Fox News Poll: Voters' mood sours, 56 percent say Trump tearing country apart  —  Voter satisfaction with the direction of the nation is down by double digits, as a majority says President Donald Trump is tearing the country apart.  —  That's according to the latest Fox News Poll.

The Latest: GOP eyeing $1B disaster funds cut to help wall  —  https://www.apnews.com/83e6782d48e04993 a741b834771c078b  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and Congress (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is promising billions …

Russian lobbyist testifies to Mueller grand jury  —  Rinat Akhmetshin, the lobbyist and former Soviet army officer who met senior Trump campaign aides at a controversial meeting last year, has given evidence before a grand jury investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Mueller teams up with New York attorney general in Manafort probe  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter.

Arkema: No way to prevent explosion at flooded Texas chemical plant  — All residents within 1.5 miles of a chemical plant in southeast Texas were evacuated on Tuesday because of the rising risk of an explosion.  — The owner of the plant, Arkema, said in a statement the situation at its Crosby …

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant  —  WASHINGTON — In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates …

Sandra Bullock Donates $1 Million to Help Hurricane Relief Effort  —  Actress Sandra Bullock is pitching in to help victims of Hurricane Harvey — donating $1 million to the Red Cross relief effort, the relief organization confirms.  —  “This is an incredible gift.  We're so thankful.

The New York Times' Blackwater Op-Ed Is a Disgrace  —  Yesterday, a scarecrow made of mashed potatoes named Jamie Kirchick wrote an op-ed for the New York Times bemoaning how “transgender trumps treachery” for those who praise Chelsea Manning.  Kirchick lamented the attention …

‘This is not what he signed up for’: Confidant says Trump's mood 'worst it's ever been'  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been publicly challenging the White House, but advisers say President Donald Trump can't afford to fire him.  —  A source close to the president said Trump …

Trump Lawyer ‘Vehemently’ Denies Russian Collusion  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, has given Congress a point-by-point rebuttal of a dossier alleging that he has deep ties to Russian officials — an effort to clear his name as the Justice Department …

Legal challenge to Arpaio pardon begins  —  After President Trump's pardon of ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, who had been convicted of criminal contempt for violating a court order designed to stop the violation of the constitutional rights of suspected illegal immigrants, conventional wisdom …

Paul Manafort's Overseas Political Work Had a Notable Patron: a Russian Oligarch  —  Efforts by the former Trump campaign chairman to advance interests in Ukraine, Georgia and Montenegro were often connected to Oleg Deripaska  —  Paul Manafort at the 2016 Republican National Convention …

Feinstein surprises SF crowd by expressing hope for Trump  —  U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein shocks an audience in San Francisco saying Trump could be a good president.  Elizabeth Keatinge (@elizkeatinge) has more.  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be San Francisco's favorite politician …

Christopher Columbus Statue Beheaded in Yonkers  —  Police say it could have been juveniles or could be fallout from the deadly protests earlier this month in Charlottesville  —  A statue of celebrated explorer Christopher Columbus was found beheaded in a Yonkers park.

L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar  —  Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell, pictured in 2016, pushed for Columbus Day to be replaced by Indigenous Peoples Day.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)  —  The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday …

A fresh crisis may be emerging within Trump's administration  —  MORE FROM: … As horrible as it is, the Houston deluge eventually will fade from the headlines and the media's attention will return full-time to the rising waters around Donald Trump's presidency.

Trump to Congress on tax reform: “I don't want to be disappointed”  —  In his tax reform speech today in Missouri, President Trump called on Congress to “get this job done” and repeatedly stated that he doesn't want to be “disappointed.”  — “I don't want to be disappointed by Congress, do you understand me?

NBC Insider: ‘Total Panic’ Over Megyn Kelly's Morning Show … Four weeks before the Sept. 25 debut of Megyn Kelly Today—the 9 a.m. replacement for the venerable morning show's third hour, Today's Take—some NBC insiders are expressing doubts, and even worries, about the network news division's plan …

The Search For Aaron Rodgers … Photographs by Randall Slavin  —  After the game, Aaron Rodgers got on the bus.  It was unusually cold in Arlington during the week leading up to Super Bowl XLV; a winter storm had barreled into Texas, blanketing Cowboys Stadium with so much snow that slabs of ice cascaded from the roof.

Fox News Signs Tomi Lahren as Contributor  —  Conservative media host Tomi Lahren has joined Fox News in a contributor role, the cable news network announced Wednesday.  —  She will make her debut as a contributor on tonight's edition of “Hannity” at 10 p.m. ET/PT. According to FNC …

Prosecutors: Menendez bribery scheme went on for years  —  Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez allegedly starting taking bribes from a wealthy donor shortly after he entered the Senate in 2006, federal prosecutors assert in a new document.  —  Menendez's bribery and corruption trial is set to begin next week.

Part of our rescue team is now fighting an apartment fire and rescuing folks from the complex.  And the lightning has slowed up some rescues, but they have NOT stopped.  —  Our whole city is underwater right now but we are coming!  If you called, we are coming.