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Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) confirmed to reporters that there will be a supplemental background FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
The details: The investigation will last "no more than a week," Cornyn told reporters, as was proposed by Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing moving Kavanaugh's hearing forward.
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Campaigning for Joe Biden at a car rally in Miami on Saturday, Barack Obama railed against President Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying "the rest of us have to live with the consequences of what he's done."
Driving the news: With less than two weeks before the election, the Biden campaign is drawing on the former president's popularity with Democrats to drive turnout and motivate voters.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Saturday that she'll vote to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday, despite her opposition to the process that's recently transpired.
The big picture: Murkowski's decision leaves Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) as the only Republican expected to vote against Barrett.
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