FOX News Radio’s National Correspondent Jared Halpern along with a team of FOX News reporters & contributors look at the week that was inside the beltway.
THIS WEEK:
On Thursday, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee over sexual misconduct allegations dating back to the 1980’s. And with a last minute request from the committee, President Trump ordered an FBI investigation into Kavanaugh, to be completed in no more than a week. FOX’s White House Correspondent Jon Decker discusses the fiery and emotional testimony.
The #MeToo movement doesn’t appear to be going anywhere almost a year after it gained steam. FOX News Radio’s Washington Correspondent, Rachel Sutherland, sat down with Margaret Valios, an attorney who represents students facing sexual misbehavior allegations on college campuses and Sonia Ossairo, President of the National Organization for Women of New York, to explain why this movement hits home for so many.
President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday calling out world leaders for unfair trade practices and hammering home his “America First” message. Jared discussed the remarks with FOX News State Department Correspondent Rich Edson.
A record number of female candidates are on the 2018 ballot in races at all levels of government, potentially dubbing this year, the year of the woman. Associate Editor at RealClearPolitics, A.B. Stoddard says, “Democrats are pushing hard to get them to the polls.”
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