Grassley Says Workload Discourages Women Senators From Joining Judiciary Panel, Then Walks Back Remark  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) predicted that there would be more Republican women on his panel next year, after suggesting that the panel's workload was a deterrent.

F.B.I. Review of Kavanaugh Was Limited From the Start  —  President Trump, reacting to critics, said the F.B.I. should have a free hand to investigate.  But the White House counsel told him that would be potentially disastrous. … POLICE SHOOTING  —  White Officer Convicted of Murder in the Death of Black Teenager in Chicago

Backfire.  —  At 12:30 in the afternoon on September 27, I don't think there were many serious political thinkers or activists on the Right who thought Brett Kavanaugh would survive that morning's testimony by his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.  —  Eight days later—today—Kavanaugh all but secured his appointment.

The battle over accusations goes on as Kavanaugh nomination advances  —  Kavanaugh classmates ignored by the FBI speak out, reveal new text message.  —  WASHINGTON — As Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, closed out his executive summary of allegations of sexual misconduct …

Top Dem Super PAC Backs Away From Phil Bredesen for Backing Kavanaugh  —  One of the top Democratic aligned super PACs says it will no longer consider helping Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's Senate race after Bredesen announced his support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Investigation at Yale Law School  —  An inquiry into the actions of a prominent professor reveals why it's so hard to report inappropriate behavior at the top law school in the country.  —  One afternoon late in her first year at Yale Law School, Linda sat down to create a contemporaneous record …

Melania Trump's latest white hat evokes colonialist comparison  —  (CNN)When first lady Melania Trump first stepped out in front of the press Friday in Nairobi, Kenya, she was wearing an outfit suitable for the setting.  She was at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, ready to pet …

My statement on winning the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize  —  This morning the Nobel Committee informed me that I was selected as a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.  I am incredibly honored and humbled by their support and I share this award with Yazidis, Iraqis, Kurds …

Lawsuits point to large trove of unreleased Kavanaugh White House documents  —  New details have emerged about potentially thousands of Brett Kavanaugh's White House emails and other records related to the Senate hacking scandal from early in the George W. Bush administration …

'I'm Doing My Workout,' Mayor Tells Homeless Woman Seeking Help  —  Video shows Mayor Bill de Blasio told 72-year-old Nathylin Flowers Adesegun, “I can't do this now.”

‘Willing to go to the mat’: How Trump and Republicans carried Kavanaugh to the cusp of confirmation  —  Again and again, President Trump was instructed not to do it.  A cadre of advisers, confidants and lawmakers all urged him — implored him, really — not to personally attack the women …

Apple Insiders Say Nobody Internally Knows What's Going On With Bloomberg's China Hack Story  —  Multiple senior Apple executives, speaking with BuzzFeed News on the condition of anonymity so that they could speak freely all denied and expressed confusion with a report earlier this week …

LaCroix ingredients: Lawsuit alleges “all natural” claim is false  —  LaCroix sparkling water is facing a lawsuit alleging its claims of “all natural” and “100 percent natural” are misleading because of artificial ingredients.  —  “Testing reveals that LaCroix contains a number of artificial ingredients …

Nunes buried evidence on Russian meddling to protect Trump.  I know because I'm on the committee  —  No one really expected President Donald Trump, who benefited from Russia's 2016 election interference, to counter that hostile regime's active measures: Russia wanted him to win, and when they hacked, he invited them to hack more.

Saudi Crown Prince Discusses Trump, Aramco, Arrests: Transcript  —  Stephanie Flanders, Vivian Nereim, Donna Abu-Nasr, Nayla Razzouk, Alaa Shahine and Riad Hamade  — Mohammed bin Salman spoke to Bloomberg reporters in Riyadh  — Interview took place Wednesday night at royal palace