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Ford says she is '100 percent' certain Kavanaugh assaulted her; Kavanaugh angrily denies charges; The country watches as Ford tells her story

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Kavanaugh defends himself, at times in tears: 'Listen to the people I've grown up with' Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, called his confirmation process a "national disgrace" and denied allegations of sexual misconduct, which Christine Blasey Ford detailed in testimony earlier Thursday. By Seung Min Kim, Ann Marimow, Mike DeBonis and Elise Viebeck  •  Read more » Ford says she is '100 percent' certain Kavanaugh assaulted her; Kavanaugh angrily denies charges The nation has never witnessed anything like the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing unfolding throughout the day. By Robert Barnes and Seung Min Kim  •  Read more »   The country watches as Ford tells her story There was silence on Wall Street. There were tears in a retirement home. A country was transfixed as Christine Blasey Ford spoke. By Lori Rozsa, Karen Dillon and David Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Fix | Analysis An 'attractive witness' and other problematic things politicians said Is it too much to ask that politicians handle an extremely delicate national debate with sensitivity and care? By Amber Phillips  •  Read more »   Analysis: Mark Judge's book validates Ford's timeline Judge describes working at a grocery store in the summer of 1982. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   SEC sues Tesla's Elon Musk, seeks his removal as CEO, alleging he lied to investors Federal regulators allege Musk misled investors when he claimed that he had secured funding to take Tesla private, causing "significant confusion and disruption in the market for Tesla's stock and resulting harm to investors," the lawsuit says. By Drew Harwell  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Rosenstein's meeting with Trump pushed to next week, White House says The two men don't want to interfere with the hearing over Brett M. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, the White House said. By Josh Dawsey, Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian  •  Read more »   The Finance 202 | Analysis Trump and his Fed chair present conflicting views on trade President Trump attempted to rattle the country's top two trading partners, China and Canada, with accusations of abuses and threats of tariffs in a free-wheeling news conference. By Tory Newmyer  •  Read more »   Flu broke records for deaths, illnesses in 2017, new CDC numbers show Influenza killed about 80,000 people in the 2017-2018 season, according to figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By Lena Sun  •  Read more »   A black French rapper sang about hanging 'the whites.' He may now be prosecuted. Nick Conrad produced a provocative music video describing the killing of white babies in schools that was taken down from YouTube amid intense public outcry. By James McAuley  •  Read more »   SNL's 1991 Clarence Thomas sketch resonates today. But is it problematic in the #MeToo era? The sketch was widely praised, but it can also be criticized for its treatment of the situation. By Travis Andrews  •  Read more »   TV Review 'Last Man Standing' returns, sporting the same chip on its conservative shoulder Tim Allen's right-leaning sitcom hasn't changed a bit, but fans of the show deserve better. By Hank Stuever  •  Read more »

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