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Kavanaugh and his accuser to testify

Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault are scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a public hearing on Monday.

The committee had planned to vote on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination this Thursday, but a confirmation that once seemed inevitable is now in limbo.

Christine Blasey Ford has said he sexually assaulted her at a party when they were teenagers in the 1980s. Judge Kavanaugh has denied the allegations.

• Echoes of Anita Hill: The case has drawn comparisons to the 1991 testimony of Ms. Hill, who accused the future Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Our correspondents in Washington traced the similarities and differences.