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Yale Law School dean calls for Kavanaugh investigation before confirmation vote

Swisher said she's skeptical of Kavanaugh's testimony because he lied about his drinking. Later in the day, Flake voted to advance Kavanaugh's nomination f...

Lawyer: Kavanaugh friend to cooperate

Judge also said he "categorically" denies sexual misconduct allegations made by Julie Swetnick . When Ford came public with her allegations naming Judge and ...

Dead In Indonesia Tsunami, Quake; Residents Camp Outside

A powerful 7.5 magnitude natural disaster struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi Friday evening just hours after a powerful, deadly foreshock, apparently trig...

How the FBI will investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh

But the change of heart of Arizona senator Jeff Flake , a Republican who is retiring from the Senate this year, was pivotal in at least delaying the elevation ...

Marine Corps' F-35 fighter jets execute first combat missions in Afghanistan

The US military announced on Thursday that its F-35B stealth fighter jet had carried out its first combat operation, with a strike mission against Taliban tar...

Tsunami kills hundreds in Indonesia

At least 30 people have been reported dead at one local hospital on the island of Sulawesi as rescuers scramble to reach the stricken region which includes th...

Where the FBI needs to look in the Kavanaugh investigation

Trump blamed the Senate Democrats and suggested that how they handled sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh would help Republicans at the polls. D...

Tsunami strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi after natural disaster

He said in a live TV interview Friday that houses were swept away and families are reported missing. Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to hard-hit ...

Details on 2nd Summit with N. Korean Leader Coming Soon

In the months leading up to and succeeding the Singapore summit, Kim has watched as the worldwide pressure campaign mounted by the United States has slowly crac...

Trump faults Senate Republicans for not moving fast enough on Kavanaugh nomination

The attorney Michael Avenatti has also said that he has a client with evidence of sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh and that he could reveal that person's identi...

SC Senator Graham Gives The Angriest Response Of Entire Kavanaugh Hearing

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). "This is the most unethical sham since I've been in politics", he said from the dais. "I know why they don't want to believ...

Sen. Jeff Flake Confronted in Elevator by Two Tearful Women

The scene was caught by CNN's cameras and came just moments after Flake's office issued a statement on his support of Kavanaugh . Flake's vote broke a t...

New military jet crashes, pilot ejects in SC

The crash happened about 3 miles west of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort , which is where F-35s are stationed. But this is the first time the military has su...

Now Avenatti bring accusation of gang rape against Kavanaugh

In her statement, Swetnick said she previously worked for the Vietnam War Commemoration under the Department of Defense; the US Mint; the IRS; Customs and Borde...

Trump Refuses to Say Whether He Believes Kavanaugh Accusers Are ‘Lying’

At another point in Wednesday's press conference, CNN's Jim Acosta asked Trump why he so frequently sides with the accused rather than their accusers in cases...

Kavanaugh & Blasey Ford Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee

The comments also came just minutes after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Kavanaugh's nomination to the full Senate, but hold off on voting on i...

Denmark bridge closure: Ferries stopped in massive police manhunt

Bridges from Zealand to the central island of Funen and to neighboring Sweden were closed down, as well as ferry crossings to Germany and to Sweden. "We have ...

Open to Changing Mind on Kavanaugh

Trump ultimately wants Kavanaugh's nomination to come to a vote, which Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Monday would happen "in the near fu...

Sequelae, norepinephrine, epinephrine: Christine Blasey Ford uses science to describe her assault

While he said it took courage for Ford to testify, there was no evidence to corroborate her allegations. After the committee acts, the nomination will go befo...

Powerful natural disaster rocks central Sulawesi in Indonesia

A spokesman for Indonesia's geophysics agency says a powerful quake in Sulawesi caused the tsunami, which struck after the agency had lifted a tsunami warning ...

Dershowitz Says Confirmation Process Should Be Postponed For FBI Probe

While Mr Trump pledged to listen to the testimony of Mr Kavanaugh's accuser and even said he was open to changing his mind about his nominee, he made clear that...

Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford Testify in Hearing

The May through August pages mention several parties at various houses and also a beach week, highlighted in all caps, the week after Kavanaugh's exams. Trump...

SC verdict on Sabrimala case disappointing, says temple head priest

Chandrachud also said in a separate but concurring judgment. According to sources, she said she will lead a group of menstruating women to Sabarimala soon. Ar...

Iran's Rouhani claims victory in United Nations battle against Trump

And I will tell you, in diplomacy you hear a lot of them. "As long as the deal serves our interests, we will remain in the pact", Iranian President Hassan Ro...

'Major terrorist attack' foiled in Netherlands, seven arrested

The Netherlands Police on Thursday said they had arrested seven men in connection with an alleged plot to carry out a "major terrorist attack" at a high-profile...

At Kavanaugh's former school Yale, students transfixed by hearing

I tried to yell for help. She said he put his hand over her mouth to muffle her screams. "I've had a weight problem my whole life because I was so afraid someon...

Passenger jet crashes into water in Micronesia

The Air Niugini plane hit the water short of the runway Friday morning while trying to land on Weno Island in Chuuk State, one of the Federated States of Micr...

Three Nigerian universities ranked among World's best

The universities are ranked according to their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and worldwide outlook and the list is headed by Oxford and Cambridge i...

Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations ‘All False’ in Rambling Press Conference

Ford continues to assert that her only motivation in coming forward and testifying is her desire to make the Senate Judiciary Committee aware of the type of...

Kavanaugh Classmate Retracts Support After What He Wrote in Yearbook

I will have no further comment". "I can't express how disgusted I am with them, then and now". But that was before she saw his yearbook. Kavanaugh's yearbook...

Trump Called a Reporter 'Mr. Kurd,' to His Delight

Some news media reported on Monday that Rosenstein would soon leave his post , prompting Trump , in NY for the U.N. General Assembly, to say he would meet wit...

Avenatti: Senate committee says it wants to meet with new Kavanaugh accuser

On numerous occasions at these parties, I witnessed Mark Judge and Brett Kavanaugh drink excessively and engaged in highly inappropriate conduct , includi...

At UN, US at odds with China, Russia over North Korea sanctions

Kavanaugh's opening statement was also released with him continuing to deny the allegations and saying he would not be intimidated into withdrawing. For a tim...

Trump defends himself, says United Nations wasnt laughing at me

Separately, Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said that Iran would not bow to intensifying USA economic pressure. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May de...

Russian Federation to send advanced S-300 missile defense systems to Syria

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed on Tuesday that "we will do whatever is necessary to protect Israel's security", following the downing ...