WASHINGTON—Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, has agreed to a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller in exchange for reduced charges. Manafort will plead guilty to two out of the initial seven charges against him. In documents filed Friday and signed by Mueller, prosecutors charged Manafort with one count of conspiracy against the United States and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.

New York incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo easily trounced his far-left challenger, actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, in the state’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Thursday.

WASHINGTON—The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, as expected, delayed its scheduled vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to next Thursday. Any committee member can request a one-week delay in voting on a nominee, and committee Democrats demanded more time and access to additional documents related to Kavanaugh’s background. But while the delay was granted, Republicans rejected an effort by Democrats to subpoena documents from Kavanaugh’s time as a staff secretary in the George W.

Rhode Island held its primary elections Wednesday, with voters largely sticking with incumbents on the Democratic side, including rejecting a progressive candidate in favor of the pro-business incumbent in the governor’s race. Gov. Gina Raimondo fended off her more liberal challenger Matt Brown, the state’s former secretary of state, and will face Tuesday’s Republican winner, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, and independent candidate Joe Trillo in November. Raimondo and Fung previously battled for the governor’s mansion in 2014.

New Hampshire primary voters emerged from the polls Tuesday having sided with establishment picks for the November ballot. After Democratic U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter chose not to run for reelection, Republicans see an opportunity to flip her House seat red.

WASHINGTON—A week of posturing, protests, and partisanship came to a close Friday, with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh surviving and likely advancing on to take his seat on the high court. Friday’s segment offered an anti-climactic end to the proceedings, with many members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Kavanaugh not in attendance to hear 26 witnesses testify on the judge’s character, qualifications, and his perceived position on a host of controversial issues.

WASHINGTON—During Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s lengthy third day of his confirmation hearing, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee bickered about confidential documents and later sought to pick his brain on controversial political events.