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Lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford have given FBI Director Chris Wray the names of people they say the FBI should contact to corroborate her account of having been sexually assaulted as a teenager by Brett Kavanaugh. Ford wasn't interviewed by the FBI as part of its supplemental background investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct dating to Kavanaugh's high school and college years.
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's critics say his history of making evasive, misleading, and provably false statements under oath should disqualify him from sitting on the nation's highest court. Whether Brett Kavanaugh claims a seat on the Supreme Court may be determined by this week's FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against him, but critics of the nominee say his history of making evasive, misleading, and provably false statements under oath should disqualify him no matter what the FBI finds.
Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is recalling 6,500,966 pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" due to an outbreak of salmonella, the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday . The recall was issued after health officials identified JBS as the common supplier of raw ground beef products found to be the "probable source" of reported salmonella illnesses.
Amtrak's Southwest Chief, which runs daily between Chicago and Los Angeles and has several stops in New Mexico, will drop its plan to convert a segment of the rail line between Dodge City, Kan., and Albuquerque to bus service, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced Wednesday. The senator said in a news release that he secured a commitment from a top Amtrak official during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing to continue rail service on that segment through fiscal year 2019.
The House of Delegates has an October 30 deadline to redraw 11 districts declared unconstitutional by a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Region. While House Republicans want to pass their new plan when lawmakers convene October 21, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has threatened to veto the Republican redistricting plan.
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide an election-season battle that has consumed the nation. A showdown roll call over confirmation seemed likely over the weekend.
Senate Democrats condemned the FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, calling it "incomplete." Democrats have accused the White House of limiting the probe, and they point to the fact that the FBI didn't interview either Kavanaugh or his most prominent accuser, professor Christine Blasey Ford.
'Boof and 'Devil's Triangle WERE sexual terms': Kavanaugh's freshman year roommate says the SCOTUS nominee lied under oath to senators about excessive drinking and his yearbook entries FBI report does NOT corroborate Christine Blasey Ford's claims that she was sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh, White House sources say as Trump is briefed and a SINGLE copy is handed to all 100 senators to share and read in a secure room More than 1,200 law professors sign letter urging the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation because he 'did not display the judicial temperament' required for the Supreme Court Senators will see FBI's Kavanaugh report from 8am, but will NOT be allowed to discuss the contents, as Democrats claim bureau's background check ALREADY included warnings about allegations of sexual misconduct Lectures on sexual impropriety from a Clinton? CBS fails to ask Chelsea once ... (more)
Probably the greatest problem with the Champaign County Board right now is partisan politics. Since I was asked in January to run for the retiring Max Mitchell seat, I have been to almost every board meeting.
The FBI has given the results of its investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the White House, who has transmitted it to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a statement released early Thursday morning, the White House said nothing in the report should prevent Kavanaugh from joining the Supreme Court.
Game over? Maybe, but not the gameplaying. The FBI report on the supplemental background check is in the hands of the Senate, and The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House is confident that the report will settle matters for Kavanaugh's confirmation.
Photo by Janelle Patterson Congressman Bill Johnson speaks with attendees of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce candidates forum at Marietta College Wednesday before ascending the stage. Photo by Janelle Patterson Candidates Shoshanna Brooker, left, and Shawna Roberts, right, speak with Sue Sipe, center, before the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce candidates forum at Marietta College Wednesday.
AML for all The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into the money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank. The Danish bank said it is cooperating with the probe.
Yesterday we learned that the United Nations International Court of Justice had issued an "order" for the United States to lift sanctions on Iran. Their decision was based on an antiquated 1955 "friendship treaty" between Iran and America, put in place long before Iran's Islamic revolution.
Nearly a year after reports first surfaced of extravagant spending on his office, Justice Allen Loughry got his day in court. The former chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sat Wednesday at the defendant's table for the first day of testimony at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston.
The Kavanaugh uproar has brought domestic-abuse allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison back into the spotlight, but the Minnesota Democrat insisted Wednesday that there are "no similarities" between the two cases. Asked by WCCO radio 's Dave Lee if he "saw similarities" between his situation and that of Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, Mr. Ellison replied, "Absolutely not."
Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Jeffrey S. Bivins, second from right, speaks as the court hears arguments regarding the state's use of a three-drug cocktail for executions Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn.
Senior Political Analyst David Gergen discusses Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's move to advance Brett Kavanaugh's nomination before the FBI releases findings from its investigation, noting that several witnesses - including James Roche, Kavanaugh's former roommate at Yale - have not been contacted by the bureau.
Rose Mary Knick makes no bones about it. She doesn't buy that there are bodies buried on her eastern Pennsylvania farmland, and she doesn't want people strolling onto her property to visit what her town says is a small cemetery.