At least 1,203 people died after Friday’s 7.7-magnitude quake and resulting tsunami, said Indonesia’s disaster management agency on Saturday, cited by Indonesian television.
In testimony released beforehand, she said she was appearing only because she felt it was her duty, was frankly “terrified” and has been the target of vile harassment and even death threats.
The president’s message, however, did not address the timeframe of about a week that the FBI had been given to complete its “supplemental investigation”, ordered in the wake of Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee testimony by accuser Christine Blasey...
After a flurry of last-minute negotiations, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court after agreeing to a late call from Republican Sen. Moments later, he was cornered by two women as he got into an elevator.
Kavanaugh has sat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2006. “My responsibility is to tell the truth”. After hearing Dr. Ford and Judge Kavanaugh’s testimony, if we’re ready to vote, we will vote.
At 1:30 p.m. Friday, the US Senate Judiciary Committee was supposed to take a vote on whether to recommend that the full Senate confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
Flake then said that he would only vote to confirm Kavanaugh in the full Senate if the FBI conducted a week-long investigation into the accuser’s claim.
Economists at one of the world’s largest investment research firms remained optimistic on Thursday about United States economic resilience in the face of rapidly deteriorating trade relations with China.
I think Brett Kavanaugh is probably lying about having sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford, and many other things, and has decided from the beginning to say what he has to in order to fulfill his career ambition. She was 15 at the time.
A senior Labour source insisted the party were sticking to their six tests for a Brexit deal, but said Mr Corbyn was “reaching out to create political space” for the PM to agree a Brexit deal.