Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice

BREAKING: Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice​WASHINGTON — The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (all times local):3:45 p.m.A roll call vote is underway in the Senate on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.Senators are seated at their desks for the historic vote. If it succeeds, Kavanaugh will soon join the court as an associate justice.Republicans control the Senate by a 51-49 margin, and the vote seems destined to be nearly pa