As Hurricane Matthew Bears Down On Florida, Drudge Suggests Government Lying About Its Force  —  This is a live stream from a camera on the Florida coastline as Hurricane Matthew bears down on Florida with force of historic proportions.  Indeed, the warnings coming from the National Weather Service …

FBI files reveal missing email ‘boxes’ in Clinton case, allegations of evidence tampering  —  Buried in the 189 pages of heavily redacted FBI witness interviews from the Hillary Clinton email investigation are details of yet another mystery — about two missing “bankers boxes” filled with the former secretary of state's emails.

Dozens of former GOP lawmakers announce opposition to Trump  —  A group of 30 former GOP lawmakers signed a blistering open letter to Republicans on Thursday, warning that Donald Trump  —  lacks the “intelligence” and temperament to be president and urging the party to reject the Republican presidential nominee at the polls on Nov. 8.

Giuliani's daughter is for Clinton  —  Caroline Giuliani is “With Her.”  —  The daughter of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — a key adviser to Donald Trump and one of his most vocal surrogates — has been “pro-Hillary all along,” she wrote on her Facebook page.

After 10 days of turmoil, Trump signals he will try to focus ahead of Sunday debate  —  Donald Trump and his allies signaled on Thursday that he is ready to move past the controversies that have dominated the 10 days since the first presidential debate and that he will try to stay focused on policy …

Putin banner mysteriously appears on Manhattan Bridge … A giant poster of Russian President Vladimir Putin was draped along the side of the Manhattan Bridge on Thursday afternoon.  —  The massive banner featured the Russian leader in a suit and tie against the backdrop of the country's flag along …

Donald Trump is devouring Fox News  —  Any news outlet wishing to provide solid and comprehensive coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign cannot avoid mentioning Sean Hannity's promotion of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.  “Hannity,” which airs in the prime-time lineup of Fox News …

Joe Buck reveals that hair plug addiction nearly cost him his career  — Buck has said that a virus cost him his voice for part of 2011, but that was a lie.  His loss of speech was a side effect of a hair transplant procedure.  —  Fox Sports announcer Joe Buck feared …

Obama approval hits new high  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama's approval rating stands at 55% in a new CNN/ORC poll, the highest mark of his second term, and matching his best at any time since his first year in office.  —  The new rating outpaces his previous second-term high …

Backpage.com CEO arrested in Texas on pimping charges  —  Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer, who has been locked in a heated contempt battle with a Senate panel probing his site's alleged facilitation of child prostitution and sex trafficking, was arrested in Texas Thursday on criminal pimping charges.

Donald Trump: America's populist con artist  —  's supporters may forgive him for a cameo appearance in a porn movie.  They may forgive him for mocking a former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, because she gained weight.  They may even forgive him for buying the cheap, foreclosed houses …

Another Trump Son Appears On Program With Ties To White Nationalist  —  Earlier this year, Donald Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. appeared on a radio program called “Liberty Roundtable,” where he was interviewed by James Edwards, a white nationalist who had been called in as a fellow guest.

UW students sell anti-police, anti-white hoodies  —  Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are asking people to buy sweatshirts promoting violence against police officers and classifying all white people as racists.  —  “Racism,” claims one hoodie's page, “is a set of systematic …

Cops hunt brutish bigot who screamed racist, gay slurs at man before pushing him down in West Village attack  —  A biased brute attacked a 32-year-old man after hurling racial and anti-gay epithets at him in the West Village, officials said Thursday.  —  Police released video surveillance images …

Cop Shop: Woman does the right thing after ‘gift’ from ATM  —  After an ATM spit out money that wasn't hers, Kristina Edwards had to take a second and regroup.  —  “Did that really just happen to me?” the 35-year-old Ridley Park woman thought as she sat in her car at the Wells Fargo ATM drive-thru …

Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin Picks Mindy Finn as Running Mate  —  Evan McMullin, the long-shot independent presidential candidate, has chosen his running mate — veteran political and digital strategist Mindy Finn.  —  Finn, 35, has worked for former President George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Twitter and Google.

Nevada governor calls special session for NFL stadium  —  Nevada legislators will meet in special session on Monday to consider financing for a new football stadium just off the Las Vegas Strip in an attempt to bring an NFL team to Sin City.  —  Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) …

Tight Race for President in Ohio  —  PPP's new Ohio poll finds that the race in the state continues to be very tight.  Hillary Clinton's at 44% to 43% for Donald Trump, 5% for Gary Johnson, and 2% for Jill Stein.  If voters had to choose just between Clinton and Trump, Clinton's advantage remains one point at 48/47.

Trump's secret weapon for Debate No. 2  —  Now that the Donald has shown restraint, Americans expect him to open fire  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  One of the biggest ironies of the first presidential debate is that Donald Trump's reluctance to aggressively attack Hillary Clinton has now given him the license to fully do so.