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During an address to an annual charity dinner in New York on Thursday night, outgoing U.N. She also took jabs at Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and convicted Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Haley, who served as governor of South Carolina before joining the Trump administration, also recalled her upbringing as a minority in the Palmetto State. Actually, we both were.” She made note of another no-show at the dinner. The president says it’s going to be the best Halloween ever — nothing like it ever before, huge!” Speaking of her job, which she plans to leave in January, Haley noted that many of the U.N. member nations are often angry with the United States. Amid the jokes, Haley, who still might have a political future ahead of her, also relayed a sobering message about the riled state of politics in the United States — which some interpreted as criticism of Trump. “In our toxic political environment, I’ve heard some people in both parties describe their opponents as enemies or evil,” Haley said. “We have some serious political differences here at home. But our opponents are not evil.

AirTalk recaps the headlines in national political news you might’ve missed over the weekend, plus we’ll tell you what to watch for this week. Kavanaugh latest, what to expect from FBI investigation, particulars on the full Senate vote, and more U.S., Canada and Mexico release draft of "new NAFTA" Takeaways from Presidents’ foreign policy speech at U.N. General Assembly last week Goodlatte: Rosenstein to meet with House GOP in coming week House votes to make individual tax cuts permanent Guests: Nancy Cook, White House reporter at POLITICO; she tweets @nancook Luke Hunt, assistant professor of criminal justice at Radford University in Virginia; former FBI special agent and supervisory special agent for 7 years Mike German, fellow with the Brennan for Justice at NYU School of Law, former FBI Agent for 16 years who focused on a range of investigations, including background investigations Matt Rodriguez, Democratic strategist and founder and chief executive officer of Rodriguez Strategies. He is also a former senior Obama advisor in 2008; he tweets @RodStrategies Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush Lara Bazelon, professor of law at the University of San Francisco; she was a trial attorney in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles for seven years; she has litigated Title IX cases; she is the author of the upcoming book “Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction” (October 2018, Beacon Press) Elizabeth Slattery, legal fellow and appellate advocacy program manager with the Heritage Foundation’s Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies and host of the SCOTUS101 podcast; she tweets @EHSlattery

Real national interest prompts EU27 to protect UK as it grapples with Brexit During my posting as ambassador in London, I regularly attended the main party conferences. It is perhaps to be expected at a party conference. In general, those who sloganise about putting their “country first” propose a very simple and narrow view of national interest. They propagate the dangerous lie that there are simple answers to difficult questions. The political recipe recommended by self-proclaimed patriots has less to do with the real interests of their own people than with dismissing the interests of others People who take a different approach disagree, sometimes fundamentally, about how exactly national interests should be pursued. However, they recognise that to advance one’s country’s interests one must first understand and respect the interests of others. I believe that Theresa May understands better than many in her party that national interests require arming oneself with arguments rather than wrapping oneself in flags. That means taking appropriate account of Britain’s interests even as Britain itself is struggling, intellectually and politically, to identify what its interests are. Both sides in the Brexit negotiations should be guided by the principle, on which the EU itself is founded, that putting one’s country first requires not the trumpeting of narrow national interest but rather a generosity of spirit towards the interests of others. That will be easier once the Tory Party conference is out of the way.

From the gripping Kavanaugh hearings to developments at the United Nations General Assembly, it’s been a busy week in American politics. Judge Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination: Here’s where things stand now. [Read the story] But the vote came only after Republican senators agreed to a last-minute demand from Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona: to conduct a time-limited F.B.I. inquiry into the allegations of sexual misconduct against Judge Kavanaugh. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who came forward last week with allegations that Judge Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, was the first to testify before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Before the hearings on Thursday, two more women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the Supreme Court nominee. [Read the story] In an article published Sunday, one of the women, Deborah Ramirez, alleged that Judge Kavanaugh had exposed himself to her at a dorm party during her freshman year of college. [Read the story] Additional Reading • Supreme Court Fight Goes Prime Time With Kavanaugh’s Fox News Interview • Debunking 5 (More) Viral Rumors About Kavanaugh’s Accusers • Trump Accuses Democrats of Running ‘Con Game’ Against Kavanaugh At the General Assembly, President Trump stuck to familiar themes. [Read the story] Additional Reading • U.N. General Assembly: Criticism and Praise for Trump Administration • Trump’s Tariffs May Hurt, but Quitting China Is Hard to Do • 5 Takeaways From Trump’s News Conference at the United Nations 38 days to go: Developments as the midterm elections near. • Sheldon Adelson Sees a Lot to Like in Trump’s Washington • Ellison, Trying to Clear Name, Calls for Investigation Into Abuse Claims _____________________ Today’s On Politics briefing was compiled by Emily Cochrane in Washington and Margaret Kramer in New York.

But other things happened this week, too: Here are some of the other big politics stories -- almost any of which would have been the big story in any other week -- in case you missed them: President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. But the thing that always distracts me is that armchair that speakers at the UN have to sit in for what seems like all of three seconds while they're being introduced. Now, don't get me wrong, I am the most vocal sitting desk supporter you are likely to find. But still, that chair doesn't even look that comfy. Apparently Trump "went off" on Macron. I analyze every handshake between these two as if they're diplomatic Punxsutawney Phils, indicating the state of the relationship between two major world democracies. Eagerly awaiting the remix of Cardi B's "I Like It" featuring Joe Biden where they change the line "I like those Balenciagas/the ones that look like socks" to "I like those Balenciagas/I like pulling up my socks." The other big Trump news was his first solo news conference in quite a while. This week had enough going on. I used this as the GIF of the day in Wednesday's edition of The Point newsletter, and no word yet on whether Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won the game of Nose Goes that (I think) he was playing.

President Trump chairs a meeting on Iran with the 15-member council in New York City. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one…

Good Tuesday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. • Judge Brett Kavanaugh denied allegations of sexual misconduct and said he would “not be intimidated into withdrawing” as the Supreme Court nominee. The woman they were referring to is furious, calling the insinuation “horrible, hurtful and simply untrue.” [Read the story] • Judge Kavanaugh took the remarkable step of submitting to a television interview before a confirmation vote, defending himself on Fox News. One historian called it “utterly extraordinary.” [Read the story and the transcript] • President Trump on Judge Kavanaugh: “Hopefully we’ll have a second judge very shortly who is a fantastic, fantastic man, a fantastic talent and intellect.” [Read the story] • Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, expected Mr. Trump to fire him on Monday after The Times reported that he had considered secretly taping the president and had discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. But at the end of the day, he was still in his job. Here’s what went on behind closed doors. [Read the story] • The drama surrounding Mr. Rosenstein and Judge Kavanaugh is proving a distraction for Mr. Trump at the U.N. General Assembly. [Read the story] • Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic nominee for Senate from Arizona, has made her story of childhood homelessness central to her appeal. But court documents reviewed by The Times raise questions about how she told that story.

The audience laughed during Trump's speech. Trump dismissed Deborah Ramirez’s sexual-misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying she “has nothing” because she was “drunk.” The Senate Judiciary Committee hired a female attorney to question Christine Blasey Ford at Thursday’s hearing on a sexual-assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh. Bill Cosby was sentenced to three to 10 years in state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004. Senator Elizabeth Warren unveiled a major housing bill that takes aim at segregation, redlining, restrictive zoning, and the loss of equity by low-income homeowners. (Natasha Bertrand) Snapshot What We’re Reading Separate and Unequal: Georgia is “unnecessarily segregating” some black children with emotional and mental disabilities into a separate school system where the graduation rate is nearly 70 percent lower. “The kids aren’t being educated,” said one former teacher. (Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker) Who Is Rod Rosenstein? : A years-old Baltimore criminal case can help shed light on who exactly the deputy attorney general is, and if he’ll stay in his job. (Dara Lind, Vox) The Ones Who Never Came Home: In the late 19th and early 20th century, thousands of indigenous children were forcibly sent to government boarding schools. Now, the United Nations wants to know what happened to them.

We counted the questions from the fall session so far and found: Conservatives don’t like talking NAFTA while New Democrats do, the NAFTA issue that matters the most is dairy, and everyone in Canada loves tying their opponent to the unpopular President Donald Trump. — Canadian officials denied a U.K. tabloid headline that Trump “snubbed” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by declining a meeting during the U.N. General Assembly in New York. On Tuesday, Freeland will attend events on the plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya and peacekeeping reform, as well as host a meeting for G-7 foreign ministers. C’EST MARDI — Welcome to POLITICO Pro Canada’s a.m. newsletter. The event also features a briefing by our White House, campaigns, and economic policy reporters. TAX: The National Association of Manufacturers submitted recommendations to Republican lawmakers working on a second round of tax reform, reports Pro Tax’s Bernie Becker. The manufacturers group also asked that Congress drop the corporate rate below the 21 percent enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, H.R. The discussion over “Tax Reform 2.0” is unfolding as Canada’s finance minister, Bill Morneau, considers how to respond to the first round of U.S. tax cuts. — “Alberta still out of climate change accord until pipeline approved: Notley.” The Canadian Press. 8 a.m. — The Council on Foreign Relations will host a discussion about Canada's global outlook.

President Donald Trump in his speech at the United Nation's General Assembly said that Iran doesn't respect "its neighbors or borders" and praised hard-hitting sanctions to come. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth…