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The protracted and hyperpartisan confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has complicated the Senate's efforts to advance financial regulatory nominees before the midterm elections. The Federal Reserve Board still has three vacant seats.
The fiery testimony from Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday has drawn rebukes from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, with some saying his temperament shows he's unfit to serve on the nation's highest court. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the committee's ranking member, said she has not seen a judicial nominee behave in that manner before.
When asked the question: "What would you say to a woman who feels her voice doesn't matter?" Anita Hill simply responded, "It does." Hill spoke Friday at the Grace Hopper Celebration , a conference focusing on women in tech that aims to rally women in an industry that grapples with gender and diversity inequality, and that's seen its share of accusations of workplace sexual harassment.
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A coalition of nonprofit groups that has registered more than 87,000 new Missouri voters - most of them black residents - says it is not working for Sen. Claire McCaskill, but its effort could help her campaign against Republican challenger Josh Hawley.
The economy collapsed and just when all hope was lost, we found a new sense of hope again with the election of our first African-American President, Barack Obama. Yet, the wreckage from an economic downturn had repercussions all across our country.
Bottom line: Law enforcement officials in California are still investigating the matter but already have eight people in custody and have issued arrest warrants for nine others. Given the number of people involved and the frequency of the robberies, it was only a matter of time before the scheme started to unravel.
The World Food Programme and UN Women announced last week that they are collaborating in an initiative to use blockchain to aid Syrian refugee women participating in the UN Women's cash-for-work program. Building off WFP's existing Building Blocks project, which utilizes a blockchain-based system to provide cash transfers to more than 106,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan, the new system will allow refugee women to request cash back, or pay for purchases directly, at WFP-contracted supermarkets by undergoing an iris scan that links their identity to their blockchain account.
The House today is likely to approve legislation to make permanent the individual and small-business tax cuts that Congress enacted in 2017, but the Senate won't consider the measure before the November midterm elections. Today's vote is part of a three-bill package of tax relief dubbed "Tax Reform 2.0." The House on Thursday approved legislation by Rep. Mike Kelly , R-Pa., that would expand retirement savings incentives and legislation by Rep. Vern Buchanan , R-Fla., to expand tax breaks for startups.
Not long ago, lawmakers might have been wary about showcasing the work of hackers who specialize in penetrating voting equipment. But on Thursday, organizers from the Def Con Voting Village - a collection of security researchers who hack election systems in hopes of making them more secure - received a warm welcome on Capitol Hill.
While Kay Ivey is not the first Alabama governor to refuse to debate an election challenger, most of her predecessors over the last two decades have been willing to face off with their opponents. Since 1998, three of the state's four governors took on their challengers in debates.
Late night hosts from Jimmy Kimmel to Seth Meyers all reacted to the biggest story on Thursday: The testimonies given by Christine Blasey Ford and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "Millions of Americans watched the much-anticipated testimonies of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accused him of sexual assault, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford... People were crying in front of their televisions, you would have thought Milo Ventimiglia got killed by a Crock-Pot," Kimmel said on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" -- referring a scene on NBC's "This Is Us."
The legendary singer, actress and stage performer has announced her return to the music scene this week, and it's all kicking off with the release of her first single in four years, Don't Lie To Me, which was co-written by the icon herself. "How do you win if we all lose, you change the facts to justify, your lips move but your words get in the way," she sings over haunting strings and keys, before asking on the soaring chorus: "How do you sleep when the world is burning?" While there's no direct mention of Trump, it's not hard to figure out he's the target of her scathing judgement.
Christine Blasey Ford said her attackers' "uproarious laughter" is a vivid memory. Brett M. Kavanaugh denied the accusations against him and told Democrats that they would "never get me to quit."
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faced a crucial vote Friday as a Senate panel decides whether to move his nomination on to the full Senate a day after he adamantly denied sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, who insisted she's "100 percent" certain he did. Meanwhile, there were signs the remarkable testimony before the panel - in which Kavanaugh angrily declared his innocence and Ford calmly recounting the moment in which she says he attacked her - had registered negatively with two organizations whose support Kavanaugh had earlier received.
Partisan tensions are only getting worse after a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh devolved into a partisan fistfight. Democrats and Republicans - and Kavanaugh himself - sparred over explosive allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted an acquaintance while both were teenagers.
With dogged determination and an affable style, J.D. Scholten might just be in with a chance against the infamous GOP congressman. J.D. Scholten, Democratic candidate for Iowa's 4th congressional district, is gaining ground on his opponent, Republican Rep. Steve King.
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones on Thursday released a statement on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court: "The Kavanaugh nomination process has been flawed from the beginning and incomplete at the end," the Alabama Democrat said in the statement. "Dr. Ford was credible and courageous and I am concerned about the message our vote will be sending to our sons and daughters, as well as victims of sexual assault.
Brett Kavanaugh looked in desperate need of a fighter on his behalf at about the time Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham offered a fiery defense. Kavanaugh alternated from anger to tears during fiery testimony.