Sep 28 Sen. Flake says he’s a ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh ahead of crucial vote By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh gained the support of a key Republican senator Friday, virtually ensuring his nomination will advance to the full Senate a day after Kavanaugh adamantly denied sexually assaulting Christine Blasey Ford, who insists she's "100 percent"… Continue reading
Sep 28 Rosenstein agrees to private meeting with House lawmakers By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Trump is to meet next week with Rosenstein, who's overseeing the special counsel investigation into Russian election-meddling. Continue reading
Sep 28 WATCH: Senate Judiciary votes on Kavanaugh nomination By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Sep 27 Trump: Kavanaugh testimony ‘showed America exactly why I nominated him’ By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press "His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist," Trump wrote on Twitter. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: With Kavanaugh in the spotlight, Trump delays Rosenstein meeting In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump delayed meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until next week. The White House said it’s to avoid conflicting with today’s senate hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Also, China dismissed the… Continue watching
Sep 27 Palestinian leader: Our ‘rights are not up for bargaining’ By Jennifer Peltz, Angela Charlton, Associated Press Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused the U.S. of undermining the two-state solution. Continue reading
Sep 27 White House postpones meeting between Trump and Rosenstein By Eric Tucker, Associated Press President Donald Trump has postponed his highly anticipated meeting with embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until next week. The two were set to meet Thursday following news media reports that Rosenstein last year discussed possibly secretly recording the president… Continue reading
Sep 26 Watch 11:48 New Kavanaugh accusation raises ‘doubt’ on eve of hearing It’s the day before a crucial Senate hearing on allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and there’s a new claim of misconduct. Julie Swetnick submitted a sworn affidavit to the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which she… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 7:21 What’s the most important thing Kavanaugh should answer? What can we expect from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questioning of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford? Judy Woodruff talks with Julie Goldscheid of CUNY School of Law -- one of several law professors who wrote a letter urging the… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 5:31 Trump says U.S. will increase Iran pressure, accuses China of U.S. election meddling By Nick Schifrin At the UN Security Council, President Trump said the U.S. would pursue additional sanctions against Iran, declared support for the first time for creating a Palestinian state and accused China of meddling in the 2016 election. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching