Stephen Dinan

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

McConnell suggests Dems went ‘looking for’ Kavanaugh accusers

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested Tuesday that Democrats recruited the women who have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

September 25, 2018

Yale study finds U.S. illegal immigrant population ‘substantially larger’ than previous estimates

Professors at Yale University have roiled the immigration debate with a new study calculating there are between 16 million and 30 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. -- as much as three times more than most demographers figure.

September 24, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh says he was a virgin in high school, college in Martha MacCallum Fox News interview

Brett Kavanaugh said Monday he was a virgin in high school and college, as he tries to fight back against allegations of sexual misconduct.

September 24, 2018

ICE program to recruit local police overextended under Trump: Audit

The Trump administration has overextended a program designed to recruit local police departments to assist in immigration enforcement, shirking the planning and technology needed to make the operation work, an inspector general reported Monday.

September 24, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh support slips as public believes accuser Christine Blasey Ford, Fox News poll finds

Voters, already lukewarm on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, have now turned decidedly against him as his confirmation drags on amid allegations of an alleged attempted sexual assault three decades ago.

September 23, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen approves welfare limits on immigrants

Homeland Security over the weekend announced new rules designed to enforce a long-standing, but also long-ignored, requirement that migrants who come to the U.S. not become a burden on American taxpayers.

September 22, 2018

Feinstein tells GOP to ‘show a little compassion’ for Kavanaugh accuser

Republicans and Democrats continued to spar over timing for when Judge Kavanaugh's accuser will testify to the Senate, with Democrats on Friday objecting to the GOP's latest offer of Wednesday and demanding "a little compassion."

September 21, 2018