1. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is heading to confirmation to the Supreme Court after two undecided senators, Susan Collins and Joe Manchin III, said they would support him.

On the Senate floor, Ms. Collins, Republican of Maine, above, addressed the allegations of sexual misconduct against the judge. “Certain fundamental legal principles about due process, presumption of innocence and fairness do bear on my thinking and I cannot abandon them,” she said.

Mr. Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, said in a statement he had overcome his reservations. Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona, said he would vote for Judge Kavanaugh “unless something big changes.”