Laurie Kellman

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

The Moment: Brett Kavanaugh fury and tears show #MeToo flip side

September 28, 2018 at 7:51 a.m.

Brett Kavanaugh started off shouting. He鈥檇 prepared a blistering defense of his character and a scathing rebuke of the 鈥渘ational disgrace鈥� of his Supreme Court confirmation process. But if there鈥檚...

In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh listens to a question while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Make-or-break Senate hearing day for Kavanaugh, accuser

September 26, 2018 at 10:53 p.m.

With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct Wednesday and headed into a charged public Senate hearing that could...

This undated photo of Julie Swetnick ...

Third Brett Kavanaugh accuser emerges on eve of dramatic hearing

September 26, 2018 at 3:49 p.m.

On the eve of a showdown hearing, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the senators who will judge him confronted a third set of lurid allegations Wednesday accusing him of...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks with reporters about the confirmation for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, following a closed-door GOP policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

Christine Blasey Ford鈥檚 lawyers submit 4 statements backing up assault story

September 26, 2018 at 7:56 a.m.

Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers said Wednesday they have given the Senate sworn affidavits from four people who say she told them well before Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination that she...

Are they ready? Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford prep for high-stakes hearing

September 26, 2018 at 7:25 a.m.

On Thursday morning, a psychology professor from California will sit before lawmakers to accuse a Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault while all of Washington, and much of the nation,...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, reacts to a question from a reporter on the Senate subway, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, as she responds to questions about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington

Gender politics at play as Senate grapples with Brett Kavanaugh nomination

September 20, 2018 at 8:14 a.m.

Nowhere is gender politics thicker in the election season air than in the mannerly U.S. Senate as it considers what President Donald Trump's choice for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh,...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., speaks ...

Babies of U.S. senators now welcome in Senate chamber

April 19, 2018 at 9:01 a.m.

Who doesn't like babies?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before ...

Zuckerberg: Mistakes, yes. Solutions, yes. Resignation, no

April 10, 2018 at 7:38 p.m.

Here's what Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wanted 44 senators to know about the scandal in which Cambridge Analytica used the massive social platform to access 87 million users: He made...

President Donald Trump takes a question ...

Poll: People feel better about economy, not country

February 23, 2018 at 8:50 p.m.

Chester Trahan's grandchildren are working, so he's feeling better about the economy these days. But his view of the country's overall direction is pretty grim, darkened by what he sees...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of ...

Pelosi to Dems: Let Trump’s “slobbering self” be SOTU star

January 30, 2018 at 6:24 p.m.

Scenes from the Capitol on a night of pomp, pageantry and politics for the State of the Union address:

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