Sen. Lindsey Graham Says He Doesn’t Want “to Ruin This Guy’s Life Based on an Accusation”
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, gives his opening statement during the confirmation hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Alex Edelman/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican senators will give Christine Blasey Ford a chance to be heard. But some have already admitted that they are unlikely…
Kavanaugh Champion Who Advanced “Mistaken-Identity” Theory of Innocence Takes Leave From Ethics Job
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh leaves his home on September 19, 2018.Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ed Whelan, the conservative judicial activist who was criticized last week for a series of tweets asserting that Christine Blasey Ford had confused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with one…
Giuliani Has Been Told to Stop Advocating for Foreign Interests but Just Did It Anyway
Rudy Giuliani delivering a speech critical of Iran on July 1. /Sipa via AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Earlier this month, seven Senate Democrats asked the Justice Department to investigate whether President Trump’s lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, is breaking the law by lobbying for foreign interests without registering as a…
This New Poll Is Terrible News for Republicans
President Donald Trump on September 18.Christy Bowe/Globe Photos via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Democrats hold a 12-point lead in congressional preference among registered voters according to a new poll that suggests trouble for Republicans in the midterm congressional elections in six weeks. The new national NBC News/Wall Street…
The New M.I.A. Documentary Isn’t the Film She Would Have Made, But This One’s Probably Better
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Getting people to care about conflicts in faraway lands is a losing battle. But try telling that to 43-year-old Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam (stage name M.I.A.), whose family fled war-torn Sri Lanka for London when she was nine, leaving her “terrorist” father behind with the Tamil…
GOP Senate Candidate Calls Kavanaugh Allegation “Absurd” Because the Assault “Never Went Anywhere”
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican Senate candidate Rep. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were “absurd,” dismissing the claim because it involved teenagers who had been drinking and only attempted—not completed—rape. On Friday, as Senate Republicans were negotiating…