Senate Vote

Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as US Senate votes 50-48 for Supreme Court nominee in big election season win for Donald Trump

The bitterly polarized US Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to US President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides.

Brett Kavanaugh moves towards Supreme Court confirmation with support from 2 crucial Senators after hours of cliff-edge action

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine declared Friday she will vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, all but ensuring that a deeply riven Senate will elevate the conservative jurist to the nation's highest court despite allegations that he sexually assaulted women decades ago.

'Rude elevator screamers': Donald Trump lashes out at anti-Brett Kavanaugh protestors; places himself firmly against #MeToo

US president Donald Trump lashed out Friday at female protesters who have confronted senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, labeling them "rude elevator screamers" and "paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad."

Brett Kavanaugh nomination advances to final showdown Saturday; bitterly divided Senate votes 51-49 to push it through

A bitterly divided US Senate on Friday morning pushed embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh past a procedural hurdle setting up a final weekend vote which will mark a dramatic finish to a wild circus.