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9:50 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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New York Times:
Yale Classmate Accuses Kavanaugh of ‘Blatant Mischaracterization’ of His Drinking  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats reacted with anger on Sunday as it became clear that the White House and Senate Republicans had imposed a narrow scope on the new F.B.I. investigation into Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Brett Kavanaugh is “too big to fail”  —  For the White House, it's Brett Kavanaugh or bust.  They have no Plan B and there's not even discussion of one, according to five sources with direct knowledge of the sensitive internal White House talks.  —  What they're saying: “He's too big to fail now …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Raw Story
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Fight over Kavanaugh intensifies amid confusion over limits of FBI sexual assault investigation  —  The White House has not placed any limits on the FBI investigation into claims of sexual assault leveled against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh but is also opposed an open-ended …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A 4-4 court?  —  This scenario seemed unthinkable a month ago, but it's now being privately discussed by sources involved in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation: If Kavanaugh falls after the FBI investigation this week and Democrats flip the Senate in November, will Trump nominate …
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
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 …
Annie Karni / Politico:
‘This is march or die’: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard  —  Allies push for an aggressive offense even as some concede that confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uphill battle.  —  Judge Brett Kavanaugh is being advised by allies to mount an aggressive and proactive campaign to win …
Discussion: ABC News, Breitbart and Washington Post
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Sen. Chuck Grassley asks FBI to probe false allegation against Kavanaugh
Politico:
The fight over the scope of the Kavanaugh probe
Discussion: The Hill, ABC News and Townhall
Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
Devin Nunes's Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret  —  Rep. Devin Nunes is head of the House Intelligence Committee and one of President Trump's biggest defenders.  For years, he's spun himself as a straight talker whose no-BS values are rooted in his family's California dairy farm.
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: Kansas City Star and Townhall
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Washington Post:
The Trump administration is suing California to quash its new net neutrality law  —  The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States, setting …
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 …
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Matt Thompson / The Atlantic:
This Was Never About Finding Out the Truth
Discussion: Mother Jones
Alexander Panetta / Politico:
Major NAFTA deal close as Canada, U.S. negotiate final details  —  A public announcement of a new deal is expected soon.  —  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau worked the phones, officials gathered at his office and Canadian stakeholders were called to Ottawa as negotiators came within striking distance …
NBC News:
Predictions of a ‘Kavanaugh wave’ in November.  But for Democrats or GOP?  —  The dramatic daylong testimony focused attention on the troubles facing Trump's nominee and the possible political fallout.  —  WASHINGTON — The country is closely following the Brett Kavanaugh saga, but will it sway voters in November?
Discussion: IJR
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The White House press room is overwhelmingly white.  Does that matter?  —  The New York Times hired its seventh reporter to cover the White House last month, giving the newspaper one of the largest contingents of correspondents on the beat.  Aside from being top-flight journalists, the crew shares a common trait: All seven are white.
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
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Cristina Alesci / CNN:
US yogurt billionaire's solution to immigration: ‘Humanity first’
Discussion: Breitbart and ImmigrationProf Blog
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
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Associated Press:
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Taylor Utzig / WREX-TV:
Winnebago County GOP headquarters vandalized overnight
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Democrats find their answer to the Koch brothers
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Kavanaugh's hearings are a national disaster — and the worst is yet to come
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
An Age Divided by Sex
Discussion: Instapundit
Rick Montgomery / Stars & Stripes:
Judge's ruling may force Kansas Army officer's adopted Korean daughter to leave US
Discussion: RedState
 

 
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Financial Times:
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