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","type™:"text"}],"identifier":" anf-container-2","layout"™: "image- container", "role":"container", "type":"container"}],"identifier":" anf-section- 2","layout":"default- section", "role":"section", "scene": {"fadeColor":"#FFFFFF","type":"fading sticky header"} ,"type":"section"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 3","inlineTextStyles": [{"range"™: {"length":253,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range™: {"length":253,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text": "BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. 4€" As the fate of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, teetered over a sexual assault allegation from decades ago, President Trump vented his frustration about his own partydae™s unwillingness to aggressively hit back.","type"™:"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 4","inlineTextStyles": [{"range":{"length":447,"start":0},"textStyle":"_anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™:{"length":447,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"Speaking to thousands of supporters at a rally in Missouri on Friday, Mr. Trump recounted how he had implored an unnamed senator to d€efight ford€ Judge Kavanaugh, and d4€cenot worry about the other side.a€ The lawmaker pushed back, the president said, citing his experience from 25 years in politics. But Mr. Trump said he had told the man that he knew better: da€elad€™ve been in politics for two and a half years, and 1a4€™m the president of the United States.a4€", "type": "text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/ASDpbilvcRQemX7 gbpw9L QYg", "range": {"length":45, "start":327},"type™:"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 5", "inlineTextStyles": [{"range"™:{"length":421,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- I"}, {"range™:{"length":421,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text": "The exchange highlighted the clash between Mr. Trumpa€™s pugnacious instincts and the political realities surrounding Judge Kavanaughae™s imperiled nomination. Mr. Trump is confronting a situation that is beyond his control, with the Senate Judiciary Committee making the decisions, including a momentous one on Sunday in which it reached an agreement to hear public testimony from the judgede™s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 6", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":414,"start":0},"textstyle":" anf-ts- I"}, {"range"™: {"length":414,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default-— body", "role":"body", "text":"With one notable exception late last week, Mr. Trump has heeded instructions from his advisers and Republican senators to hold his fire, lest he provoke a calamitous backlash. Constrained by his partyd€™s perilous electoral prospects and the accusations of sexual misconduct he himself has faced in the past, the president is virtually powerless to influence the outcome of perhaps his administrationae™s top priority.","type":"text"}, {"bannerType"™:"any","identifier":" anf-banner advertisement i", "layout": "ComponentLayout- 4","role":"banner advertisement", "type":"banner advertisement"}, {"identifier":" anf- body-7", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":503,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range™: {"length":503,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text":"The public spectacle that will surround Dr. Blaseya€™s testimony on Thursday illustrates the degr to which a confirmation effort that was once seen as an island of functionality in a tumultuous White House has become the latest messy episode in a presidency full of them. The development could carry profound consequences not only for the future of the Supreme Court but also for Republicans facing the growing possibility of losing control of Congress in November, partly at the hands of female voters.", "type": "text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/AyWjf 1lbkP7- 54sKiImxXS3Ng", "range": {"length":14, "start":113},"type"™:"lLink"}, {"URL":"https://apple.new s/AyWjf 1bkP7- 5S4sKLmXS3Ng", "range": {"length":13,"start":127},"type":"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 8", "inlineTextsStyles": [{"range":{"length":266,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- i"}, {"range"™:{"length":266,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role": "body", "text":"As the risk that Judge Kavanaugha這s nomination could collapse has mounted 4€" a new allegation of sexual misconduct published by The New Yorker on Sunday night raised fresh questions about whether he could survive 4€" Mr. Trump has been forced into the role of spectator.","type™:"text"}, {"identifier":" anf- body-9", "inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":403,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts- I"}, {"range™: {"length":403,"start":0},"textStyle":" anf-ts-1"}],"layout":"default- body", "role":"body", "text":"The president was briefed on the allegation on Sunday, according to people in contact with him, and was remaining firmly behind Judge Kavanaugh, who is also scheduled to testify before the committee and who has vehemently denied the allegations. But one of the people said the president argued that the new charge showed why the White House should have fought back against Dr. Blasey from the beginning.", "type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- W HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028427