Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being dragged into police car after refusing to let officer take blood from unconscious victim  —  A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.

Exclusive: Mueller Enlists the IRS for His Trump-Russia Investigation … Special counsel Bob Mueller has teamed up with the IRS.  According to sources familiar with his investigation into alleged Russian election interference, his probe has enlisted the help of agents from the IRS' Criminal Investigations unit.

Hurricane Harvey Shifts Political Winds in Washington  —  WASHINGTON — In swamping large swaths of Texas and Louisiana, Hurricane Harvey also forged a new reality for President Trump and the Republicans governing Washington.  —  Gone are the confrontational talk of a government shutdown and the brinkmanship over the debt limit.

It's time Congress returns to regular order  —  (FILES) This file photo taken on March 23, 2017 shows a view of the US Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC.  The top ‘AAA’ long-term debt rating of the United States will be in danger if lawmakers do not raise borrowing limits in a timely fashion …

Comey drafted Clinton exoneration before finishing investigation, GOP senators say  —  (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey drafted a statement exonerating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for running her government emails through a private email server before completing the investigation, according to two Republican senators.

Leaders of American Industry on DACA  —  Entrepreneurs and business leaders from across the country are releasing an open letter encouraging President Trump to preserve the DACA program and calling on Congress to pass the bipartisan DREAM Act or similar legislation that provides …

Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn't Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me  —  The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank, was getting rid of one of its teams of scholars, the Open Markets group.

Mick the Knife  —  Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, walked into the Oval Office in early May on a longshot mission.  The slash-government conservative wanted to persuade the president to break one of his most popular campaign promises.

During a summer of crisis, Trump chafes against criticism and new controls … President Trump spent the final days of August dutifully performing his job.  He tended to the massive recovery from Hurricane Harvey.  He hit the road to sell his tax cut plan.

Kris Kobach's new job: Columnist for Breitbart  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is now a regular columnist on the far-right news site run by President Donald Trump's former chief strategist.  —  Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor who is running on a platform of combating illegal immigration …

Treasury inspector general to review Mnuchin's flight to Fort Knox  —  The U.S. Treasury's Office of Inspector General is reviewing the flight taken by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, last week to Louisville and Fort Knox, Ky., following criticism of their use …

FBI, Homeland Security warn of more ‘antifa’ attacks  —  Federal authorities have been warning state and local officials since early 2016 that leftist extremists known as “antifa” had become increasingly confrontational and dangerous, so much so that the Department of Homeland Security formally classified …

A Beating in Berkeley  —  Antifa mayhem and malice in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park  —  As white supremacists go, Joey Gibson makes for a lousy one.  For starters, he's half Japanese.  “I don't feel like I'm Caucasian at all,” he says.  Not to be a stickler for the rules …

Outgoing sheriff Clarke expected to take job in Trump administration  —  David Clarke, the controversial outgoing sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wis., is expected to take a job in the Trump administration, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  —  Clarke resigned as sheriff on Thursday.

How Trump Is Creating a Propaganda State  —  The president is taking conservative media to its evolutionary endpoint.  Is there any way to stop him?  —  It was the combination of her voice—a kind of chipper monotone—and the patriotic theme music that gave the lie to the words …

How the Trump-Tillerson Clash Could Ignite a West Wing Shake-Up  —  A surprisingly logical musical-chairs scenario could see Tillerson replaced by Nikki Haley—and Dina Powell headed to the U.N.  —  When Fox News host Chris Wallace asked Rex Tillerson on Sunday whether Donald Trump's rhetoric …

Hillary Clinton charging top dollar for VIP treatment during book tour events  —  Those seeking access to Hillary Clinton during her fall book tour should be prepared to fork over some serious cash because VIP tickets for the events come with a steep asking price.

Pro-Russian Bots Sharpen Online Attack Plans for 2018 U.S. Vote  —  Charlottesville comments led to online effort to target McCain  —  Twitter, Facebook have bolstered efforts to find fake accounts  —  After violent protests rocked Charlottesville, Virginia last month …

Trump to slash ObamaCare outreach funding  —  The Trump administration is slashing funding for ObamaCare enrollment outreach.  —  Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials announced on a call with reporters Thursday that funding for advertising and other outreach …

Cobb officer who said ‘we only shoot black people’ says he'll retire  —  A white Cobb County police lieutenant who told a woman during a traffic stop that “we only shoot black people” will be fired, the police chief said on Thursday.  —  But even as Chief Mike Register was on live TV announcing …

Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to ‘Donations’  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort's notes from a controversial Trump Tower meeting with Russians during the 2016 presidential campaign included the word “donations,” near a reference to the Republican National Committee …

Job growth slows in August  —  Job growth slows but unemployment still low  —  Employers added only 156,000 jobs in August as the pace of hiring slowed, according to the Labor Department report Friday.  —  The unemployment rate crept up to 4.4% from the 16-year low of 4.3% reached last month …