Brett Kavanaugh

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee stands, in the East Room of the White House on July 9, 2018, in Washington.

WATCH: Brett Kavanaugh’s full speech after being nominated to Supreme Court

Daniel Chaitin · July 10, 2018 2:14 am

With reporters looking for updates, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, pauses in an elevator for a reporter's question as senators head to the chamber.

Susan Collins praises Brett Kavanaugh for ‘impressive credentials,’ promises to vet

Melissa Quinn · July 10, 2018 2:08 am

Progressives decry Trump’s Supreme Court pick: ‘This is the fight of our lives’

Laura Barrón-López · July 10, 2018 2:08 am

Brett Kavanaugh’s defense of NSA phone surveillance looms as confirmation question

Steven Nelson · July 10, 2018 2:05 am

Mueller, a Republican, was the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, serving for 12 years. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

National Security

Brett Kavanaugh critics: Nomination a Trump scheme to combat Mueller investigation

Diana Stancy Correll · July 10, 2018 2:00 am

It’s Kavanaugh

Andrew Egger · July 10, 2018 1:55 am

Brett Kavanaugh, appeals court judge, speaks after being nominated as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by U.S. President Donald Trump, not pictured, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would nominate Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, a choice that could create the most conservative court in generations and threaten landmark rulings including the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights decision.

Twitter erupts after Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

Mandy Mayfield · July 10, 2018 1:55 am

President Donald Trump gestures with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Brett Kavanaugh is great, but Trump should have picked a woman for the Supreme Court

Emily Jashinsky · July 10, 2018 1:54 am

GOP leaders line up behind ‘impressive’ Brett Kavanaugh

Susan Ferrechio · July 10, 2018 1:45 am

Margo Heights speaks into a megaphone during a protest against President Donald Trump's choice of federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the president's second nominee to the Supreme Court, during a protest.

Abortion rights groups quickly oppose Supreme Court nominee

Robert King · July 10, 2018 1:44 am

President Bush, speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House before the swearing-in of Brett Kavanaugh, center, as Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Thursday, June 1, 2006 in Washington. Holding the Bible is Kavanaugh's wife Ashely Kavanaugh.

George W. Bush praises Trump for ‘outstanding’ Supreme Court pick

Gabby Morrongiello · July 10, 2018 1:30 am

President Trump listens as Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee speaks in the East Room of the White House.

The lesson for the Right: Trump picked a conservative judge because he had to

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2018 1:29 am