Brett Kavanaugh.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty A woman has claimed thatPresident Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomineeBrett Kavanaugh“held her down” and “attempted to force himself on her” at a party while they were both students in high school back in the early 1980s. Kavanaugh has “categorically and unequivocally” denied the woman’s allegations to the magazine, telling them, “I did not do this back in high school or at any time.” According toThe New Yorker, the unnamed woman alleged in the letter that Kavanaugh had been drinking at the time of the incident....

Brett Kavanaugh.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty As a sexual assault accusation clouds hisSupreme Court nomination hearings, JudgeBrett Kavanaughhas said he’s willing to testify in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee about the alleged incident. So, too, is his accuser. Last week,The New Yorkerpublished a reportin which a woman — who later came forward to identify herself as Christine Blasey Ford, a 51-year-old research psychologist and professor at Palo Alto University — recalled a party where Kavanaugh allegedly “held her down” and “attempted to force himself on her” when they were both high school students in the early 1980s....

Photo: Fox News Brett Kavanaughis denying the sexual misconduct claim brought against him. During an interview with Fox News’ Martha MacCallum on Monday, the Supreme Court Nominee Judge spoke out against Christine Blasey Ford, whoaccused himof pinning her down to a bed, groping her and trying to remove her clothes at a high school party in the early 1980s. Explaining that he was a virgin “in high school or for many years thereafter,” Kavanaugh, 53, recalled: “I never sexually assaulted anyone....

Kavanaugh,President Trump‘ssecond conservative nomineevoted onto the highest court in the land, is expected to help shift legal decisions to the right, resulting in threatened protections involving abortion rights, healthcare, presidential power and gun control, among others. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, who had been considered swing votes, said Friday they would vote yes. The confirmation comes after hours of debate — and despite unprecedented opposition following Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony last week involving an angry screed that included a wild conspiracy theory behind the sexual assault allegations....

As senators continue Thursday to review the findings of an FBI investigation intosome of the sexual assaultallegations against Supreme Court nomineeBrett Kavanaugh, a full senate vote for the embattled 53-year-old judge to take a seat on the highest court in the land is expected this weekend. “I am horrified, but sadly not surprised at how the FBI investigation was handled,” a friend of Ford’s tells PEOPLE. “They were not given sufficient time, and were prevented from interviewing all credible and important witnesses....

In hisfiery testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committeeon Thursday, PresidentDonald Trump‘s Supreme Court nomineeBrett Kavanaughdescribed his drinking habits while denying that he has ever committed sexual assault. Kavanaugh, whose hearing centers around Christine Blasey Ford’sallegation that he sexually assaulted her, said in his opening testimony, “I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer....

Kavanaugh was accused of playing a role in the fight as he allegedly threw ice on the man, the police report says according to theTimes. Although the document indicates that it was classified as an “assault,” Kavanaugh, now 53, was not arrested from the incident and it does not appear that anyone else was charged. Dudley later denied the accusation of throwing a glass while Kavanaugh did not want to specify “if he threw the ice or not,” the publication reports....

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images Brett Kavanaugh‘s lawyers submitted several pages of his personal calendar from 1982 to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as part of their defense against Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’sallegations of sexual assault,USA Todayreports. Senate Judiciary Committee Kavanaugh and Fordare both expected to testifyabout the allegations before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Ford has sent declarations to the Senate Judiciary Committee from four people, including her husband, Russell, who attest that she told them about the alleged assault,USA Todayreported....

Brett Kavanaugh.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive this week forCOVID-19,the high court announced Friday morning. The statement added that Kavanaugh, 56, has been fully vaccinated since January and is not showing symptoms from his breakthrough case. “On Thursday, per the Court’s regular testing protocols, Justice Kavanaugh had a routine Covid test ahead of Justice Barrett’s investiture on Friday,” the court’s statement read. “On Thursday evening, Justice Kavanaugh was informed that he had tested positive for Covid-19....

Photo: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty In addition to losing endorsements and supporters, Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nomineeBrett Kavanaughhas one less job. Kavanaugh, who made afiery testimonyin hopes of securing one of the most powerful unelected jobs in government, will not return to teach at Harvard Law School after lecturing for a decade, according to the university’s newspaperThe Crimson. In an email sent to students on Monday, Associate Dean and Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs Catherine Claypoole confirmed, “Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, so the course will not be offered....

Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images In his first year at Yale, embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which had a culture “notorious for disrespecting women,”according to a new report from theYale Daily News. Julie Klein, who graduated in 1987 alongside Kavanaugh, described the frat as an “animal house,” while another classmate of Kavanaugh’s, Jennifer Lew, recalled on theYaleWomen Facebook pagehow frat brothers would “ransack” female students’ rooms while they attended classes and steal “undergarments,” reports theYale Daily News....

Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale University roommate has released a statement of support for the embattled Supreme Court nominee’s second accuser, former Yale classmateDeborah Ramirez. Now, the judge’s freshman-year roommate, James Roche, has released a statement showing solidarity with Ramirez, while also detailing Kavanaugh’s alleged “notably heavy” drinking habits and troubling behavior. Though Roche says he does not remember the alleged sexual assault Ramirez has described, he does remember Kavanaugh “frequently drinking excessively and becoming incoherently drunk....

Photo:Brett Oppenheim/Instagram Brett Oppenheim/Instagram Jason Oppenheim’s trip to Mykonos hit a rough patch. The photo showcase began with an image of himself working out with dumbbells and a scenic view of the water. Brett shared the photo from Jason’s Instagram Story and followed it with an image of the latter icing his forehead. The trip marks one of many that the twin brothers have taken together. Most recently, the two enjoyed aweek on the Greek Island in September....