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The Story: Former Congresswoman Deb Haaland is now a cabinet member, the Secretary of the Interior, after a vote Monday, March 15. Most Democrats in...

From Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s all-but-assured confirmation to revelations about President Trump’s wealth, here are some of this week’s biggest stories in American politics. Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation is all but assured. After devastatingly divisive confirmation hearings and an F.B.I. review of sexual misconduct allegations, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court was secured Friday after Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said they would back him. [Here’s how they voted Friday on advancing the confirmation.] [Read Friday’s On Washington here.] [Read the story] New York officials said on Thursday that they had joined state regulators in investigating whether taxes had been underpaid on the elder Mr. Trump’s wealth. [Read the story] Additional Reading • Sanders Dismisses The Times’s Trump-Tax Story as ‘Very Boring’ • How the Trump Family Got Rich • 11 Takeaways From The Times’s Investigation Into Trump’s Wealth No more Nafta: The United States, Canada and Mexico signed a new trade agreement. [Read the story] The president’s advisers are planning an aggressive campaign schedule for Mr. Trump to help woo voters — and are warning candidates against distancing themselves from him. • Everything You Need to Know for the Midterm Elections • How to Vote Early in the 2018 Midterm Elections Other Washington updates: Melania in Africa, Pence on China, and Trump in rallies.