Tag: Sexual Assault

In this June 12, 2013, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., right, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen to testimony from Gen. Keith B. Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and head of the U.S. Cyber Command before the Senate Appropriations Committee. U.S. authorities have said they are reducing the amount of time they will delay deporting the few immigrants in the country illegally awaiting congressional decisions to legalize their immigration status after lawmakers file so-called "private bills" supporting their last-ditch bids to remain in the country. Senators Durbin and Feinstein criticized the decision to change longstanding practices they said was made without consulting lawmakers.

Feinstein denies leaking Ford’s allegation to media

Melissa Quinn · September 27, 2018 10:52 pm

Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Brett Kavanaugh nearly lost it all in his exchange with Klobuchar

Philip Wegmann · September 27, 2018 10:04 pm

Mike Lee, R-Utah, (left) and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, appear at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Republicans ditch female prosecutor, take over questioning Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio · September 27, 2018 10:00 pm

MSNBC analyst: Kavanaugh at hearing ‘kind of consistent’ with ‘a mean drunk’

Eddie Scarry · September 27, 2018 9:58 pm

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.

Kavanaugh apologizes for asking senator if she got blackout drunk

Steven Nelson · September 27, 2018 9:52 pm

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders calls on reporters during the daily briefing in the Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.

Sarah Sanders: ‘God bless’ Lindsey Graham for his ‘decency and courage’

Naomi Lim · September 27, 2018 9:48 pm

Donald Trump Jr. talks at the opening of the Trump Golf Links clubhouse, Monday, June 11, 2018, in the Bronx borough of New York.

Trump Jr.: ‘I love Kavanaugh’s tone’

Diana Stancy Correll · September 27, 2018 9:37 pm

Christine Blasey Ford testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Holes in Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony cast doubt that Brett Kavanaugh was her assailant

Nicole Russell · September 27, 2018 9:24 pm

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., question Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz and FBI Director Christopher Wray on the internal report of the FBI's Clinton email probe and the role of former FBI Director James Comey's actions during the 2016 presidential campaign, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 18, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

People will credit this Lindsey Graham speech if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed

Becket Adams · September 27, 2018 9:12 pm

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, is sworn in during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Red Alert Politics

Young people not engaged in Brett Kavanaugh drama

Jack Elbaum · September 27, 2018 8:58 pm

Christine Blasey Ford testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Christine Blasey Ford is being used as a pawn, and it’s heartbreaking

Kimberly Ross · September 27, 2018 8:57 pm

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before testifying during the Senate Judiciary Committee.

New York Times writer: ‘You hear a lot of entitlement’ from Brett Kavanaugh at hearing

Eddie Scarry · September 27, 2018 8:46 pm