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'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
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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CNN:
FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser
FBI spoke with Deborah Ramirez, second Kavanaugh accuser
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Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway: 'I'm a victim of sexual assault'
Kellyanne Conway: 'I'm a victim of sexual assault'
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Washington Post:
Amy Klobuchar's big Brett Kavanaugh moment earned rave reviews. But is it what Democrats demand for 2020?
Amy Klobuchar's big Brett Kavanaugh moment earned rave reviews. But is it what Democrats demand for 2020?
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ABC News:
Graham suggests no need for FBI to talk to Kavanaugh classmates on drinking: He's not a ‘stumbling, bumbling drunk’
Graham suggests no need for FBI to talk to Kavanaugh classmates on drinking: He's not a ‘stumbling, bumbling drunk’
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Wall Street Journal:
White House Questioned on Its Role in Kavanaugh FBI Probe
White House Questioned on Its Role in Kavanaugh FBI Probe
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Taylor Utzig / WREX-TV:
Winnebago County GOP headquarters vandalized overnight
Winnebago County GOP headquarters vandalized overnight
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI to probe false allegation against Kavanaugh
Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI to probe false allegation against Kavanaugh
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Kavanaugh Confirmation: Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Says We're Seeing The 'Death …
Kavanaugh Confirmation: Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Says We're Seeing The 'Death …
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
Lindsey Graham promises ‘full scale’ probe into Democrats' handling of Ford-Kavanaugh allegation
Lindsey Graham promises ‘full scale’ probe into Democrats' handling of Ford-Kavanaugh allegation
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Warren Says She Will Take ‘A Hard Look’ at Running for President in 2020
Warren Says She Will Take ‘A Hard Look’ at Running for President in 2020
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Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
White House not ‘micromanaging’ FBI, Sarah Sanders says
White House not ‘micromanaging’ FBI, Sarah Sanders says
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
Associated Press:
California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, according to a law signed Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown.
NBC News:
Limits to FBI's Kavanaugh investigation have not changed, despite Trump's comments — Trump's Saturday night tweet has not changed the limits imposed by the White House counsel's office on the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation, sources say. — FBI begins new Brett Kavanaugh background investigation
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
An Age Divided by Sex — The Kavanaugh nightmare shows how the competing moralisms of conservatism and feminism are tearing us apart. — The Year of Our Lord 1982, upon whose disputed summertime events a Supreme Court nomination now hinges, was part of the Reagan era but not a particularly conservative year.
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