Sep 23, 2018

Kavanaugh to give Senate Judiciary calendars from 1982

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President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is currently facing an allegation of sexual assault while in high school, will provide the Senate Judiciary Committee with calendars from 1982 to back up his continued denial of the assault, per The New York Times.

The details: The calendars do not list a party like the one recounted by Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, though his team acknowledges that fact does not necessarily disprove her allegations. Kavanaugh's social activities while in high school in the 1980s are likely to be a focus of Thursday's planned open Senate Judiciary hearing featuring testimony from both Kavanaugh and Ford.

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Orion Rummler

Updated 1 hour ago - Politics & Policy

George Floyd protests: Unrest continues for 6th night across U.S.

A protest near the White House on Sunday night. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images

Most external lights at the White House were turned off late Sunday as the D.C. National Guard was deployed and authorities fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters nearby, per the New York Times.

What's happening: It's one of several tense, late-night standoffs between law enforcement and demonstrators in the United States.

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Sara Fischer

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Journalists get caught in the crosshairs as protests unfold

A man waves a Black Lives Matter flag atop the CNN logo outside the CNN Center during a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd, Atlanta, Georgia, May 29. Photo: Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

Dozens of journalists across the country tweeted videos Saturday night of themselves and their crews getting arrested, being shot at by police with rubber bullets, targeted with tear gas by authorities or assaulted by protesters.

Driving the news: The violence got so bad over the weekend that on Sunday the Cleveland police said the media was not allowed downtown unless "they are inside their place of business" — drawing ire from news outlets around the country, who argued that such access is a critical part of adequately covering protests.

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Jonathan Swan

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Inside Trump's antifa tweet

President Trump at Cape Canaveral on May 30. Photo: Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

As recently as Saturday night, senior administration officials told me that the designation of a violent cohort of far-left activists, antifa, as a terrorist organization was not being seriously discussed at the White House. But that was Saturday.

Behind the scenes: The situation changed dramatically a few hours later, after prominent conservative allies of the president, such as his friend media commentator Dan Bongino, publicly urged a tough response against people associated with antifa (short for "anti-fascist").

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