- GOP rejects Kavanaugh accuser's bid for FBI probe before hearing, she hasn't responded to invitation for Monday (Bloomberg)
- Feinstein on Kavanaugh accusation: "I can't say everything is truthful" (National Review)
- Dem senator reveals plan to leave a SCOTUS vacancy for two years (Hot Air)
- Senate approves $854B spending bill (The Hill)
- Nixing regulations saved taxpayers $1.3 billion this year (National Review)
- Trump says exposing "corrupt" FBI probe could be "crowning achievement" of presidency (The Hill)
- State Department bureaucrat caught plotting "deep state" resistance (The Washington Times)
- North Korea announces plan to shut down nuclear complex, but it comes with a catch (Washington Examiner)
- Canada's Trudeau under growing pressure to get NAFTA deal done (Reuters)
- Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene (The Washington Post)
- Christian-bashing Emmys' ratings hit new low (CNS News)
- City Hall deal for Obama Center in Jackson Park: 99 years for $10 (Chicago Sun-Times)
- "Sesame Street" denies Bert and Ernie have a sexual orientation after former writer's comments (Fox News)
- Humor: "Sesame Street" producers deny rumors that Bert, Ernie are Russian spies (The Babylon Bee)
- Policy: Feel-good bans on straws and plastic bags don't help the ocean (National Review)
- Policy: Nurse practitioners: A solution to America's primary care crisis (American Enterprise Institute)
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