• Hurricane Florence makes landfall as a Category 1 (Fox News)
  • With Hurricane Florence bearing down, political ads on the Weather Channel go up (The Resurgent)
  • Despicable and desperate: Dianne Feinstein sics feds on Kavanaugh for high school-era incident (The Washington Times)
  • Republicans thwart Democratic request for Kavanaugh documents, schedule confirmation vote (National Review)
  • Congress reaches deal to fund government through Dec. 7, preventing shutdown (The Hill)
  • Feds collect record individual income taxes through August; still run $898B deficit (CNS News)
  • John Kerry slammed for "shameful" shadow diplomacy after admitting to meetings with Iran (Fox News)
  • Paul Manafort will plead guilty, forfeit many assets in special counsel probe (ABC News)
  • Controversial Democratic socialist Julia Salazar unseats 16-year incumbent in NY state senate primary (Townhall)
  • California gives new meaning to "nanny state" with proposed regulations on kids' meals (Washington Examiner)
  • Humor: 50.7 million children now detained in Trump's facilities — they're known as public schools (ScrappleFace)

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