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A Tale of Two Cities: A Snapshot of Washington D.C. On the Historic Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Day

One city, two worlds. Or maybe even three. In the nation’s rain-slicked capital, fans and foes of Brett Kavanaugh spent much of Thursday fixated on the Senate confirmation hearings that could help tip his chances of becoming the next Supreme Court justice. Women in parts of D.C. proudly wore red, white, and blue “Confirm Kavanaugh”…

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Elizabeth Warren Has a Powerful Message for Sexual Assault Survivors Watching the Kavanaugh Hearing

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D—Mass.) on Thursday spoke with Glamour exclusively about the historic Senate hearing involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the Republican push to move forward with his confirmation, calling it “fundamentally wrong.” At the Hart Senate Office building, where Kavanaugh’s accuser Christine Blasey Ford was also testifying, Warren stood alongside Ford’s supporters,…

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Brett Kavanaugh Called Birth Control "Abortion-Inducing Drugs" At Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

On the third day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Democratic senators continued their probe to get the conservative judge’s stance on women’s reproductive rights—and a clue in one of his answers may say it all. In an exchange with Senator Ted Cruz (D-Tex.), Kavanaugh referred to birth control as “abortion-inducing drugs,”…

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5 Things We Learned From Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook Hearing

Over two days Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress for hours, facing questions about how and why the data of an estimated 87 million users was shared with Cambridge Analytica, a British political consulting firm with reported ties to the Trump campaign. Before a panel of 44 senators asked him about Facebook’s privacy policies,…

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