Oct 05 More than 80 Maine writers, including Stephen King, to Sen. Collins: Vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh By Joshua Barajas Richard Russo, Ann Beattie, Michael Chabon, Elizabeth Strout, among others, joined the letter. Continue reading
Oct 05 American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation By Associated Press The nation's largest legal organization is reopening its evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh based on his performance during a Senate hearing last week. Continue reading
Oct 05 Senate votes to end debate on Kavanaugh, advancing nomination to final floor vote By Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram, Associated Press A deeply divided Senate pushed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination past a key procedural hurdle Friday, setting up a likely final showdown this weekend in a battle that's seen claims of long-ago sexual assault by the nominee threaten President Donald… Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: Schumer blasts Republicans for ‘scorched earth tactics’ By Associated Press Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says Republicans have only themselves to blame for the hurdles in Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. Schumer said Friday, "They have a flawed nominee."… Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: Feinstein says Kavanaugh has not ‘earned’ his seat on Supreme Court By Associated Press Sen. Dianne Feinstein says Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the Judiciary Committee was "so shocking" it makes him unfit to serve on the Supreme Court. Continue reading
Oct 05 WATCH: Grassley urges colleagues say no to ‘mob rule’ By Associated Press The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has urged his colleagues to say no to "mob rule" and vote to move Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination forward. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 7:39 FBI report on Kavanaugh raises protests by Democrats Outside the Supreme Court on Thursday, some 3,000 protesters demanded the Brett Kavanaugh nomination be rejected, while inside the Capitol, senators read the FBI's report on the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. Democrats said the report was incomplete, but all eyes… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 4:58 How does the FBI’s Kavanaugh probe compare to the normal process? The FBI has finished its background investigation into Brett Kavanaugh and now the Senate must decide. Democrats have charged that the probe was “incomplete” and a “sham,” while lawyers for Christine Blasey Ford complained that she and other witnesses were… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 6:07 Sen. Rounds: ‘No shocker’ in FBI report on Kavanaugh Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., says the FBI report on its reopened background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and claims of sexual misconduct "confirmed what we had already heard" in the hearings. Rounds joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 5:25 Sen. Murray: Confirming Kavanaugh will tell women to keep quiet Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., says she is frustrated and disappointed at the narrow scope of the FBI’s probe of Brett Kavanaugh, and that the decision to not interview Christine Blasey Ford or several other witnesses was an attempt to sweep… Continue watching