October 2, 2018

Tuesday Top Headlines

Kavanaugh vote this week, Ford’s damaged credibility, debt way up, Amazon’s minimum, and more.

  • 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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