Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in βagain, for the cameras, this time β Monday night at a White House ceremony, but not before President Donald Trump slammed Kavanaughβs opponents for a βcampaign of personal destruction.β
The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the countryβs cultural, gender and political divides.
After weeks of shocking accusations, hardball politics and rowdy Capitol protests, a pair of wavering senators declared Friday they will back Brett Kavanaughβs Supreme Court confirmation, all but guaranteeing the deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nationβs highest court on Saturday.
Melania Trump briefly lost her footing when a baby elephant startled her with a sudden move, but the first lady was anything but out of step when children at an orphanage welcomed her to their home with African song and dance.
The last time the U.S. unemployment rate was roughly as low as the 3.7 percent it is now β December 1969 β the economy was overheating, inflation was spiking and a short recession soon followed.
The Senate has pushed Brett Kavanaughβs nomination to the Supreme Court past a key procedural hurdle.
Key Republican senators are undecided on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination amid allegations of sexual misconduct against him as the Senate is poised to take a crucial vote Friday on whether to advance it.
A top Senate Republican said Thursday the confidential FBI report on charges that Brett Kavanaugh sexually abused women three decades ago βfound no hint of misconductβ by the Supreme Court nominee.
The dates are set, Charlotte will host the Republican National Convention during the last week of August 2020. The host committee will spend the next several months raising money and preparing for the more than 30,000 visitors in Charlotte.
The White House has given the FBI clearance to interview anyone it wants to by Friday in its investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
President Donald Trump hailed his revamped North American trade agreement with Canada and Mexico as a breakthrough for U.S. workers on Monday, vowing to sign it by late November.
President Donald Trump is directing the FBI to launch a supplemental investigation into his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Judiciary Committee votes to send Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination to full Senate.
Senate Republicans are plowing forward with a committee vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Glued to high-stakes testimony on his Supreme Court nominee, President Donald Trump and his allies were shaken by Christine Blasey Fordβs emotional appearance on Capitol Hill Thursday, but heartened by Judge Brett Kavanaughβs forceful pushback against the woman who accused him of sexual misconduct.
In an extraordinary and highly emotional day of Senate testimony, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford quietly recounted her β100 percentβ certainty Thursday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.
It was a steady demand of Democrats at Thursdayβs Senate hearing on sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh: that an FBI background investigation into Kavanaugh should be reopened.
Emotionally battling to rescue his Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday denied allegations that heβd sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when both were high school students and told Congress the accusations and biting criticism by Democrats had βtotally and permanently destroyedβ his family and reputation.
Christine Blasey Ford declared Thursday that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her as he and a friend shared βuproarious laughterβ in a locked room at a 1980s high school gathering, recounting her allegations to Congress and a riveted nation in a drama that threatens to derail Kavanaughβs Supreme Court nomination.
The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 4.2 percent in the second quarter, the best performance in nearly four years, though economists believe growth has slowed in the current quarter partly because of a drag from trade.
