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Putting Judge Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court will not end the investigation into Christine Braley Ford's accusations, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said on Thursday. Whitehouse, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said when Democrats retake the House and Senate, he's "confident" they will investigate not only Ford's claims -- but "why the FBI stood down its background investigation" when Ford dropped her bombshell.
Donald Trump delays FBI document release after objections from Justice Department, U.S. allies President Donald Trump said Justice Department and foreign allies raised concerns about release of FBI documents Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://usat.ly/2zmwihM WASHINGTON - Reversing course, President Donald Trump delayed the release of classified FBI documents on Friday after the Justice Department and foreign allies objected amid concerns that their publication may damage the investigation of Russian election interference. The Department of Justice Inspector General "has been asked to review these documents on an expedited basis," Trump tweeted.
The political maneuvering required to get Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to the Supreme Court is probably the most important and consequential since the Florida recount in 2000, so deftly navigated by the old Republican hand Baker on behalf of George W. Bush. I tip my hat to the Democrats for how they have played a lousy hand.
Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Republican Matthew Corey, a window-washer who is challenging Chris Murphy for his U.S. Senate seat hangs over the side of a Trumbull Street building in Hartford, Conn, Wednesday, June 27, 2018.
A girl from Honduras has been reunited with her family in New Hampshire after she was separated from them by the Trump administration's "zero-tolerance" policy on illegal border crossings. Twelve-year-old Nathalia Guzman travelled from Yoro, Honduras with her aunt Francia Guzman, her uncle, Henrry Cruz-Amaya, and her cousin, Fernando Cruz-Guzman.
The California congresswoman who met with the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago says the accuser "should not be underestimated." Democratic Rep. Anna Eshoo told The Associated Press on Friday accuser Christine Blasey Ford "has an inner strength."
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.
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.
Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., left, is applauded by demonstrators as the arrive to speak to reporters in support of professor Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a decades-old sexual attack, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018.
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.
Democrat Beto O'Rourke is hoping to end a 24-year Republican streak in the state. He will meet Friday night for the first of three debates against Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
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.
Speaking at a press conference Tuesday evening, Hawaii Democratic Sen. Mazie Hirono urges men to 'do the right thing' amid allegations of misconduct against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
 U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, who told men to "just shut up and step up" in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, might have some explaining to do about her campaign cash. U.S. Sen. Tom Carper's First State PAC donated $1,000 to Hirono's political campaign in June, despite the Delaware lawmaker's confession of abuse.
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.
Ivanka Trump made a telephone call to the International Space Station and spoke to the crew while touring Nasa's Johnson Space Centre. Ms Trump, who is an adviser to her father, President Donald Trump, talked to the space station crew whose members are flying 250 miles above the Earth's surface.
HUBweek, Boston's "festival for the future," will kick off its weeklong series of conferences, exhibits, and dance parties early next month with a new and diverse cast of speakers and artists, organizers said Thursday. Among the headline speakers this year are Governor Charlie Baker, SoulCycle cofounder Julie Rice, New York Senator Chuck Schumer, CTE research pioneer Ann McKee, and former Suffolk assistant district attorney Adam Foss.
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.