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7:15 PM ET, September 25, 2018

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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Lisa Murkowski Delivers Message: Take Kavanaugh Accusations Seriously  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Party leaders may be insisting that they will install Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, but Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is offering a blunt warning of her own …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
GOP lawmaker: Second Kavanaugh accuser refusing to talk to Congress  —  Deborah Ramirez, a Yale University classmate of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is refusing to talk to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her decades-old accusation against Kavanaugh, a GOP lawmaker said Tuesday.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate panel schedules Kavanaugh vote for Friday  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, fewer than 24 hours after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford appear before the panel to discuss Ford's allegation …
Lili Loofbourow / Slate:
Brett Kavanaugh and the Cruelty of Male Bonding  —  For what it's worth, and absent evidence or allegations to the contrary, I believe Brett Kavanaugh's claim that he was a virgin through his teens.  I believe it in part because it squares with some of the oddities I've had a hard …
Rosario Marin / BuzzFeed News:
I Was The US Treasurer.  I Didn't Tell The FBI Background Checkers About My Abuser.  —  I don't know Brett Kavanaugh personally, but all my friends who know him say he is a good man and he conducts himself honorably.  I don't know Professor Christine Blasey Ford, but from the people who do know her …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Supreme Confusion  —  Revelations about Brett Kavanaugh and Rod Rosenstein got the week started on a tumultuous note.  Where are we headed now?  —  Bret Stephens: Good morning, Gail.  I know we'll have plenty to say about Blasey v. Kavanaugh today, but, first, Rod Rosenstein!
Discussion: VICE News, Raw Story, AOL and HuffPost
Padma Lakshmi / New York Times:
I Was Raped at 16 and I Kept Silent  —  I understand why a woman would wait years to disclose a sexual assault.  —  Ms. Lakshmi is an A.C.L.U. ambassador for immigration and women's rights.  —  When I was 16 years old, I started dating a guy I met at the Puente Hills Mall in a Los Angeles suburb.
Discussion: Observer, Full Feed and AOL
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Senate Judiciary Committee sets Kavanaugh vote for Friday  —  Washington (CNN)The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled its vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court for Friday morning at 9:30 am.  —  The move would place the panel's decision just a day after it is set …
Discussion: Townhall and Political Wire
Associated Press:
The Latest: Dem: Trump sending wrong message on Kavanaugh  —  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh (all times local):  —  Democratic Sen. Patty Murray says President Donald Trump is sending the wrong message by diminishing the account …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
New York Times Hid Multiple Key Facts In Kavanaugh Yearbook Hit
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Avenatti: I wasn't scammed  —  Michael Avenatti on Tuesday lashed …
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Newsweek
valleynewslive.com:
Congressman Cramer on Kavanaugh and more
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
What Brett Kavanaugh should have said
Discussion: BuzzFeed News, Vox and FiveThirtyEight
Molly Roberts / Washington Post:
What happens at Georgetown Prep
Discussion: CNBC, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
BuzzFeed News:
Republicans Are Already Planning To Vote On Kavanaugh Next Week, Even Before The Hearing With His Accuser
Discussion: Townhall, CNN and Raw Story
Bloomberg:   Collins Says Kavanaugh Is Unlikely to Favor Overturning Roe
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Senate Republicans hire female sex-crimes prosecutor to grill Brett Kavanaugh and accuser …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Supreme Court Fight Goes Prime Time With Kavanaugh's Fox News Interview
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump says he has ‘no plans’ to meet with Iranian leader at the U.N.  —  NEW YORK — President Trump said Tuesday that he has “no plans” to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani while both leaders are attending the annual U.N. General Assembly this week.
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed  —  World leaders laughed Tuesday after President Donald Trump said in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly that his administration had accomplished more than any other in American history.
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
There's a baby at the U.N. General Assembly
Discussion: NPR, ABC News and Al Jazeera English
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Trump 'didn't expect' to get laughed at while speaking at the UN
Discussion: Axios
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
At the U.N., Trump finds the world literally laughing at him
Discussion: Roll Call
Hunter Walker / Yahoo:
Deputy press secretary Raj Shah plans to leave White House after Kavanaugh confirmation hearings  —  WASHINGTON — One of the White House's most visible staffers has his eye on the exit door.  Raj Shah, a deputy press secretary who has stepped behind the podium for numerous daily briefings …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Democrats have narrow lead in top Florida contests  —  In the Senate race, Bill Nelson gets support from 48 percent of likely voters, while Republican Rick Scott, the state's current governor, gets 45 percent.  —  Democrats are ahead in the competitive Senate and gubernatorial races in Florida …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
NBC News poll: It's neck-and-neck in the Arizona Senate race
Jfranzblau / OpenTheGovernment.org:
Newly released memo reveals secretary of homeland security signed off on family separation policy  —  Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen previously denied existence of policy  —  Open the Government and the Project On Government Oversight have obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act …
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Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed News:   The Secretary Of Homeland Security Said There Was “No Policy Of Separating Families.”  A Memo Proves There Was.
Chris Francescani / ABC News:
Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in state prison with no bail during appeals  —  Bill Cosby was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in state prison by a Pennsylvania judge who had designated the comedian a “sexually violent predator.”  —  Judge Steven O'Neill sentenced Cosby in a Norristown …
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Tight Race in CD07  —  Dem running strong against Tea Party incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Abigail Spanberger holds a narrow lead over incumbent Republican Dave Brat in the race for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.
Discussion: Bloomberg
Jessie Van Berkel / Star Tribune:
Star Tribune sues to unseal Ellison's divorce records  —  Ellison, Democratic candidate for attorney general accused by ex-girlfriend of abuse, was divorced in 2012.  —  TEXT SIZE  —  The Star Tribune has joined a legal effort to unseal the divorce records of U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the Democratic candidate for attorney general.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
Facebook Has Removed More Than A Dozen Big Conservative And Liberal Political Pages  —  Facebook has removed over a dozen American hyperpartisan liberal and conservative pages with more than 30 million combined fans after discovering they were administered by the same fake account …
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Louise Matsakis / Wired:
Twitter Releases New Policy on ‘Dehumanizing Speech’  —  Twitter on Tuesday announced a new policy addressing “dehumanizing speech,” which will take effect later this year, and for the first time the public will be able to formally provide the company with feedback on the proposed rule.
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Election security bill won't pass ahead of midterms, says key Republican  —  Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said Tuesday that a bipartisan election security bill won't be passed by Congress ahead of November's midterm elections.  —  Lankford told The Hill that the text of the bill …
 
 
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NSA engineer gets 5+ years for security breach
Chris Bragg / Albany Times Union:
Cuomo campaign admits outreach by Crystal Run
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Tom Steyer to Spend Millions Backing Andrew Gillum in Florida
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Senate GOP Effort to Rebuke Trump on Trade Has Died a Quiet Death
Discussion: Raw Story
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
U.S. Military Contractor In Afghanistan Fired For Wearing Neo-Nazi Flag
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
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Discussion: Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Trump keeps threatening to end foreign aid for disloyal countries. Here's why it hasn't happened.
Andrew Desiderio / The Daily Beast:
Rand Paul Wants to Scrap Some U.S. Sanctions on Russia
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Mic Fires Reporter After ‘Multiple, Disturbing Allegations’ of Misconduct
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Jezebel
MSNBC:
Goldstone: I thought only Don Jr. would read email
Alexis Levinson / BuzzFeed News:
A Colorado Republican Has Defied Political Gravity For Years. Trump Could Send Him Crashing Down.
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
There's a suburban tsunami driving 2018
Discussion: New York Times
Ben Steverman / BloombergQuint:
Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet
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