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 | | | | Her Name is Julie Swetnick | | She claims Brett Kavanaugh tried to get women at parties "'gang raped' in a side room or bedroom by a 'train' of numerous boys" — women including herself. | | |
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| On Wednesday, a third Brett Kavanaugh accuser brought serious claims about the Supreme Court nominee, the Big Mac got healthier(ish) and the Fed proclaimed that the economy is looking smooth.
Welcome to The Short List. We're reporter Josh Hafner and editor Mabinty Quarshie, back to bring the biggest news from USA TODAY. |
| But first, did you know the divorce rate is dropping? Marriage is becoming more stable, yes, but also rarer — "driven entirely" by younger women.
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Swetnick, Kavanaugh and that hearing tomorrow |
| Julie Swetnick's signed statement alleging Kavanaugh showed "abusive behavior" toward teenage girls in the '80s ratcheted up tensions ahead of Thursday's historic hearing featuring Kavanaugh and one of his three accusers.
What's Kavanaugh saying? He admits he "drank too many beers" in high school and did things "that make me cringe now," per a written testimony, but denies all accusers' claims. He called Swetnick's claims "ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone" in a statement Wednesday, denying he ever knew her.
What happens next? All eyes will be on the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday as Kavanaugh testifies along with his earliest public accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. Republicans plan to vote on Kavanaugh less than 24 hours later on Friday, though that could be postponed.
What will the hearing be like? We know some evidence already: Ford passed a lie detector test on her claims about Kavanaugh. She also has four people swearing she told them of the alleged assault. Kavanaugh has a calendar from 1982 that his lawyers say helps absolve him.
The committee's all-male Republican roster does not want to question a woman alleging sexual assault — not a good look — so they'll bring in Rachel Mitchell, a sex crime prosecutor from Arizona, to question Ford for them. |
| What's Trump think? That Republicans "could have pushed it through two weeks ago, and we wouldn't be talking about this right now, which is what I would have preferred." |
A reminder in all this: Sexual assault is happening at schools today |
| Police received a dozen sexual assault reports from Ohio State University during the first four weeks of school. Students are angry. And organizing. More than half of college sexual assaults take place from August to November — a span experts call "the red zone." |
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Boring but important: The Fed raised rates, and you might pay more |
| The economy has been cruising, so the Federal Reserve is tapping the brakes by raising the federal funds rate – the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans – by a quarter point to a range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent.
That means higher borrowing costs for Americans: Rates on credit cards along with certain mortgages and credit lines will rise, experts say. But good news: Savers are starting to get a better return as bank savings and CD rates also rise. There's just one (possible) glitch to the Fed's plans: President Trump's trade wars. |
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