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2:50 PM ET, September 26, 2018

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CNN:
Increasingly worried, Trump takes over Kavanaugh defense  —  Trump torches ‘lousy’ Democrats on Kavanaugh  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has grown increasingly dissatisfied with the way Brett Kavanaugh has defended himself in wake of sexual assault allegations that have threatened to derail …
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Steve Kiggins / USA Today:
Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford offers Senate four people who corroborate her assault claims  —  The attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford have sworn and signed declarations from four people who corroborate her claims of sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh's ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates  —  On Monday night, Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh said in a nationally televised interview that in his younger years, he was focused on sports, academics and “service projects.”
Paige Lavender / HuffPost:
Judicial Crisis Network On Kavanaugh Allegations: ‘We Have To Look Into This Further’  —  The group's chief counsel made the comments after a third woman accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual misconduct.  —  Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network …
Discussion: AOL and Refinery29
Elana Schor / Politico:
Merkley seeks injunction to stop Kavanaugh vote  —  Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Wednesday announced that he's seeking an injunction in federal court designed to stop a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh, asserting an obstruction of his constitutional duty to advise and consent on nominees.
New York Times:
Kavanaugh Is Accused by a Third Woman of Sexual Misconduct  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was accused Wednesday by another woman of having engaged in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s.  —  The allegation came from Julie Swetnick …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of ‘character assassination’ as third woman comes forward  —  Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh is scheduled to appear Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a high-stakes hearing.  The committee will hear from Christine Blasey Ford …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Avenatti Client Emerges With New Allegations Against Kavanaugh  —  In a Wednesday tweet, lawyer Michael Avenatti released emails with a lawyer for the Senate Judiciary Committee containing the name of a third woman detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Arizona Republic:
Maricopa County prosecutor tapped to lead hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, accuser  —  Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story had the incorrect last name of Rachel Mitchell.  —  Rachel Mitchell, a Maricopa County sex crimes prosecutor, will lead questioning …
Jia Tolentino / New Yorker:
Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, and the Things Men Do for Other Men  —  One of the most notable qualities of the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, leaked to the Washington Post a month before the 2016 Presidential election, was the bizarre, awkward, three-toddlers-in-a-trenchcoat artificiality …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Arizona prosecutor Rachel Mitchell is GOP choice to question Kavanaugh and accuser at hearing
Politico:
Full transcript: Brett Kavanaugh's opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Online NewsHour:   Majority of Americans oppose Kavanaugh nomination if Ford's allegation is true, poll says
CBS News:
Michael Avenatti says new Brett Kavanaugh accuser will come forward before Thursday
Discussion: Townhall and RedState
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Avenatti: New Kavanaugh accuser ‘100 percent’ prepared to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Against the ‘Choir Boy’ Straw Man
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
The Democrats' “Flight 93” Nomination
Discussion: Townhall
BostonGlobe.com:
Republicans are adopting Trump's tactics in Kavanaugh battle
Discussion: Washington Post
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
New Polls: Democrats in Decent Shape Across the Frost Belt  —  Democratic Senate incumbents with big leads in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; very close races in Indiana Senate and Ohio governor; Scott Walker behind in Wisconsin  —  A series of new Reuters/Ipsos/University …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Axios
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David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
With growing support from women, Democrats poised for major gains in midterm, new poll shows … Boosted by growing support among suburban women and widespread antipathy toward President Trump, Democrats approach the midterm election poised to make major gains nationwide, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll shows.
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Ohio gubernatorial race tied, Brown leads big in Senate race
Discussion: Reuters and NTK Network
The Daily Beast:
Revealed: What Erik Prince and Moscow's Money Man Discussed in That Infamous Seychelles Meeting  —  Mueller's team and Congressional investigators have looked into a meeting in the Seychelles between allies of Trump and Putin.  Now we have the Russian read-out of what was said.
Discussion: Shakesville and Raw Story
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Deliberate or Not, Trump's Speech Draws Laughter at the U.N.  —  UNITED NATIONS — They laughed.  —  Not even a minute into the speech.  They laughed.  —  On the planet's biggest stage, with more than 100 world leaders gathered with their ministers, ambassadors and dignitaries of every stripe …
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Haaretz:   Nikki Haley to Fox News: World Leaders Laughed at Trump Out of ‘Respect’
Farai Mutsaka / Associated Press:
Zimbabwe's leader says he offers Trump land for golf course  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's leader says he is willing to offer land to President Donald Trump to build a golf course in a national park teeming with wildlife.  —  President Emmerson Mnangagwa was speaking …
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Ramsen Shamon / Politico:
Trump at UN accuses China of meddling in US elections
Discussion: One America News Network and Axios
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Trump says China has been “attempting” to influence midterms
bellingcat:
Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatoliy Chepiga  —  Bellingcat and its investigative partner The Insider - Russia have established conclusively the identity of one of the suspects in the poisoning of Sergey and Yulia Skripal, and in the homicide of British citizen Dawn Sturgess.
Discussion: The Guardian
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Hayley Dixon / Telegraph:
Skripal ‘hitman’ unmasked as GRU colonel awarded Russia's highest military honour by Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Politico
Matt Dixon / Politico:
Former GOP rainmaker gives $200K to Gillum  —  TALLAHASSEE — Mike Fernandez, a longtime Republican megadonor who has left the party, gave $200,000 to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum last week.  —  The health care billionaire has long been one of Florida Republicans' biggest rainmakers …
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Adam Smith / Tampa Bay Times:   Ron DeSantis' wobbly campaign is running out of time to show he's ready for big leagues
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
H.R. McMaster: ‘Wholly appropriate’ for Gary Cohn to remove letter from Trump's desk  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday defended his ex-White House colleague Gary Cohn for removing a trade-related document from President's Trump.  —  “I know about that incident …
Jaclyn Peiser / New York Times:
Website Revs Up, With New York Magazine's Help, to Cover More Local News  —  With the once robust metropolitan news coverage in New York dwindling, a new nonprofit website called The City is teaming up with New York magazine in hopes of replacing some of that lost local accountability and investigative journalism.
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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Man suspected of killing California homeless men with a baseball bat was deported six times, police say
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
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