Bush lawyer releases 42,000 pages of Kavanaugh documents

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A lawyer representing former President George W. Bush released 42,000 pages of documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's time in the Bush White House to the Senate Judiciary Committee late Monday night, reports The Washington Post.

What they're saying: The document dump prompted outrage from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who tweeted that "not a single senator" would have time to review the records ahead of the start of Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing Tuesday morning. The Judiciary Committee tweeted late Monday night that its majority staff had reviewed "each and every one" of the pages.

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Zeta, now a Category 2 Hurricane, closes in on Louisiana coast

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The state of play: Zeta is producing 100-mph maximum sustained winds and stronger gusts. The storm is gaining strength as it heads northeastward at 20 mph. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) requested a pre-landfall Emergency Declaration in a letter to President Trump on Tuesday.

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France imposes lockdown as Macron warns of overwhelming second COVID wave

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Why it matters: “(France has been) overpowered by a second wave,” Macron said in a national televised address Wednesday, noting the "new wave will be stronger and deadlier," than the first. The announcement comes after the country saw over 36,000 new cases in the last 24 hours.

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"Anonymous" senior Trump official revealed as ex-DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor

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Former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor on Wednesday publicly claimed to be the author of the anonymous New York Times op-ed that described a "resistance" within the Trump administration working to thwart President Trump's agenda.

Why it matters: Taylor already publicly endorsed Joe Biden in a video funded by Republican Voters Against Trump in August, accusing the president of wanting to "exploit the Department of Homeland Security for his own political purposes and to fuel his own agenda."

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