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Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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President Donald Trump speaks during meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Showdown hearing not yet set: Dems, GOP arguing on witnesses

Wrestling for advantage, Democratic and Republican senators argued Tuesday over who could, should or would testify at next Monday's hearing with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who accuses him of a sexual assault when they were in high school. Doubts were even raised whether she would appear.
Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke listens during his trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Van Dyke's partner: McDonald raised his arm in 'our direction'

The last moments of Laquan McDonald's life played over and over again for the jury. An officer pulls up, gets out of a squad car and opens fire as the black teenager walks away from police, a small knife in one hand. McDonald crumples to the ground. More bullets are fired into his body -- a total of 16.
President Donald Trump speaks during an Hispanic Heritage Month event, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Withdraw Kavanaugh nomination? 'Ridiculous,' says Trump

President Donald Trump sided with his embattled Supreme Court nominee, defending Judge Brett Kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault as the White House walked a fine line in addressing accusations that revived memories of the president's own #MeToo moments. Time and again, Trump has defended powerful men against the claims of women.
President Donald Trump speaks during a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. Trump is flanked by Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, left, and Luis G. Rivera Marín, right, Secretary of State and Lt. Governor of Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

With Trump muted, White House leans on Kavanaugh to defend himself

President Donald Trump's routine reaction to allegations of sexual assault is to deny, retaliate and repeat. He has dismissed accusations against himself as "phony" and "false," and when presented with claims against other men, the #metoo-era president tends to side instinctually with the accused.
Catherine Riggs, holds her grandson Luke Humphrey as she listens to a briefing aboard a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter in Burgaw , N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. The family was rescued by the crew and taken to a shelter in Wilmington. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Flood victims get food and water; rain spreads to Northeast
Stranded by Florence's epic floods days after the hurricane hit North Carolina, Wilmington residents lined up by the hundreds Tuesday for free food, water and tarps, while officials managed to open a second route into the surrounded city.
Paul Manafort, former campaign manager for Donald Trump, arrives at federal court in Washington on June 15, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Zach Gibson
Manafort has no evidence to incriminate Trump, family, Giuliani says
President Donald Trump's lead lawyer said Monday that attorneys for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort have reiterated that the president has nothing to fear from Manafort's cooperation with federal investigators.
On Sunday, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out a photo of CNN’s Anderson Cooper standing in waist-deep water during a hurricane, with a caption suggesting that the CNN anchor was lying to make the president look bad.
Anderson Cooper accuses Donald Trump Jr. of 'tweeting lies' with old hurricane photo
Anderson Cooper spent the last 10 minutes of his show on Monday night responding to a critic: the president's son.
FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, after more than an hour of delay over procedural questions, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers has come forward to The Washington Post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
What the man accused of helping Kavanaugh assault a woman wrote about female sexuality
Mark Judge has described his and Brett Kavanaugh's high school as a nest of drugs, drink and sex.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un react after signing a guest book before their summit at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)
Korean leaders meet in Pyongyang for potentially tough talks
South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date -- brokering some kind of compromise to keep North Korea's talks with Washington from imploding and pushing ahead with his own plans to expand economic cooperation and bring a stable peace to the Korean Peninsula.
Incumbent Republican Peter Roskam, right, and Democratic challenger Sean Casten in the 6th U.S. Congressional District disagree on a number of topics related to President Donald Trump.
Roskam, Casten spar over voting like, acting like and impeaching the president
Voting like President Donald Trump, acting like him and the possibility of impeaching him stand to play major roles in the race for the 6th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
FILE - In this Sept. 13, 2018, file photo, Elizabeth Smart arrives for a news conference in Salt Lake City. Smart says she’s been “reassured” the woman who helped kidnap her when she was 14 and stood by as she was sexually assaulted will be watched when she’s released from prison. Appearing in an interview Tuesday, Sept. 18, on “CBS This Morning,” Smart said she believes Wanda Barzee remains a danger. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Elizabeth Smart: Accomplice in my kidnapping will be watched
Elizabeth Smart says she's been assured that the woman who helped kidnap her when she was 14 and stood by as she was sexually assaulted will be watched when she's released from prison.
Refining concept plans for 5th Avenue redevelopment in Naperville, which resulted in drawings like this one released in August, has been delayed until a city council discussion scheduled for an Oct. 16 meeting.
Why Naperville is pausing 5th Avenue redevelopment planning process
Discussions about redeveloping the 5th Avenue area near the train station north of downtown Naperville are taking a 30-day pause.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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