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Kavanaugh impeachment calls mark latest strike on ‘judicial independence,’ Republicans say

By Ronn Blitzer | Fox News Conservatives once more have rallied around Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh as he faces a new round of disputed sexual misconduct allegations. But GOP lawmakers claim the calls from Democratic presidential candidates for his impeachment speak to a bigger issue. As part of their defense of Kavanaugh, they say the renewed campaign against President […]

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Netanyahu cancels UN trip, forgoes meeting with Trump after failing to secure an outright victory in national elections

By Talia Kaplan | Fox News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled his trip to New York City for the United Nations’ annual General Assembly next week after falling short of securing a parliamentary majority in Israel’s second general election in five months, his office announced Wednesday. Netanyahu, 69, the longest-serving leader in Israeli history, was seeking a fifth term in office, but faced a stiff […]

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Lindsey Graham says any Kavanaugh impeachment ‘dead on arrival’ in Senate

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., blasted those Democratic lawmakers who have publicly considered whether Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh should be impeached. Several Democratic presidential candidates made remarks to that effect over the weekend after The New York Times published a supposed bombshell piece in which Kavanaugh was accused of sexual misconduct. The paper later published […]

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Doomsdays that didn’t happen: Think tank compiles decades’ worth of dire climate predictions

By Sam Dorman | Fox News Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently suggested Miami would disappear in “a few years” due to climate change. The United Nations is convening a “Climate Action Summit” next week. And climate activist Greta Thunberg is on Capitol Hill this week telling lawmakers they must act soon. But while data from NASA and other top research agencies confirms […]

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Microsoft’s Bill Gates regrets Jeffrey Epstein meeting: ‘I wish I hadn’t’

By Melissa Leon | Fox News Microsoft founder Bill Gates says he regrets ever meeting with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to discuss philanthropy, according to a new report. “I wish I hadn’t met with him,” Gates told Axios on Monday. Epstein arranged at least $7.5 million in donations to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in […]

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Liz Harrington: The Kavanaugh smear reveals why we can’t afford to let Democrats back in power

By Liz Harrington | Fox News “Boy, y’all want power. God, I hope you never get it.” Those were the exasperated words of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., after witnessing one of the most corrupt political hit jobs ever deployed in Washington. Brett Kavanaugh had passed six FBI background checks in his ascent to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. He had a […]

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Carrie Severino: NY Times’ failed Kavanaugh smear latest unprecedented attack on independent judiciary

By Carrie Severino | Fox News The blowup over the New York Times’ latest smear of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is even bigger than the continued character assassination against a good man who’s been a faithful public servant for a quarter-century. It’s part of an unprecedented attack by liberal politicians, media and others on the independent judiciary. Over […]

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Corey Lewandowski slams impeachment-probe hearing as ‘all politics’ and ‘a disservice to the American people’

By Charles Creitz | Fox News Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said in his first interview following a marathon hearing before the House Judiciary Committee the Democrats organized the proceedings for political gain. In an exclusive interview shortly after the hearing, Lewandowski told Martha MacCallum Tuesday on “The Story” that Democrats on the committee are acting out of fear they could face […]

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OxyContin Maker Files for Bankruptcy, Faces Thousands of Lawsuits

BY BOWEN XIAO Pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma—which made billions of dollars selling its prescription painkiller OxyContin—has filed for bankruptcy after giving way to financial pressure from thousands of lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the United States’ opioid epidemic. The Sept. 15 filing at a federal bankruptcy court in New York is part of a tentative agreement Purdue reached “in principle” […]

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GOP leaders decry Kavanaugh attacks as McConnell says ‘this is not normal political behavior’

By Alex Pappas | Fox News Senate Republican leaders on Monday unloaded on Democrats over their revived efforts to push college-era allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accusing them of engaging in “not normal political behavior.” McConnell, R-Ky., took to the Senate floor Monday afternoon to decry what he […]