Grassley Says Workload Discourages Women Senators From Joining Judiciary Panel, Then Walks Back Remark  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) predicted that there would be more Republican women on his panel next year, after suggesting that the panel's workload was a deterrent.

Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?  —  Lindsey Graham learned the benefits of acting audaciously at a young age.  —  As a boy, no older than 6, he hung around his mom and dad's bar in Central, S.C., dressing up as a cowboy and yukking it up with drunks for laughs.

A journalist's disappearance may rev up a Middle East rivalry  —  Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  We still do not know what has happened to Jamal Khashoggi.

House Democrat Promises Kavanaugh Investigation if Party Wins Control  —  Representative Jerrold Nadler said he was prepared to look into accusations of sexual misconduct and perjury.  —  Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Kavanaugh Protesters Were Paid  —  The president derided women protesting …

Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump.  I know because I'm on the committee  —  No one really expected President Donald Trump, who benefited from Russia's 2016 election interference, to counter that hostile regime's active measures: Russia wanted him to win, and when they hacked, he invited them to hack more.

'I'm Doing My Workout,' Mayor Tells Homeless Woman Seeking Help  —  Video shows Mayor Bill de Blasio told 72-year-old Nathylin Flowers Adesegun, “I can't do this now.”

The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances  —  Kavanaugh classmates ignored by the FBI speak out, reveal new text message.  —  WASHINGTON — As Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closed out his executive summary of allegations of sexual misconduct …

The War That Never Ends  —  The vote on Brett Kavanaugh is likely to be taken this weekend.  But, the impact of the battle over his confirmation is likely to have short and long-term consequences.  —  As for the short term, the consensus seems to be building among both Democratic …

I watched a rape.  For five decades, I did nothing.  —  Many men have stories to tell and confessions to make.  This is mine.  —  Don Palmerine is a former reporter and columnist living in Pittsburgh.  —  I was both an observer and a participant in a teenage rape.

Governors: Rating Changes Four States  —  If political geography is helping Senate Republicans, it isn't doing much for the party's quest to hold their losses in gubernatorial contests to a minimum.  There are a handful of races in very red states that have inched from the Likely …

The Suffocation of Democracy  —  As a historian specializing in the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, and Europe in the era of the world wars, I have been repeatedly asked about the degree to which the current situation in the United States resembles the interwar period and the rise of fascism in Europe.

American Bar Association reopens Kavanaugh evaluation  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's largest legal organization is reopening its evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh based on his performance during a Senate hearing last week.  —  The American Bar Association's Standing Committee …

Take a Tour of Manafort's Multimillion-Dollar Homes, Going Up for Sale  —  As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Paul Manafort, President Trump's disgraced campaign chairman, forfeited his New York homes worth about $22 million to the government.  —  An 1890s Brooklyn brownstone with gilded details.

Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke Guilty of Murder in Laquan McDonald Shooting  —  Such a verdict is exceedingly rare. … A jury in Cook County, Illinois, has found white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, guilty of second-degree murder.

Almost No One Is Falsely Accused of Rape  —  Much mention has been made recently (mostly by men) of false rape accusations, and how frequently they occur.  During Brett Kavanaugh's testimony last week, several senators apologized for the damage supposedly inflicted by these claims (which …

Read the executive summary of the FBI's supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh allegations  —  Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday released an executive summary of the FBI's supplemental investigation into the Brett Kavanaugh allegations:

Republicans are calling themselves Atticus Finch.  But it's hard to square Kavanaugh with Tom Robinson.  —  Referencing the iconic novel Harper Lee's “To Kill A Mockingbird” is gaining some momentum among conservatives attempting to put their defense of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh in larger cultural context.

No, The Alleged Attack On Ford Didn't Happen At The July 1, 1982 Party, Says ... Ford Team Member  —  Glad they waited until the eve of the cloture vote to make this clear, after a week of theorizing by chumps like me and days spent by the FBI interviewing people named on Kavanaugh's calendar on that date.

Here's how much Americans trust 38 major news organizations (hint: not all that much!)  —  About 13 percent of Americans don't trust any news outlet at all.  (They went 2-to-1 for Trump in 2016.)  —  Surveys about “media trust” suffer from a definitional problem.

Aziz Ansari's New Standup Tour Is a Cry Against Extreme Wokeness  —  Last week, in Connecticut, at a stop on the comedian Aziz Ansari's comeback tour, ticket holders were told to lock away their electronic devices before entering the venue.  At the door, ushers sealed smartphones …