Tag: Kavanaugh

SEATTLE — Christmas is days away, but women got a couple of early presents — one from local medical researchers and the other from the highest court in the land. I would say, “You shouldn’t…

TOPEKA  (TNS) — A chill in the air and hours of waiting didn’t extinguish Suzanne Avery’s fire about Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The veterinarian from Westmoreland, Kan., was one of thousands who gathered in Topeka on…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine declared Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to…

I wish I could say all the effort it took for Christine Blasey Ford to testify about her experience of sexual assault before a panel Thursday was worth it. I imagined her telling herself over…

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a dramatic flurry of last-minute negotiations, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh cleared a key procedural hurdle Friday, but his confirmation prospects were still deeply uncertain as Republicans agreed to ask for…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Christine Blasey Ford’s lawyers said Wednesday they have given the Senate sworn affidavits from four people who say she told them well before Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination that she had been…

Last week, President Donald Trump said it appeared the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault more than 30 years ago is lying or else she would have contacted law enforcement authorities at the time.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh touted the importance of an independent judiciary as his confirmation hearings began with strident Democratic criticism that he would be President Donald Trump’s man on the high…