Christine Blasey Ford's friend is not refuting Ford's allegation, will cooperate with FBI, lawyer says  —  (CNN)Leland Ingham Keyser, a friend of the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were at a party in high school, does not refute the veracity of the allegation …

At Times, Kavanaugh's Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point  —  On Thursday, the adolescent jottings of Brett M. Kavanaugh in his high school yearbook were being scrutinized under the searing lights of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, where he sat accused of committing a drunken sexual assault when he was 17.

The miscalculation haunting Trump, Kavanaugh  —  Imagine if Brett Kavanaugh had offered his emotional, tearful, you-ruined-my-life opening speech to the Judiciary Committee — and then called for a quick FBI probe to clear his name and perhaps find the true assailant.

Journalists made a damaging Kavanaugh story go viral - but it was too good to be true  —  Mainstream media reporters and commentators appeared to be much too zealous in spreading a false story on social media Friday that was very damaging to Brett Kavanaugh, the president's nominee to the Supreme Court.

In Plain Terms, Judge Brett Kavanaugh Lies About Everything  —  He lied about his days as a Republican operative, about the drinking age in Maryland, about the “Devil's Triangle.”  All of it.  —  WASHINGTON—  Stars and Stripes  —  had a damn fine Friday morning, one of which any newspaper would have been proud.

Is Brett Kavanaugh right that he can no longer coach girls basketball?  —  Brett Kavanaugh testified the other day that he might never coach girls' basketball again.  —  He shouldn't - at least not until further investigation has concluded.  —  The U.S. Senate may yet confirm Kavanaugh …

Montgomery officials ‘prepared to investigate’ Kavanaugh allegations — if an alleged victim comes forward  —  Montgomery County police Chief J. Thomas Manger.  (Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun)  —  Montgomery County's chief of police and the county state's attorney said Friday they have not launched …

Kavanaugh fight shows us that Washington is sick.  Very sick.  —  Analysis: The Kavanaugh confirmation process will end with no winners.  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's capital is critically ill.  —  “D.C. is truly disgusting right now on both sides,” a top Trump ally told NBC News shortly …

Kavanaugh and the Blackout Theory  —  It is both easy and common to drink, act and then have no memory of it.  —  Ms. Hepola is the author of the best-selling memoir “Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget.”  —  One of the trickiest things about blackouts is that you don't necessarily know you're having one.

Christine Blasey Ford's Friend Doesn't Deny Assault Claim, Lawyer Says  —  Brett Kavanaugh tried to use an initial statement from Leland Keyser in his own defense this week.  —  An attorney for Leland Keyser stated plainly in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee that his client …

Flake plans to support Kavanaugh after FBI investigates ‘unless they turn up something’  —  Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says he plans to support Brett Kavanaugh's nomination unless the FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee reveals wrongdoing.