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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rosenstein’s job to be topic of Thursday meeting with Trump

By ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a signing ceremony for the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement at the Lotte New York Palace hotel during the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump hails his own achievements in UN speech

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How squeaky clean is Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh? The New York Times had to comb through his high school yearbook to search for dirt on him. (Associated Press)

With Brett Kavanaugh nonsense, the politics we’ve known are finished

By Joseph Curl

This Feb. 27, 2018, photo shows a seven cubit quantum device is seen at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Describing the inner workings of a quantum computer isn’t easy, even for top scholars. That’s because the machines process information at the scale of elementary particles such as electrons and photons, where different laws of physics apply. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

AP Explains: The US push to boost ‘quantum computing’

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 13, 2018 file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. Rosenstein is expecting to be fired, heading to White House Monday morning.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump doesn’t say if he plans to fire Rosenstein

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In this July 13, 2018, file photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Rosenstein still has his job _ at least till Trump showdown

By ERIC TUCKER and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

As Senate hearing set for Kavanaugh, new accuser emerges

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

In this Sept. 5, 2018, photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Combat won out over caution. White House aides and congressional allies worked all week to keep President Donald Trump from unloading on the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Trump picks combat over caution in court fight

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

In this July 13, 2018, photo, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks during a news conference at the Department of Justice in Washington. Rosenstein is denying a report in The New York Times that he suggested last year that he secretly record President Donald Trump in the White House to expose the chaos in the administration. Rosenstein says the story is “inaccurate and factually incorrect.” (Associated Press) **FILE**

AP sources: Rosenstein spoke of possible secret Trump taping

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, walks past members of the media as he heads to the Senate Chamber floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

Trump says ‘hard to imagine’ Kavanaugh guilty of allegation

By ALAN FRAM and LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

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)

What is the FBI’s role in the Kavanaugh allegations?

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

The Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh were marked by repeated protests. (Associated Press/File)

Senate role for Supreme Court nominees absurd

By Joseph Curl

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, to travel to Oxon Hill, Md. to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The Latest: Polish leader proposes US base called Fort Trump

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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

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and CATHERINE LUCEY - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis responds to a reporter's question during a meeting with and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana at the Pentagon, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

James Mattis dismisses defense secretary resignation rumors

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

Floodwaters from Hurricane Florence inundate the town of Trenton, N.C., Sunday, Sept. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Latest: More N Carolina counties qualify for federal aid

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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)

Brett Kavanaugh offers to testify on Christine Blasey Ford accusation

By Stephen Dinan - 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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FILE- In this July 24, 2018, file photo a barn with a banner reading &quot;Trump&quot; is seen behind a field of soy beans in Ashland, Neb. The U.S. and China have imposed import taxes on $50 billion worth of each other’s products. Ditching decades of U.S. trade policy that he says swindled America and robbed its workers, President Donald Trump insists he can save U.S. jobs and factories by abandoning or rewriting trade deals, slapping taxes on imports and waging a brutal tariff war with China, America’s biggest trading partner. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

As midterms near, Trump gambles on his hardline trade policy

By PAUL WISEMAN and KEN THOMAS - Associated Press