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Silence on Wall Street. Tears in a retirement home. The country watches, transfixed, as Ford tells her story. — LAKE WORTH, Fla. — “It looks like she's crying,” Hilda Darkins said, as several retirees around her dabbed their own eyes. “Who can blame her?”
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Suppressed Blasey Ford Yearbooks Reveal Fast Times at Holton-Arms — Democrats plan at Thursday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to use the high school yearbooks of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, which they say imply he and his prep school pals regularly got drunk …
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GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote — Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him.
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I'm from Kavanaugh's elitist world. I know how prep-school privilege buries secrets. — Students attending Washington-area prep schools are groomed to be society's leaders. But a blemishless record speaks more to secrecy than integrity. — CONNECT — The whores on the hill.


This Revolution, Too, Will Eat Its Children — What this frenzied national inquest means for our civic culture. — It wasn't long ago that Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court hinged, as it must, on his qualifications as a judge. Then, necessarily, it became a question of his fitness as a man.


Kavanaugh hearing live updates: ‘I am terrified’ says an emotional Christine Blasey Ford — Now underway, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford face questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. — The stakes are high: a lifetime appointment to the swing seat on the Supreme Court.
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Ford questioning leaves some Trump allies cringing — Some officials are dismayed by a GOP prosecutor quizzing Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford, while other Trump allies like the hearing's relatively low-key tenor. — White House officials were glued to their television screens throughout …
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Christine Blasey Ford Reluctantly Takes the Stage as Republicans Step Back — WASHINGTON — She was nervous as anyone would be describing perhaps the worst evening of her life. Her voice at times was high, her manner solicitous. And for a moment, it was possible to hear that 15-year-old girl trying …
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Tapper: There Is No Corroborating Evidence for Any of the Charges Against Kavanaugh — CNN anchor Jake Tapper noted Thursday there is “no contemporaneous, corroborating evidence” for any of the sexual misconduct allegations made against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh — Supreme Court Nominee has been asked privately about an accusation of physical assault, sources tell NBC News. — WASHINGTON —The Senate Judiciary Committee is inquiring about at least one additional allegation of misconduct …
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Two Men Told Senate Staffers They Had “The Encounter” With Christine Blasey Ford, Not Brett Kavanaugh — WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee staff interviewed two men who said they believed that they, and not US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, had “the encounter” …
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Mitchell Has About 15 Minutes to Go — Three Republican senators remain, and each has five minutes to question Dr. Ford. If they all yield their time to Ms. Mitchell, she has about 15 minutes left. — Highlights — We're Back From Lunch Recess; Hirono Goes on the Offensive
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Two men tell Senate that they, not Kavanaugh, assaulted Ford — Two men have come forward to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to claim that they are the ones who actually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford during a house party in 1982 — and not Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser
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Kavanaugh confirmation controversy spilling into House races, and Republicans are worried
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This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford
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Republican senator on Kavanaugh accuser: 'She's an attractive, good witness'
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Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain
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Ford Admits She Flies Often after Citing Fear of Flying to Delay Hearing
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Christine Blasey Ford testifies she is “100 percent” sure Kavanaugh assaulted her — live updates
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Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They're Afraid
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Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testify on sex assault allegations
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The Fear Driving Conservative Support for Kavanaugh
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A field guide to the legal teams at Kavanaugh's hearing
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Kavanaugh “hopping mad” ahead of hearing
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Democrat apologizes for fundraising off Kavanaugh allegations
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Toxic Bro Culture Finally Found a News Peg
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Kavanaugh hearing: Gov. Scott says Senate must ‘get it right’ on sex assault allegations
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President Trump's Surreal News Conference Didn't Do Kavanaugh Any Favors
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‘False Memories’ Are More Common Than You Think
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EXCLUSIVE: Julie Swetnick Meets With John Heilemann | THE CIRCUS | SHOWTIME
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First Republican calls for FBI to investigate Kavanaugh
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READ: Christine Blasey Ford's Opening Statement For Senate Hearing
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POLITICO Playbook: Where things stand on Kavanaugh
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Kavanaugh questioned about Rhode Island sexual assault allegation
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No Standards: NBC News' latest charge shows that the media will report any allegation against Kavanaugh, however thin
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Third Kavanaugh accuser's accusations riddled with holes
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BREAKING: KAVANAUGH ACCUSER CALLED FOR MILITARY COUP AGAINST TRUMP, ACCUSED HIM OF ‘MANSLAUGHTER’
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'This guy doesn't know anything': the inside story of Trump's shambolic transition team — Chris Christie noticed a piece in the New York Times - that's how it all started. The New Jersey governor had dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016 and thrown what support he had behind Donald Trump.
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Fancy Bear, the Russian Election Hackers, Have a Nasty New Weapon — If Putin's new malware hits you, don't bother wiping your hard drive. Just throw out your computer. — Russia's GRU has secretly developed and deployed new malware that's virtually impossible to eradicate …


Indicted Incumbent Leads in CD50 — 1-in-10 voters think Hunter is guilty but still support him — West Long Branch, NJ - Republican incumbent Duncan Hunter holds a sizable lead over Democratic challenger Ammar Campa-Najjar in the race for California's 50th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
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U.S. court upholds Louisiana restriction on abortion clinics — AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a Louisiana provision that requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
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Bill Clinton's Rape Accuser Is at Kavanaugh Hearing and Highlighting Democrat's “Believe Women” Double Standard
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US F-35 fighter jet conducts first-ever airstrike — The U.S. military's $400B fighter jet (2016) — (CNN)The US military's F-35B joint strike fighter conducted its first-ever airstrike in the last 24 hours, according to three US defense officials. — The strike took place in Afghanistan against a fixed Taliban target.
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Trump claims he rejected a meeting with Trudeau over NAFTA — but Canada says it never asked to meet — President Donald Trump says he declined a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly. — President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday …
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Fact check: 8 things Trump got wrong at his news conference
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