Editor Brian Harrod Provides Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, with aggregated news from sources all over the world from the Roundup Newswires Network
In politics, you can often tell how weak someone's hand is by the tortured arguments they make. And judging by Sen. Lindsey O. Graham's defense on Tuesday of his fellow Judiciary Committee Republicans, the GOP isn't holding much.
Both of Alaska's U.S. senators said Monday they need to hear more about the allegations of a California professor accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were high school students. "I think we should take this seriously, regardless of the length of time, the passage of time," Sen. Lisa Murkowski said.
Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the accusation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court. Senate leaders announced the move under pressure from fellow Republicans who wanted a fuller, open examination of the allegations from Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor in California.
While U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation has certainly been politically contentious, his confirmation by the Senate had seemed all but certain. With credible credentials, a Republican majority in the Senate and passable answers to charged questions on court precedent, Kavanaugh seemed set to become the next Justice.
Gov. Bill Walker, left, former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, center, and former state Sen. Mike Dunleavy, right, are running for governor. Walker and Begich criticized Dunleavy for not attending four candidate forums or speaking events.
The Ohio Department of Medicaid says it is working on a proposal to the federal government to allow the health-insurance program to cover some of the care at Brigid's Path, the state's only standalone recovery center for drug-exposed infants. The nonprofit center opened in December in the Dayton area and has had to limit services to eight infants at a time, despite high demand and 24 beds.
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, has announced that the committee will hold a public hearing on Monday with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s. NPR's Scott Detrow is here to tell us an update about what's going on.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Director James Comey and other officials at the Department of Justice in April 2017, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks with former FBI Director James Comey and other officials at the Department of Justice in April 2017, in Washington.
President Donald Trump's "enemy of the people" rhetoric is putting the lives of American journalists at risk, Mother Jones' Mark Follman reported Thursday, citing comments from law enforcement leaders and top security officials at two major news outlets. Trump's years of vicious invective - echoed by his allies at Fox - are bearing fruit.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said a woman's allegation that he sexually assaulted her while both were in high school is "completely false" and that he's willing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee in any forum to "defend my integrity." "This is a completely false allegation.
WASHINGTONi1 4 A college professor went public for the first time on Sunday to accuse US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, prompting calls to postpone the nomination vote. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, initially detailed the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh in confidential letters to her local congresswoman and later to California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Any Republicans who are running away from questions about Christine Blasey Ford are "on the wrong side of history," the 'Late Night' host said. As everything around President Donald Trump seems to crumble, Seth Meyers described his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as his one "ace in the hole."
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin says allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman when they were both in high school are credible. Baldwin tweeted her reaction Monday.
Earlier today, Sen. Orrin Hatch spoke with CNN and Hatch revealed that he spoke to the embattled judge. According to CNN The Republican senator said Kavanaugh told him that his accuser may be mistaking him for someone else.
Republicans and Democrats joined forces to speed legislation combating the misuse of opioids and other addictive drugs through Senate passage Monday, a rare campaign-season show of unity against a growing and deadly health care crisis. It takes wide aim at the problem, including increasing scrutiny of arriving international mail that may include illegal drugs.
We're now into week three of the long, national nightmare known as "The Supreme Court Confirmation Process of Judge Brett Kavanaugh." For some reason, we assumed the circus-like atmosphere of the hearings would end when the actual committee proceedings were over.
Republicans abruptly laid plans Monday for a Senate committee hearing at which Brett Kavanaugh and the woman alleging he sexually assaulted her decades ago will testify publicly, as GOP leaders grudgingly opted for a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the accusation from sinking his Supreme Court nomination. Just hours after GOP leaders signaled their preference for private, staff telephone interviews of Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said his panel would hold a hearing next Monday with both of them.
Kenneth Starr said Monday that postponing the Senate confirmation vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh would be a "profound injustice" to the confirmation process. "I think there is a profound injustice here, to the process quite apart to Judge Kavanaugh and his family," former Clinton Independent Counsel Starr said in an interview on The Laura Ingraham Show.
This week, the U.S. Senate is on track to approve a sweeping, bipartisan plan to tackle the opioid epidemic. The bill provides new funds for prevention and education efforts, plus cracking down on fentanyl and other illegal drug trafficking.
True or false, a woman's accusation that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her in high school buckles what had been a smooth path to a seat on the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh denies it, but the accuser came back with an offer to testify publicly to Congress.