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Senate panel advances Brett Kavanaugh's nomination, but FBI probe may come before final Senate vote

Earlier in the day, Flake had announced his support for Kavanaugh and was confronted in an elevator by a sexual assault survivor.

September 28, 2018

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Senate Judiciary Committee votes along party lines to advance Kavanaugh

September 28, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh. Not a happy camper. Pic: AFPSource:AFP

Supreme Court drama exposes an uncomfortable truth

September 28, 2018

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September 28, 2018

Kavanaugh gains key GOP senator ahead of crucial vote

One Democrat not on the committee, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, added his name to the opposition.

September 28, 2018

A woman who said she is a survivor of a sexual assault confronts Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., in an elevator in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C,, on Friday. (Photo by Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

September 27, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh denies Christine Blasey Ford sex assault claim

The man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump emphatically denied allegations of sexual assault on Thursday.

September 27, 2018

GETTY IMAGES / Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford both gave evidence on Thursday

September 27, 2018

Kavanaugh denies allegations, says confirmation process is a ‘national disgrace’ in testimony

Ford and Kavanaugh: Who they are, what they’ve said so far

September 27, 2018

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September 27, 2018

Video Christine Blasey Ford describes alleged assault by Brett Kavanaugh

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by the Supreme Court pick when they were teenagers, has told a Senate hearing what she remembers happening to her at a house party.

September 27, 2018

Video Christine Blasey Ford describes alleged assault by Brett Kavanaugh

September 26, 2018

Third Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward

Stormy Daniels' attorney says he provided a statement from his client to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

September 26, 2018

September 25, 2018

'She has nothing': Trump attacks second woman to accuse Brett Kavanaugh

President claims Deborah Ramirez was drunk when alleged incident took place and assails Democrats for playing a ‘con game’

September 25, 2018

Donald Trump on Tuesday: ‘The second accuser has nothing.’ Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP

September 24, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh tells Fox News: 'I'm not going anywhere' after latest misconduct allegation

President Donald Trump is pledging his support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying the sexual misconduct allegations against his choice are "totally political."

September 24, 2018

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September 24, 2018

What we know about Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault

Ramirez, 53, was raised a "devout Catholic" in Connecticut, according to The New Yorker. She currently lives in Boulder, Colorado.

September 24, 2018

He’s up for a seat on our highest court. Here's what you need to know about Brett Kavanaugh. USA TODAY

September 21, 2018

Rod Rosenstein reportedly discussed invoking the 25th Amendment and wearing a wire to record his conversations with Trump

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office and wearing a wire to record his conversations with him, The New York Times reported Friday.

September 21, 2018

Rod Rosenstein. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

September 19, 2018

Trump on Sessions: 'I don't have an attorney general

US President Donald Trump has said he does not "have an attorney general" in his fiercest attack yet on Jeff Sessions.

September 19, 2018

AFP / Mr Trump said in an inteview he was "very disappointed" in Mr Sessions

September 18, 2018

Kavanaugh’s downfall, once impossible, now seems very possible

Should Kavanaugh withdraw his nomination in the face of Senate support that has begun to show signs of erosion, the move would represent a remarkable defeat for an administration that, for all its daily chaos, has been able to tout the appointment of conservative judges as one of its unalloyed successes

September 18, 2018

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh listens during his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Sept. 4. (Photo: Joshua Roberts/Reuters)

September 16, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Up About the Alleged Sexual Assault

Kavanaugh covered her mouth with his hand when she tried to scream, she says.

September 16, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Up About the Alleged Sexual Assault

September 06, 2018

So Who Do You Think Wrote That New York Times Trump Op-Ed?

Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman hinted that some in the “silent army” are in Trump’s own family.

September 06, 2018

September 02, 2018

John McCain funeral: Senator laid to rest at US Naval Academy

Senator John McCain has been buried at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, after a small private ceremony.

September 02, 2018

REUTERS / John McCain's funeral procession heads to the cemetery at the US Naval Academy

August 26, 2018

John McCain’s complicated relationship with President Trump

President Donald Trump's acrimonious relationship with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain has been one of the defining features of his presidency so far.

August 26, 2018

August 26, 2018

John McCain: Tributes as Vietnam veteran and six-term senator dies at 81

Tributes from former US presidents and across the political spectrum have poured in for Republican Senator John McCain, who has died aged 81.

August 26, 2018

John McCain: Tributes as Vietnam veteran and six-term senator dies at 81

August 25, 2018

John McCain, Arizona Senator, Dies at 81

When asked how he wanted to be remembered, McCain had said: "That I made a major contribution to the defense of the nation."

August 25, 2018