Stephen Dinan

Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford hearing grips nation

Her voice crackling with emotion, Christine Blasey Ford told senators Thursday she's "100 percent" certain she was sexually assaulted 36 years ago by Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Kavanaugh told senators hours later that he, too, was "100 percent certain" he'd never done that, nor any of the other sexual misconduct accusations that have been thrown at him over the last two weeks.

September 27, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh to get Senate Judicial Committee vote Friday, first floor test Saturday

The Judiciary Committee will vote Friday on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, with Republicans now confident they have enough support to get him to the full Senate floor where an initial test vote will occur Saturday.

September 27, 2018

Kavanaugh calls Dems’ treatment ‘a national disgrace’

Brett Kavanaugh indignantly chastised senators Thursday for mishandling his Supreme Court nomination, saying the delays and additional anonymous allegations have "totally and permanently destroyed" his family's reputation.

September 27, 2018

Christine Blasey Ford: No reason two witnesses would remember Kavanaugh party

Christine Blasey Ford said Thursday that two of the people at the party where she says she was sexually assaulted 36 years ago wouldn't have known what was happening upstairs when she says Brett Kavanaugh and a friend attacked her.

September 27, 2018

Siblings’ ad doesn’t dent Rep. Paul Gosar’s re-election chances

The nasty ad Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings recorded urging voters to oust him from office does not seem to have done major damage to his re-election chances, according to a new poll released Thursday.

September 27, 2018

Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh accuser, ‘100 percent’ certain he assaulted her

Christine Blasey Ford said Thursday she's "100 percent" certain that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is the person who sexually assaulted her at a high school party, rejecting suggestions of mistaken identity or faulty memory 36 years later.

September 27, 2018

Dianne Feinstein: ‘Entire country is watching’ GOP handling of Blasey Ford

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Thursday that GOP senators have mistreated Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser by refusing to take her allegations "at face value" and short-circuiting her chance to make her case.

September 27, 2018

Two men claim responsibility Christine Blasey Ford assault

Two men have come forward to tell Senate investigators they, not Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, could have been responsible for the encounter Christine Blasey Ford describes when she says she was sexually assaulted at a high school party 36 years ago.

September 27, 2018

Christine Blasey Ford loses bid to limit press access to Brett Kavanaugh hearing

Senators have rejected Christine Blasey Ford's request for tight restrictions on press access to her testimony Thursday morning, but did agree to some limits compared to the mass of reporters that had access to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's original testimony earlier this month.

September 26, 2018

Jeff Flake chides Senate colleagues over Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford spectacle

Sen. Jeff Flake may be the only senator to say he doesn't have a clue how to sort out the he-said, she-said nature of accusations between Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and chief accuser Christine Blasey Ford.

September 26, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh denies Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, Julie Swetnick, anonymous accusations

Brett Kavanaugh told Senate investigators he has been "stunned" by the allegations against him and denied five separate accusations of sexual misconduct, calling them "twilight zone things."

September 26, 2018

House votes to admonish communities that allow noncitizens to vote in local elections

The House voted Wednesday to go on record admonishing communities, such as San Francisco, that now allow immigrants who live in the U.S. illegally to cast ballots in local elections, calling it another way some localities are undermining federal immigration policies.

September 26, 2018

San Francisco, cities that allow illegal immigrants to vote admonished by House

The House voted Wednesday to go on record admonishing communities such as San Francisco that now allow illegal immigrants to cast ballots in local elections, calling it another way some localities are undermining federal immigration policies.

September 26, 2018

Dems ask court to block Kavanaugh vote

Sen. Jeff Merkley sued Wednesday to block the Senate from voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, arguing the administration has poisoned the process and demanding the federal courts step in.

September 26, 2018

Feds: Illegal immigrant girls should go home rather than demand abortions in U.S.

Pregnant immigrants caught trying to cross the border illegally can leave the U.S. rather than force the federal government to facilitate an abortion, the Trump administration argued to a federal appeals court Wednesday.

September 26, 2018

Julie Swetnick comes forward as Michael Avenatti’s client accusing Kavanaugh

A new accuser came forward Wednesday to accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of being complicit in gang rape during his high school years.

September 26, 2018

Senate Judiciary Committee to vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh nomination

Republicans announced plans to hold a committee vote Friday morning on Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, signaling confidence they'll be able to speed the process after Thursday's showdown hearing involving the woman accusing him of sexual assault as a teenager.

September 25, 2018

Blasey Ford asks Senate to limit press access for Kavanaugh hearing

Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers have asked senators to limit the press who will be allowed in the room to cover Thursday's hearing with her and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and sought to dictate at least some of the outlets.

September 25, 2018

GOP will use female lawyer to lead questioning at Kavanaugh hearing

Republicans announced Tuesday they have hired a female lawyer to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, during Thursday's major hearing -- a move that Ms. Blasey Ford objects to.

September 25, 2018

Trump says Kavanaugh accusers are part of Democrats’ ‘con game’

President Trump said Tuesday that Democrats are playing a "con game" on his Supreme Court nominee by advancing the claims of woman who say Brett Kavanaugh engaged in sexual misconduct in high school and college.

September 25, 2018