More than 1,000 faculty, administrators and staff at institutions of higher education in Maine are urging Sen. Susan Collins to vote against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, citing in a letter this week credible allegations of sexual misconduct and an “angry demeanor” displayed by Kavanaugh as reasons to not support […]
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Collins: 'The president’s comments were just plain wrong'
Both U.S. senators from Maine condemned remarks made Tuesday night by President Donald Trump that mocked Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of trying to sexually assault her 36 years ago. Speaking to supporters at a rally in Mississippi, Trump questioned Ford’s allegations that only days before he called credible. “How […]
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Analysis: Trump’s imitation of Christine Blasey Ford is a familiar routine
Christine Blasey Ford, the research psychologist who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, testified last week that her clearest memory of the episode was the laughter – “the uproarious laughter” – of the two boys she says were in the room.On Tuesday, President Donald Trump elicited […]
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Donald Trump mocks Kavanaugh accuser he had called credible witness
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump ignited a crowd at a campaign rally in Mississippi by mocking a woman who has claimed she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh decades ago. The audience laughed as Trump ran through a list of what he described as holes in Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony […]
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Susan Collins could face no-win situation on Brett Kavanaugh vote
Sen. Susan Collins may be in the biggest “no-win” situation of her career. Facing increasing pressure from Republican leadership in Washington to fall in line behind President Trump’s latest nominee to the Supreme Court while constituents crowd her office back home, urging her to oppose Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation, Collins faces trouble no matter how she […]
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FBI completes interview of Mark Judge — Brett Kavanaugh’s high school friend
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has finished interviewing a friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was said to have attended a high school gathering in the early 1980s where a woman says she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday. Mark Judge, who has denied any wrongdoing, completed his interview […]
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Mitch McConnell vows Brett Kavanaugh vote will happen this week
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., doubled down Tuesday on his vow to hold a vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh by the end of the week, accusing Democrats of throwing “mud and muck” at President Donald Trump’s pick. “One thing we know for sure: The Senate will vote […]
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Kavanaugh has a right to be angry
Brett Kavanaugh may have saved his Supreme Court confirmation with one of the most memorable statements in modern congressional history. After his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, delivered a compelling, sympathetic performance earlier in the day, Kavanaugh entered the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with his chances hanging by a thread. Commentators speculated about how he’d inevitably […]
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Susan Collins calls for FBI to investigate 3rd woman’s accusation in broader Kavanaugh probe
Sen. Susan Collins wants the FBI to investigate the allegations brought by Julie Swetnick as part of the agency’s probe of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Collins and Republican Sens. Jeff Flake of Arizona and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska “advocated for the additional background investigation because she believed that it could help the senators evaluate […]
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Brett Kavanaugh fights back
WASHINGTON — As the father of two daughters, I want them to live in a world where they are treated with respect and never experience sexual abuse — and if they ever do, they are taken seriously. As the father of two sons, I want them to live in a world where their lives and […]