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On Wednesday and Thursday this week, European Union heads of state are gathering for an informal meeting to discuss internal security, migration and Brexit.

The lawyers said that California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford “would be prepared to testify next week”, as long as the lawmakers offered “terms that are fair and which ensure her safety”, news outlets reported.

While the warnings are not dissimilar to others that have been made, they underline the potential for disruption that could occur after the official leaving date next March.

Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) canceled a vote to advance his nomination and set up a hearing to address the allegations. Meanwhile, one of Blasey Ford’s high school classmates revealed on Facebook that she remembers hearing about the alleged assault at the time. Kavanaugh has...

The Senate has given a woman who accuses Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault until Friday to decide if she will testify.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said Tuesday his staff has reached out to Christine Blasey Ford by email “three or four times” to map out plans for a public hearing next Monday without receiving a response.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Monday called for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, professor Christine Blasey Ford, to appear before his committee next week.

Since then, needles or pins have been reported in strawberries in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.

Ford’s lawyers said on Tuesday she would not appear before the Senate until after the FBI investigates the allegations. “If we don’t hear from both sides on Monday, let’s vote”.

Kavanaugh has completely denied the allegations, as has Mark Judge, a friend of his who Ford said witnessed the assault.

Democrats on the committee say Grassley is rushing the confirmation process and are calling on the FBI to reopen Kavanaugh’s background investigation, which would include questioning Kavanaugh, Ford, and Judge on the incident.

Mangkhut’s sustained winds weakened to 170 kilometers per hour (km/h) with gusts of up to 260 km/h after it sliced across Luzon Island’s flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces toward the South China Sea, aiming at southern China and Hong Kong, where residents...

Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Sen.

Meanwhile, Ford’s lawyer has said she would testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Kavanaugh vote (while senators say they’re still waiting for her to confirm), subjecting herself to scrutiny regarding an interaction that left an impact on her life, if...

Peter Morici, professor at the University of Maryland, discusses how the Trump administration imposed tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods and why raising the unemployment rate in China would put pressure on Beijing.