Cruz: GOP may block Supreme Court nominees indefinitely  —  In a vintage return to his confrontational style, Sen. Ted Cruz indicated that Republicans could seek to block a Democratic president from filling the vacant Supreme Court seat indefinitely.  —  After staking his endorsement of Donald …

House Republicans are already preparing for ‘years’ of investigations of Clinton  —  SOUTH JORDAN, Utah — Jason Chaffetz, the Utah congressman wrapping up his first term atop the powerful House Oversight Committee, un-endorsed Donald Trump weeks ago.  That freed up him to prepare for something else …

Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Vandalized By Sledgehammer  —  EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump took a lot of hits today and not just in the Presidential race.  With less than two-weeks to go before America decides if the ex-Apprentice host will pull off a surprise victory over Hillary Clinton …

Megyn Kelly Seeks Salary North of $20 Million in Contract Talks With Fox News  —  ‘The Kelly File’ host is in active negotiations; keeping her at the network is a priority for management, including Rupert Murdoch.  'It's up to her' and others ‘would give their right arm for her spot,’ he says.

Bill Weld Wants a Seat at the Table  —  The Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate on Donald Trump, Gary Johnson, and the importance of having a navy.  —  When Bill Weld, the former Republican governor of Massachusetts, decided to join Gary Johnson's campaign for the presidency …

Jill Stein's Ideology Says One Thing—Her Investment Portfolio Says Another  —  Green Party Presidential Nominee Jill Stein has largely based her campaign on her uncompromising positions on the environment, opposition to big banks and Wall Street, defense contractors, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Inside ‘Bill Clinton Inc.’: Hacked memo reveals intersection of charity and personal income  —  When top Bill Clinton aide Douglas Band wrote the memo, he was a central player at the Clinton Foundation and president of his own corporate consulting firm.  He made a case that his work had served …

Donald Trump Says He'll Teach Military Expert ‘a Couple of Things’ About Mosul  —  Donald Trump went on the offensive against a military expert and former dean of the Army War College, Jeff McCausland, who said the Republican nominee's comments this weekend about the battle to reclaim Mosul …

Patton Oswalt: 'I'll Never Be at 100 Percent Again'  —  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Michelle McNamara, a 46-year-old true-crime writer, died chasing a serial killer.  —  The Golden State Killer, a name she coined while working on a book about him, raped and murdered dozens of victims in the 1970s and '80s and remains at large.

Mark Halperin Tells Trump What He Wants to Hear in Embarrassing Interview  —  How do you get Donald Trump to talk to you with less than two weeks to go before Election Day?  Tell him exactly what he wants to hear.  That's been the approach by Fox News' Sean Hannity and radio host Rush Limbaugh.

Why Are Influential Celebrities Remaining Silent This Election?  —  From Taylor Swift to Mark Wahlberg.  —  In a normal election, many people would likely discredit a celebrity's endorsement of a presidential candidate as a meaningless gesture.  But when an election involves cruel insults hurled …

Trump-Linked Voter Intimidation Group Releases New Script For ‘Citizen Journalists’  —  Vote Protectors wants volunteers to approach voters on Election Day to ask about “election fraud.”  —  National Political Reporter, The Huffington Post  —  Vote Protectors, an anti-voter-fraud group loyal …

Former congressman says he will literally engage in armed rebellion if Trump loses  —  He's suggesting actual treason.  —  Joe Walsh, who was a United States congressman from 2011 until 2013, declared on Wednesday afternoon that he will take up arms if Donald Trump is not elected to the presidency.

UW-Madison sex assault case snowballs as dozens come forward, ‘stalking’ list seized  —  On Oct. 12, in Madison, Wis., a female student went to police and filed a complaint against a 20-year-old student by the name of Alec Cook.  —  She said she and Cook had originally contacted each …

Trump pledges ‘new deal for black America’  —  CHARLOTTE — Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged what he called a “new deal for black America” as he attempted to make late inroads with a voting bloc that polling shows favors Democrat Hillary Clinton by a vast margin.

Amber Tamblyn: What My Mother's Experiences With Misogyny Mean for the Future  —  Somewhere between Donald Trump calling Hillary Clinton a woman with “tremendous hate in her heart” and “a nasty woman,” I found myself making a phone call to my mother I was hoping I could avoid forever.

CAUGHT ON TAPE: Bill Clinton Tells Alleged Mistress to Deny He Got Her State Job  —  NEW YORK - Speaking in a series of recorded phone conversations in 1991 with his alleged mistress Gennifer Flowers, Bill Clinton can be heard telling Flowers to deny that he aided her in obtaining a state job.

Trump promises ‘new deal for Black America’  —  called for a “new deal for black America” in a Wednesday afternoon address, as he works to bridge the gap he faces with the crucial voting bloc less than two weeks from Election Day.  —  Speaking in Charlotte, N.C., the GOP nominee criticized years …

What the Right's Intellectuals Did Wrong  —  Every political movement in a democracy is shaped like a pyramid — elite actors on the top, the masses underneath.  But the pyramid that is modern American conservatism has always been misshapen, with a wide, squat base that tapers far too quickly at its peak.

Fox News Poll: Clinton leads Trump by three points  —  With less than two weeks to go, the race for the White House has narrowed as Hillary Clinton now has a three-point advantage over Donald Trump.  —  That's within the margin of error of the national Fox News Poll of likely voters.

A Chinese billionaire is staking his legacy — and thousands of American jobs — on this factory in Ohio  —  MORAINE, OHIO — Shortly after his private plane landed in Ohio on a recent morning, the Chinese billionaire set off down Interstate 75 to inspect the factory on which he has staked …

Church pastor: The truth about my late-term abortion  —  Trump's words drove me to tears, and to write my painful story for the first time.  —  Elections are supposed to be about real people — and not the ones whose names appear on the ballot.  They are supposed to be about all of us …

Article presented ‘fictionalized version’ of events, former friends of ‘Jackie’ say … In the article that first exposed the world to her allegations of having been gang-raped by seven men in a fraternity house, three former friends of “Jackie” are described as coming to the then-freshman's aid …

The Internet's Fever Swamps Aren't Going Anywhere.  We Need to Learn to Live With Them.  —  This week, two of the top papers in the country have run op-eds about the widespread problem of misinformation and rumor-mongering in online conservative media, and how to begin solving it.

Donald Trump Talks Like a Woman  —  In the 2016 presidential contest, there has been one thing that supporters and detractors of Donald Trump have agreed on.  The chest-pounding real estate mogul from New York has emerged as the quintessentially masculine candidate.

Indiana: a perfect storm for voter fraud debate  —  Poll: Most believe votes will be counted accurately  —  (CNN)In the final weeks of the campaign as Donald Trump fuels questions concerning voting irregularities, a case in Indiana — the home turf of the GOP running mate Mike Pence …