WASHINGTON—In the spectacle that is the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has emerged as one of the stars of the show.

U.S. Capitol Police on Wednesday arrested a congressional intern they believe was responsible for publishing the personal information of at least one Republican senator online. Jackson Cosko, 27, has been charged with both federal and local offenses, including making public restricted information and unauthorized access of a government computer. Cosko has worked with Democratic Sens.

WASHINGTON—The era of blindly trusting tech behemoths to protect consumer privacy and free speech seems to be drawing to a close after a series of blunders from Google, Twitter, and Facebook.

President Donald Trump accused Google back in August of rigging its search results to prioritize negative news about him. The company responded that “search is not used to set a political agenda.”

Not wanting to interfere with the ongoing confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump postponed his meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday. Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. After a week of rumors that Rosenstein would either resign or be fired, the president said Thursday that he wants to allow him to keep working.

President Donald Trump boasted of the United States’ economic strength and global leadership in a speech Thursday at the UN General Assembly. His remarks emphasized the importance of national sovereignty for the United States and other nations. He said that America respects other countries’ unique goals and supports their right to make decisions on behalf of their people, adding, “We are standing up for America and for the American people, and we are also standing up for the world.”

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration announced Monday it may reduce the annual number of refugees allowed into the United States from the already historic low of 45,000 to 30,000 in the next fiscal year. Some evangelical leaders are pushing back, saying the reduction will harm persecuted Christians and other religious minorities and is a step backward for the United States’ humanitarian efforts.

WASHINGTON—U.S. voters are split ahead of November’s midterm elections on whether the faith of political candidates matters. More Americans said the religious faith of candidates was at least somewhat, if not very important, than those who thought it wasn’t very important or not important at all, but only by a very small margin, a poll released this week by the Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found.