US Senate to hold first Kavanaugh vote in key test for Trump's nominee

• Trio of senators yet to say whether they will vote in favor
• Failure to advance judge’s nomination would yield fatal blow
• Brett Kavanaugh cloture vote: follow live updates
  

The US Senate is set to take an initial vote on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, in a crucial test of whether the federal judge has the votes to be confirmed to the supreme court.

Senators will vote mid-morning on a procedural motion that, if successful, would pave the way for a final vote as early as Saturday. A failure to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination would deliver a potentially fatal blow to Donald Trump’s embattled supreme court pick, who has faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

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