The Hill Articles: September 30, 2018

September 30
Outside counsel in Kavanaugh hearings argues Ford case weak on legal grounds US, Canada reach NAFTA deal Kavanaugh polling: FBI on the hot seat DOJ sues California over net neutrality law Las Vegas strip to go dark on first anniversary of shooting California governor signs nation’s strictest net neutrality bill Kanye West criticizes 13th Amendment on Twitter Experts worry 5G could widen digital divide in cities Flake: If I were running for reelection ‘not a chance’ I’d call for Kavanaugh investigation Flake: Elevator confrontation showed me Kavanaugh debate ‘tearing the country apart’ Due process reflects human nature and it is our best chance for fairness Yale classmate says Kavanaugh misled Congress on his drinking habits Feinstein calls on White House, FBI to release scope of Kavanaugh investigation Biden: Midterm elections ‘bigger than politics’ Kavanaugh accuser Ramirez speaks with FBI: reports Midterms put GOP centrists in peril California becomes first state requiring women to sit on corporate boards Ex-Trump aide: If FBI can investigate Clinton emails in days, it can investigate Kavanaugh in a week The legacy of Elie Wiesel: An eternal beacon of humanity Comey: FBI sees Kavanaugh’s yearbook claims as ‘flashing signal to dig deeper’ Macedonia results show support for name change to pave way for NATO membership Comey defends FBI’s ability to investigate Kavanaugh Bucking history: Trump’s asylum policy does not represent America Klobuchar praises ‘SNL’ depiction of her Trump: FBI investigation into Kavanaugh will ‘never be enough’ for Democrats US stock markets put investors first Sanders defends lack of White House press briefings Son: Scalia wouldn’t be ‘terribly surprised’ by intensity surrounding Kavanaugh nomination Cotton says Feinstein will be investigated over Ford letter Trump questions why Dems win black vote The community effort to bounce back from Puerto Rico’s eight-month blackout US Marine’s son wins office in Okinawa running against base relocation Jerry Falwell Jr.: Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing ‘nice guys’ US ambassador: China running ‘propaganda ads in our own free press’ Iran foreign minister defends comparison of Trump to Nazi House GOP cancels ad buys for vulnerable Republican California governor vetoes ban on smoking at parks and beaches for third year in a row Trump knocks ‘Saturday Night Live’ after season premiere: ‘It is just a political ad for the Dems’ Flake event moved due to security concerns Who you gonna call? Inspectors General. Aide: Trump putting together ‘best performance on the economy and trade of any president in modern history’ Katie Couric: Our understanding of sexual violence has not progressed since Anita Hill hearings White House defends FBI investigation into Kavanaugh Hundreds of young migrants moved to tent city: report Trump suggests Feinstein leaked letter from Kavanaugh accuser GOP senator: Democrats have turned ‘advice and consent’ into ‘search and destroy’ Senate and FBI can still get the Kavanaugh nomination right US destroyer sails near islands claimed by China Foreign minister: Pompeo has made ‘all the wrong moves against Iran’ Maxine Waters: Trump will face bipartisan ‘wrath’ if he fires Rosenstein Flake: Kavanaugh initially sounded like someone who had been ‘unjustly accused’ Left’s attacks on Kavanaugh worked, but not how they hoped Nadler raises possibility of House investigation of Kavanaugh Klobuchar: ‘White House should not be allowed to micromanage’ FBI investigation into Kavanaugh Hirono: Democrats did not expect limited Kavanaugh investigation House Dem: Kavanaugh would have to recuse himself from cases involving congressional Democrats Why the coverage of mass shootings continues to miss the mark and how to fix it Trump meeting with Rosenstein could be delayed further, Sanders says Conway: ‘We’re not trying to interfere’ in FBI investigation Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ Graham defends Kavanaugh against criticism over temperament: He was ‘rightly offended’ Sarah Sanders accuses Dems of exploiting Ford, Kavanaugh Willie Nelson debuts new song, ‘Vote ‘Em Out,’ at Beto O’Rourke rally Soccer great Ronaldo dismisses rape allegations as ‘fake news’ Why Kavanaugh case will kill Republicans in the midterms SNL knocks Kavanaugh hearing: ‘All this yelling and crying happened at this dude’s job interview’ Third annual Women’s March set for January in DC Republicans accelerate efforts to overhaul Endangered Species Act Kate McKinnon resurrects Ruth Bader Ginsburg impression on SNL US and Canada working furiously to come to NAFTA agreement Mattis is poisoning the well on women in combat Matt Damon plays angry Kavanaugh on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Trump rips NBC over report on limits to Kavanaugh investigation Congress falls flat on election security as midterms near Kanye West goes on pro-Trump rant off-air on SNL Forbes: Dems ‘will be the Grinch that stole Christmas’ if they win midterms Statistics can save lives How the Trump tax law passed: The final stretch The Mueller investigation: Where it stands at the midterms