From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein's Accusers Tell Their Stories  —  Multiple women share harrowing accounts of sexual assault and harassment by the film executive.  —  1.  —  Since the establishment of the first studios a century ago, there have been few movie executives …

Trump Mocks Bob Corker's Height, Escalating Feud with a Key Republican  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump escalated his attack on Senator Bob Corker on Tuesday by ridiculing him for his height, even as advisers worried that the president was further fracturing his relationship …

Trump Threatens N.F.L. and Attacks Jemele Hill  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump threatened on Tuesday to use federal tax law to penalize the National Football League over players who kneel in protest during the national anthem as he sought to escalate a political fight that has resonated with his conservative base.

North Korea ‘hackers steal US-South Korea war plans’  —  Hackers from North Korea are reported to have stolen a large cache of military documents from South Korea, including a plan to assassinate North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un.  —  Rhee Cheol-hee, a South Korean lawmaker, said the information was from his country's defence ministry.

Wildfire on Highway 121 in Sonoma County, heading toward Napa … Latest developments in the North Bay fires:  —  9 a.m. Small vegetation fire in San Rafael: A vegetation fire less than one acre large started off Professional Center Parkway.  Firefighters stopped forward progress.

Trump proposes ‘IQ tests’ faceoff with Tillerson after secretary of state calls him a ‘moron’  —  President Trump proposed an “IQ tests” faceoff with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after the nation's top diplomat reportedly called the president a “moron” and disparaged his grasp on foreign policy.

Steve Bannon Privately Slammed Pence VP Pick  —  “This is the price we pay.”  —  Steve Bannon privately slammed the selection of Mike Pence as Donald Trump's running mate a month before taking over the Trump campaign, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News.

How Trump is planning to gut Obamacare by executive order  —  The president could use association health plans to badly damage the law's markets.  —  With a repeal bill off the table, the Trump administration has drafted an executive order that could blow a huge hole in the Affordable Care Act …

Trump Approval Dips in Every State, Though Deep Pockets of Support Remain  —  A comprehensive survey of more than 470,000 Americans finds Trump's approval has fallen in every state since taking office.  —  Morning Consult illustration / Getty Images  — A majority of voters in 25 states …

Charlottesville magistrate issues warrant for black victim of parking garage beating  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Deandre Harris, a black man whose brutal beating at the hands of Charlottesville white supremacists was captured on video, is now wanted on charges of unlawful wounding in connection to the Aug. 12 incident.

Conservatives are the real campus thought police squashing academic freedom  —  Last week, I sent a string of relatively uncontroversial tweets in the aftermath of the Las Vegas massacre, in which I sought to answer a question about mass shootings in the United States: Why are these crimes almost always carried out by white men?