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"Each appointment to our nation's highest court (as with all others) is simply too important to rush to a vote," Carlson told the committee

"We're going to move forward," said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as he exited a private late night strategy session with Republican senators.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations of sexual misconduct ahead of a charged public Senate hearing

Rachel Mitchell is head of the sex crimes unit at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office.

The Fed lifted its short-term rate by a modest quarter-point to a range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent.

Kavanaugh released a statement denying the new charges.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing a statement from a third woman who has come forward with sexual misconduct allegations.

The stakes are high for Thursday's Capitol Hill hearing, pitting Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford

Advocates say the handling of the complaints shows how far the movement still has to go.

The attorneys general also talked about how antitrust laws might be used to set the right standard of consumer privacy.

Hill says there is going to be an inherent power imbalance in the hearing.

The Trump administration says it wants to move to a "merit-based" immigration system — one that gives priority to immigrants who speak English and are highly educated.

The New Yorker magazine reported Sunday night that Senate Democrats were investigating a second woman's accusation of sexual misconduct dating to the 1983-84 academic year

The findings show 39.6 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children fit the body mass index definition of obesity.