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In this Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 photo, Washington U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is shown at a gathering in Vancouver, Wash.. Democratic incumbent Cantwell has easily won re-election for U.S. Senate in Washington state in previous years but as she seeks her fourth-term this November, she is facing her most recognizable opponent, Republican Susan Hutchison. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

US Sen. Maria Cantwell faces former head of Wash. state GOP

By RACHEL LA CORTE - Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks through a tunnel towards the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate GOP gives counteroffer to Christine Blasey Ford for hearing: Report

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Delaware GOP official quits, blasts party’s Senate nominee

By RANDALL CHASE - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 17, 2018, photo, Lisa Brown, the Democratic opponent to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., speaks during a candidates forum in Colfax, Wash. Some Democratic candidates are determined not to let Republican members of Congress distance themselves from the president’s trade policies. Their efforts play into voter concerns that Congress should be more of a check on Trump. Republicans hope that a strong economy carries them to victory. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Trump’s tariffs could sow trouble for GOP in farm districts

By KEVIN FREKING and NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS - Associated Press

A Wall Street Journal editorial says, "A story this old and unprovable can't be allowed to delay a Supreme Court confirmation vote." (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The complex hazards of the ‘MeToo Kavanaugh ambush’

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Both parties are grappling with tremendous political risks in the midst of an increasingly messy Supreme Court fight. Republicans risked alienating women, particularly in the nation’s suburbs, by embracing President Trump’s hand-picked nominee even after allegations surfaced of decades-old sexual misconduct. Democrats, who want to delay the high-stakes nomination, risked energizing complacent Republican voters should they play politics with the sensitive allegations.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Kavanaugh vote becomes landmine for GOP candidates in Senate races

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Brett M. Kavanaugh, Supreme Court nominee, and a fellow Georgetown Preparatory School student, "corralled" Christine Blasey Ford in a bedroom at a party in the early 1980s and tried to sexually assault her, she told The Washington Post. (Associated Press/File)

The Latest: DOJ: It’s not the FBI’s job to judge allegations

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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, Sept. 6, 2018. Official Washington is scrambling Monday to assess and manage Kavanaugh’s prospects after his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, revealed her identity to The Washington Post and described an encounter she believes was attempted rape. Kavanaugh reported to the White House amid the upheaval, but there was no immediate word on why or whether he had been summoned. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Woman’s accusation roils fight over Kavanaugh nomination

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2008, file photo, Chris Collins, of Buffalo, N.Y., speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. Collins will remain on the November ballot despite previously suspending his campaign amid an insider trading indictment. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)

GOP officials: Indicted Rep. Chris Collins to stay on ballot

By CAROLYN THOMPSON - Associated Press

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, to begin his confirmation to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh set for high-stakes Senate showdown

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, talks about Hurricane Florence during a briefing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, as FEMA Administrator Brock Long listens at right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump turns back to Maria, falsely says Dems inflated toll

By CATHERINE LUCEY and ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

This Dec. 15, 2016, photo shows Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. speaking with reporters after meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump, in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

House Republicans from N.Y., N.J. oppose permanent cap on state and local deduction

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

This combination of photos shows West Virginia state Supreme Court justices, from left, Robin Davis on Oct. 3, 2012, Allen Loughry on Oct. 3, 2012, Beth Walker on March 16, 2016 and Margaret Workman on Dec. 29, 2008. The state Senate meets Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, where the four impeached justices or their lawyers will make initial appearances in Charleston, W.Va. (Courtesy of the Charleston Gazette-Mail and The Daily Mail via AP, File)

The Latest: Impeachment trial set for retired W.Va. justice

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In this photo taken on Sunday, April 22, 2012, Maria Butina, a gun-rights activist, poses for a photo at a shooting range in Moscow, Russia. When gun activist Maria Butina arrived in Washington in 2014 to network with the NRA, she was peddling a Russian gun rights movement that was already dead. Fellow gun enthusiasts and arms industry officials describe the strange trajectory of her Russian gun lobby project, which U.S. prosecutors say was a cover for a Russian influence campaign. Accused of working as a foreign agent, Butina faces a hearing Monday, Sept. 10 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pavel Ptitsin)

Misfire: Maria Butina’s strange route from Russia to US jail

By MATTHEW BODNER and ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sasse, critic of GOP, says he’s ‘independent conservative’

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In this Aug. 10, 2012, file photo a customer pumps gas into his dual-tank pickup truck at a 76 gas station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Grant Hindsley, File)

California gas-tax repeal stalls Democratic drive to flip House seats

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pauses as he takes questions from reporters following a closed-door strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer shuts down Senate over Kavanaugh hearings

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 30, 2012, file photo, then-Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., walks between the Senate chamber and the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Jon Kyl to replace John McCain as senator

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Former CIA officer and Democratic candidate for the 7th district Congressional seat, Abigail Spanberger, center, speaks to supporters at a rally in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, July 18, 2018. Opposition to President Donald Trump is changing the political map for Democrats who find themselves riding a wave of anti-Trump energy to compete in areas they once left for lost. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Abigail Spanberger’s Islamic Saudi Academy work a ‘big deal,’ Dave Brat says

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 31, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump holds up a list of his administrations accomplishments while speaking at a Republican fundraiser at the Carmel Country Club in in Charlotte, N.C. Heading into the midterms, 2018's most volatile candidate is not on the ballot. But Trump is still taking his freewheeling political stylings on the road on behalf of his fellow Republicans, preparing to ramp up his campaign schedule in a campaign sprint to Nov. 6 (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The most volatile candidate for the midterms: Trump

By ZEKE MILLER and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press