• Incomes up, poverty down in 2017 (The Washington Free Beacon)

• 29.2% of U.S. households had incomes of $100,000+ in 2017 (CNS News)

• Media batter Trump with storm criticism as Hurricane Florence looms (Fox News)

• Threats of rape, bribery, and extortion: Just another day in the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation saga (The Resurgent)

• Dems send 1,278 additional questions to Kavanaugh, more than all other SCOTUS nominees combined (The Washington Times)

• The United States is now the largest global crude oil producer (U.S. Energy Information Administration)

• 98% of families who illegally entered the U.S. in 2017 are still here (Washington Examiner)

• U.S. has highest share of foreign-born since 1910 (The New York Times)

• Senate confirms new IRS chief (The Hill)

• Planned Parenthood chooses Asian doctor whose parents fled “one-child policy” China as its next president (The Daily Wire)

• Pope OKs probe into U.S. bishop over sex harassment claims (Associated Press)

• Why every Christian should be worried about the Catholic sex scandal (The Federalist)

• Trump OKs sanctions for foreigners who meddle in elections (Associated Press)

• F-22 stealth fighters intercept Russian strategic bombers near Alaska for the second time this month (Business Insider)

• Kerry meeting with Iran to salvage nuke deal with rogue diplomacy (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Man accused of stealing veteran cemetery flags and urinating on them (NBC10 Boston)

• Humor: Washington Post fact-checker dies in darkness (ScrappleFace)

• Policy: Hurricane Florence is not an omen about climate change (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Avoid government shutdowns and still restrain spending (National Review)

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