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Deseret News

Op-ed: How Question 1 aligns with Utah values

Editorial: The good, the bad and the dairy of the new U.S. trade deal

Ronald Reagan used to help make case for Better Boundaries ballot proposition

Cox says Utah election system under fire, but safe from malefactors

Former Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley rallies Ben McAdams' volunteers

Salt Lake City mother-in-law apartment ordinance is back, expected for a vote in coming weeks

Sacred places key in Bears Ears management plans

Groups reach tentative compromise over Utah medical marijuana policy

Utah governor declares state of emergency ahead of potential flooding

Trump signs Hatch bill to protect religious institutions, property from persecution

Record $82.6 million in trust land funds en route to Utah schools

Salt Lake Tribune

Major Utah oil-shale project clears 'tremendous milestone,' but at what cost to the environment?

Prominent Utahns like Jazz owner Gail Miller choose sides - and cut big checks - in fights over medical marijuana, Medicaid, redistricting and school funding

Salt Lake City is working to put limitations on the inland port - but it doesn't know exactly what the development will look like yet

Mitt Romney's Senate run makes Utah's election a target for Russian hackers, lieutenant governor says

Senate panel endorses bill to fix up national parks; Utah's Mike Lee joins three Republicans to oppose it

Other

Romney says he wants to bridge partisan divide, offers limited thoughts on Kavanaugh (Park Record)

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Blockbuster! A massive investigation uncovered President Donald Trump and his siblings gained most of their wealth from their father through dubious tax schemes and outright fraud. The report contradicts Trump's claim that he is a self-made billionaire. Trump claimed he started his own business with a $1 million loan from his father. The investigation shows Trump's father loaned him at least $60 million, much of which was never repaid - https://nyti.ms/2P4ji5H
  
  
• The New York state tax agency is considering an investigation into the allegations about Trump's wealth and tax evasion from the New York Times investigation - https://wapo.st/2P7Xg27
  
  
• President Trump mocked Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who first accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, at a rally in Mississippi on Tuesday night - https://nyti.ms/2P28u7X
  
  
• The FBI could finish their investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh as early as Wednesday - https://nyti.ms/2PbMV5i
  
  
• Sen. Susan Collins wants the FBI to investigate the claims of Julie Swetnick as part of their probe into allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh - http://bit.ly/2PbObW4
  
  
• Sen. Chuck Grassley wants the notes from Christine Blasey Ford's therapy sessions and recordings of her polygraph tests - https://on.wsj.com/2P8tM40
  
  
• Two of Brett Kavanaugh's former Yale classmates who initially supported him withdrew their backing because of the partisan nature of his testimony last week - http://bit.ly/2P7Sb9Z
  
  
• Benjamin Wittes, who says he knows and admires Brett Kavanaugh, would not vote to confirm him to the Supreme Court - http://bit.ly/2P2rUd0
  
  
• President Donald Trump, responding to a question about the Kavanaugh investigation, said it's a "very scary time for young boys in America," as they could be falsely accused of sexual misconduct - https://abcn.ws/2P7RL3p
  
  
• Sen. Lindsey Graham called on Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar to apologize to Brett Kavanaugh for being part of a "smear campaign" against the Supreme Court nominee - https://thebea.st/2P29yZv
  
  
• President Trump is delaying his meeting with FBI Deputy Director Rod Rosenstein until after the Kavanaugh process finishes - http://bit.ly/2P7gHry
  
  
• Special counsel Robert Mueller is downsizing his team. Two prosecutors returned to their previous positions, which is fueling speculation that he may be wrapping up his investigation - https://politi.co/2P7ucHU
  
  
• Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg drops $20 million into a Democratic super PAC in a bid to help Democrats take control of Senate - https://wapo.st/2P7rh1U
  
  
• The White House are warning Republican candidates to not distance themselves from the president ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, saying they could regret it in November - https://nyti.ms/2P2aSLX
  
  
• Rising Democratic star Jason Kander drops out of the race for Kansas City mayor citing PTSD and depression - https://wapo.st/2P8nW2K
  
  
• Envelopes mailed to President Donald Trump and the Pentagon tested positive for ricin - https://cnn.it/2P8t3ji
  
  
• After initially deleting an insult President Trump leveled toward a female reporter during a press conference earlier this week, the White House corrected the official transcript - https://cnn.it/2P7QYPZ
  
  
• The Department of Homeland Security was so unprepared to implement the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy that it's computer systems were unable to track family members separated at the border - https://nyti.ms/2P4WfYn
  
  
• The U.S. believes Russia is developing a new cruise missile system that would allow them to launch a nuclear strike on Europe or Alaska with little warning - https://reut.rs/2P8oMMW
  
  
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is heading to North Korea for another round of talks on Sunday - http://bit.ly/2P7tmuK
  
  
• The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists from the U.S. and Britain for their work on evolutionary science - https://nyti.ms/2P7YABV
  
  
• WOW! Check out the first pictures of Christian Bale as former Vice President Dick Cheney. He plays Cheney in a biopic which will hit theaters this Christmas - http://bit.ly/2P7lI3A

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1863 - The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by President Abraham Lincoln.
  
  
• 1922 - Rebecca Felton, a Georgia Democrat, was chosen to become the first woman to serve in the Senate following the premature death of Sen. Thomas E. Watson.
  
  
• 1952 - The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
  
  
• 1957 - The California State Superior Court rules the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
  
  
• 1972 - President Richard Nixon and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko signed strategic arms limitation agreements, putting the first restrictions on the two countries' nuclear weapons.
  
  
• 1990 - Communist East Germany merged with West Germany, ending 45 years of post-war division.
  
  
• 1993 - The two-day Battle of Mogadishu began during the Somali Civil War, killing 19 Americans and between 200 and 300 Somalis. A militia shot down two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and became the inspiration for the movie Black Hawk Down.
  
  
• 1995 - O.J. Simpson was acquitted of charges that he killed his former wife, Nichole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman.

Policy News

More National Headlines

Ford's ex-boyfriend's sworn statement disputes multiple claims she made under oath (Washington Examiner)

Nancy Pelosi Not On Board With Impeaching Brett Kavanaugh (HuffPost)

Georgetown professor suspended by Twitter after call for 'deaths' of GOP senators, Kavanaugh (FOX News)

Dentists accused in Las Vegas resort rape case have charges against them dropped (FOX News)

New York Times says it was a mistake to enlist writer who posted anti-Kavanaugh tweet to report on him (CNN)

Julie Swetnick backs off Kavanaugh allegations; former friend contacts Judiciary Committee (Washington Times)

Kavanaugh effect? Gillum clings to 1-point lead over DeSantis (Politico)

Trump administration working to weaken EPA radiation regulations (NBC News)

Suspected Ricin sent to Pentagon, suspicious letters to Trump, Ted Cruz office (NBC News)

Amazon's push for higher wages has one winner: Amazon (Washington Examiner)

Fed's Powell sees 'remarkably positive outlook' for economy that may be 'too good to be true' (CNBC)