Sep 26 Anita Hill says Kavanaugh hearing isn’t a referendum on #MeToo movement By Jocelyn Noveck, Associated Press "Remember, #MeToo is about raising awareness. Just because the Senate's awareness hasn't been raised, doesn't mean that the rest of us haven't evolved and learned," Hill told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Continue reading
Sep 26 Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford has 4 affidavits backing claim By Associated Press The four sworn affidavits are among the information the Senate Judiciary Committee is considering on the eve of Ford and Kavanaugh's testimony Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 26 Majority of Americans oppose Kavanaugh nomination if Ford’s allegation is true, poll says By Daniel Bush A new poll from the PBS NewsHour, NPR and Marist Poll shows that 42 percent of Americans are not sure who is telling the truth -- Brett Kavanaugh or Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her… Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch 3:44 Kavanaugh defends teenage self as Trump attacks accusers As Thursday’s hearing approaches, Senate Republicans are circling around Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh while he took the uncommon step of defending himself in a TV interview against two on-the-record sexual misconduct allegations. Meanwhile, President Trump accused Democrats of using… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 4:56 Sen. Coons: Republicans may be going for ‘prosecutorial’ tone in Kavanaugh hearing Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., says the Judiciary Committee should treat Thursday’s hearing with Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford not as a trial but as a job interview. Coons joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the news that… Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch 5:55 Kavanaugh supporter: ‘We have all the information we need’ on Yale allegation Travis Lenkner, a former law clerk for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, says the Supreme Court nominee is expecting to go to the hearing into alleged sexual misconduct on Thursday to look the senators in the eye and clear his name. Lenkner… Continue watching
Sep 25 White House ‘open’ to testimony by second Kavanaugh accuser By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says "we would be open" to Deborah Ramirez, a second woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, testifying before the Senate Judiciary panel this week. Continue reading
Sep 24 Watch 8:24 Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on GOP support for Kavanaugh, Rod Rosenstein’s future Amy Walter from the Cook Political Report and NPR’s Tamara Keith join Judy Woodruff to discuss how the midterm elections are shaping up, how allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh impacts Republicans and questions swirling around Deputy Attorney General… Continue watching
Sep 24 Everything we know about the allegations against Kavanaugh By Lisa Desjardins Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination has become ensnared by a he-said-they-said debate over sexual misconduct allegations. Here’s what we know. Continue reading
Sep 24 Trump says allegations against Kavanaugh are ‘totally political’ By Associated Press Trump, at the United Nations in New York, declared that Kavanaugh is "outstanding," and added, "I am with him all the way."… Continue reading