The president’s defense of his Supreme Court nominee came as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) said he was still attempting to get testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teens. Ford has said she wants the FBI to investigate her allegation.
The Daily 202
Analysis 
Republicans say they plan to go ahead with a new hearing whether Christine Blasey Ford is there or not, a take-it-or-leave-it gambit that risks backfiring politically.
In an interview with Hill.TV, President Trump offered a scathing review of the attorney general.
President Trump speaks on Jan. 21, 2017, at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (Video: The Post; photo: Getty Images)
When President Trump visited the agency on his second day in office, he stood several floors below the point of origin for an investigation that would define his first 18 months in office. This article is adapted from Post reporter Greg Miller’s forthcoming book, “The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy.”
Arthur Mitchell
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Mitchell was one of the first black dancers to join a major ballet company and helped start the acclaimed Dance Theatre of Harlem.
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Twelve years later, past and present residents of Arlington, Tex., are still reckoning with Amber Wyatt’s story.
Deputies made it out of the van, but two women in the back were killed, pushing Florence's death toll to nearly 40 people.
President Trump called the outcome of a summit between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in “very exciting.” But many experts remain skeptical of Kim’s promises.
Analysis
What could have been a peaceful moment between President Trump and Polish President Andrzej Duda immediately took an awkward turn.
Premier Li Keqiang’s comments come as the world’s two largest economies are on track to impose levies on $635 billion worth of goods traded annually between them.
Critics say the request appears to be retribution for the lawsuits that helped overturn dozens of dismissals and was intended to legitimize a process beset with problems.
Wonkblog
Analysis The gun rights group's flagship magazines added nearly 350,000 subscribers since the massacre, suggesting membership growth is healthy.
An Arkansas-based firm predicts an explosion of spam calls, marking a leap from 3.7 percentage of total calls in 2017 to a projected 44.6 percentage by early 2019.
