• Mitch McConnell says Senate to vote on Brett Kavanaugh “this week” (The Washington Times)

• Rachel Mitchell’s memo is damaging to Christine Blasey Ford’s case against Brett Kavanaugh (Washington Examiner)

• White House authorizes FBI to expand Kavanaugh investigation (The Hill)

• Kavanaugh won’t return to teach at Harvard Law School next semester (Townhall)

• Soros-backed progressive activist group takes credit for Flake confrontation (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Democrats face skepticism after party-led probe finds Keith Ellison abuse claims “unsubstantiated” (The Washington Times)

• Obama doesn’t list Ellison among endorsements in Minnesota races (The Washington Free Beacon)

• In FY 2018: Debt up $1,271,158,167,127; Feds borrowed $8,172 per every American with a job (CNS News)

• Study: Consequences cut illegal immigration (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Amazon to set $15 minimum wage after Bernie Sanders attacks (Washington Examiner)

• Humor: Mike Pence admits to heavy root beer drinking in high school (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Not safe for kids: Fixing our broken child welfare system (American Enterprise Institute)

• Policy: How public pension boards are making a crisis worse (Governing)

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