Poll: Republican Party Fractured As Hillary Clinton Maintains Solid Lead  —  Hillary Clinton's 5-point lead over Donald Trump remains virtually unchanged since last week—but after prolonged in-fighting among GOP party leaders, a majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters (57 percent) …

Reid: ‘I have set the Senate’ for nuclear option  —  (D-Nev.) is predicting a Democratic-majority Senate next year could break out the “nuclear option” to change the rules on Supreme Court nominations.  —  The outgoing Democratic leader told Talking Points Memo that he's paved …

Breitbart coordinated with liberal activist and organizer who disrupted GOP primary campaign events  —  A liberal activist and organizer coordinated with reporters from the conservative news site Breitbart during the primaries to cover his disruptions of events for candidates such as Sen. Marco Rubio.

Inside Donald Trump's One-Stop Parties: Attendees Recall Cocaine and Very Young Models  —  The morals of Donald J. Trump, as a longtime model lover and then a modeling agency owner, were forged in another era, one in which young girls were used as a sort of currency between men doing business with one another.

Obamacare premiums to soar 22%  —  Obamacare premiums are set to skyrocket an average of 22% for the benchmark silver plan in 2017, according to a government report released Monday.  —  The price hike is the latest blow to Obamacare.  Insurers are raising prices and downsizing their presence …

Florida spirals away from Trump  —  From polling to early voting trends to TV ad spending to ground game, Donald Trump's Florida fortunes are beginning to look so bleak that some Republicans are steeling themselves for what could be the equivalent of a “landslide” loss in the nation's biggest battleground state.

Fact-free conservative media is a symptom of GOP troubles, not a cause  —  My colleagues Oliver Darcy and Pamela Engel have written a good account of the Republican Party's captivity to its own disinformation complex of talk radio and conservative websites that push both extremism and false information.

Trump quieter, but makes similar points in one-on-one interview  —  GOP presidential nominee gives interview, meets with first responders  —  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Speaking with Donald Trump before he took the stage at the St. Augustine Amphitheater Monday afternoon, the Republican nominee …

Obama reads round two of ‘mean tweets’ on Kimmel  —  President Obama will appear on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” late Monday night, reading a second batch of “mean tweets” about himself.  —  ...bro, do you even lift?" he read. “  Well, I lifted the ban on Cuban cigars.  That's worth something.

Trump's Campaign Is Launching a Nightly News Show on Facebook  —  Welcome to the Donald Trump show!  —  Tonight, the Trump campaign is kicking off a show that will air on the candidate's Facebook page every night at 6:30 pm ET via Facebook Live from the campaign war room at Trump Tower.

How the GOP's first female presidential campaign manager manages Donald Trump  —  Conway on Trump: ‘He delivers his own speeches’  —  (CNN)Morning at the Conway household is like mornings in most homes with children.  It's a scramble to get the kids fed, dressed and out the door on time for school …

AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit  —  On Nov. 11, 2013, Victorville, California, sheriff's deputies and a coroner responded to a motorcyclist's report of human remains outside of town.  —  They identified the partially bleached skull of a child, and later discovered the remains …

Fearing Trump, Bar Association Stifles Report Calling Him a ‘Libel Bully’  —  WASHINGTON — Alarmed by Donald J. Trump's record of filing lawsuits to punish and silence his critics, a committee of media lawyers at the American Bar Association commissioned a report on Mr. Trump's litigation history.

Steven DenBeste 1952(?)-2016  —  Steven DenBeste has passed away.  —  I just received word from Steven's brother, graciously thanking me for making the welfare call to the police and confirming that what many of us feared had indeed come to pass.  I did not inquire as to specifics …

Pro-Trump fundraisers agree to accept illicit foreign donation  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign is facing a fundraising scandal after a Telegraph investigation exposed how key supporters were prepared to accept illicit donations from foreign backers.

Donald Trump team ‘ghosted’ Jax reporter, ducks scheduled interview  —  Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump packed the St. Augustine Amphitheater on Monday.  And he gave one on one interviews with one Jacksonville television station.  —  But he passed up on another opportunity.

Why Obama Won't Listen to Reason on Obamacare  —  One of President Obama's cherished conceits is that disagreement with him can have no rational basis, and it was the theme of his most recent speech in defense of his health-care law.  —  Only “ideology” and “politics” are keeping Republicans …

How angry does Donald Trump make me?  Angry enough to steal 40 Trump signs.  —  How a middle-aged mom became a political vandal. … Donald Trump campaigns in Bangor, Maine, on Oct. 15.  (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)  —  FALMOUTH, Maine — I committed a crime this month, along with two of my friends.

ACLU chapter: High school's police event sends ‘frightening message’  —  A New Jersey high school has come under fire after holding a ceremony honoring law enforcement, military and first responders before a football game Friday night.  —  According to NJ.com, an organizer with the New Jersey chapter …

How White Nationalists Learned To Love Donald Trump  —  The embrace of Donald Trump by America's white nationalists has been one of the most surprising and unsettling threads in the 2016 campaign.  The celebrity New York developer has been endorsed by the nation's most prominent neo-Nazis, as well as both current and former Klansmen.

Republicans' Worst Nightmare Isn't What They Think It Is  —  Donald Trump might refuse to concede defeat.  But he could do something much worse to the GOP.  —  It's a fool's errand to search for method in Donald Trump's campaign tactics, but if you were tasked with ascribing method …

Twitter Planning Hundreds More Job Cuts as Soon as This Week  —  Company may announce around third-quarter earnings report  —  Twitter said to plan cut of about 8 percent of workforce  —  Twitter Inc. is planning widespread job cuts, to be announced as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump's Donors Paid For His Jetliner, His Hotels And Now, His Books  —  Nearly $300,000 of small donations went to “Art of the Deal” publisher.  —  S.V. Date  —  WASHINGTON Donald Trump used small donors' money to buy nearly $300,000 worth of books from the publisher of his Art of the Deal last month …