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New York Times:
How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations — WASHINGTON — The renewed F.B.I. background check of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh over allegations of sexual assault will be relatively limited, relying on voluntary interviews and document production.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Bitter Nominee, Questions of Neutrality, and a Damaged Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — In the first round of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings early this month, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh kept his cool under hostile questioning, stressed his independence, and exhibited the calm judicial demeanor …
Ellie Hall / BuzzFeed News:
Trump Calls Christine Blasey Ford “Credible” And Says He's Not Sure Kavanaugh's Nomination Will “Continue Onward” — President Donald Trump on Friday called Christine Blasey Ford's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee “compelling” and “credible,” adding that he was not sure …
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Melissa Healy / Los Angeles Times:
Here's what experts who study sexual violence say about the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford's testimony — What Christine Blasey Ford remembers best about that night 30-plus years ago is the laughter. — It came, she said, from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge …
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Media Matters for America and New York Times
New York Times:
'I Don't Think People in the U.S. Know How Closely We're Watching This' — International readers tell us how the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee affected their perceptions of the United States.
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New York Times:
A Tumultuous 24 Hours: How Jeff Flake Delayed a Vote on Kavanaugh — WASHINGTON — Surrounded by his colleagues in a cramped corridor behind the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Jeff Flake was in agony, getting pounded on all sides. — He had already released a statement that he would vote …
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Del Quentin Wilber / Los Angeles Times:
Former FBI agents say there are clues to follow from dramatic Kavanaugh hearing … Former FBI officials expressed confidence Friday that agents could quickly interview key witnesses and track down potential leads into Christine Blasey Ford's allegations that Supreme Court nominee Brett …
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Politico
CNBC:
Kavanaugh friend Mark Judge: ‘I will cooperate’ with FBI probe of sex assault claims — A lawyer for Mark Judge, the high school buddy of embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, told CNBC that Judge “will answer any and all questions posed to him” by the FBI about serious sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh.
New York Times:
At Times, Kavanaugh's Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point — On Thursday, the adolescent jottings of Brett M. Kavanaugh in his high school yearbook were being scrutinized under the searing lights of a Supreme Court confirmation hearing, where he sat accused of committing a drunken sexual assault when he was 17.
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Politico:
Scenes from Jeff Flake's Supreme Court rebellion — The Arizona Republican's head-snapping moves Friday left Washington in shock and Brett Kavanaugh in renewed jeopardy. — Four senators undecided on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination gathered Thursday night for a quiet chat with earth-shaking consequences.
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Was I the only one who shuddered at Brett Kavanaugh's belligerent comments about beer? — Can we talk about beer for a sec? — Specifically, Brett Kavanaugh's professed affection for it? — Like a lot of people who have lived with or been friends with people who love beer a little too much …
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Alvin Chang / Vox:
Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart — There was a striking difference in style — and substance. — There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault, Christine Blasey Ford.
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Raw Story, The Atlantic, Political Wire, NBC News, New Republic and National Review
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
The train will continue, and you will be crushed — “I was ... wondering whether I would just be jumping in front of a train that was headed to where it was headed anyway, and that I would just be personally annihilated.” — I am so tired. — The train is very, very urgent.
HuffPost:
Mark Judge Went To His Lawyer's Office Right When Senate Was Voting On Brett Kavanaugh
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Los Angeles Times:
Flake and Murkowski join Democrats in calling for FBI inquiry of sex assault allegations against Kavanaugh
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David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Here's Exactly What Happened As Jeff Flake Chose To Delay The Kavanaugh Vote
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The Guardian, Power Line and Townhall
Marina Pitofsky / USA Today:
‘Your life and family are not ruined’: Parkland father slams Kavanaugh
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IJR, ThinkProgress and FOX40
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Everyone Lost at the Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings
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Althouse and The American Conservative
United States Senator Jeff Flake:
Flake Statement on SCOTUS Nomination
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Vox, Daily Wire, Bustle, Q13 FOX News, The Daily Signal, fox13now.com, RedState, KTVQ-TV, CNN, KTLA, Scared Monkeys and republicanleader.senate.gov
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Lawyer for Kavanaugh accuser: FBI probe should not have ‘artificial’ limits
Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Senate GOP agrees to one-week delay on Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation to allow for FBI probe
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Washington Post, Vox, CNN, Joe.My.God., Sputnik International, Althouse, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Wire, LifeZette and Scared Monkeys
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Confirmation of Trumpism
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Avenatti wants “full” FBI Kavanaugh probe to be 2020 litmus test
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Ford welcomes reopening of FBI investigation into Kavanaugh, attorney says
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Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Trump orders FBI investigation of Kavanaugh, as McConnell says nomination is ‘moving’ forward
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Townhall, Bustle, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys, fox13now.com and HuffPost
New Yorker:
E-mails Show That Republican Senate Staff Stymied a Kavanaugh Accuser's Effort to Give Testimony
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.
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NPR, Booman Tribune, Washington Monthly, Observer, The Root and AOL
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
‘Conservatism’ seems to have lost all meaning
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Raw Story
Ramsen Shamon / Politico:
Graham on Kavanaugh confirmation snag: ‘Somebody has got to explain this to Trump’
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Breitbart and Daily Wire
We Are UltraViolet:
Senator Jeff Flake Potentially Pressing Charges Against Sexual Assault Survivors & UltraViolet Members Who Confronted Him Earlier Today — WASHINGTON — An organizer for a leading national women's group, UltraViolet, was told by the U.S. Capitol Police that Senator Jeff Flake (AZ) …
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Guy Rosen / Facebook:
Security Update — On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 25, our engineering team discovered a security issue affecting almost 50 million accounts. We're taking this incredibly seriously and wanted to let everyone know what's happened and the immediate action we've taken to protect people's security.
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New York Times:
Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50 Million Users
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Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Facebook says nearly 50m users compromised in huge security breach
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Breitbart
Jonathan O'Connell / Washington Post:
Congressional Democrats' lawsuit alleging Trump's private business is violating the Constitution can proceed, federal judge rules — A federal judge on Friday gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit filed by 200 congressional Democrats against President Trump alleging he has violated the Constitution …
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Patricia Mazzei / New York Times:
Text Messages to Jewish Voters Inflame Tense Florida Governor's Race — MIAMI — Text messages portraying the campaign of Florida's Democratic candidate for governor as anti-Semitic buzzed into the cellphones of some Jewish voters on Thursday night, escalating political attacks in a closely watched race that has already been ugly.
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Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Pompeo accuses Iran of firing at U.S. embassy in Iraq — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the closure of a diplomatic mission in Iraq, following rocket launches that he blamed on Iran. — “I have advised the Government of Iran that the United States will hold Iran directly responsible …
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