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5:25 PM ET, September 30, 2018

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James Comey / New York Times:
The F.B.I. Can Do This  —  Despite limitations and partisan attacks, the bureau can find out a lot about the Kavanaugh accusations in a week.  —  Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director.  —  The F.B.I. is back in the middle of it.  When we were handed the Hillary Clinton email investigation in 2015 …
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Daily Mail:
'I'm a victim of sexual assault': Kellyanne Conway chokes up as she makes shocking revelation on CNN while defending SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh  — White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway made the revelation during an interview with CNN on Sunday morning
Associated Press:
3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has an extensive history of involvement in legal disputes, including a lawsuit in which an ex-employer accused …
Politico:
The fight over the scope of the Kavanaugh probe  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST LOOK ... TRUMP'S WEEK ... Monday: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP will have lunch with VP MIKE PENCE and present the Medal of Honor.  The president will travel to Johnson City, Tennessee, where he'll hold a roundtable with supporters and then a political rally.
NBC News:
Trump: No limits on FBI's investigation into allegations against Brett Kavanaugh  —  The FBI has not been permitted to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick, a White House official confirmed to NBC News.  —  FBI begins new Brett Kavanaugh background investigation
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Cotton: Feinstein to be investigated over leaked letter from Ford  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office will be investigated to determine if it leaked a confidential letter from one of Brett Kavanaugh's accusers, Sen. Tom Cotton said Sunday.  —  Cotton, an Arkansas Republican …
Discussion: Breitbart, TheBlaze and Political Wire
Kris Schneider / ABC News:
If Kavanaugh confirmed, ‘House will have to’ investigate if Senate doesn't: Democratic rep  —  The leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee said that if Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice, “the House will have to investigate” allegations of sexual assault and perjury if the Senate doesn't “properly” do so.
CNN:
FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser  —  (CNN)The FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez on Sunday in its investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a source familiar with the matter has told CNN.  —  Ramirez accused Kavanaugh of exposing himself to her at a party …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI to probe false allegation against Kavanaugh
Taylor Utzig / WREX-TV:
Winnebago County GOP headquarters vandalized overnight
Discussion: Breitbart, Townhall and John Cabello
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Kavanaugh Confirmation: Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Says We're Seeing The 'Death …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh Loves His Beer
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Says 2020 Presidential Run Is On the Table
New York Times:
Kavanaugh Borrows From Trump's Playbook on White Male Anger
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
House GOP cancels Yoder ad buys  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has canceled more than $1 million in planned advertising aimed at helping Rep. Kevin Yoder (R-Kan.) in the coming weeks.  —  The decision to cut advertising, described to The Hill by a source familiar …
Discussion: Townhall
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Migrant Children Moved Under Cover of Darkness to a Texas Tent City  —  In shelters from Kansas to New York, hundreds of migrant children have been roused in the middle of the night in recent weeks and loaded onto buses with backpacks and snacks for a cross-country journey to their new home …
Nathan J. Robinson / Current Affairs:
How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying  —  This man should not serve another day as any kind of judge...  On Thursday morning, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Christine Blasey Ford detailed under oath her claim that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh attacked her and sexually violated her when he was 17.
El Paso Times:
Last Slide  —  AUSTIN — Roughly 55,000 people stood crammed together at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Saturday for the Turn Out For Texas rally, watching as U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke sang “On the Road Again” with country music legend Willie Nelson.  —  Attendees at the free concert …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
The Republican Party Abandons Conservatism  —  Ignoring the dictum that if one is not of the left as a young person one has no heart, and not of the right in middle age one has no head, I have always been a conservative.  I voted Republican most of the time, affiliated with the GOP …
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Kanye West Delivers Pro-Trump Rant on ‘SNL,’ Gets Booed By Audience  —  The rapper/entrepreneur delivered a pro-Trump speech in a red MAGA hat after his final performance—one that didn't make it to air.  —  Following his performance of “Ghost Town” during the 44th season premiere of Saturday Night Live …
Rick Montgomery / Stars & Stripes:
Judge's ruling may force Kansas Army officer's adopted Korean daughter to leave US  —  A retired Kansas Army officer has lost his fight in federal court over his adopted daughter's citizenship status, meaning she may have to return to her native South Korea.
Discussion: RedState
Matt Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Was Never About Finding Out the Truth  —  Let us fully dispense with the polite fiction that last week's Senate hearings on the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh were intended to bring us closer to a common understanding of the truth.  This entire affair is not about truth, but power—who will wield it, and at whose expense.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules  —  The Trump administration has completed a detailed legal proposal to dramatically weaken a major environmental regulation covering mercury, a toxic chemical emitted from coal-burning power plants …
 
 
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
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Priscilla DeGregory / Fox News:
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
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Saim Saeed / Politico:
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
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Financial Times:
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