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Michael Bromwich, a lawyer for Ford, said in a tweet that Kavanaugh’s confirmation capped, “A week that will live in infamy for the US Senate, permanently diminishing its stature”. She then voted to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination and has said that she will...

This is the second Supreme Court appointment by President Donald Trump, who said Judge Kavanaugh would be sworn in the same day. The ceremony will take place at the court and will allow Kavanaugh to “begin to participate in the work of the Court immediately”, a press...

But the Kavanaugh spectacle, fueled by extraordinary accusations and counter-claims in nationally televised hearings, and tense battles over an 11th-hour FBI investigation to address the assault allegations, has inflamed political passions.

It’s very likely that alleged sexual assaulter Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed on Saturday as a U.S. Supreme Court judge.

“After thirty years of bad violence, we eventually got a settlement, based on the same things we were looking for at the beginning, back in the 60s – a fair and just society”, Mr Farrell said.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Republican Senator Susan Collins voted exactly how every informed observer expected them to vote-especially Collins.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was roiled by allegations from several women that he had sexually assaulted him decades ago, when he was in high school or college with them.

Together, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their campaigns to end rape and sexual abuse as weapons of war. This is richly deserved recognition of these two extraordinarily fearless, persistent and effective campaigners against the scourge of sexual violence,...

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That sentiment, from a lawmaker who fiercely defended Kavanaugh and helped block former president Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland, drew skepticism or scorn from many in the political world.

But Collins, a moderate, pro-choice lawmaker from ME, said Kavanaugh was entitled to the “presumption of innocence” as the allegations against him lacked corroborating evidence.

The victims included about 250 athletes from 30 countries, along with anti-doping agencies around the world.

The US government announced on Thursday that it has indicted seven Russian intelligence officials for hacking targets in the United States.

“I might have been too emotional at times”, he wrote of his Senate testimony last week.

It will rotate throughout the rest of the day Thursday and potentially into Friday, with senators being briefed by staff members simultaneously. And as he has all week, McConnell reiterated his timeline for moving forward: “The Senate will vote on this nomination this...