The FBI has finished interviewing a friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh who was said to have attended a high school gathering in the early 1980s where a woman says she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, the man’s lawyer said Tuesday. 

The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting Friday afternoon on advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the full Senate. 

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is next in the hot seat where he will be questioned by lawmakers on allegations of sexual assault immediately after his accuser faced an emotionally grueling morning session before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday.

President Donald Trump denounced Democratic efforts to block Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation as a cynical “con job” on Tuesday and launched a dismissive attack on a second woman accusing the nominee of sexual misconduct in the 1980s, asserting she “has nothing.” 

Following a day of delays brought on by Senate Democrats, Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing to be the next Supreme Court justice continues for day two before the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

A science teacher is being praised as a hero after tackling a male student armed with two handguns at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning.

Congress passed a $400 billion budget deal in the wee hours of Friday morning after a partial government shutdown began at midnight.

A Senate vote to end debate that would have moved toward a vote on a short-term spending bill failed Friday night, teeing up the government for an all-but-certain shutdown at midnight.