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Accuser's schoolmate says she recalls hearing of alleged Kavanaugh incident — Cristina King Miranda says she recalls it being discussed at their school, but has no first-hand knowledge of the alleged assault by Brett Kavanaugh. — WASHINGTON — A former schoolmate of Brett Kavanaugh's accuser wrote …
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Maria Caspani / Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows, support at historic low: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - A growing number of Americans said they opposed President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, as the candidate's confirmation hearings took place and as he fended off a sexual assault claim, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed.
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Former classmate of Kavanaugh's denies being at party in sexual assault allegation — (CNN)In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, another former classmate of Brett Kavanaugh's denies attending a party like the one described in the allegation made by Christine Blasey Ford …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans have no good options on Brett Kavanaugh — Led by President Trump, Republicans are increasingly suggesting that the timing of Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against Brett Kavanaugh is suspicious. There are plenty of reasons to doubt that theory — most notably the fact …
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Wall Street Journal:
Portrait of Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford: Thorough, Guarded, Accomplished Academic — Dr. Ford built a quiet life in California as a research psychologist — Christine Blasey Ford sent an unusual Facebook message to her best college friend this summer with a question …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Tightening Texas race boosts Democrats' hopes of taking Senate: Reuters poll — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Democratic congressman aiming to unseat Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in Texas has pulled even in the race, a Reuters poll found, a spark of hope for a party seeking a Senate majority to curb President Donald Trump's agenda.
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CNN:
Kavanaugh continuing prep sessions at the White House today
Kavanaugh continuing prep sessions at the White House today
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NAACP LDF:
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations …
John Legend Issues a Call to Action in Ad Launched by 14 Leading Social Justice Organizations …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Democrats fear Shalala campaign is in ‘sleep mode’ while challenger surges
Democrats fear Shalala campaign is in ‘sleep mode’ while challenger surges
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Washington Free Beacon, Florida Politics and Naked Politics
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's Accuser
Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's Accuser
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
It's a Set-up — If Ford won't agree to testify, hold the vote tomorrow as planned.
It's a Set-up — If Ford won't agree to testify, hold the vote tomorrow as planned.
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
‘I told her that I believed her’: Calif. lawmaker describes meeting with Kavanaugh accuser
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Heidi Feldman / gofundme.com:
Cover Dr. Blasey's security costs
Cover Dr. Blasey's security costs
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UVA Center / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Polls: Tight Senate Races Across the Sun Belt
New Polls: Tight Senate Races Across the Sun Belt
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Kathryn Lundstrom / The Texas Tribune:
Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz by 2 among likely voters in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds
Beto O'Rourke leads Ted Cruz by 2 among likely voters in U.S. Senate race, new poll finds
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Democrats' smash and smear agenda reaches new heights
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Grassley, Collins urge Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford to reconsider apparent refusal to testify
Grassley, Collins urge Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford to reconsider apparent refusal to testify
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Another Alleged Witness Denies Seeing or Hearing What Kavanaugh's Accuser Claimed
Another Alleged Witness Denies Seeing or Hearing What Kavanaugh's Accuser Claimed
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The Hill:
READ: President Trump's exclusive interview with Hill.TV — covered a range of topics in an extensive Oval Office interview on Tuesday with Hill.TV's John Solomon and Buck Sexton. — Here is the extended conversation, which took place late Tuesday afternoon following the president's press conference …
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Media Matters for America:
After demanding release of DOJ documents, Trump admits he's just doing what his sycophants tell him to do — Law enforcement and national security experts are warning that President Donald Trump's decision to selectively declassify and release portions of sensitive Justice Department documents related …
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Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order
FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order
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The Hill:
Hill.TV INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: Trump eviscerates Sessions: 'I don't have an attorney general' — in an Oval Office interview with Hill.TV launched one of his most ferocious broadsides to date against Jeff Sessions — , suggesting the attorney general was essentially AWOL and performing badly on a variety of issues.
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Elizabeth Bruenig / Washington Post:
What do we owe her now? — About that night — Aug. 11, 2006, was a sweltering Friday night in the midst of a long, fatally hot summer. A 16-year-old girl reported that she was raped that night, in a storage shed off a dirt road in my hometown of Arlington, Tex. Nobody was ever prosecuted for it …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
‘The Apprentice’ book excerpt: At CIA's ‘Russia House,’ growing alarm about 2016 election interference — The warren of cubicles was secured behind a metal door. The name on the hallway placard had changed often over the years, most recently designating the space as part of the Mission Center for Europe and Eurasia.
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Cara Buckley / New York Times:
New York Review of Books Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay — Ian Buruma, the editor of The New York Review of Books, left his position on Wednesday amid an uproar over the magazine's publication of an essay by a disgraced Canadian radio broadcaster who had been accused of sexually assaulting and battering women.
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Michael Hobbes / Highline:
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong — From the 16th century to the 19th, scurvy killed around 2 million sailors, more than warfare, shipwrecks and syphilis combined. It was an ugly, smelly death, too, beginning with rattling teeth and ending with a body so rotted out from the inside …
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The Hill:
Trump slams Bush for ‘worst single mistake’ in U.S. history — took a little time during a policy-rich interview in the Oval Office to give his take on the biggest mistake in American history. — Was it the Civil War? Nah. The failure to stop Sept. 11? Nope. How about Pearl Harbor?
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Washington Post:
Woman fatally stabbed in D.C.'s popular Logan Circle neighborhood — A woman jogging in the Logan Circle neighborhood in Northwest Washington was fatally stabbed Tuesday evening in what police said was probably a random attack. — Wendy K. Martinez, 35, was attacked just before 8 p.m …
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Anjali Hemphill / WTTG-TV:
Woman stabbed to death near Logan Circle, police say
The Sun:
SANDS CRAZY Donald Trump suggested building a wall across the SAHARA to solve Europe's migrant crisis, Spanish minster claims — Respected Foreign minister Josep Borrell claims the US President suggested building an insanely immense barrier across North Africa to curb the numbers of African migrants surging into Europe
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
The FBI did investigate Anita Hill's accusation, and it took 3 days — Watch how senators grilled Anita Hill in 1991 — (CNN)As Christine Blasey Ford's lawyers insist the FBI investigate her allegation of sexual and physical assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
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Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney:
Walmart is where the trade war comes home — How the US trade war might impact your beer — Two weeks ago, Walmart asked the Trump administration to walk back its plan to put tariffs on Christmas lights, shampoo, dog food, luggage, mattresses, handbags, backpacks, vacuum cleaners, bicycles …
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Trump Hit Iran With Oil Sanctions. So Far, They're Working.
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Cody Wilson, 3-D Printed Gun Advocate, Charged With Child Sexual Abuse — The far-right figure allegedly met a teen on SugarDaddyMeet.com, where he told her he was a ‘big deal.’ — The founder of a an alt-right crowdfunding site and a 3-D gun-printing company was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a child.
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Mark D. Wilson / Austin American-Statesman:
BREAKING: Austin man at center of 3D-printed gun debate faces sex assault charge
BREAKING: Austin man at center of 3D-printed gun debate faces sex assault charge
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New York Times:
The Five Battlefields for Control of the House — The sizzling-hot day in the Santa Clarita Valley seemed far away inside the air-conditioned food court where Victoria Rust, 57, waited for a cheese pizza. Seeking refuge from the scorching heat is a familiar exercise for voters …
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Jonathan Van Meter / New York Magazine:
Can I Get a Hug? Cory Booker's got a lot of love to give, and he's betting that's what it will take to win in 2020. — Anyone who thinks it's nothing but teeth-grinding paranoia and rank misery in Washington these days hasn't been to the office of New Jersey senator Cory Booker. These people are happy.
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