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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Record number of voters oppose Kavanaugh nomination — Voter support for Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court is down in the wake of Christine Ford's assault allegations, as more believe her than him. — Currently, 40 percent of voters would confirm Kavanaugh …
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: Democrats hold the advantage in November's elections — But the same poll shows that Republican enthusiasm about the upcoming election has increased, drawing nearly even with Democrats. — Poll: Democrats open largest margin-ever over GOP in Congressional preference
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Senate Judiciary Committee contacts Ford's friend about party — Kavanaugh accuser accepts request to testify — Washington (CNN)As the Senate Judiciary Committee staff negotiates with attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Health care boosts Democrats in upcoming midterm elections — There is a deluge of bad news for Republicans in the latest Fox News poll. — Most voters are unhappy with the direction the country is taking. Majorities disagree with President Trump on the border wall, and extra tax-cut cash is nowhere to be seen.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Kavanaugh Was Supposed to Be a Midterm Boon for G.O.P. Not Anymore. — SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — No Republican Senate candidate has been as aggressive in using the Supreme Court nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh as a political weapon as Josh Hawley, the Missouri attorney general who is in an intensely tight race …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Sick to Your Stomach? #MeToo — WASHINGTON — The Capitol is covered in mud. — Again. — Somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind, I can recall a time when the sight of that white dome thrilled me. As a teenager, working for a New York congressman, I felt privileged to walk …
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Washington Post:
‘Incredibly frustrated’: Inside the GOP effort to save Kavanaugh amid assault allegation — Just as he did several weeks ago to prepare for his confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court, Brett M. Kavanaugh was back inside a room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building …
Ian Kullgren / Politico:
Graham: Ford's testimony won't change my vote — Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh's accuser won't change his mind, no matter what she says. — “You can't bring it in a criminal court, you would never sue civilly, you couldn't even get a warrant,” Graham said on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace.
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
How Feinstein is conspiring to destroy Kavanaugh — Democrat leaders and their liberal aides, along with professional agitators, are all intermingled and conspiring together to achieve the same objective — in this case, to spike the confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Blasey Ford's Female Classmate, Her Last Named Witness, Doesn't Recall Ever Attending Party With Kavanaugh — Christine Blasey Ford has claimed that four other people attended a small gathering at which she was allegedly assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh. Three of those people, PJ Smyth …
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CNN:
Kavanaugh's accuser accepts request to speak to Judiciary Committee next week, lawyers say — Kavanaugh accuser will testify before Congress — Washington (CNN)Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of a past sexual assault …
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
More Voters Want Democrats to Control Congress, New Poll Shows — Support grows among women, suburbanites for change in direction from Trump ahead of midterm election — The Democratic Party's political advantage has grown in the home stretch of the midterm campaign …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP's gender problem
The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP's gender problem
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CNN:
McConnell called Trump to say Kavanaugh tweets weren't helpful
McConnell called Trump to say Kavanaugh tweets weren't helpful
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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Third Named Witness Rejects Kavanaugh's Accuser's Allegations
Third Named Witness Rejects Kavanaugh's Accuser's Allegations
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Woman denies attending party where alleged Kavanaugh assault occurred
Woman denies attending party where alleged Kavanaugh assault occurred
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Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
BREAKING: Christine Blasey Ford's Female Witness Doesn't Remember Anything
BREAKING: Christine Blasey Ford's Female Witness Doesn't Remember Anything
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New York Times:
Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday
Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
The ‘deep state’ leaves Trump with no good options — President Trump is not generally given to understatement, but he soft-pedaled problems at the Department of Justice. There is, he said Friday, a “lingering stench” there. — A “stench” doesn't describe the situation. A snake pit is more like it.
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Mark Penn / The Hill:
Donald Trump's Rosenstein dilemma
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Trump holds his fire as advisers urge him not to dismiss Rosenstein
Trump holds his fire as advisers urge him not to dismiss Rosenstein
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Washington Post:
For Nikki Haley, a lower profile as Trump heads back to the U.N. — U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley quickly became one of the administration's most visible faces and the leading advocate of a worldview in which President Trump's “America First” slogan did not mean “America alone.”
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Michael R. Pompeo / US Department of State:
Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC
Interview With Andrea Mitchell of MSNBC
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Grant Woods / Arizona Republic:
Why John McCain's death may convince me to run for Senate (just not as a Republican) — Opinion: Is a U.S. Senate run the best way to honor John McCain's legacy? Grant Woods explains why his answer isn't as easy as you'd think. — CONNECT — It was only three weeks ago that we walked behind …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Aims to Sharply Restrict New Green Cards for Those on Public Aid — WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials announced Saturday that immigrants who legally use public benefits like food assistance and Section 8 housing vouchers could be denied green cards under …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
GOP heading for midterm wipeout as ‘blue wave’ scenario gives Democrats a 12-point generic ballot lead: NBC-WSJ poll — The new NBC News-Wall Street Journal survey, taken six weeks before Americans head to the polls, shows Democrats leading Republicans by 52 percent to 40 percent for control of Congress.
James Randerson / Politico:
Jeremy Corbyn: I will listen to members on second Brexit vote — U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledged to back a second Brexit referendum if members vote for one at his party conference which begins Sunday — although he said his preferred option is still to hold a general election.
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