Political Polarization & Media Habits  —  When it comes to getting news about politics and government, liberals and conservatives inhabit different worlds.  There is little overlap in the news sources they turn to and trust.  And whether discussing politics online or with friends …

Statement by Secretary Johnson on Travel Restrictions and Protective Measures to Prevent the Spread of Ebola to the United States  —  Today, as part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing response to prevent the spread of Ebola to the United States, we are announcing travel restrictions …

Chris Christie: 'I'm Tired Of Hearing About The Minimum Wage'  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Tuesday that he's “tired” of hearing discussion on the minimum wage and seemed to suggest that a higher minimum wage isn't something to “aspire to.”  —  “I gotta tell you the truth …

McConnell will pay expenses in return for ‘enthusiasm’ at events  —  The Kentucky Republican Party is offering volunteers all-expenses-paid trips to join Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign bus tour and “contribute to an enthusiastic atmosphere” at his events.

Churchgoer taken aback by political flier's lynching imagery  —  Dawn McNair said she was surprised Sunday when her daughter pointed out the background on a political flier urging people to get out and vote.  —  The front of the flier blares: “Kay Hagan doesn't win!  Obama's impeachment will begin!

Anthony Weiner: Done with politics, not life  —  For Anthony Weiner, life these days consists of figuring out fatherhood and his future.  The first he's doing pretty well with; as for the second, he's got a long way to go.  —  Three years out from the 2011 sexting scandal that forced …

Arkansas Democrat Mark Pryor: Desegregation an ‘Unwilling Invasion’  —  Arkansas Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor argued that the federal government's desegregation of Arkansas's largest public school in 1957 was an “unwilling invasion” that took “a local problem out of the local authorities' hands” …

Paying $292,000 to a Group That May Not Exist  —  A certain level of murkiness has become the rule when it comes to campaign finance in a post-Citizens United world.  But even by this standard, a group called Right Solutions Partners LLC is remarkable for its opacity.

Colorado Dems: We Caught James O'Keefe and His Friends Trying to Bait Us Into Approving Voter Fraud  —  The conservative provocateur allegedly posed as a mustachioed “civics professor.”  —  James O'Keefe Bill Haber/AP  —  James O'Keefe, the conservative provocateur, has been on the prowl in Colorado …

Chicago man to Obama: 'Don't touch my girlfriend'  —  Washington (CNN) — Even the President of the United States has to deal with jealous boyfriends.  —  Casting his ballot in Chicago on Monday, Obama stood at a voting booth next to Aia Cooper, whose fiancé decided to crack wise with the president.

Oscar Pistorius should not be going to jail  —  Pistorius's life is ruined.  No one will be deterred by his sentence.  Imprisonment is a brutalist response that achieves nothing in such cases  —  Oscar Pistorius was guilty.  However gripped by anger, it's difficult to accept he didn't know whom he was likely to kill.

Surveillance Video Apparently Catches Guy Doing Something at the Ballot Box That Left Republican Monitor Stunned  —  An Arizona county party official said he saw a man stuffing “hundreds” of ballots into the ballot box and later told a local news outlet the entire incident was caught on surveillance video.

RNC co-chair: Wisconsin voters not so ‘sharp’  —  The co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee said in Wisconsin that voters there “might not be as sharp as a knife.”  —  “It's not going to be an easy election, it's a close election,” said Sharon Day, the co-chairwoman …

Democratic turnout flyer: ‘If you want to prevent another Ferguson...’  —  The Democratic effort to pump up the African-American vote in Georgia just took an interesting turn.  —  A reader has sent us this early-voting turnout mailer sent out by the Georgia Democratic party that focuses …

6 Things You Won't Believe The “Duck Dynasty” Congressional Candidate Said  —  Zach Dasher is challenging incumbent Rep. Vance McAllister.  —  https://www.facebook.com/DasherforCongr ess/ photos/pb.544994868953516.-2207520000.1 413842738.  /588420881277581/?type=3&theater

FBI Agent in Abscam Sting to Campaign for Pressler in South Dakota  —  The FBI is on his trail.  —  In South Dakota, former FBI agent John Good is joining Larry Pressler on the campaign trail to highlight the former senator's honesty during the Abscam inquiry in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Phyllis Schlafly: End Early Voting Because It Helps Democrats  —  When Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have passed laws curtailing early voting, they have invariably insisted that these laws have nothing to do with politics.  —  Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly …

American released from North Korea  —  (CNN) — Jeffrey Fowle, an American arrested in North Korea in May for leaving a bible at his hotel, has been released and is on his way home, a senior State Department official told CNN on Tuesday.  —  An American government plane picked up Fowle …

Why is there no surgeon general?  Ask Democrats  —  Some of President Obama's most ardent supporters have accused Republicans of “politicizing” the Ebola crisis.  It's not a terribly serious accusation; a public health emergency requires the response of many government agencies, so how could politics not be involved?

GOPer Doubles Down On Gays: ‘These Creatures... Are So Destructive’  —  The Republican challenger to Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) has apparently decided to make the most of the attention he received for describing gays as “gremlins”.  —  In a video posted to Facebook on Monday …

Midterm Calculus: Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don't Need Them  —  Why House Republicans Alienate Hispanics: They Don't Need Them  —  Even if they did not receive a single vote from a Latino, anywhere in the United States, Republicans could most likely retain control of the House.

Fed's Dudley: Bad Bank Behavior Could Drive Break Up  —  New York Fed President Suggests Putting Senior Management on Hook for Regulatory Fines  —  Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said the government will have to consider breaking up large financial institutions …