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Federal Housing Finance Agency Direct0r Melvin Watt has been accused by a subordinate of unwanted advances and sexual harassment.  (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin Watt Accused of ‘Unwanted Advances’

By Doug Sword
Posted September 27, 2018 at 12:43pm
Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Thursday. He was called back to testify about claims by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (POOL Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The Ford Hearing in Photos: Kavanaugh’s Nomination Process Continues as Accuser Testifies

By Roll Call Staff
Posted September 27, 2018 at 12:10pm
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in by chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018, during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

Under Questioning, Ford Recalls Kavanaugh ‘Having Fun at My Expense’

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2018 at 11:13am
Rep. Evan Jenkins, R-W.Va., who lost a bid for the Republican nomination for Senate in West Virginia, is leaving his House seat as of Sunday to take a seat on the state's Supreme Court. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Evan Jenkins to Resign Seat on Sunday, Head to West Virginia Supreme Court

By Roll Call Staff
Posted September 27, 2018 at 11:10am
Protesters opposed to the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh gather in a Senate office building in support of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford before her Thursday testimony. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

‘I See You, Senators’: Kavanaugh Protesters Pour Into the Capitol

By Erin Franczak and Katherine Tully-McManus
Posted September 27, 2018 at 10:33am
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh refutes the allegations against him in his testimony Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/POOL)

Key Moments from Ford and Kavanaugh Testimony

By John T. Bennett
Posted September 27, 2018 at 10:28am
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was recorded at a campaign event talking about his own criminal indictment and his Democratic opponent's name change. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Duncan Hunter’s Campaign Denies He Called Opponent a ‘Radical Muslim’

By Griffin Connolly
Posted September 27, 2018 at 9:42am
Congressional Leadership Fund is once again targeting Democrat Abigail Spanberger in a new ad over her brief stint as a substitute teacher at a Saudi-funded school in Virginia more than a decade ago. (Steve Helber/AP file photo)

Ryan-Aligned PAC Doubles Down on ‘Terror High’ Hit on Spanberger

By Griffin Connolly
Posted September 27, 2018 at 8:00am
A career prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, here in October 2004, leads the Special Victims Division of the Maricopa County attorney’s office in Arizona. If past is prologue, she’s about to become a household name. (Saul LOEB/AFP/Pool)

Outside Counsels Never Steal the Spotlight From Senators, Except When They Do

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 27, 2018 at 5:05am
Dean Phillips, the DFL nominee in Minnesota’s 3rd District, greets voters in Excelsior, Minn., on Sept. 15 outside his campaign’s “Government Repair Truck.” (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

With Trump in the White House, Minnesota Ticket-Splitters May Be Ready for Change

By Simone Pathé
Posted September 27, 2018 at 5:04am