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Chad Ludington's Statement on Kavanaugh's Drinking and Senate Testimony — Chad Ludington, a Yale classmate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's who said he often drank with him, issued a statement on Sunday saying the Supreme Court nominee was not truthful about his drinking in his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
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Townhall, Axios, Mediaite, New York Post and The Daily Caller
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The Confusion Surrounding the F.B.I.'s Renewed Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh — As the F.B.I. began its investigation this weekend into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, several people who hope to contribute information …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Another Trump coverup? Former FBI agents question limits on probe of Kavanaugh. — The White House appears to be playing all kinds of crafty rhetorical games to obscure the answer to a simple question: Has it deliberately placed limits on the scope of the FBI's renewed background check …
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NBC News, New York Times, Raw Story, Shakesville, CNN, Popular Information and Political Wire
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Kavanaugh Said He Had ‘No Connections’ to Yale. He Was, in Fact, a Legacy Student — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said underoath that he had “no connections” to Yale prior to attending, arguing that hard work and ambition were the sole factors leading him to study at the prestigious institution of higher education.
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The American Conservative and The Intercept
New York Times:
Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.'s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’ — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. moved on Sunday to quickly complete an abbreviated investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, even as Democrats demanded more information about the inquiry's scope …
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CNN, National Review, Hit & Run, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Gateway Pundit, BuzzFeed News, HuffPost, Washington Monthly, Splinter, CBS Denver, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
In memo, outside prosecutor argues why she would not bring criminal charges against Kavanaugh — The outside prosecutor Senate Republicans hired to lead the questioning in last week's hearing about the sexual assault allegations against Brett M. Kavanaugh is arguing in a new memo …
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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Politico, The Week, The Resurgent, The Daily Caller, HuffPost, RedState, CNN, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Talking Points Memo and Mother Jones
CBS News:
Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford hearing spurs more division - CBS News Poll
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Bloomberg and Political Wire
Megan Kellr / The Hill:
Flake: If I were running for reelection ‘not a chance’ I'd call for Kavanaugh investigation
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twitchy.com, Washington Post, The Federalist, The Week, Above the Law and Fox News
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Four in 10 believe allegations against Kavanaugh, three in 10 do not: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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Daily Wire
Annie Karni / Politico:
‘This is march or die’: Kavanaugh urged to hit back hard
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, The Week, Breitbart and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Brett Kavanaugh is “too big to fail”
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Politico, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly, The Week, twitchy.com and Raw Story
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons explain why they decided to delay Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation
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Townhall, Political Wire and The Week
NBC News:
Kavanaugh classmate to tell FBI of nominee's ‘violent drunken’ behavior in college
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RedState, The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo and Joe.My.God.
Nicole Gaudiano / delawareonline:
Sens. Coons and Flake discuss drama that led to call for FBI probe: ‘It was quite a moment’
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A 4-4 court? — This scenario seemed unthinkable a month ago …
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The Daily Caller, Conservative News Today, The Hill, Breitbart, Townhall and Political Wire
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.
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Raw Story
Washington Times:
Retraction: Aaron Rich and the murder of Seth Rich — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — The Washington Times published an op-ed column titled, “More cover-up questions: The curious murder of Seth Rich poses questions that just won't stay under the official rug,” by Adm. James Lyons (Ret.) (the “Column” …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
The Washington Times settles lawsuit with Seth Rich's brother, issues retraction and apology for its coverage — The Washington Times on Monday issued a lengthy retraction and apology for an editorial it published in March about Aaron Rich, the brother of the slain Democratic National Committee …
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Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Kavanaugh's recusal problem — DRIVING THE DAY — THOUGHT BUBBLE ... IF BRETT KAVANAUGH is confirmed to the Supreme Court, won't he have to recuse himself from a whole broad swath of cases, based on what he said at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing?
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Associated Press, Los Angeles Times and The Week
Doug Palmer / Politico:
U.S. reaches trade deal with Canada and Mexico, providing Trump a crucial win — Trade ministers from the U.S., Mexico and Canada have reached a deal to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Trump administration announced late Sunday night. — The new pact, which is being called …
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Townhall, Globe and Mail, TheBlaze, One America News Network, Scared Monkeys, Washington Post, Breitbart, Axios and Political Wire
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David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
Canada agrees to join trade accord with U.S. and Mexico, sending new NAFTA deal to Congress
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Vox, Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Althouse and twitchy.com
Associated Press:
Canada-US reach free trade deal with Mexico
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Breitbart, Chicks On The Right and Axios
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
U.S. and Canada Reach Trade Deal to Salvage Nafta
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CNN, Toronto Star, Outside the Beltway, CBC News, The Week, Joe.My.God., Bloomberg, New Republic and The Right Scoop
New York Times:
Biden Is Preparing for 2020. Can He Overcome the Hill-Thomas Hearings? — PROVIDENCE, R.I. — At a Democratic rally in a downtown ballroom Sunday evening, Gov. Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island spoke vividly about the Senate hearings on the sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh …
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Daily Mail:
Donald Trump Jr. on DailyMailTV: He-said she-said cases harm boys too — Donald Trump Jr. says he-said, she-said sexual assault claims make him fear more for his sons than his daughters. Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle gave DailyMailTV their first joint broadcast interview.
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Axios, Washington Times, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, No More Mister Nice Blog and Splinter
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Texas governor calls Beto O'Rourke ‘cult-like’ figure — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Monday described Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) as “cult-like” in the way that he's garnered attention in his bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). — “He's been a cult-like, very popular figure …
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The Week, Political Wire, Austin American-Statesman, The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Sarahm / Popula:
The Movie Assassin — The Movie Girl — In October 1996, I was 27, a freelance film reviewer at Philadelphia's second best (of two) alt-weeklies and excited to see and review Anthony Minghella's The English Patient. My excitement was not about the movie itself, which I was pretty sure would be mediocre …
Lee Smith / RealClearInvestigations:
Sparing Rod: Unpacking the Trump-Rosenstein Relationship — After a postponement last week, it is not clear whether President Trump and Rod Rosenstein will meet anytime soon to come to grips with allegations that the deputy attorney general had considered wearing a wire to record Trump …
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James Oliphant / Reuters:
Democrats would view Rosenstein ouster as an election ‘gift’
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Political Wire
Politico:
Trump administration sues California over net neutrality law — The decision sets up a high stakes legal bout between the Justice Department and the nation's most populous state. — The Justice Department is suing California to block a recently signed law restoring net neutrality rules …
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Talking Points Memo and The Verge
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