Political Experts: Early Signs Pointing To 'Considerably Higher' Midterm Election Turnout
Political experts weigh in on how political tension around hot button issues will influence next week's Midterm elections.
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Political experts weigh in on how political tension around hot button issues will influence next week's Midterm elections.
Demonstrations for and against Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court were held in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday.
Brett Kavanaugh has taken the oaths of office to become the 114th Supreme Court justice, just a couple of hours after the Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him.
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 an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh acknowledged Thursday he "might have been too emotional" when testifying about sexual misconduct allegations.
Serious and studious, but quick to smile: that's how Mark Rist described Brett Kavanaugh as a teenager.
U.S. senators have received a single copy of the FBI's investigation report into allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
This sets in motion the procedure that would usher in the first vote sometime Friday and the vote on the full Senate floor on Saturday.
In what was already an emotionally charged situation, President Donald Trump drew more fury from sexual assault survivors by appearing to mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford at a campaign rally Tuesday night.
President Trump used his "Make America Great Again" rally Tuesday night in Mississippi to hit back against the scrutiny surrounding his Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
President Donald Trump went after Democrats Saturday night at a rally in West Virginia, a state whose Democratic senator could be a crucial swing vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Senate Republican leaders have agreed to delay a final vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to allow time for an investigation by the FBI of the sexual misconduct allegations against him.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona for a one week investigation into sexual assault allegations against the high court nominee.
Soon after Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced he'd vote to confirm Kavanaugh, two women cornered him in an elevator as he headed back to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"At Genesis Women's Shelter, we have noticed an increase in calls today – both in the number of calls, and those specifically relating to sexual assault," the shelter said.
While Swetnick does not accuse Kavanaugh of assaulting her, she does allege that he and his friend Mark Judge were present at a party when she was gang raped by a series of boys after her drink was spiked.
"I know you're very close friends with Brett Kavanaugh, do you believe survivors sir?" an unidentified woman in the video asks of Cruz as he sits down in a booth at the restaurant.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas was forced to leave a Washington, D.C. restaurant after being met by protesters chanting "we believe survivors."
The New Yorker magazine reported Sunday night that Senate Democrats were investigating a second woman's accusation of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh dating to the 1983-84 academic year.
Concern is growing among Republican senators as more details come out over a sexual misconduct allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
"I thought he might inadvertently kill me," Christine Blasey Ford told The Washington Post in her first interview. "He was trying to attack me and remove my clothing."
Opposition to and support for President Donald Trump's nominee reflected the political stakes for both parties just two months before congressional elections.
President Donald Trump said Sunday he was still deliberating his decision on a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Republicans and Democrats are gearing up for a political battle once President Donald Trump nominates a new Supreme Court Justice to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy.
