Kavanaugh
- Science Says Toxic Masculinity — More Than Alcohol — Leads To Sexual Assault by Maggie Koerth-Baker (FiveThirtyEight)
- Poll: Nearly 6 In 10 To Closely Watch Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing; Many Undecided On Truth by Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Accuser of Trump’s court pick offers statements to back accusation by Susan Heavey (Reuters)
- Christine Blasey Ford Releases Four Sworn Affidavits Backing Her Allegations by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Christine Blasey Ford’s Lawyers Submit 4 Statements Corroborating Her Assault Accusation by Alan Fram, Lisa Mascaro, Laurie Kellman (TIME)
- Kavanaugh accuser sends Senate sworn statements from four people corroborating her claims by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Feinstein accuses Kavanaugh of misleading Senate by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Kavanaugh provides personal calendar from 1982 to Senate panel by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Avenatti Reveals Mystery Client — A Witness and Victim to Alleged Gang Rape Involving Kavanaugh by Brad Reed (AlterNet)
- Republican women in the Senate show a willingness to stop Brett Kavanaugh by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Seth Meyers Rips Brett Kavanaugh’s “Virgin” Defense to Shreds by Laura Bradley (Vanity Fair)
- 1,600 men voice support for Christine Blasey Ford in New York Times ad by Joanna Walters (The Guardian)
- 1,600 Men Sign Full-Page NYT Ad In Support Of Christine Blasey Ford by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s slippery answers about high school partying matter by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- The 7 Senators Who Will Decide Kavanaugh’s Fate by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
- Judiciary Committee Reviews New Sexual Misconduct Allegations Against Kavanaugh by Ryan Lucas (NPR)
- Brett Kavanaugh’s Third Accuser Claims He Drugged Women at Parties by Jay Willis (GQ)
- Julie Swetnick accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct (Al Jazeera)
- Third Kavanaugh accuser steps forward by Natasha Korecki, Marianne Levine (Politico)
- Merkley seeks injunction to stop Kavanaugh vote by Elana Schor (Politico)
- Full transcript: Brett Kavanaugh’s opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee (Politico)
- New accuser: Client of Michael Avenatti alleges that Brett Kavanaugh gang-raped girls in high school by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- New Accuser Says Kavanaugh Targeted Women for Sexual Assault, Was Present When She Was Raped by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Trump court nominee Kavanaugh denies accusation by third woman by Lawrence Hurley, Susan Heavey (Reuters)
- Kavanaugh Says the Claims Against Him Are “Uncorroborated.” Legally Speaking, That’s Not True. by Pema Levy (Mother Jones)
- The Controversy Over Kavanaugh Won’t End With a Vote by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- There’s No Precedent for What’s Going on With Brett Kavanaugh by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Here’s What Brett Kavanaugh Plans to Say in His Defense on Thursday by Gina Martinez (TIME)
- Christine Blasey Ford’s Polygraph Results Released by Brian Krassenstein (HillReporter)
- Sex crimes prosecutor to question Kavanaugh and Ford by Debra Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
- Analysis: ‘Seared into my memory’: Christine Blasey Ford’s opening statement to the Senate, annotated by Natalie Jennings and Reis Thebault (Washington Post)
- Read Kavanaugh’s interview with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 25 (Washington Post)
- Kavanaugh nomination: Judge says he is victim of “character assassination” as third woman comes forward by Amy Gardner and John Wagner (The Washington Post)
- ‘Seared into my memory’: Christine Blasey Ford’s opening statement to the Senate, annotated by Natalie Jennings and Reis Thebault (The Washington Post)
- Career prosecutor brings wild-card element to Kavanaugh hearing by Rosalind S. Helderman, Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey, and Antonia Noori-Farzan (The Washington Post)
- Who is Julie Swetnick, the third Kavanaugh accuser? by Michael E. Miller, Steve Hendrix, Jessica Contrera, and Ian Shapira (The Washington Post)
- Mark Judge’s former girlfriend is ready to talk to FBI and judiciary committee, her lawyer says by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post)
- When the news itself is a form of trauma by Julia Jacobs (The NY Times)
- New, Anonymous Letter Accuses Kavanaugh of Physically Assaulting Woman After Night of Drinking by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
- Trump Says He Sympathizes With Kavanaugh Because “I’ve Had Many False Charges Made Against Me” by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
- Eight Trump Accusers Come Out In Support Of Kavanaugh’s Accusers by Emma Gray (Huffington Post)
- Men Are Defending Brett Kavanaugh Because They’re Afraid by Eve Peyser (VICE)
- Ex-boyfriend filed restraining order against third Kavanaugh accuser by Marc Caputo, Natasha Korecki (Politico)
- Full transcript: Christine Blasey Ford’s opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee (Politico)
- READ: Christine Blasey Ford’s Opening Statement For Senate Hearing (NPR)
- READ: Brett Kavanaugh’s Opening Statement For Senate Hearing (NPR)
- GOP will still confirm Brett Kavanaugh — because of allegations, not in spite of them by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
- Mitch McConnell Calls Experienced Lawyer Hired To Question Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford A ‘Female Assistant’ by James Kosur (HillReporter)
- Brett Kavanaugh and America’s ‘Himpathy’ Reckoning by Kate Manne (NY Times)
Press Conference
- Donald Trump Gave a Rambling, Marathon Press Conference. It Was Not Good. by Edwin Rios (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump’s Mind-Boggling Marathon Press Conference by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- The 10 Most Astonishing Moments in Trump’s Press Conference by Madeleine Carlisle, Olivia Paschal (The Atlantic)
- Read: Trump’s bizarre, rambling solo press conference on Kavanaugh, Rosenstein, and more by Jennifer Williams, Alexia Underwood (Vox)
Trump at UN
- UN Security Council – LIVE: Trump accuses China of meddling in 2018 midterm elections as he chairs meeting with world leaders for first time by Mythili Sampathkumar (Independent)
- Trump launches fresh attack on Germany but praises increasingly authoritarian Poland by Chris Baynes (Independent)
- Wednesday US briefing: Trump urges UN to reject globalism by Tim Walker (The Guardian)
- Trump accuses China of meddling in 2018 midterm elections in UN security council speech (Independent)
- ‘They Don’t Want Me to Win.’ President Trump Accuses China of Meddling in 2018 Elections in U.N. Security Council Speech by Ryan Teague Beckwith (TIME)
- Trump gets foreign policy lashing at U.N. meeting by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Trump Disses Trudeau on the World Stage by Sigal Samuel (Atlantic)
- Domestic Battles Overtake Trump’s Third Day With Foreign Leaders by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Trump on U.N. speech: “They were laughing with me” by David Nakamura (The Washington Post)
Iran
- Iran says Trump should stop interfering in Middle East if he wants cheap oil (Reuters)
- Top US official John Bolton to Iran: ‘There will be hell to pay’ (Al Jazeera)
- Opinion: Trump is risking more than a war of words with Iran by Simon Tisdall (The Guardian)
- President Trump’s Efforts to Isolate Iran at the U.N. Backfired by W.J. Hennigan (TIME)
Mueller Investigation / Rosenstein
- What a Trump Ally and a Russian Investor Reportedly Discussed at a Secretive Meeting Under Investigation by Mueller by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
- Rod Rosenstein: Why could he be fired and what would it mean for Trump-Russia investigation? by Chris Riotta (Independent)
- President Trump Now Says He Would Prefer to Keep Rod Rosenstein at DOJ by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
- Ahead of what was to be a fateful meeting, Trump says he would prefer to keep Rosenstein by Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Josh Dawsey (The Washington Post)
Other News
- Democrats have leads in Rust Belt states that Trump won: Reuters poll by Chris Kahn (Reuters)
- There’s Supposed to Be a Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Public Servants. So Far, It’s Rejected Almost Every Applicant. by Jordan Weissmann (Slate)
- Trump’s trade wars threaten to disrupt Fed outlook for economy by Victoria Guida (Politico)
- Palestinians challenge Trump on two-state solution support (Al Jazeera)
- ICE Is Giving More Local Cops the Powers of Immigration Agents. It’s Been a Disaster. by Madison Pauly (Mother Jones)
- Trump metals tariffs will cost Ford $1 billion in profits, CEO says by Nick Carey, David Shepardson (Reuters)
- Trump Accuses China of Trying to Hurt Him By Interfering in 2018 Election by Brian Krassenstein (HillReporter)
- Trump anti-discrimination official once called most hate-crimes hoaxes by Robert O’Harrow Jr, Shawn Boburg, and Renae Merle (The Washington Post)
- Trump administration probes complaint that Yale discriminates against Asian-Americans by Benjamin Wermund (Politico)
- Trump Says He Will Sign New Spending Bill Despite Lack Of Wall Money by S.V. Date (Huffington Post)
Analysis
- A Supreme Court Case Could Liberate Trump to Pardon His Associates by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
- The 10 Most Astonishing Moments in Trump’s Press Conference by Madeline Carlisle and Olivia Paschal (Atlantic)
- How the Koch brothers built the most powerful rightwing group you’ve never heard of by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Caroline Tervo, Theda Skocpol (Guardian)
Opinion
- Trump’s America: Reckless, Alone and Ridiculed by Susan E. Rice (NY Times)