“None of This Was Fair”: the Kavanaugh Nomination Marks the Triumph of Trumpism on Capitol Hill  —  For the President, the whole fight has been the kind of win he loves: divisive and loud, with enraged liberals sputtering and his political base riled up.  —  By the time Senator Susan Collins …

Merrick Garland Has Recused Himself From The Ethics Complaints Against Brett Kavanaugh  —  Chief Judge Merrick Garland disqualified himself from handling ethics complaints against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit announced Saturday morning.

McConnell calls opposition to Kavanaugh a ‘great political gift’ to Republicans  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he never considered urging the White House to withdraw Brett M. Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court and called opposition to the judge a “great political gift” …

Confirming Kavanaugh: A Triumph for Conservatives, but a Blow to the Court's Image  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump and for Senate Republicans, confirming Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court justice will be a hard-won political victory.  But for the conservative legal movement …

$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction  —  A Banksy artwork “self-destructed” at a Friday night Sotheby's auction in London.  —  “Girl with a Balloon” (2006) was the final lot of the evening sale at Sotheby's and ended things off with an impressive final price of £953,829 …

Trump's Remarkable Week  —  Column: It doesn't get much better than this.  —  Can we pause for a moment to consider what has transpired in the last seven days?  —  TRADE: Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced it had reached an agreement with both Mexico and Canada to revise …

U.S. General Considered Nuclear Response in Vietnam War, Cables Show  —  WASHINGTON — In one of the darkest moments of the Vietnam War, the top American military commander in Saigon activated a plan in 1968 to move nuclear weapons to South Vietnam until he was overruled by President Lyndon B. Johnson …

A Reporter Who Wore A MAGA Hat While Covering A Trump Rally Has Been Fired  —  A reporter for an NBC affiliate in Minnesota was fired Friday, one day after he was spotted wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat while covering a Trump rally for the local TV station.

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

Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph John Pycior Jr.  —  The weekend before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, my entire family went to Baltimore to tour a railroad museum.  While in Baltimore, we trekked to Inner Harbor and went to a beautiful bookstore housed in an old industrial building.