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The irony of Trump's allegation that Kavanaugh protesters are paid; Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this?

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Kavanaugh secures votes for confirmation to Supreme Court Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) said they will vote to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, ensuring that President Trump's nominee will ascend to the Supreme Court after a bitter partisan fight that has included allegations of decades-old sexual misconduct. By Seung Min Kim and John Wagner  •  Read more » Analysis The irony of Trump's allegation that Kavanaugh protesters are paid Remember June 16, 2015? When Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency from the lower lobby of Trump Tower. Some — not all — of those people were there because they were paid to be, $50 a head. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Why is Lindsey Graham acting like this? The South Carolina Republican's gift of gab and knack for theatrics have served him well over the years, first as a prosecutor and now as a senator. By Ben Terris  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT She's a mom, a wife and only 16. What it's like to be a child bride in America. Between 2000 and 2010, an estimated 248,000 American children were married, some as young as 12. Now states all over the country are passing laws to make it harder. Story by Terrence McCoy | Photos by Michael S. Williamson  •  Read more »   Retropolis | The Past, Rediscovered A busboy held Bobby Kennedy after he was shot. The photo haunted him until his own death this week. Juan Romero was just 17 when Boris Yaro took the famous photo after Kennedy's assassination in 1968. By Michael Rosenwald  •  Read more »   White Chicago police officer convicted of second-degree murder in 2014 shooting of black teenager Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times after he was found walking erratically down a street with a small knife in his hand. By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Chinese head of Interpol has disappeared — in China French police launched an investigation after Meng Hongwei's wife reported he had gone missing. By James McAuley and Gerry Shih  •  Read more »   The Fix | Analysis Pence and Trump administration are complicit in downplaying Russian election interference In a speech Thursday, the vice president said China's election interference is worse than Russia's. The administration still hasn't substantiated this claim. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more »   Today's WorldView | Analysis A journalist's disappearance may rev up a Middle East rivalry Turkish authorities insist that Jamal Khashoggi, a frequent Post commentator, is being held in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, but Saudi officials say otherwise. The incident adds another facet to an ongoing dispute between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. By Ishaan Tharoor  •  Read more »   'A wake-up call for traditional mattress chains': Mattress Firm files for bankruptcy Consumers are flocking online to buy vacuum-packed mattresses from companies such as Casper, Leesa, even Amazon. By Abha Bhattarai  •  Read more »   Analysis Why we love TV's lovable idiot characters There's something oddly comforting and delightful about a character whose defining quality is total stupidity, especially these days when we're overwhelmed by information. By Elahe Izadi  •  Read more »

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