OTHER UTAH HEADLINES   

Deseret News

Op-ed: Why a redistricting commission may make things worse

Editorial: 2nd District debate was a welcome show of civility

Senate hearing on sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh not a trial, Hatch says

'We will have our day in court': Salt Lake mayor says inland port lawsuit imminent

Utah group files FEC complaint against Rep. Mia Love over campaign contributions

Support slipping slightly for gas tax hike to raise money for schools, poll shows

What does the Cottonwood Mall debate mean for density along the booming Wasatch Front?

Salt Lake Tribune

Trump tweets that new book by former Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz is 'very interesting'

'We haven't had anything like this before': Norovirus has spread to at least 10 schools in Salt Lake County

Southern Utah sheriff's office shares anti-marijuana video, urges residents to vote 'no' on ballot initiative in possible election-law violation

Study: Salt Lake City International Airport rebuild injects $5.5B into local economy, creates more than 3,300 jobs

Hopefuls Suzanne Harrison and Brad Bonham debate Medicaid expansion and other issues in competitive Utah House race

Other

Weber Co. leaders wrestle with growth west of I-15, no easy fixes in the offing (Standard-Examiner)

State forester: Utah wildfires this year burning twice as much land, twice as costly (Logan Herald Journal)

 

  NATIONAL HEADLINES  

• Kavanaugh confirmation:
  
  
  • Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley says Christine Blasey Ford has until Friday to respond to his request for her to speak to the committee about her sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh - https://cnn.it/2PR8mbr
    
    
  • GOP Senators are pushing ahead with Kavanaugh's nomination, and will push for a vote soon - https://wapo.st/2PR8uHX
    
    
  • Republicans say the timing of the Kavanaugh letter accusing him of sexual assault is suspect, but the timeline shows it's more than a simple political ploy - http://bit.ly/2PRNilj
    
    
  • Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says she will vote no on Kavanaugh because of his stance on dark money political donations - https://cnn.it/2PQeila
    
    
  • President Trump's claim that the FBI cannot probe the allegations against Kavanaugh is wrong according to former officials - https://politi.co/2PRQVaP
    
    
  • In the unlikely event that Kavanaugh's nomination fails, Democrats plan to use the still-open seat as a campaign issue in November to boost turnout among women - http://bit.ly/2PU4tmn
    
    
• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants a second summit with President Trump soon to speed up the denuclearization process - https://wapo.st/2PNV0wL
  
  
• Democrats are worried Republicans in Congress are teeing up a series of document dumps ahead of November's election designed to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation while ginning up the GOP base - https://politi.co/2PTCV0t
  
  
• The head of FEMA nearly quit his job this week because of his bitter feud with Homeland Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen - https://wapo.st/2PQaobT
  
  
• Former national security adviser Michael Flynn will be sentenced in December for lying to the FBI - https://politi.co/2PW1NVp
  
  
• Economic experts say Trump's trade war with China could usher in a new economic Cold War that could last for years - https://nyti.ms/2PP4zeM
   
• Democratic turnout for primary elections in 2018 was significantly higher than Republican turnout, the first time that has happened since 2008 - http://bit.ly/2PSuXEF
  
  
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is cracking down on the improper use of commas by State Department employees - https://cnn.it/2PSmi58
  
  
• President Trump suggested Spain should build a wall in the Sahara desert to prevent refugees from Africa from coming to Europe - https://nyp.st/2PMD8T0
  
  
• A Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to ban teachers from talking about politics in school - http://bit.ly/2PMAFYC

  ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY  

• 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sets sail from Sanlucar de Barrameda with about 270 men on his expedition to circumnavigate the globe.
  
  
• 1881 - President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in following President James A. Garfield's death.
  
  
• 1962 - African American student James Meredith is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
  
  
• 1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.
  
  
• 1982 - Football players begin a 57-day strike during the 1982 NFL season.
  
  
• 1984 - A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 23 people. 
  
  
• 2000 - The six-year Whitewater investigation of President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton ended without any indictments being issued. Independent Counsel Robert Ray said there was insufficient evidence to establish criminal wrongdoing.
  
  
• 2001 - In an address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush declares a "War on Terror."
  
  
• 2011 - The U.S. military ends its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

Policy News

More National Headlines

The drive to sink Kavanaugh is liberal totalitarianism (New York Post)

Media, ABC, PBS use Facebook to beg other Kavanaugh accusers to talk, 'Truth will emerge' (Washington Examiner)

Broaddrick: FBI Probe Ford Allegation? Then 'Investigate My RAPE Allegations' Against Clinton (CNSNews)

U.S., China have lots of 'ammunition' and trade spat could escalate -WTO chief (Reuters)

A New Petition From House Democrats Could Complicate Nancy Pelosi's Future (The Atlantic)

DOJ looking into 'concerning' behavior by employee in Project Veritas video (The Hill)

Ellison accuser releases 2017 medical document saying she feared 'retribution' (Washington Times)

ABC News star Matthew Dowd slammed for calling Justice Clarence Thomas a 'sexual predator' (FOX News)

Elizabeth Warren slammed over editing of Kavanaugh video (FOX News)

FBI, DOJ Plan Redactions Despite Trump's Document Order (Bloomberg)

Trump arrives in North Carolina to survey Florence damage (Associated Press)