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2:35 PM ET, October 3, 2018

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Bloomberg:
FBI Lacks White House Approval to Talk to Kavanaugh and Ford, Sources Say  — White House views Senate testimony as sufficient, people say  — Sanders says Senate to ‘make the determination of the scope’  —  The FBI hasn't interviewed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …
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NBC News:
Dozens of potential sources of information have not been contacted by the FBI in Kavanaugh investigation  —  With the investigation winding down, multiple individuals who have tried to contact the bureau have not heard back.  —  WASHINGTON — More than 40 people with potential information …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
FBI expands inquiry into Ford allegations  —  (CNN)The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted.  —  The efforts come as anticipation builds …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Brett Kavanaugh's anger may be backfiring  —  Brett M. Kavanaugh will still probably be confirmed to the Supreme Court.  But it's becoming increasingly clear that he damaged himself with last week's angry appearance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Wall Street Journal:
Friend Rejects Claim That Ford Helped Her on Polygraph Test  —  Monica McLean, a friend of Christine Blasey Ford, rejected the assertion that Dr. Ford had coached her on how to take a polygraph test, as alleged by a former boyfriend of Dr. Ford in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Michael Avenatti Releases New Statement from Unidentified Witness Alleging ‘Inappropriate Conduct’ by Kavanaugh  —  Attorney Michael Avenatti has released another sworn statement from someone claiming to have knowledge of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh misbehaving at parties when he was in high school.
USA Today:
Republicans plan careful steps to protect secrecy of FBI report on Brett Kavanaugh  —  President Trump mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Ka USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON - Republicans are planning a careful choreography for the results …
Discussion: NTK Network
C. Ryan Barber / LAW.com:
Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim
Reuters:
Opposition to Kavanaugh grows after Senate hearing: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Political Wire
Prachi Gupta / Jezebel:   I Know Brett Kavanaugh, But I Wouldn't Confirm Him
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Lindsey Graham says the midterms are now about Kavanaugh
Discussion: Political Wire
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Horrified Assault Survivors Swarm Washington to Protest Kavanaugh
Discussion: WSAZ-TV and The Daily Caller
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives should be cautious about letter from Christine Blasey Ford's ex-boyfriend
Margot Cleveland / USA Today:
Christine Blasey Ford's changing Kavanaugh assault story leaves her short on credibility  —  Put aside Christine Blasey Ford's emotional performance.  Her testimony revealed her as a witness whose memories change at her convenience.  —  CONNECT  —  When Christine Blasey Ford testified …
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Connie Chung / Washington Post:
Dear Christine Blasey Ford: I, too, was sexually assaulted — and it's seared into my memory forever  —  Connie Chung is a broadcast journalist.  —  Dear Christine Blasey Ford,  —  I, too, was sexually assaulted — not 36 years ago but about 50 years ago.  I have kept my dirty little secret to myself.
Fox News:
Christine Blasey Ford ex-boyfriend says she helped friend prep for potential polygraph; Grassley sounds alarm  —  In a letter released Tuesday and obtained by Fox News, an ex-boyfriend of Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault …
Melina Delkic / New York Times:
How Times Journalists Uncovered the Original Source of the President's Wealth  —  Three reporters spent over a year digging through more than 100,000 pages of documents and chasing down key sources familiar with President Trump's father and his empire.  —  Times Insider delivers behind …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump rips into The New York Times over tax schemes report
Discussion: Washington Post and Donald Trump
Michael D'Antonio / CNN:
Trump is exposed as the fraud that he is
Jillian Kay Melchior / Wall Street Journal:
Fake News Comes to Academia  —  How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘grievance studies.’  —  The existence of a monthly journal focused on “feminist geography” is a sign of something gone awry in academia.  The journal in question—Gender, Place & Culture …
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Kevin Collier / BuzzFeed News:
This Ohio Woman's Run-In With The FBI Gives Us A Window Into Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Probe  —  WASHINGTON — Cassandra Ford tends to stay online late into the evening and then sleep in.  So when two FBI agents dispatched by special counsel Robert Mueller's office pounded on her boyfriend's door …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Meritocracy Against Itself  —  How Ivy League resentments took over the Kavanaugh debate.  —  A week ago, Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post wrote a column about the dreadful feeling of being yanked back, thanks to the allegations of teenage sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh …
USA Today:
A presidential alert test from FEMA is coming to your cellphone.  But can you turn it off?  —  Cellphones across the United States will be buzzing in unison Wednesday with a special test message from the Trump administration.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a test …
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New York Times:
Kavanaugh's 1983 Letter Offers Inside Look at High School Clique  —  The beachfront property was rented, the guests were invited and an ever-organized Brett M. Kavanaugh had some advice for the seven Georgetown Preparatory School classmates who would be joining him for the weeklong escapade.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
New poll shows that Republicans have become the party of #MeToo backlash  —  A majority of Republicans would support a candidate whom multiple women have accused of sexual assault (again).  —  A new poll is the latest evidence of a dramatic partisan breakdown over what to do about sexual assault allegations …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Democrats are hypocrites for attacking Brett Kavanaugh as too partisan
Discussion: The Federalist and Weekly Standard
YouTube:
VICE |  Official Trailer  —  IN THEATERS CHRISTMAS.  VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-Pre...
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP gloom: Republicans predict House majority will be swept away by Democratic ‘spending tsunami’  —  Five weeks before critical midterm elections, House Republicans are outgunned and outmanned as a constellation of well-resourced Democratic groups dedicated to winning the majority overwhelm GOP defenses.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Small GOP Lead in CD01  —  Positive views of incumbent overcome Dem-leaning environment  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The contest in Pennsylvania's newly drawn 1st Congressional District remains tight, but Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick has inched ahead of Democratic challenger Scott Wallace …
Discussion: Political Wire
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
Chris Christie on early Trump problems: ‘I probably could have prevented 75 percent of them’  —  Chris Christie, 56, is the former governor of New Jersey and was a Republican candidate for president in the 2016 primary elections.  —  Corey Lewandowski recently said that President Trump got off …
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
US terminates 1955 treaty with Iran after UN court ruling  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In response to a U.N. court order that the U.S. lift sanctions on Iran, the Trump administration said Wednesday it was terminating a decades-old treaty affirming friendly relations between the two countries.
Discussion: Reuters and Shakesville
Michael Sykes / Axios:
In photos: Melania Trump's “very emotional” visit to ex-slave holding castle in Ghana  —  On her first solo trip overseas, First Lady Melania Trump visited a 17th century castle where slaves were held in captivity in Ghana and described the trip as “very emotional.”
Molly McKew / Wired:
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THE INFORMATION TERRORISTS TRYING TO RESHAPE AMERICA  —  The network architecture built in Gamergate helped propel Trump to the presidency and fuel conspiracies like Pizzagate and QAnon.  Now it's backing Brett Kavanaugh.  —  SINCE THE ADVENT of Donald Trump's candidacy …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus Chairman says ‘strong suggestion’ undercover FBI sources taped Trump campaign  —  House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) said on Wednesday it is very likely that undercover FBI sources taped members of the Trump campaign.  —  “There's a strong suggestion …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Axios:
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh's Temperament and Honesty in 2006
Discussion: Daily Kos