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Deseret News

Orrin Hatch: Kavanaugh's confirmation - a victory for the courts and the nation

Utah's shift in approval for Trump is the highest in the nation, new poll says

Why America's religious freedom ambassador thinks everyone can help 'fight' for this 'foundational' right

Advocates want to see Medicaid's 'tremendous results' in Utah extended by Proposition 3

Salt Lake D.A. creates panel to review claims of innocence

Utah school makes the grade after asking 'What would I be willing to do to see students succeed?'

Utah Rep. Rob Bishop says he has 'no idea' how re-election campaign going

'It does not care what it consumes': Utah County joins federal lawsuit in fight against opioid crisis

Salt Lake Tribune

Editorial: Election security is everyone's job

Zion National Park will acquire a private land parcel to fend off any development - but 3,400 acres remain at risk

Utahn becomes one of the first in the state to receive nonbinary 'X' markers on birth certificate and driver license

No state has seen President Trump's approval rating drop farther than Utah, new poll shows

Utah League of Cities' former finance chief charged with skimming $30k for travel, drinks, clothing

Voting begins: Salt Lake County mails 500k ballots to voters

Other

Utah County announces lawsuit against major opioid manufacturers, distributors (Daily Herald)

Musselman focuses on economy, Darby touts analytical skills in Utah House race (Standard-Examiner)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Whoa! Former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates requested a proposal from an Israeli firm for a plan to use social media manipulation to defeat GOP primary opponents and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. One of the plans included using fake online personas to sway the votes of delegates to the GOP National Convention in 2016 - https://nyti.ms/2IJGpzZ
  
  
• President Trump sounded a very partisan tone during the swearing-in ceremony for Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh - https://wapo.st/2ILYZYm
  
  
• Republicans hope to cast Democrats as an "angry mob" following the Kavanaugh confirmation fight in an effort to boost enthusiasm by the Democratic base - https://wapo.st/2IKycvE
  
  
• A new nationwide poll shows 45% of Americans believe the media treated Brett Kavanaugh unfairly during the confirmation process - http://bit.ly/2IMElqW
  
  
• Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he would push to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 if there was an opening, despite using the 2016 election as a reason for refusing to consider the nomination of Merrick Garland - https://wapo.st/2IMgHuU
  
  
• The bitter fight over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination has led to a surge in donations for both Republicans and Democrats - http://bit.ly/2IK8MhH
  
  
• Republicans are worried that the Democratic surge could put some safe GOP seats in danger in November - https://reut.rs/2IJQM6V
  
  
• A new forecast for the 2018 midterms shows 68 seats currently held by Republicans as "in play." Democrats need a net gain of 23 seats to win control of the House in November - https://politi.co/2IPYv3H
  
  
• President Trump says he has no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein over reports that Rosenstein offered to wear a wire to record Trump following the firing of former FBI Director James Comey - https://wapo.st/2IMgTdC
  
  
• President Trump used unorthodox business strategies to expand his real estate business following the death of his father - https://wapo.st/2IMLpUD
  
  
• China is working to protect its flagging economy from the effects of the trade war with the U.S. - https://wapo.st/2IMgYxW
  
  
• Ford is planning big layoffs after disclosing President Trump's tariffs have cost the company $1 billion - https://nbcnews.to/2IP3dP6
  
  
• Hurricane Michael is barreling toward Florida's Gulf Coast. It's expected to make landfall on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm - https://wapo.st/2ILuuC2
  
  
• Bill and Hillary Clinton will go on tour this year and next. The couple will hold joint conversations during the arena tour, which is being produced by the same company that produces big concert events - http://bit.ly/2IMK6oH
  
  
• Google is shutting down its Google+ social media platform after discovering a vulnerability that left the private data of thousands of users exposed. Google initially did not disclose the issue for fear it would bring regulatory scrutiny and damage the company's reputation - https://on.wsj.com/2IKenEJ

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1635 - Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony after religious and policy disagreements.
  
  
• 1701 - The Collegiate School of Connecticut (later renamed Yale University) is chartered in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.
  
  
• 1888 - The Washington Monument opens to the public. Construction was halted from 1854 to 1877 due to a lack of funds and the Civil War.
  
  
• 1936 - The Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
  
  
• 1967 - A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
  
  
• 1969 - In Chicago, the National Guard is called in as demonstrations continue over the trial of the "Chicago Eight."
  
  
• 1983 - James Watt, facing U.S. Senate condemnation for a racially insensitive remark, resigned as interior secretary.
  
  
• 2006 - North Korea conducts its first nuclear test

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More National Headlines

Independents disapprove of Democrats' handling of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination by a 28-point margin (Washington Examiner)

CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins 'regrets' homophobic tweets from college days (USA Today)

Alaska GOP to weigh potential action against Murkowski for opposing Kavanaugh confirmation (Associated Press)

Trump, Rosenstein meet on Air Force One in wake of 'wire' report (FOX News)

Poll shows Cruz up 5 points on O'Rourke in Texas (The Hill)

Bill and Hillary Clinton to Start 13-City Paid Speaking Tour After Midterms (Bloomberg)

Gavin Newsom and John Cox clash in their only head-to-head governor's race debate (Los Angeles Times)

Mayor Rahm Emanuel rejects President Donald Trump's call for Chicago police to use stop-and-frisk tactics (Chicago Tribune)

Brett Kavanaugh just hired the Supreme Court's first all-women law clerk team (The Week)

Google drops out of Pentagon cloud computing competition (The Hill)

China says it's not afraid of a trade war with the US - its actions show otherwise (CNBC)