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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Ford wants FBI investigation before testifying  —  (CNN)The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault says the FBI should investigate the incident before senators hold a hearing on the allegations.  —  In a letter addressed to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa …
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New York Times:
Christine Blasey Ford Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Kavanaugh Before She Testifies  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused President Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault threw into doubt plans for an extraordinary Senate hearing to air her accusations, charging on Tuesday …
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Cut Bait”: As the Kavanaugh Nightmare Escalates, Trump Is Gripped with Uncertainty as Ivanka Suggests Cutting the Judge Loose  —  The threat of losing the House and Senate has stopped Trump from going scorched-earth on Christine Blasey Ford.  If Trump antagonizes women voters …
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Republicans Consider Using Female Staffers To Question Christine Blasey Ford  —  Every Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is male.  They normally would be the ones to face Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's accuser.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee …
NBC News:
The allegations against Brett Kavanaugh are not simply a ‘he said, she said’ situation  —  Prosecutors look for corroborating evidence — and there are strong indications already that Christine Blasey Ford is telling the truth about her attack.  —  Created with Sketch.
Anita Hill / New York Times:
How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee has a chance to do better by the country than it did nearly three decades ago.  —  Ms. Hill is a professor at Brandeis University.  —  There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Senate GOP to Prof Ford: Take It Or Leave It  —  I want to flag your attention to something that may have been lost in this afternoon's rush of events and statements.  Yesterday Chairman Grassley, head of the committee that oversees the confirmation process, announced that a quickie hearing …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
THE CORRUPT REPUBLICAN PLOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT  —  Facing the real prospect that their long-sought fifth anti-abortion Supreme Court justice might go unseated, and President Trump's growing legal exposure, the Republican Party is charging into election season …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Grassley: No reason to delay Kavanaugh hearing
Discussion: National Review, Bustle and NPR
Dick Polman / The Atlantic:
The GOP Response to the Kavanaugh Allegations Sends an Unmistakable Message to Women
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Kavanaugh accuser: FBI should investigate claims of sexual assault
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
A Hill to Die on  —  Justice both delayed and denied.
Politico:
When 11 men interrogate: GOP tries to head off Kavanaugh debacle
Discussion: Bustle and Breitbart
Jack Crowe / National Review:
Feinstein on Kavanaugh Accusation: 'I Can't Say Everything is Truthful'
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Times
Lamar White, Jr / The Bayou Brief:
Adrian Perkins Claims Senate Judiciary Committee Relied on Fraudulent Letter Supporting Kavanaugh
Discussion: HuffPost
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
We already know the truth that matters: America can do a lot better than Brett Kavanaugh
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
What the man accused of being part of Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault had to say about women's sexuality
The Hill:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump says exposing ‘corrupt’ FBI probe could be ‘crowning achievement’ of presidency  —  in an exclusive interview with Hill.TV said Tuesday he ordered the release of classified documents in the Russia collusion case to show the public the FBI probe started as a “hoax,” …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
Trump ‘dossier’ stuck in New York, didn't trigger Russia investigation, sources say  —  President Donald Trump and his allies have long insisted that what he calls the “fake dirty dossier” was wholly “responsible for starting the totally and discredited witch hunt” by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Washington Post:
Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene  —  Advocacy groups pouring money into independent campaigns to influence this fall's midterm races must disclose many of their political donors beginning this week …
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Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
SCOTUS Denies Stay, New Disclosure Ruling Goes Into Effect  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  The Supreme Court today denied a stay, and lifted a temporary stay by Chief Justice Roberts, in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's (CREW) landmark dark money case against Crossroad GPS and the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Tom McCarthy / The Guardian:
Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: salacious detail and claims of cheating  —  Exclusive: pornographic actor says Trump 'didn't want to be president' in her book Full Disclosure  —  In a tell-all memoir, the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump …
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Nitish Pahwa / Slate:   Don't Let Trump's Penis Ruin Toad, the Mushroom-Headed Sage of Mario Kart
Politico:
Trump rails on top Florida ally over Hurricane Maria flap  —  Republican Ron DeSantis accused of disloyalty for bucking the president.  —  President Donald Trump is privately lashing out at one of his top allies, Ron DeSantis, angrily accusing the Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee of publicly betraying him.
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
U.S. Loses Track of Another 1,500 Migrant Children, Investigators Find  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is unable to account for the whereabouts of nearly 1,500 migrant children who illegally entered the United States alone this year and were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters …
Discussion: Splinter
Hunter Woodall / Kansas City Star:
GOP stalwart Nancy Kassebaum picks Democrat Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach  —  A titan of Kansas Republican politics is shunning Kris Kobach, her party's nominee, in his run for governor.  —  Nancy Kassebaum, who represented Kansas for three terms in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday …
David Reddish / Queerty:
the queerty interview EXCLUSIVE: Are Bert & Ernie a couple?  We finally have an answer...  Mark Saltzman keeps a modest house.  Tucked in the foothills of Los Angeles, the cozy cottage doesn't betray the pedigree of its owner...except for maybe the seven Emmy Awards tucked high on a shelf in the corner.
Zoe Forsey / Mirror.co.uk:
Woman's perfect Tinder date with ‘The One’ shattered by five simple words  —  They had been messaging for a while and she thought she knew him pretty well - but she was very, very wrong  —  Tinder can be a tricky game, so when one woman went on the perfect date she thought that was it.
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Records: Chao government flights cost $94K  —  Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao flew on Federal Aviation Administration planes rather than commercial flights on seven occasions between January and August 2017, newly released records show — including one flight to and around Europe …
Discussion: Political Wire
The Hill:
Senate approves $854B spending bill  —  The Senate is racing to avoid the third government shutdown of the year ahead of a looming end-of-the-month deadline.  —  Senators on Tuesday voted 93-7 to pass a sweeping $854 billion spending bill that includes funding for the Departments of Defense …
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Erica Werner / Washington Post:   Senate passes massive defense and health spending bill, tries to delay border wall fight to after midterms
Bloomberg:
Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements  —  Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News' Tom Schoenberg and Matt Robinson report.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
FEMA official suspended in connection with IG probe  —  A senior FEMA official has been suspended without pay in connection with a Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation into the improper use of government vehicles by FEMA administrator Brock Long, according to two current government officials.
Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Non-Christian refugees shut out of Trump's America  —  The Trump administration has again cut the number of refugees allowed into the U.S., and the overwhelming majority of the small group of refugees who were admitted this past year are Christians.  —  Data: Department of State …
 
 
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Trump's tough line on Iran risks backlash at U.N.
John Byrne / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to write book after he leaves office on ‘Why mayors run the world’
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Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Has Ordered Key Chinese State Media Firms to Register as Foreign Agents
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
White House reviews incident involving Epoch Times photographer handing a folder to Trump
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