September 2018

Kavanaugh Confirmation

• Matt Damon Is A Sniffing, Shouting Brett Kavanaugh On ‘SNL’ Season Premiere by James Doubek (NPR)
• Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight Reminds Us That Accused Sexual Harassers Get Promoted Anyway by The Conversation (AlterNet)
• Jeff Flake: I’ll Back Kavanaugh Unless FBI ‘Turns Up Something — And They Might’ by Dominique Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
• White House: President Trump Didn’t Set Limits on FBI Kavanaugh Probe (TIME)
• The White House is reportedly limiting the FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation. Trump says that’s not the case. by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick to be excluded from FBI investigation by Oliver Laughland (The Guardian)
• White House defends FBI investigation into Kavanaugh by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Sen. Lindsey Graham Spent Another Morning Defending Kavanaugh by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
• Trump says there are no limits to FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation… and he isn’t telling the truth by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Opinion: On the Supreme Court, difficult nominations have led to historical injustices by Calvin Schermerhorn (Salon)
• Analysis: The FBI’s investigation into Kavanaugh is far more constrained than previously known, and experts say ‘it would be comical if it wasn’t so important’ by Sonam Sheth (Business Insider)
• Lindsey Graham wants to investigate Senate Democrats who drew attention to Kavanaugh accusations by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Senators digging in for last stand in Kavanaugh confirmation fight by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• Fight over Kavanaugh intensifies amid confusion over limits of FBI sexual assault investigation by Mike DeBonis and Josh Hawley (Washington Post)
• Yale Classmate Accuses Kavanaugh of ‘Blatant Mischaracterization’ of His Drinking by Michael D. Shear and Robin Pogrebin (NY Times)
• Kavanaugh, who said he had ‘no connections’ to Yale, was a legacy student by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• Opinion: The FBI can do this by James Comey (The NY Times)
• The confusion surrounding the FBI’s renewed investigation of Brett Kavanaugh by Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
• The White House Has Placed All Sorts of Limits on the FBI in New Kavanaugh Probe by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
• The Limits of the FBI’s Kavanaugh Probe by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
• Brett Kavanaugh Could Have Been a Virgin and Still Sexually Assaulted Dr. Ford by Caroline Reilly (Teen Vogue)
• Kavanaugh said he had ‘no connections’ to Yale. He was, in fact, a legacy student by Jason Lemon (Newsweek)
• Democrats Denounce Limits on F.B.I.’s Kavanaugh Inquiry as a ‘Farce’ by Michael D. Shear and Robin Pogrebin (NY Times)

Immigration / Border / ICE

• Outraged by ICE’s treatment of children? How to close your wallet to companies that profit from it by Valerie Vande Panne (Salon)
• Trump administration has moved hundreds of migrant kids to tent camp on border by Adrienne Masha Varkiani (ThinkProgress)
• In the Dead of Night, Trump Administration Is Shipping Hundreds of Undocumented Minors to Texas Tent Camp by Elliot Hannon (Slate)

Other News

• “We Fell In Love!”—Trump Describes his Relationship with North Korean Dictator by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
• Elizabeth Warren says she’s considering running for president following Brett Kavanaugh hearing by Mike DeBonis (Independent)
• Trump repeats racial slur against Elizabeth Warren, calling senator ‘Pocahontas’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Trump meeting with Rosenstein may be delayed again, says White House by Martin Pengelly (The Guardian)
• Trump administration sues California over net neutrality law by Cristiana Lima and Jeremy B. White (Politico)

Kavanaugh Confirmation / Jeff Flake

• Kavanaugh Could Carry on Trump’s Agenda for Decades by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
• Jeff Flake Says He Was Moved By ‘Emboldened’ Women, Drive To Make Process ‘Fair’ by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• Jeff Flake Explains Himself by Mckay Coppin (The Atlantic)
• President Trump Orders Week-Long FBI Investigation into Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)
• More Brett Kavanaugh Classmates Are Saying He Lied to Congress by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
• Sexual assault victims are reliving their trauma, ‘triggered’ by Brett Kavanaugh’s hearing by Deborah Bloom (Independent)
• FBI contacts Kavanaugh Yale classmate in its investigation by Michael Balsamo (AP)
• Young People Respond to Brett Kavanaugh Hearings by Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
• Jeff Flake Explains Himself by McKay Coppins (Atlantic)
• Jeff Flake said he demanded an FBI investigation because the Senate ‘is coming apart at the seams’ by Ellen Cranley (Business Insider)
• The FBI Wants to Question Brett Kavanaugh’s Second Accuser by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
• FBI reaches out to second Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Second Kavanaugh accuser cooperating in FBI probe by Quint Forgey (Politico)
• FBI Has Contacted Kavanaugh’s Classmate Deborah Ramirez as It Starts Its Investigation by Michael Balsamo (TIME)
• Bernie Sanders calls for FBI to investigate whether Kavanaugh told truth in hearing by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• ACLU Opposes Kavanaugh Nomination In Rare Break From Own Policy by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)
• White House limits scope of FBI’s investigation into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh by Ken Dilanian, Geoff Bennett, and Kristin Welker (NBC News)
• White House Puts Limits On FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation: Reports by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)
• The White House Is Making Sure the Limited FBI Investigation Into Brett Kavanaugh’s Past Is Very, Very Limited by Matthew Dessem (Slate)
• Opinion: Fury Is a Political Weapon. And Women Need to Wield It. by Rebecca Traister (NY Times)

Other News

• Palestine sues US at international court over Jerusalem embassy (Al Jazeera)
• The Russia Investigations: Rosenstein Reprieved — For Now by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Judge Says Democratic Lawmakers Can Sue Trump On Emoluments by Peter Overby (NPR)
• With Nation Transfixed By Kavanaugh Monstrosity, House GOP Votes to Give Rich Another $3 Trillion in Tax Cuts by Jake Johnson (AlterNet)
• Democrats planning to examine Trump’s tax returns after the midterms by Brian Faler (Politico)
• Lawsuit alleging Trump’s private business is violating the Constitution approved by federal judge by Jonathan O’Connell (Independent)
• Trump administration rolls back environmental protections inspired by Deepwater Horizon catastrophe by Coral Davenport (Independent)
• North Korea says ‘no way’ will disarm unilaterally without trust by David Brunnstrom and Michelle Nichols (Reuters)
• Canada, U.S. make progress in bid to save NAFTA, no deal yet: sources by David Ljunggren (Reuters)
• Trump Administration Moves To Escalate Census Lawsuits To Supreme Court by Hansi Lo Wang (NPR)

Kavanaugh Confirmation

• Columbia Sociologist Explains Why Kavanaugh Thinks He Can Get Away With Blatantly Lying by Brad Reed (AlterNet)
• American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh Confirmation Vote Until FBI Investigates by Nick Viser (Huffington Post)
• Democrats Protest As Republicans Likely Lock Up Kavanaugh Committee Approval by Scott Detrow, Tim Mak (NPR)
• American Bar Association Says FBI Investigation Should Come Before A Kavanaugh Vote by Scott Neuman, Bill Chappell (NPR)
• American Bar Association calls on Senate to delay Kavanaugh vote until FBI can investigate by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
• Kavanaugh’s Fate Will Have a Massive Ripple Effect by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• For the Third Autumn in a Row, a National Reckoning With Sexual Assault by Caroline Kitchener (The Atlantic)
• Memoir By Kavanaugh Pal Mark Judge Appears To Back Christine Blasey Ford’s Timeline by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing Was A Clash Of Gender Politics by Clare Malone (FiveThirtyEight)
• White House rejects concerns about Kavanaugh’s partisan attacks (Politico)
• Kavanaugh closer to Supreme Court with Flake support by Elana Schor, Burgess Everett (Politico)
• Jeff Flake Will Vote to Confirm Brett Kavanaugh by Jim Newell (Slate)
• Flake says he will vote to confirm Kavanaugh by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Democrats walk out of hearing room in protest by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
• Jesuit magazine calls for Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn by Tax Axelrod (The Hill)
• American Bar Association Calls For an FBI Investigation Into Kavanaugh Allegations by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Sexual Assault Survivor Pleads With Jeff Flake to Vote No on Kavanaugh—to No Avail by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Republican Senator Flake cornered by sexual assault survivor (BBC)
• Kavanaugh Lied to the Judiciary Committee—Repeatedly by William Saletan (Slate)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s grotesque carnival: Will Republicans put this petulant child on the Supreme Court? by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• Sexual assault hotline sees record surge in calls during Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony by Amanda Luz Henning Santiago (Mashable)
• How Republicans Stole #MeToo by Ryu Spaeth (The New Republic)
• Dianne Feinstein explains why she cannot vote for Brett Kavanaugh after America’s ‘national moment’ hearing by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• The Senate Judiciary Committee Believes Brett Kavanaugh by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
• Jeff Flake announces he’ll vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh — will Collins and Murkowski follow suit? by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Your Ultimate Guide to the Key Senators’ Votes on Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination by Abigail Abrams (TIME)
• Democrats Walk Out On Senate Judiciary Committee Before Kavanaugh Vote by Andy Campbell (Huffington Post)
• House Judiciary Committee Democrats Ready To Investigate Brett Kavanaugh by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
• The Kavanaugh hearings show who we afford a second chance and who we don’t by Vesla Mae Weaver (Vox)
• Senate Judiciary Committee votes along party lines to advance Kavanaugh by Li Zhou (Vox)
• Did Republicans block another Kavanaugh accuser from testifying? by Rachel Leah (Salon)
• Judiciary panel approves Kavanaugh, sending nomination to full Senate by Jordain Carney, Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
• Flake calls for one-week delay to floor vote on Kavanaugh by Alexander Bolton, Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Brett Kavanaugh vote: Senate committee approves Supreme Court nominee after sexual assault allegations by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Senate panel backs Trump’s court pick, but Flake seeks FBI probe by Amanda Becker, David Morgan, Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
• Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Move Brett Kavanaugh Nomination Forward by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Sen. Jeff Flake Calls for a One-Week FBI Investigation Ahead of Full Senate Vote on Brett Kavanaugh by Cody Fenwick (AlterNet)
• Panel sends Supreme Court pick Kavanaugh’s nomination to full Senate (Reuters)
• How to Talk to the Women in Your Life Right Now by Marian Bull (GQ)
• Trump calls Kavanaugh accuser a ‘credible’ witness by Morgan Gstalter (The Hill)
• Opinion: Kavanaugh hearings stir up memories of bullying and harassment by Vanessa Hua (SF Chronicle)
• Senate committee votes to advance Kavanaugh, but final confirmation hits snag as GOP Sen. Jeff Flake seeks delay by Grace Panetta and Joe Perticone (Business Insider)
• Someone in Congress Edited Wikipedia to Reflect Brett Kavanaugh’s Ridiculous Definitions by Todd Neikirk (HillReporter)
• Mark Judge says he’ll cooperate with investigation (AP)
• As a teen, Kavanaugh was never a legal drinker in Maryland by Alanna Durkin Richer (AP)
• Senate Judiciary Committee advances Kavanaugh nomination; Flake backs FBI probe of up to 1 week by Debra Cassen Weiss (ABA Journal)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Fragile Manhood by Jamil Smith (Rolling Stone)
• Trump calls Kavanaugh accuser ‘credible,’ says he’ll rely on Senate Republicans for path forward by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Sociologist explains how Brett Kavanaugh brazenly misled the Senate Judiciary Committee by Brad Reed (Salon)
• Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Advances in Judiciary Committee After Flake Demands One-Week Delay and FBI Investigation by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Trump not considering other Supreme Court nominees by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
• President Trump Says He’ll Defer to Sen. Grassley on FBI Kavanaugh Probe by Shannon Pettypiece (TIME)
• Analysis: Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart by Alvin Chang (Vox)
• Kavanaugh Testified That ‘The Drinking Age Was 18.’ Not In Maryland When He Was 18. by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• The FBI Will Investigate Sexual Misconduct Accusations Against Brett Kavanaugh by Patrick Caldwell (Mother Jones)
• At times, Kavanaugh’s defense misleads or veers off point by Mike McIntire, Linda Qiu, Steve Eder, and Kate Kelly (The NY Times)
• A tumultuous 24 hours: How Jeff Flake delayed a vote on Kavanaugh by Michael D. Shear, Nicholas Fandos, and Michael S. Schmidt (The NY Times)
• Under pressure, Trump orders FBI Kavanaugh probe, causing week delay by Amanda Becker, David Morgan, Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
• The Senate has agreed to an FBI investigation of Kavanaugh. Here’s what that means. by Tara Golshan, Dylan Scott, Li Zhou (Vox)
• Tales of DC’s Beach Week and the Debauched Private School Culture that Created Brett Kavanaugh by Joanna Rothkopf and Leah Chernikoff (Esquire)
• For female Republicans, party loyalty trumps #MeToo by Rachel Bade (Politico)
• Analysis: Why Assault Memories are ‘Indelible’ for Some Survivors and Other Details May Be Lacking by Josephie Yurcaba (Teen Vogue)
• Opinion: ‘I Got Into Yale’ Isn’t a Moral Defense by Joe Pinsker (Atlantic)
• A List of Everyone the FBI Could Interview About Brett Kavanaugh if They Really Want to Find Out How Credible He Is by Christina Cauterucci and Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Analysis: How the F.B.I. Will Investigate the Kavanaugh Accusations by Adam Goldman and Rebecca R. Ruiz (NY Times)

Spending Bill

• Trump signs spending bill, preventing shutdown by Niv Elis (The Hill)
• AP Source: Trump signs spending plan, avoiding shutdown by Catherine Lacey and Ken Thomas (AP)
• Trump Signs Another Big Spending Bill With No Money For His Wall by S.V. Date (Huffington Post)

Other News

• Teachers and Gun Control Groups Paired Up to Ask Voters About Their Views on Gun Safety by Kara Voght (Mother Jones)
• House Intelligence Committee to Release Transcripts From Completed Russia Probe by Chad Day (TIME)
• The House just passed a bipartisan bill to confront the opioid epidemic by German Lopez (Vox)
• U.S. House committee votes to release Trump-Russia transcripts by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
• Mueller defends authority, hearkens back to Garfield administration by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• Judge: Congressional Democrats can sue Trump over emoluments by AP (Politico)

Analysis

• The Enduring Scam of Corporate Tax Breaks by Bryce Covert (The New Republic)

Kavanaugh Confirmation / Ford Testimony

• First woman to accuse Kavanaugh of assault faces backlash by Rosiland Jordan (Al Jazeera)
• Kavanaugh And Ford Are Testifying. Here’s What You Need To Know by Brian Naylor, Arnie Seipel (NPR)
• What To Watch For In Today’s Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearing by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Two Men Tell Judiciary Committee They Assaulted Christine Ford, Not Kavanaugh by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
• Brett Kavanaugh faces new sexual misconduct allegations as two men claim they assaulted Dr Ford ahead of her testimony by Peter Stubley (Independent)
• WATCH LIVE: Kavanaugh, Ford Testify About Sexual Assault Allegation by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• ‘I believed he was going to rape me’: Ford describes alleged assault by Kavanaugh by Elana Schor, Burgess Everett (Politico)
• “I Am Terrified”: Christine Blasey Ford Gives Riveting, Heartbreaking Opening Statement Detailing Sexual Assault by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Three GOP governors call for delaying Kavanaugh vote by Jesus Rodriguez (Politico)
• ‘This was what terrified me the most’: Key moments from the Ford-Kavanaugh hearing by Nolan D. McCaskill, Rebecca Morin (Politico)
• Christine Blasey Ford Tells the Senate Judiciary Committee How Traumatic Memories Get “Locked” Into the Brain by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Last Year, Kavanaugh Ruled Against Migrants’ Abortion Rights. On the Supreme Court, He Could Face the Case Again. by Hannah Levintova (Mother Jones)
• Why Conservatives Want Kavanaugh at All Costs by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
• The Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Is About the Tyranny of Male Power by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
• How Conservatives Are Reacting to Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony by Josh Voorhees (Slate)
• The Five Most Striking Moments from the Kavanaugh Hearing by Olivia Paschal, Madeleine Carlisle (The Atlantic)
• The Brett Kavanaugh hearing isn’t a trial. It’s a job interview. by Laura McGann (Vox)
• Christine Blasey Ford shows the lengths women have to go to be believed by Li Zhou (Vox)
• Brett Kavanaugh hearing: Protesters wear teal in honour of Anita Hill sexual harassment testimony 27 years ago by Andrew Buncombne (Independent)
• Chris Wallace: Ford’s testimony is ‘a disaster for the Republicans’ by Aris Folley (The Hill)
• Live Updates: Christine Blasey Ford ‘100%’ certain Brett Kavanaugh assaulted her by Oliver Laughland (Guardian)
• (Live) Kavanaugh hearing: Christine Blasey Ford gives Senate testimony about sexual assault allegation by Seung Min Kim, Ann E. Marimow, Mike DeBonis, and Elise Viebeck (Washington Post)
• Live Updates: Christine Blasey Ford Is ‘100%’ Certain Assailant Was Kavanaugh (NY Times)
• Opinion: The False Binary of the ‘Choir Boy’ Defense of Brett Kavanaugh by Spencer Kornhaber (The Atlantic)
• Christine Blasey Ford Lawyer Michael Bromwich Resigned From His Law Firm Because Partners Objected to His Decision to Represent Her by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• Trump’s favorite TV network deems Christine Blasey Ford testimony ‘compelling’ by Jason Schwartz (Politico)
• Ford questioning leaves some Trump allies cringing by Annie Karni (Politico)
• ‘You’ll never get me to quit’: Key moments from Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony by Rebecca Morin, Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
• Pretty Much Everyone in the Country Is Watching the Kavanaugh Hearing by Lauren Messman (VICE)
• Read These Powerful Reactions to Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony by Dan Spinelli (Mother Jones)
• Kavanaugh Blasts Allegations as Democratic Revenge Plot Over 2016 Election by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Christine Blasey Ford Breaks Down As Richard Blumenthal Commends Her Testimony by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)
• For Christine Blasey Ford to Be Believable, She Had to Be ‘Likable’ by Megan Garber (The Atlantic)
• Kavanaugh to Dems: You might defeat my nomination but I won’t withdraw by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• How to cope when the country is debating whether to believe Christine Blasey Ford by Rebecca Ruiz (Mashable)
• Poll: 48% of white evangelicals would support Kavanaugh even if the allegations against him were true by Tara Isabella Burton (Vox)
• Kavanaugh Pal’s Memoir Seems to Support Christine Blasey Ford’s Timeline of Alleged Attack by AP (TIME)
• Frustrated Trump turns optimistic on Kavanaugh by Kevin Liptak, Kaitlan Collins, Sarah Westwood, Jim Acosta and Jeff Zeleny (CNN)
• The Latest: Senate panel plans to vote Friday on Kavanaugh (AP)
• Kavanaugh-Ford hearing: A dramatic lesson on gender roles by David Crary (AP)
• ‘Exactly Why I Nominated Him’: Trump Gives Kavanaugh Positive Review After Hearing by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Key Evidence Against His Accuser Actually Makes Him Look Even More Guilty by Matthew Chapman (Alternet)
• Kavanaugh Repeatedly Shouts Down Feinstein in Highly Combative Exchange by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Opening Statement Was a Defiant Howl of Rage Against Democrats by Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• GoFundMe Donations Skyrocket During Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony by Aaron Mak (Slate)
• Christine Blasey Ford Deserves So Much Better Than All of This by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Brett Kavanaugh Showed Us Who He Really Is by Jay Willis (GQ)
• No Senator Can Uphold Their Oath of Office and Vote for Kavanaugh’s Nomination by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Kavanaugh Goes Nuclear by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Lindsey Graham’s Furious Defense of Brett Kavanaugh by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Dem lawmaker blasts Kavanaugh’s ‘angry’ tone in hearing by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Kavanaugh, Ford didn’t watch each other’s Senate testimony by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
• Fox News fires contributor for calling Kavanaugh accusers ‘lying skanks’ by Joe Concha (The Hill)
• There’s an Entry on Kavanaugh’s 1982 Calendar That Supports Ford’s Story Better Than His Own by Matthew Zeitlin (Slate)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Testimony Made It Easier Than Ever to Picture Him as an Aggressive, Entitled Teen by Christina Cauterucci (Slate)
• Trump Is Terrified for the Real Victims of #MeToo: Men by Isobel Thompson (Vanity Fair)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s best defense: Loud shouting and conspiracy theories by Amanda Marcotte (Salon)
• A Bruising Hearing Casts Doubt on Kavanaugh’s Judicial Temperament by Stephanie Mencimer (Mother Jones)
• The Four Big Contradictions in Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Testimony by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
• ‘I Felt So Enraged.’ Activists Descend on Capitol Hill for Kavanaugh and Ford’s Senate Hearing by Alana Abramson (TIME)
• The Ford-Kavanaugh sexual assault hearings, explained by Ezra Klein (Vox)
• Brett Kavanaugh Disqualified Himself From the Supreme Court by Matt Ford (The New Republic)
• These senators will make or break Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote by Tara Golshan, Li Zhou (Vox)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Passionate, Partisan, Gale-Force Defense by Todd S. Purdum (The Atlantic)
• Democrats Could’ve Exposed Kavanaugh’s Dodges and Deceptions. They Blew It. by Ben Mathis-Lilley, Mark Joseph Stern (Slate)
• How an Emotional Day of Kavanaugh Testimonies Reinforced the Country’s Polarized Views by Tessa Berenson (TIME)
• The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Will Be Remembered as a Grotesque Display of Patriarchal Resentment by Doreen St. Félix (NewYorker)
• Fiery Kavanaugh denies quiet accuser in Senate showdown by Lisa Mascaro and Alan Fram (AP)
• Kavanaugh-Ford hearing: A dramatic lesson on gender roles by David Crary (AP)
• American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh until FBI investigates assault allegations by Manu Raju (CNN)
• Opinion: The Senate can’t vote on Kavanaugh now by Editorial Board (Washington Post)
• The Editors: It is time for the Kavanaugh nomination to be withdrawn  (America Magazine)
• Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony is a where-were-you-when moment by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
• Senate Republicans Are More Emboldened Than Ever to Confirm Kavanaugh by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
• Analysis: She Said. Then He Said. Now What Will Senators Say? by Peter Baker (NY Times)
• Opinion: Do we really want a man consumed with rage, self-pity and hate on the Supreme Court? by Robin Abcarian (LA Times)
• Brett Kavanaugh and the Adolescent Aggression of Conservative Masculinity by Alexandra Schwartz (NewYorker)

Russia Investigation / Rosenstein / Mueller

• Trump: I’d Prefer To Keep Rosenstein, May Delay Planned Meeting On His Fate by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• President Trump Says He’d Prefer to Keep Rod Rosenstein – and May Delay Thursday’s Meeting by Eric Tucker (TIME)
• House Intel Committee tees up release of Russia probe transcripts by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Democrats prepare to force vote on Mueller protection bill by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Trump postpones meeting with Rosenstein AP (Washington Post)
• Trump delays Rosenstein meeting, leaving future of Mueller boss uncertain by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
• House committee to vote on release of Trump Russia transcripts by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)

Other News

• Venezuela crisis: Maduro willing to ‘shake hands’ with Trump (BBC)
• Trump rants bizarrely about 25th amendment, George Washington’s ‘bad past’ and ‘angry’ women in wild and incoherent press conference by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• FEMA Chief Misused $150,000, Including A Family Trip To A Pineapple Farm, Report Finds by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Trump claims credit for halting Assad regime’s attack on Syria’s Idlib, after learning about province from a rally by Bel Trew (Independent)
• Trump promises Middle East peace plan within four months despite Palestinian backlash (Independent)
• White House mulls limits on biofuel trading as part of E15 deal: sources by Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters)

Analysis

• ‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team by Michael Lewis (Guardian)
• Checking 6 Claims From Trump’s News Conference by Linda Qiu (NY Times)
• The Trump administration’s attack on children’s health protections by Julia Belluz and Umair Irfan (Vox)

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)

Kavanaugh

• ‘I’m a Good Person.’ Read Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Full Interview With Fox News by Eli Meixler (TIME)
• The GOP’s Least-Worst Option Is If Kavanaugh Withdraws — And Soon by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
• Ted Cruz Got Heckled Out of a D.C. Restaurant for Supporting Brett Kavanaugh by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Republicans Can’t Abandon Brett Kavanaugh Without Confronting Their Own Depravity by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Woman Who Signed Letter in Support of Kavanaugh Rips His ‘Horrible, Hurtful’ Yearbook Page After Learning It Includes an Insult Directed at Her by Daily Kos (AlterNet)
• Trump On 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser: ‘Totally Inebriated And All Messed Up’ by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump dismisses second Kavanaugh accuser as ‘all messed up,’ says Dems playing ‘con game’ by Ramsen Shamon (Politico)
• Take Action to Support Survivors and Oppose Brett Kavanaugh by NationAction (The Nation)
• Lawyer, not Republican senators, to question Kavanaugh, accuser: lawmaker (Reuters)
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh would represent an immediate threat to LGBT rights by Amandra Marcotte (Salon)
• Did Brett Kavanaugh’s Fox News interview save his Supreme Court nomination? by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
• Brett Kavanaugh: Five major contradictions Trump’s Supreme Court nominee made in unprecedented interview by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• National Sexual Assault Hotline receives 57% spike in calls after Brett Kavanaugh allegations by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
• Brett Kavanaugh Responds to Accusations of High School Sexual Assault With Bogus Choirboy Offensive by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
• Time’s Up Calls for Kavanaugh to Withdraw Supreme Court Nomination: “Do Not Delay the Inevitable” by Marissa Martinelli (Slate)
• Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser: ‘She admits that she was drunk’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Kavanaugh Was ‘Aggressive And Belligerent’ When Drunk, His Yale Roommate Says by Willa Frej (Huffington Post)
• If Republicans sour on Kavanaugh, here are 4 alternatives waiting in the wings by Dara Lind (Vox)
• Lisa Murkowski delivers message: Take Kavanaugh accusations seriously by Nicholas Fandos (The NY Times)
• GOP Mum on ‘Sex Crimes Prosecutor’ for Kavanaugh Hearing by Todd Ruger (Roll Call)
• Mormon women call on Mormon senators to delay Kavanaugh vote by Addy Baird (ThinkProgress)
• Kavanaugh’s Drinking Should Be Investigated by William Saletan (Slate)
• All-Male GOP Judiciary Committee Selects Female Sex Crimes Prosecutor for Hearing on Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• US Senate Judiciary Committee sets Kavanaugh vote for Friday (Al Jazeera)

Trump at UN

• Trump’s UN General Assembly speech displays new N Korea stance (Al Jazeera)
• At U.N., Trump rejects globalism and blasts Iran by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Trump criticizes Iran as ‘corrupt dictatorship’ in U.N. speech by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Trump praises North Korea’s Kim but says sanctions must stay for now by David Brunnstrom, Jeff Mason (Reuters)
• Trump at UN: Iran ‘sowing chaos, death, destruction’ (BBC)
• The Whole World Laughed at Trump at the United Nations by Alex Shultz (GQ)
• Trump bragged about his presidency and world leaders laughed by Matthew Choi (Politico)
• UN audience laughs when Trump boasts of achievements by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Trump Shrugs Off Laughter At U.N.: ‘Didn’t Expect That Reaction, But That’s OK.’ by Scott Horsley (NPR)
• The UN General Assembly Just Laughed in Trump’s Face as He Bragged of His Successes by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump won’t meet Rouhani at U.N., calls him ‘absolutely lovely man’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• Read Trump’s speech to the UN General Assembly by Alex Ward (Vox)
• The World just laughed at Donald Trump by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
• Trump, Iran’s Rouhani exchange threats, insults on U.N.’s world stage by Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi (Reuters)
• UN General Assembly: Trump blasts Iran as ‘leading sponsor of terrorism’ days after attack on Iranian soil by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Analysis: Fact-Checking Trump’s Speech to the United Nations by Linda Qiu (NY Times)

Rosenstein / Mueller Investigation

• Even If Rosenstein Stays, the Mueller Investigation Status Quo Won’t Last by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
• Here’s Why the Rod Rosenstein 25th Amendment Leak Was More Than Just a Plot to Destroy the Deputy AG by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
• House conservatives threaten Rosenstein impeachment vote by Kyle Cheney, Rachael Bade (Politico)
• Why Hasn’t Donald Trump Fired Rod Rosenstein Yet? by John Cassidy (The New Yorker)
• Goodlatte Announces Plans to Subpoena McCabe Memos by Lindsay McPherson (Roll Call)

Other News

• Judge blocks Trump administration’s decision to allow grizzly bear hunting by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• Stormy Daniels defamation case against Trump set to be dismissed, judge signals by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• New Report Finds that Trump’s FEMA Chief Spent $151,000 Improperly Using Government Vehicles by Matthew Chapman (AlterNet)
• New Trump Administration Rule Could Cause Fearful Immigrants to Forgo Public Benefits by Noah Lanard (Mother Jones)
• Newly Uncovered Memo Suggests Kirstjen Nielsen Lied to Congress About Family Separation by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)

Opinion

• The Republican party is about to face the wrath of women by LA Kauffman (The Guardian)

Resources

• How to register to vote: #RegisterToVote Google Doodle tells you all you need to know by Joe Sommerland (Independent)

Kavanaugh

• Republicans Are Trying to Speed Up Brett Kavanaugh’s Confirmation After a Second Woman Accused Him of Sexual Misconduct by Luke Darby (GQ)
• A Second Woman Has Accused Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct by Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
• After Second Woman Comes Forward, Trump Says He’s With Kavanaugh “All the Way” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Two new, damning allegations come out against Brett Kavanaugh by Taylor Link (Salon)
• Avenatti: client who can back sexual assault claims against Kavanaugh prepared to take polygraph by Lydia Wheeler (The Hill)
• Fourth Kavanaugh Accuser Comes Forward, Is Speaking to Authorities in Maryland: Report by Matthew Chapman (AlterNet)
• Trump Calls Kavanaugh ‘Outstanding,’ Dismissing Latest Sexual Misconduct Allegation by Brian Naylor (NPR)
• Trump Says Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct Allegations Are “Totally Political” and “I Am With Him All the Way” by Molly Olmstead (Slate)
• White House Responds To Second Kavanaugh Accuser By Attacking Alleged Victim by Nick Visser (Huffington Post)
• Brett Kavanaugh: ‘Significant evidence’ of sexual misconduct by Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Avenatti says by Chris Baynes (Independent)
• The Republican Rush to Confirm Kavanaugh Backfired by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Brett Kavanaugh Has Already Disqualified Himself by Andrew Cohen (The New Republic)
• The first source of the New Yorker bombshell wasn’t Deborah Ramirez. It was Yale alumni. by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
• Republicans reportedly knew about Brett Kavanaugh’s second accuser — and then tried to speed up his confirmation by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Chuck Grassley Releases Letter Christine Blasey Ford Sent To Dianne Feinstein by Carla Baranauckas (Huffington Post)
• The Biggest Divides On The Kavanaugh Allegations Are By Party — Not Gender by Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Kavanaugh defends himself in Fox News interview alongside his wife by claiming he never sexually assaulted anyone and didn’t have sex until ‘many years after’ college by Eliza Rehlman (Business Insider)
• Brett Kavanaugh Digs In: “I’m Not Going Anywhere” by Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
• ‘How’d you find me?’: Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house in Delaware amid a media firestorm by Gabriel Pogrund, Carol D. Leonnig, and Aaron C. Davis (Washington Post)
• Opinion: Burn down the ‘boys will be boys’ club by Patti Solis Doyle (CNN)
• If Kavanaugh Doesn’t Make It, Who’s Next? by Oliver Roeder (FiveThirtyEight)
• Kavanaugh Just Played ‘Checkers’ on Fox by Jeff Greenfield (Politico)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Unprecedented Fox News Interview by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Kavanaugh’s High School Yearbook Page Appears to Make Sexual Reference to Female Friend by Elliot Hannon (Slate)
• Brett Kavanaugh Claims Past Virginity As Defense Against Sexual Assault Claims by Doha Madanil Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)

#WhyIDidntReport / #MeToo / Women’s Movements / ACTION

• The Women’s Wave: Backlash To Trump Persists, Reshaping Politics In 2018 by Danielle Kurtzleben (NPR)
• #WhyIDidntReport and #MeToo Have Higher Aims Than Converting Skeptics by Christinaa Cauterucci (Slate)
• People Are Wearing Black to Support Women Accusing Brett Kavanaugh of Sexual Assault by Alyssa Hardy (Teen Vogue)
• Nationwide Walkout Supports Kavanaugh Accusers: ‘Women Must Be Heard’ by Dominque Mosbergen (Huffington Post)
• The Most Powerful Signs From the #BelieveSurvivors Walkout and Kavanaugh Protests by Emily Bloch (Teen Vogue)

Rosenstein / Mueller Investigation

• Rosenstein, Expecting To Be Fired, Heads To White House For Meeting On Tense Morning by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
• Rod Rosenstein, Justice Department official overseeing Russia investigation, expected to leave post by Chris Megerian, Del Quentin Wilber (LA Times)
• Rosenstein expects to be fired after report he discussed taping Trump by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general overseeing the Russia probe, is resigning: report by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein heads to White House amid reports he will resign (Reuters)
• Rosenstein Summoned to White House Amid Reports He Is Resigning or Being Fired by Jeremy Stahl (Slate)
• What Rosenstein’s Exit Would Mean for Mueller’s Russia Investigation by Natasha Bertrand (The Atlantic)
• Rosenstein has not resigned, still U.S. deputy attorney general: source (Reuters)
• White House: Rosenstein to Meet With Trump on Thursday by Staff (Roll Call)
• What Rosenstein’s ouster would mean for Mueller by Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein (Politico)
• Mueller makes rare mention of Trump dossier author by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Trump is reportedly targeting Rod Rosenstein to divert attention from Brett Kavanaugh scandal by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)

Trade / Tariffs / China

• US tariffs on $200bn in Chinese goods take effect (Al Jazeera)
• Trump’s trade wars start biting GOP ahead of midterms by Ben White (Politico)
• US trade war with China intensifies as planned talks ‘are axed’ amid largest ever tariffs by Chris Riotta (Independent)
• China says can’t hold US trade talks with ‘knife to the throat’ (Al Jazeera)

Other News

• Trump: Meeting with North Korea to happen ‘quite soon’ by Ramsen Shamon (Politico)
• Trump Signals an Openness to Talks With Iran by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
• A Leaked White House Memo Reveals Trump’s Plan For Going After Google and Facebook by Tonya Riley (Mother Jones)
• Groups decry Sessions’ ruling that limits judges’ ability to dismiss deportation cases by Lorelei Laird (ABA Journal)

Analysis

• Trump’s Irresponsible Denial of Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Deaths by Richard C. Keller (Scientific American)
• Thursday Could Be Most Consequential Day of Trump’s Tumultuous Tenure by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)

Kavanaugh / Christine Blasey Ford

• Poll Shows Opposition to Kavanaugh Grows as More Voters Believe Accuser by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Support for Brett Kavanaugh is dwindling among voters amid sexual assault allegations by Emily Stewart (Vox)
• Poll: Opposition to Kavanaugh confirmation rises by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Graham: Kavanaugh allegation has to be looked at ‘in terms of our legal system’ by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• Graham: Ford’s testimony won’t change my vote by Ian Kullgren (Politico)
• Kavanaugh-Supporting Women Ask, “What Boy Hasn’t Done This?” by Luke Darby (GQ)
• Christine Blasey Ford moves closer to deal with Senate Republicans to testify against Kavanaugh by Seung Min Kim Sean Sullivan and Emma Brown (Washington Post)
• The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP’s gender problem by Philip Rucker ,
  Ashley Parker and, and Robert Costa (Washington Post)
• Kavanaugh accuser will testify Thursday in front of Senate Judiciary Committee by Karoun Demirjian and Emma Brown (Washington Post)
• Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Reaches Deal to Testify by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
• Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford To Testify Thursday by Kelsey Snell (NPR)
• Christine Blasey Ford Will Testify Against Kavanaugh in an Open Hearing on Thursday by Laura Litvan, Arit John, Steven T. Dennis, Ben Brody (TIME)
• It’s Official: Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Will Testify Thursday Morning by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• How Kavanaugh Likely Violated DOJ Policies While Working for Ken Starr by David R. Lurie (Slate)
• #WhyIDidntReport: The hashtag supporting Christine Blasey Ford (BBC)
• Christine Blasey Ford and the Search for a Standard of Proof by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
• Senate panel postpones vote on Kavanaugh after deal with accuser by Jordain Carney (The Hill)
• Kavanaugh to hand over calendars from 1982 that don’t show party of alleged incident: report by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
• Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years by Ronan Farrow, Jane Mayer (The New Yorker)
• Second Woman Alleges Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct — This Time While He Was in College by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Kavanaugh confirmation in renewed peril after second assault claim by Burgess Everett, Elana Schor, Natasha Korecki (Politico)
• Kavanaugh Denies Fresh Harassment Allegations From College Classmate by Kelsey Snell, Brett Neely (NPR)
• Ex-college classmate accuses Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
• Dem senator calls on Kavanaugh to withdraw after second allegation by Emily Birnbaum (The Hill)
• Brett Kavanaugh faces second allegation of sexual misconduct by Oliver Laughland and Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
• Feinstein Says Kavanaugh Nomination Must Pause for FBI Investigation by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Michael Avenatti claims to represent a woman with credible information about Brett Kavanaugh by Taylor Link (Salon)

Other News

• This New Poll Is Terrible News for Republicans by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• Baby Trump Blimp Highlights Puerto Rico Rally Near Mar-a-Lago by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
• OPEC, Russia rebuff Trump’s call for immediate boost to oil output by Rania El Gamal, Ahmad Ghaddar, Olesya Astakhova (Reuters)
• Trump travel ban: Waiver process remains long, unclear by Sara Nasser (Al Jazeera)
• Keystone Pipeline gets green light from State Department by Casey Michel (ThinkProgress)
• Hundreds of migrants who crossed US border into Canada have been deported by Elham Khatami (ThinkProgress)
• Trump distances himself from Rosenstein by saying Sessions hired him by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
• China says U.S. trying to force it to submit on trade as new tariffs kick in by Se Young Lee, Min Zhang (Reuters)

Opinion

• Land of the free? How Trump has put America’s identity in peril by Ben Fountain (The Guardian)
• Presidential Lying Is Contagious by Editorial Board (NY Times)

Kavanaugh

• Kavanaugh Ally Did Online Searches for Christine Ford Before She Was Revealed As Accuser: Report by Noor Al-Sibai (AlterNet)
• Christine Blasey Ford Weighs the Risks and Rewards of Testifying by Elaina Plott (The Atlantic)
• Republicans Give Christine Blasey Ford One More Day to Negotiate Testimony by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• GOP aide working on Kavanaugh confirmation resigns amid past harassment claim by Marianne Levine, Burgess Everett (Politico)
• Grooming Brett Kavanaugh by Lucian K. Truscott IV (Salon)
• Christine Blasey Ford Given One More Day to Decide Whether to Testify Before the Senate by Kenzie Bryant (Vanity Fair)
• Fresh deadline for Brett Kavanaugh accuser adds to supreme court drama by Julian Borger (The Guardian)
• Aide for GOP involved in Kavanaugh nomination resigns after past sexual harassment allegation surfaces by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Spokesman for GOP on Kavanaugh Nomination Resigns Amid Questions of Past Harassment Claims by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Lawyers For Christine Blasey Ford Say She Will Testify Before Senate Committee by Gabriela Saldivia (NPR)
• Kavanaugh accuser accepts Senate Judiciary Committee’s request to testify by Burgess Everett, Elana Schor (Politico)
• Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Agrees to Testify by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• Trump galvanized a movement of women. Kavanaugh is testing it. by Alexander Burns, Elizabeth Dias, and  Susan Chira (The Washington Post)
• ‘Incredibly frustrated’: Inside the GOP effort to save Kavanaugh amid assault allegation by Seung Min Kim and Josh Dawsey (The Washington Post)
• Christine Blasey Ford moves closer to deal with Senate Republicans to testify against Kavanaugh by Seung Min Kim, Sean Sullivan and Emma Browne (Washington Post)
• Tentative Deal Reached for Kavanaugh Accuser to Testify on Thursday by Nicholas Fandos, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, and Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
• Christine Blasey Ford Agrees to Testify As Frustrated Republicans Ask ‘When?’ by Andrew Kragie (The Atlantic)
• Christine Blasey Ford Agrees To ‘Provide First-Hand Knowledge’ On Kavanaugh Allegation by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)

Immigration

• Trump administration to seeks to limit access to U.S. for immigrants who use or are likely to use public assistance by Nick Miroff (The Washington Post)
• Trump Administration Will Seek To Limit Green Cards For Immigrants Needing Public Aid by Emma Bowman (NPR)
• Trump Administration Targets Immigrants Who Receive Public Benefits by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
• Immigrants may be denied green cards if they’ve received benefits by Ted Hesson, Nancy Cook, Helena Bottemiller Evich, Andrew Restuccia (Politico)

Other News

• Trump Vows to “Get Rid” of “Lingering Stench” at Justice Department and FBI by Daniel Politi (Slate)
• The Russia Investigations: Rod Rosenstein On The Razor’s Edge by Philip Ewing (NPR)
• China scraps trade talks with US after latest round of Trump tariffs by Mary Tyler March (The Hill)
• Ex-White House official revises statement to Mueller after Flynn guilty plea: report by John Bowden (The Hill)
• White House Drafts Antitrust Order to Investigate Google and Facebook’s Business Practices by Ben Brody, Jennifer Jacobs (TIME)
• White House draft order directs probes into tech giants: Bloomberg (Reuters)
• FBI group defends agents amid Trump’s attacks by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)

Kavanaugh

• Trump: Kavanaugh accuser should have filed charges if assault ‘was as bad as she says’ by Ramsen Shamon (Politico)
• Trump questions Kavanaugh’s accuser, says opponents want to ‘destroy’ nominee by Doina Chiacu, Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
• Brett Kavanaugh: Trump says allegation of sexual assault made by Christine Ford could not have been ‘as bad as she says’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Trump raises doubts about Kavanaugh accuser by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• Poll: 4 in 10 Americans want Senate to reject Kavanaugh by John Bowden (The Hill)
• Kavanaugh and Trump are part of a larger crisis of elite accountability in America by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• Ed Whelan, a top conservative activist, thinks he knows who really assaulted Christine Ford by Jane Coaston (Vox)
• Trump Suggests Kavanaugh Accuser Is Lying About Sexual Assault Allegations by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
• Trump Attacks Kavanaugh Accuser By Name Amid Negotiations For Hearing by Brian Naylor, Deirdre Walsh (NPR)
• Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford negotiates appearance before Senate Judiciary Committee by Rachel Leah (Salon)
• Trump tweets: Dr. Ford must provide documentation of her assault by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
• Three Teen Girls Penned a Powerful Letter to Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser Christine Blasey Ford by Elly Belle (Teen Vogue)
• Trump says allegation of sexual assault made by Christine Ford could not have been ‘as bad as she says’ by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
• Opinion: An ugly new twist in the Kavanaugh saga raises very unpleasant questions by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
• Analysis: Trump’s ‘restraint’ on Christine Blasey Ford was always oversold. by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• The Kavanaugh Confirmation Process Is Getting Even Uglier by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
• Opinion: The Brett Kavanaugh case shows we still blame women for the sins of men by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
• ‘The president had to step in’: White House shifts strategy on Kavanaugh defense by Christopher Cadelago, Andrew Restuccia (Politco)
• Opinion: The Supreme Court was America’s least damaged institution — until now by George F. Will (Washington Post)
• President Trump’s Tweets Show Why Most Sex Assault Victims Never File Police Reports, Advocates Say by Katie Reilly (TIME)
• #WhyIDidntReport: sexual assault victims react to Trump’s attack on Ford by Sam Wolfson (Guardian)
• Senate panel chairman threatens Kavanaugh vote on Monday if accuser doesn’t respond by 10 P.M. by John Wagner, Seung Min Kim, and Sean Sullivan (The Washington Post)
• PR firm helped Whelan stoke half-baked Kavanaugh alibi by Eliana Johnson (Politico)
• Kavanaugh May Be Getting More Unpopular by Janie Valencia, Perry Bacon Jr. (FiveThirtyEight)
• Ben Carson appears to tie allegation against Kavanaugh to socialist plot by Justin Wise (The Hill)
• Opinion: Trump Reveals Himself, Again by Jamil Smith (RollingStone)
• Trump Slams McCaskill for Opposing ‘Truly Spectacular’ Kavanaugh by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
• Analysis: Kavanaugh’s Senate hearing isn’t a trial. The standard isn’t ‘reasonable doubt.’ by Caprice Roberts 9Washington Post)

Mueller Investigation / Cohen

• Michael Cohen Says He Is Providing ‘Critical Information’ to Robert Mueller’s Russia Probe by Michael Balsamo (TIME)
• Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen giving ‘critical information’ to Russia investigation by Jon Sharman (Independent)
• Trump slows release of Russia probe documents by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Trump delays release of Russia probe documents (Reuters)
• Michael Cohen provided “critical information” to Mueller probe without cooperation agreement: Davis by Shira Tarlo (Salon)
• Michael Cohen flips on Trump by Melanie Schmitz (ThinkProgress)
• Trump Delays Releasing Russia Probe Documents After U.S. Allies Raised Concerns by AP (TIME)
• Court grapples with case that could impact release of Mueller report by Josh Gerstein (Politico)

Immigration / Border / Migrant Children

• Authorities can deny visa, green card applications without giving applicants chance to fix errors by Kavitha Surana (Salon)
• A record number of migrant children are being detained at the border now by Rachel Leah (Salon)
• Ice arrests more than 40 people trying to sponsor migrant children by Erin Durkin (The Guardian)

Rosenstein

• Rod Rosenstein discussed removing Trump under 25th amendment – report by Tom McCarthy (The Guardian)
• Rosenstein wanted to wear wire on Trump, NYT says by John Bowden, Morgan Chalfant (The Hill)
• Rosenstein Denies That He Discussed Recording Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment by Carrie Johnson, Philip Ewing (NPR)
• DOJ’s Rosenstein, allies deny he considered secretly recording Trump by Kyle Cheney (Politico)
• Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Denies That He Suggested Secretly Recording President Trump by AP (TIME)
• McCabe memo says Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump by Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky (The Washington Post)

Other News

• FEMA Stopped Paying for Hotels for Displaced Puerto Ricans. Now Some Are Homeless. by Sarah Ruiz-Grossman (Mother Jones)
• Trump administration imposes sanctions on China for buying Russian fighter jets and missiles (Independent)
• Russia’s 2016 Twitter Campaign Was Strongly Pro-Gun, With Echoes Of The NRA by Tim Mak (NPR)
• US embassy in London, snubbed by Trump, opens doors to visitors by Esther Addley (The Guardian)
• Someone Put Trump’s Hollywood Star Behind Bars by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
• At Missouri Rally, Trump Vows to Eliminate ‘Lingering Stench’ at the Justice Department by Julie Hirschfeld Davis (NY Times)
• Trump Administration Proposes Weakening Rules Governing Organ Transplant Centers by Mike Hixenbaugh, Houston Chronicle, and Charles Ornstein (ProPublica)

Analysis

• Trump Town: Tracking White House Staffers, Cabinet Members and Political Appointees Across the Government by Derek Kravitz, Al Shaw, Claire Perlman (ProPublica)
• Trump Administration Proposing Yet Another Massive Tax Windfall For the Rich by Robert Reich (AlterNet)
• Conservatives divided over Kavanaugh allegations, mostly along gender lines by James Hohman (Washington Post)
• The line between Trump and Fox News isn’t blurry. It barely exists. by Philip Bump (Washington Post)

Opinion

• Why Hasn’t Trump’s Refugee Policy Repelled His Christian Supporters? by Conor Friedersdorf (Independent)
• Another Case of Vanishing Latino Children by David Leonhardt (NY Times)