1/ The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 50-48 vote. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski voted “present,� although she said she opposed the nomination. Joe Manchin was the lone “yes� vote from the Democrats. Kavanaugh is the first justice nominated by a president who lost the popular vote, confirmed by senators representing less than half of the country, while also having his nomination opposed by a majority of the country. (New York Times / Washington Post / CNN / The Guardian / NPR)

Chief Justice John Roberts has already received more than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints against Kavanaugh. Roberts has chosen not to refer the complaints to a judicial panel for investigation. (Washington Post)

The campaign to impeach Justice Kavanaugh has begun. A petition to impeach Kavanaugh gathered more than 125,000 signatures, but while it takes majority of the House to impeach a federal official, removing them requires a two-thirds supermajority of the Senate – or 67 votes. (Newsweek / NBC News)

2/ Trump called the allegations against Kavanaugh “a hoax that was set up by the Democrats.� He said talk of impeaching Kavanaugh was “an insult to the American public.� (The Hill / Washington Post)

Mitch McConnell called for an investigation into the leak of Christine Blasey Ford’s letter to Diane Feinstein, which alleges that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while the two were in high school. (Politico)

John Kelly formed a working group to prepare for the possibility of investigations if Democrats win the House. “Subpoenas flowing into a White House create paralysis,� said Neil Eggleston, Obama’s White House counsel. “The whole system stops while everyone tries to comply with subpoenas and prepare to testify.� (Axios)

Susan Rice said she’ll decide after the midterm elections on whether to run and try to unseat Susan Collins in 2020, who was the deciding vote to confirm Kavanaugh. Rice was Obama’s national security adviser. (ABC News /