Trump skeptical of his own tax plan  —  President Trump has built an escape hatch from his own tax plan.  In Indianapolis yesterday, he bragged that it's the “largest tax cut in our county's history.”  But in the West Wing earlier, Trump resisted the framework that had been cooked …

Trump lifts Jones Act to bolster Puerto Rico relief  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced early Thursday that President Trump has waived the Jones Act, lifting shipping restrictions to bolster relief efforts on hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram … The Facebook group United Muslims of America was neither united, Muslim, nor American.  —  Instead, sources familiar with the group tell The Daily Beast, it was an imposter account …

With Tax Cuts on the Table, Once-Mighty Deficit Hawks Hardly Chirp  —  WASHINGTON — In 2001, when surging budget surpluses fueled hopes of extinguishing the national debt, a pitched battle broke out over President George W. Bush's proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut.

American Icon and Playboy Founder, Hugh M. Hefner, Has Died  —  Hugh M. Hefner, the American icon who in 1953 introduced the world to Playboy magazine and built the company into one of the most recognizable American global brands in history, peacefully passed away today from natural causes at his home …

Pro-Confederate activists held ‘Secession Day’ event at Roy Moore's foundation two years in a row  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Pro-Confederate activists twice held events to commemorate Alabama's 1861 secession from the United States at the headquarters of the foundation led at the time by Roy Moore …

Donald Trump Jr.'s Great Escape  —  On the evening of Sept. 14, a man who looked an awful lot like Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the president of the United States, boarded Air Canada Jazz Flight AC 8889 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  He made his way down the aisle of the Bombardier CRJ 900 …

I want to respond to President Trump's tweet this morning claiming Facebook has always been against him.  —  Every day I work to bring people together and build a community for everyone.  We hope to give all people a voice and create a platform for all ideas.  —  Trump says Facebook is against him.

Why didn't TV networks show angry, booing NFL fans Sunday or Monday?  —  With President Donald Trump's attacks against protesting NFL players still reverberating, the league's TV partners decided to air live coverage of the national anthem before Week 3 games.

Political Campaigning May Be Mostly Pointless  —  Chad Rhym/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP  —  Roughly $6.8 billion was spent during the 2016 election, and according to a forthcoming study in American Political Science Review, much of it probably went down the drain.

Alleged leaker Reality Winner said she stuffed NSA report in her pantyhose  —  A National Security Agency contractor accused of leaking a classified report on Russian hacking aimed at the 2016 election told FBI agents she smuggled the document out of a high security intelligence facility in her pantyhose.

Former NATO military chief: there's a 10% chance of nuclear war with North Korea  —  And a 20-30% chance of a conventional one.  —  Retired Navy Adm. James Stavridis spent 37 years in the military, including four years as the supreme allied commander of NATO.  Hillary Clinton vetted him as a possible running mate.