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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hired more women than men as wildlife biologists for fiscal year 2017. (Associated Press/File)

Fish, Wildlife Service seeks diversity of refuge workers

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leaders doubled down on an Obama-era program that made hiring of minorities and women a top priority, and managers are raising red flags about the resulting staffing problems at the more than 500 wildlife refuges across the country.

September 30, 2018
President Donald Trump pauses while speaking during a meeting with Chilean president Sebastian Pinera, in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump orders FBI to probe Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh

President Trump ordered the FBI on Friday to reopen the background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, giving investigators time to to make sense of sexual assault allegations that have been lodged.

September 28, 2018
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

Democratic senators flee committee to protest Kavanaugh vote

Some Democratic senators stormed out of the Judiciary Committee Friday morning after losing their latest bid to derail Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, protesting what they called a "ram job" ahead of a vote later in the day.

September 28, 2018
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., questions Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP)

Jeff Flake to support Brett Kavanaugh

Sen. Jeff Flake announced his support Friday morning for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, likely giving him the votes to clear committee later in the day.

September 28, 2018
Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford hearing grips nation

Her voice crackling with emotion, Christine Blasey Ford told senators Thursday she's "100 percent" certain she was sexually assaulted 36 years ago by Brett Kavanaugh. Judge Kavanaugh told senators hours later that he, too, was "100 percent certain" he'd never done that, nor any of the other sexual misconduct accusations that have been thrown at him over the last two weeks.

September 27, 2018
Supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

Kavanaugh calls Dems’ treatment ‘a national disgrace’

Brett Kavanaugh indignantly chastised senators Thursday for mishandling his Supreme Court nomination, saying the delays and additional anonymous allegations have "totally and permanently destroyed" his family's reputation.

September 27, 2018
President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh listens as he testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, for the third day of his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Two men claim responsibility Christine Blasey Ford assault

Two men have come forward to tell Senate investigators they, not Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, could have been responsible for the encounter Christine Blasey Ford describes when she says she was sexually assaulted at a high school party 36 years ago.

September 27, 2018