground
A mix of Democratic enthusiasm this cycle, along with a litany of well-funded candidates, has created a hotbed of competitive state House races around Texas' third largest city. While some of these districts have drawn contentious matchups before, the fact that most handily went to Hillary Clinton in 2016 has only heightened the stakes.
Five most cringeworthy moments of Ted Cruz’s maybe-doomed Senate campaign
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Talks continue on Kavanaugh accuser’s Thursday hearing
5, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to repl... . Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the 2018 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Sept.
Kavanaugh and accuser – agree to testify on Thursday’
Negotiators have reached a tentative agreement for the Senate Judiciary Committee to hear testimony on Thursday from Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault from decades ago, according to two people briefed on the matter. Lawyers for Ms Ford and bipartisan representatives of the committee came to the tentative agreement after a short phone call, said one of the people.
Trump unleashes on Kavanaugh accuser
President Donald Trump, in a series of tweets Friday, deviated from his previously measured comments about the woman who has accused his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, claiming that if the attack she alleges "was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities". In a series of tweets, Trump threw into question the validity of Professor Christine Blasey Ford's accusations in the most direct way since the allegations against Kavanaugh came to light and said his Supreme Court nominee is "under assault by radical left wing politicians."
Supreme Court nominee accuser agrees to testify before US Senate
US Supreme Court nominee judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, September 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee has agreed to testify in the Senate, her lawyers said Saturday, setting up a dramatic showdown next week.
Nearly three decades after Anita Hill came forward, Sen. Orrin Hatch…
Washington a Sen. Orrin Hatch said the woman's story accusing the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct was "too contrived." He believed she was lying after being coaxed by liberal special interests to derail the confirmation and was yearning for the spotlight.
In this Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh…
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.
BREAKING. You Aren’t Going to Believe What the Senate GOP Just DidOr Maybe You Will
Shortly before Senator Chuck Grassley's "arbitrary" 2:30 p.m. deadline for a response expired, the legal team of Christine Ford, the California professor who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of groping her 37 years ago at an unknown time at an unknown place responded. The response was less of an acceptance than a demand for more negotiations.
Christine Blasey Ford willing to testify about alleged assault
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens to a opening statement from Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Brett Kavanaugh, seen appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this month, has been accused by a Bay Area woman of sexually assaulting her more than 30 years ago.
Hundreds mark Hurricane Maria anniversary near Trump resort
22, 2018 in Hollywood, Fla. Activists marking the one-year anniversary of H... .
The Latest: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday
Donald Trump challenges the Kavanaugh accuser by name Friday, saying that if the alleged attack was that "bad" then she would have filed charges.
Alec Baldwin said it’s ‘agony’ to be Trump on ‘SNL,’ but it looks as…
This Feb. 4, 2017, photo released by NBC shows Alec Baldwin as President Donald Trump in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live," in New York. With the return of John Oliver to HBO and Alec Baldwin's guest hosting slot on "Saturday Night Live," this is shaping up like a big weekend for late-night's treatment of the new president.() On an episode of the podcast "Origins With James Andrew Miller," released Friday, Baldwin told Miller of the Trump appearances this season, "I think I'm going to do some of it, but not a whole lot."
Kavanaugh accuser wants to talk to Senate; terms up in air
Thank you for Reading! On your next view you will be asked to log in or create an account to continue reading. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks through a tunnel towards the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept.
Running Out the Kavenaugh Clock
Christine Ford, through her counsel, has accepted the Committee's invitation to speak about her misconduct allegation against Brett Kavanaugh next week. However, there are still details to be worked out.
Kavanaugh accuser conditionally accepts offer to testify next week
Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a past sexual assault, told Senate Judiciary Committee staff on Saturday that Ford "accepts" the request to speak to the panel next week about the alleged incident. "Dr. Ford accepts the Committee's request to provide her first-hand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week," Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, attorneys representing Ford, wrote in a message to the committee.
The Latest: White House skeptical of Ford’s offer to speak
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : The White House is casting doubt on the willingness of a college professor to speak publicly about her sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee she would be willing to appear next week.
Editorial voice from elsewhere
Stop us when this sounds familiar: A woman comes forward to allege sexual misconduct by a nominee to the United States Supreme Court.