• Monday hearing sets up dramatic showdown between Kavanaugh, accuser (Associated Press)

• Kavanaugh denies presence at scene of alleged assault (National Review)

• Keith Ellison domestic violence accuser says Democrat Party doesn’t believe her story (Fox News)

• Trump orders feds to declassify key FISA documents, text messages in FBI Russia probe (Fox News)

• China hits back with $60 billion in tariffs on the U.S. effective Sept. 24 (CNBC)

• U.S. Air Force seeks sharp growth to stay ahead of China, Russia (Reuters)

• U.S. to sharply limit refugee flows to 30,000 in 2019 (Reuters)

• Census Bureau: Hispanic household income hits record high (CNS News)

• Embattled FEMA chief Brock Long facing possible criminal investigation (The Washington Post)

• North Dakota is now pumping as much crude as Venezuela (Bloomberg)

• Senate passes sweeping legislation to combat opioid epidemic (NBC News)

• Machines to handle over half workplace tasks by 2025 (Associated Press)

• International businesses, banks flee Iran as Trump administration readies harsh sanctions (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Rubio asks DOJ to determine if Kerry violated federal laws meeting with Iranian officials (Fox News)

• Humor: John Kerry on possible 2020 run: “I won’t rule out another dramatic and humiliating loss’” (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: The crisis next time: What we should have learned from 2008 (Foreign Affairs)

• Policy: America shouldn’t abandon its global leadership role (National Review)

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