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MORE on Thursday night expressed optimism that his nominee Brett Kavanaugh would get confirmed to the Supreme Court despite a flurry of action over a sexual assault allegation. “I want to tell you that Brett Kavanaugh is one of the finest human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting," Trump said during a rally in Las Vegas to boost Republican candidates running in the November midterm elections. "A great intellect, a great gentleman, an impeccable reputation,” Trump continued. “So we’ll let it play out and I think everything will be just fine.

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MORE called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to complete its hearing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. “I don't think you can delay it any longer,” he said on Fox News’s “Hannity.” “They have to get on with it,” he added. A committee vote to move Kavanaugh on to a Senate-wide confirmation vote was delayed after Christine Blasey Ford went public with allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 1980s.  Trump previously said

Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is reportedly willing to publicly testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee next Thursday. Lawyers for Ford told committee staffers during a call Thursday evening to negotiate details of a potential hearing that she wanted Kavanaugh to testify before her and she does not want to be in the same room as him, according to 

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The TAKE with Rick Klein It’s as if the storylines and big choices that have presented themselves in the Trump era have converged to set up a defining couple of days. The politics of #MeToo, the reflexive partisanship on Capitol Hill, the showmanship of President Donald Trump, the impending midterms, the survival instincts of red state Democrats, the latent worries of a handful of Republican

The TAKE with Rick Klein "There shouldn't even be a little doubt," President Donald Trump declared Tuesday, referencing the allegation that has enveloped his Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Good luck with that. The uncomfortable truth around the Kavanaugh nomination is that no one can know how things will turn out.

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The moves stoke speculation that the Elizabeth Warren may be preparing for a presidential run in 2020.   The state’s first openly transgender candidate for Congress, Alexandra Chandler, says she intends to put another voice to November’s closely watched ballot measure on transgender rights.  The TV spot — which disclosed that the RGA was a donor but didn’t divulge how much it contributed — began running in local markets last week,  Before you dismiss H.