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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Everybody Take Five
To combat the growing federal deficit, Trump said he would ask each of his Cabinet secretaries to cut five percent from their budget proposals next year.
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Markus Schreiber / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Stormy Chaser
President Donald Trump praised a federal judge’s decision to throw out Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against him, calling her "Horseface," and threatening to "go after" her.
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Charles Krupa / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: 23 and She
In response to President Donald Trump and others who have questioned her heritage, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren released the results of a DNA test showing evidence that she has a Native American ancestor dating back six to 10 generations.
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Gerald Herbert / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Recovering from Michael
At least 14 people have died from the category-4 storm that slammed into the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday and has swept across the southeastern U.S.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Kanye Guest
In an impromptu monologue in the Oval Office, rapper Kanye West, who was invited to meet with President Donald Trump, said that the president “is on his hero’s journey right now.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘Hurricane Michael is Upon Us’
Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle with winds reaching 155 mph.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Haley’s Comment
Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, resigned, effective at the end of the year.
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Mary Calvert / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Maine Event
In a speech on the Senate floor, Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine announced that she would vote to confirm Kavanaugh.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Vote Will Go On
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to advance Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination Friday, with the final Senate floor vote to be held on Saturday.
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Paul Sancya / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: This Is Not a Test
The federal government tested a new presidential alert system at 2:18 p.m. ET.
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Cliff Owen / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Flake Out
Speaking at The Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C., Senator Jeff Flake criticized Brett Kavanaugh for his recent appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling his interactions with lawmakers “sharp and partisan.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: One NAFTA Another
Trump praised the revised trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada as “a great deal for all three countries.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Torn Flake
President Trump ordered the FBI to conduct an additional investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Senate Judiciary Committee made the request following demands from Republican Senator Jeff Flake and other senators.
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Gabriella Demczuk / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: A Historic Hearing
During a tense hearing on sexual-misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor, delivered an emotional testimony detailing the night she says she was sexually assaulted by the Supreme Court nominee.
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Mary Altaffer / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Trump Calls Kavanaugh Allegations A ‘Big, Fat Con Job’
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Laugh and the World Laughs With You
In his second address before the United Nations General Assembly, President Trump blasted "globalism" and instead underscored the importance of sovereignty. The audience laughed during Trump's speech.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Acts of Rod
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will meet with President Trump on Thursday following reports that he once suggested secretly recording the president and discussed invoking the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Oh My Rod
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly suggested secretly recording President Trump and invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Terms and Conditions
The woman who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault said she’s “prepared to testify next week,” as long as the conditions are “fair” and her safety is ensured.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Up in the Air
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said he was focused on “doing everything we can” to get Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, to testify.
