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At stake is not only the fate of Trump's hand-picked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanugh , but also Republican chances in November's midterm elections. WASHINGTON: US lawmakers drew battle lines on Sunday ahead of a dramatic showdown over the fate of Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, after a university professor who accuses the judge of sexual assault agreed to testify in the Senate.
In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Springfield-Branson National Airport before attending a campaign rally in Springfield, Mo.
Elected officials, political pundits and armchair quarterbacks are fanning the flames of a firestorm over President Donald Trump's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal judge who's been accused of sexual assault at a drunken high-school bash more than three decades ago. Kavanaugh has vehemently denied the accusations lodged recently by Christine Blasey Ford, a research psychologist at Palo Alto University.
In an interview, this morning on Fox News Sunday the Senator from South Carolina was asked about the mess in the Senate Judiciary Committee with on again off again accuser Christine Ford but that is not what was interesting. He dropped some bombs on the Justice Dept.
The Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week, possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters. The regulation of seat width and legroom is part of a five-year extension of federal aviation programs announced early Saturday by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate committees that oversee the nation's air travel.
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Top Democrats are asking President Donald Trump again to direct the FBI to investigate Christine Blasey Ford's claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when both were teenagers. Trump and Senate Republicans have repeatedly said an investigation is not necessary.
Lawmakers already are facing a deadline this week to fund the government before the start of the new budget year Oct. 1, and members of Congress will try to act on the disaster relief along with separate legislation to fund the government. The chairman of the House Appropriations Committee says the money would be available as grants to states to help rebuild housing and public works, and assist businesses as they recover from the storm.
Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox speaks during a debate at the California Theatre, Tuesday, May 8, 2018, in San Jose, Calif. Although California's economy has pockets of strength, the state is also home to the nation's highest poverty rate, when the cost of living is taken into account.
Global Callcenter Solutions will occupy temporary space in downtown Columbus before moving to a 46,000-square-foot structure that used to be a Winn-Dixie supermarket, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported . The firm made the announcement recently at the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
In 2016, attorneys Debra Katz and Lisa Banks were preparing to buy white pantsuits as "a sign of solidarity" with Hillary Clinton on her potential presidential inauguration day. Katz believed that Clinton spoke for all women, from the early suffragists to modern-day feminists.
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : Sen. Lindsey Graham says Brett Kavanaugh's accuser will be treated "respectfully" by the Senate Judiciary Committee, but both witnesses "will be challenged" over the sexual assault allegation from decades ago she's made against the Supreme Court nominee. Talks continue between the GOP-run committee and Christine Blasey Ford's lawyer over details of a tentative agreement for a hearing Thursday.
Republican defenders of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Democratic supporters of Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assaulting her when both were teenagers, suggested Sunday that their votes on his nomination would not be swayed by an expected hearing on Ford's allegations this week.
More than 10 percent of Utahns are struggling with food insecurity , or limited or uncertain access to enough food. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program makes a difference for thousands of Utah households, ensuring they have money for food and room in their budget to afford rent and other basic needs.
Plans to hold a high-stakes hearing next week with testimony from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, teetered with uncertainty Sunday as a Senate panel scrambled to resolve potentially make-or-break details, such as potential witnesses who could corroborate her decades-old sexual assault claim. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said lawyers for Ford are contesting two GOP conditions of the proposed 10 a.m. Thursday hearing - that Ford and Kavanaugh will be the only witnesses and that an independent counsel will ask the questions.
A top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault is "a credible witness" who has been subject to death threats since coming forward with her allegation. "I think Dr. Ford has come forward understanding what she was going to face," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said of Christine Blasey Ford to ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on This Week Sunday.
In amoral political terms, Senate Republicans have been skillful in handling Christine Blasey's Ford's allegations that the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school.
WASHINGTON The Federal Aviation Administration would be required to set new minimum requirements for seats on airplanes under legislation to be considered in the House this week, possibly giving passengers a break from ever-shrinking legroom and cramped quarters. The regulation of seat width and legroom is part of a five-year extension of federal aviation programs announced early Saturday by Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate committees that oversee the nation's air travel.
Republican lawmakers insist they will vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court even if his accuser refuses to testify this week about her sexual assault allegation. But surprisingly, some of President Donald Trump's most passionate supporters want the Senate - and all of America - to hear from Christine Blasey Ford before lawmakers vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation to the nation's highest court.
Just as he did several weeks ago to prepare for his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh was back inside a room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building - again facing questioners readying him for a high-stakes appearance in the Senate. This time, the questions were much different.
The Department of Health and Human Services is going to take money from cancer research and use it for detaining immigrant children . Cenk Uygur, Brett Erlich, Michaela Watkins, and Aida Rodriguez, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.