President Donald Trump early Tuesday touted a Gallup poll showing more Americans now have a favorable view of the Republican Party than the Democratic Party.

“Republican Party Favorability is the highest it has been in 7 years — 3 points higher than Democrats!  Gallup,” he tweeted Tuesday morning.

Gallup’s poll, however, showed 45 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP compared to 44 percent who have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, a difference of only one percentage point. The results mark a swing from previous polls in which Democrats had higher favorability ratings.

The Republican Party’s favorability has risen 9 points since a similar poll last September. It is the GOP’s highest approval rating in the poll since January of 201… Reports The Hill

• The Washington Times: Trump Says Kavanaugh Accusers Are Part of Democrats’ ‘Con Game’
• Politico: Sanders Won’t Say if Trump Plans to Fire Rosenstein
• Washington Examiner: Mark Meadows Threatens Impeachment Vote if Rod Rosenstein Refuses to Testify
• The Hill: GOP Launches Counteroffensive on Kavanaugh
• The Washington Free Beacon: Hatch: ‘Democrats Are Engaged in a Coordinated Effort to Stop’ Kavanaugh’s Confirmation

Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections.

After weeks of hand-wringing, President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the declassification of a slew of documents related to the FBI’s long-running investigation into the Trump campaign’s potential connections to Russia. The move came on the heels of top House Republicans revealing that they may also release documents related to their probes into Trump-Russia ties, as well as anti-Trump bias at the FBI and Justice Department… Reports Politico

The Daily Caller: Poll: Majority of State Voters Don’t Want Elizabeth Warren to Run for President

The Hill: Trump to Meet One-on-One With at Least 6 Foreign Leaders at UN Next Week

Washington Examiner: Report: Dianne Feinstein Faces ‘Legitimate Questions’ on Timing of Kavanaugh Accusation

The Washington Times: RNC Records Biggest Monthly Haul in August

Washington Free Beacon: Harrington: GOP Should Energize Voters With Another Legislative Win Before Midterms

Anyone out there remember details from the infamous, anonymous New York Times op-ed? Anyone? It was just one in a long line of intense, coordinated, strategic attacks on President Trump and his administration which arrive like clockwork daily, and every other word is “chaos.”

Endless attacks are not without risk, though. They can backfire. They are short-lived. They can annoy a weary public already saturated with negative politics.

“Between the op-ed, the Bob Woodward book, hurricane season bearing down, and whatever media-induced scandal tomorrow brings in addition to the daily business of running the country — the White House has neither the time nor the resources to focus on this dishonorable act. Unfortunately, this whole op-ed saga has highlighted the irresponsibility of the writer and The New York Times for publishing it despite the fact it falls short of journalistic editorial standards,” Ford O’Connell, an adviser to the 2008 McCain presidential campaign and adjunct professor at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management, tells Inside the Beltway… Reports The Washington Times

Washington Free Beacon: Ellison Accuser Says She Has Been ‘Smeared’ by Her Party

The Hill: RNC Internal Poll Finds GOP in Danger Due to Complacent Trump Voters: Report

Washington Examiner: Democrats Try to Ban the Pentagon’s New Nuclear Warhead

The Daily Caller: Trump Looking to Replace Russia as Europe’s Natural Gas Supplier

The Federalist: Botched New York Times Hit on Nikki Haley Marks Left’s Fear of Highly Competent Conservative Women