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In "Saturday Night Live's" second episode of the season, Brett Kavanaugh was once again the focus of the jest. In the cold open, Republican members of the Senate partied wildly after Kavanaugh was sworn in to the Supreme Court.
The International Organization for Migration said Saturday that more than 600,000 illegal immigrants of 41 different nationalities are currently in Libya. "In July and August 2018, IOM identified at least 669,176 migrants currently in Libya.
President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Topeka, Kan. President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Topeka, Kan.
Republican Dave Yost and Democrat Steve Dettelbach are both experienced, well-prepared and highly qualified for the office. Both have had long and successful careers, including on the prosecutorial side of the law but also in private practice.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's second Supreme Court nominee in two years, was officially sworn in on Saturday, shortly after the Senate narrowly confirmed him by a vote of 50 to 48 amid fierce partisan fights focusing on sexual misconduct allegations against him. The 53-year-old conservative was sworn in as 114th Supreme Court justice by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy in a private ceremony at the Supreme Court.
But the reaction to the Kavanaugh nomination demonstrates one reason why the court needs more justices with Kavanaugh's philosophy, even if you think Kavanaugh himself should not be on the court.
Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court after the U.S. Senate voted to confirm the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 6, 2018. The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly confirmed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh in its final floor vote, following a fierce partisan fight over sexual misconduct allegations against the nominee.
Senator Susan Collins announced she will vote yes to confirm embattled nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh to become a US Supreme Court Justice. Collins delivered a lengthy defense of Kavanaugh's record and decisions before finally announcing her support for the judge Friday when she took to the Senate Floor.
Hours after his Supreme Court pick was sworn in Saturday, President Donald Trump said on Fox News that those who made up "false" stories about Brett Kavanaugh should be penalized. Trump, talking with Fox News' Jeanine Pirro, said he hated watching the slew of sexual assault allegations grow against Kavanaugh and dubbed all the accusations "fabrications" with "not a bit of truth."
The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides.
Political leaders, organizations and figures from Maine and beyond flooded social media and other platforms Friday with reactions, both in agreement and opposition, after Sen. Susan Collins' announced she'd vote "yes" to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court - Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Collins' speech "was a testament to her diligence and commitment to the principles of fairness and due process": Maine's @SenatorCollins has always taken her responsibility to advise and consent on SCOTUS nominations seriously. Her speech this afternoon was a testament to her diligence and commitment to the principles of fairness and due process.
Good news for Democrats in California's 10th congressional district. A new poll released Thursday shows Democratic candidate Josh Harder slightly ahead of his Republican opponent, incumbent Rep. Jeff Denham.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation's highest court despite allegations that he sexually assaulted women decades ago. The senator said she spoke with Judge Kavanaugh in her office for two hours, an additional hour on the phone and dozens of her own constituents before making her decision.
A photo posted on former President Barack Obama's POTUS44 Twitter account is a frequent fake news target, with the T-shirt altered to carry fake messages about ISIS, transgender rights, equality marches and President Donald Trump. An image making the rounds on social media appears to show Michelle Obama planning a run for office in 2020.
The notion that certain Americans are pre-emptively guilty of wrongdoing, whether there's any corroborating evidence to back up an accusation or not, isn't reserved for conservatives who happen to be in contention for a Supreme Court seat. In the hierarchy of progressive values, due process is a bottom dweller.
The Kavanaugh court is going to decide a lot of extremely important cases that will affect all of our lives. It's a good bet that they will uphold any GOP cases that degrade or destroy much of the social safety net, they will dismantle regulations and uphold corporate interests across the board, reverse anti-discrimination and voting rights legislation and, obviously, they will whittle away if not outright ban the right to abortion and possibly even marriage equality and other gay rights.
Voters will choose California's next lieutenant governor, schools chief and other statewide officeholders on Nov. 6. The race for superintendent of public education is shaping up to be an expensive showdown between unions and charter-school advocates. In the contest for secretary of state, the incumbent Democrat Alex Padilla is hoping to hold onto his seat against a GOP challenger.
Nearly 1,500 more voters were on the county rolls as of Oct. 1 as there were July 1, bringing the total electorate to 52,257, according to the latest secretary of state report.