10 things you need to know today: September 2, 2018

Trump administration withholds 100,000 pages on Brett Kavanaugh's record, Meghan McCain slams 'cheap rhetoric,' 'opportunistic appropriation' in her father's eulogy, and more

Judge Brett Kavanaugh speaks after being nominated by President Donald Trump (L) to the Supreme Court.
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1. Trump administration withholds 100,000 pages on Brett Kavanaugh's record

The Trump administration is withholding more than 100,000 pages on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's record of legal work within the George W. Bush administration. The White House decided to conceal these documents, citing executive privilege as its rationale, reported William Burck, the head of a team of lawyers who reviewed some 664,000 pages of Kavanaugh-related documents housed in Bush's presidential library. Most of the records not published "reflect deliberations and candid advice concerning the selection and nomination of judicial candidates," Burck said. Congressional Democrats have cried foul, accusing President Trump of a "cover-up."

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.