Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire ‘private briefings’ on 2016 campaign  —  FILE - In this July 17, 2016 file photo, then-Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort talks to reporters on the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as Rick Gates listens at back left.

Sen. Graham implores colleague to vote for GOP health bill  —  https://apnews.com/a017d33b2344493e8098 d47ed2ceb087  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In an overheard phone call Wednesday, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham leaned on a fellow senator to back his GOP health care bill despite “all its imperfections.”

LEAKED: Watch MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's Unhinged Outtakes...for Eight Crazy Minutes (UPDATE)  —  Lawrence O'Donnell had a really bad night on August 29, 2017.  —  We draw that conclusion based on the above clip obtained by Mediaite, showing behind the scenes footage of a furious O'Donnell absolutely …

The Strange Authenticity of Hillary Clinton  —  By now, you know the news nuggets from Hillary Clinton's new campaign memoir, What Happened.  You know that she blames herself for the most shocking upset in American political history, while indicting (in varying degrees of anger and exasperation) …

Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Pro-Trump ‘Flash Mobs’ in Florida … Suspected Russia propagandists on Facebook tried to organize more than a dozen pro-Trump rallies in Florida during last year's election, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  The demonstrations—at least …

Black employees of BLT Prime, in Trump International Hotel, allege racial discrimination  —  Dominique Hill and Irving Smith Jr. had good jobs.  —  Last year, Hill worked as a bartender at P.F. Chang's in Tysons Corner and Smith had recently been promoted to bartender at Wildfire grill, also in Tysons.

Last week we temporarily disabled some of our ads tools following news reports that slurs or other offensive language could be used as targeting criteria for advertising.  If someone self-identified as a ‘Jew-hater’ or said they studied ‘how to burn Jews’ in their profile …

All Power Out as Hurricane Maria's Winds, Floods Crush Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Maria is likely to have “destroyed” Puerto Rico, the island's emergency director said Wednesday after the monster storm smashed ripped roofs off buildings and flooded homes across the economically strained U.S. territory.

Manafort Working on Kurdish Referendum Opposed by U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul J. Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump who is at the center of investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, is working for allies of the leader of Iraq's Kurdish region …

Trump Leaning Toward Decertifying Iran Nuclear Deal, Say Sources  —  President Donald Trump is leaning toward decertifying the Iran nuclear deal and putting the decision of whether the United States withdraw from the accord in the hands of Congress, according to four sources …

Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11's Control Center Doesn't Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth  —  And it's a feature, not a bug.  —  Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you're not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice.

Preet Bharara joins CNN as senior legal analyst  —  Preet Bharara, whom President Donald Trump fired as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, is joining CNN as a Senior Legal Analyst, POLITICO has learned.  —  Bharara was known for his media savvy on the job in Manhattan …

Apology Regarding Judge Judy And Nicole Sheindlin  —  A statement from The National ENQUIRER  —  The National ENQUIRER and sister publication The National Examiner recently published articles which stated that Judge Judy Sheindlin suffered from “brain disease,” was “fighting” …

How America feels about Trump  —  The latest approval ratings for the president and Congress from POLITICO/Morning Consult  —  Most Americans think President Donald Trump isn't doing a good job, according to the latest POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  Compared with last week's numbers …

Immigrant taken by ICE from Austin courthouse was killed in Mexico  —  METRO-STATE By Ryan Autullo and Taylor Goldenstein - American-Statesman Staff  —  Highlights  —  Family members say four men broke into a home in the middle of the night and kidnapped Coronilla-Guerrero.

Samantha Power sought to unmask Americans on almost daily basis, sources say  —  Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was ‘unmasking’ at such a rapid pace in the final months of the Obama administration that she averaged more than one request for every working day in 2016 …

Voter Fraud?  A Trump Nominee Looks Like He Cast an Illegal Ballot  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump's voter integrity commission looks under rocks for possible voter malfeasance, its members might want to examine a presidential nominee awaiting confirmation by the Senate Finance Committee.

Law & Order Vet Sam Waterston to Bring Jack McCoy to SVU Season 19  —  These are their stories... and some are so good, you wanna hear 'em again: Law & Order alum Sam Waterston will reprise his role from that series on an upcoming episode of SVU's Season 19, TVLine has learned.

Linda Hamilton Set to Return to ‘Terminator’ Franchise (Exclusive)  —  With James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger involved, it's a reunion more than 25 years in the making.  —  She'll be back.  —  After waving hasta la vista, baby, more than 25 years ago, Linda Hamilton is returning …