• Hurricane Michael strengthens to Category 4, will make Florida panhandle landfall today (The Weather Channel)

• Trump: Five people on short list to replace Nikki Haley as UN ambassador (The Hill)

• Grassley says he would not allow Supreme Court vacancy to be filled in 2020 (The Washington Post)

• Cotton suspects Schumer of being behind leak of Ford letter (The Hill)

• California admits DMV error added noncitizens to voter rolls (The Daily Signal)

• Missouri judge blocks parts of state’s voter photo ID law (Reuters)

• Census citizenship question lawsuits move toward Supreme Court showdown (NPR)

• Previously deported illegal alien now sentenced for child porn (CNS News)

• MN teacher resigns under fire after “kill Kavanaugh” threat (Hot Air)

• Humor: The Left learns an important lesson from Kavanaugh fight: They need to be even more obnoxious (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: What do the worst-run states have in common? They’re run by tax-and-spend Democrats (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Policy: Why the Left won’t take up originalism (National Review)

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