The Danger of President Pence  —  Trump's critics yearn for his exit.  But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks.  —  On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans …

Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment  —  (CNN)Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.

The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Billions  —  Dressed in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump's 79-year-old pick for Secretary of Commerce sat before a panel of senators for nearly four hours in January, deflecting dozens of questions with relative ease.

Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump  —  President Trump listens as officials heap praise on him at a Cabinet meeting June 12.  From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship.  Now she's running for Congress.  —  WASHINGTON  —  Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle.  —  A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too.

An ex St. Petersburg ‘troll’ speaks out Russian independent TV network interviews former troll at the Internet Research Agency  —  Dozhd calls him “Maxim,” but that's not his real name.  The TV network says Max's employment records confirm that he spent 18 months at 55 Savushkina in St. Petersburg …

Kushner Plan for Fifth Avenue Tower Is Being Blocked by Partner  —  Vornado wants modest renovation and to rent out offices  —  The building has been losing money since it was bought in 2007  —  An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building …

Pilot boots New York activist Tamika Mallory from American Airlines flight over seat dispute  —  New York activist Tamika Mallory says she was booted from an American Airlines flight in Miami after a pilot inserted himself into a dispute over her seat assignment.

The next CIA director could be Tom Cotton  —  We told you about internal administration conversations about sliding CIA Director Mike Pompeo over to replace SecState Rex Tillerson, whenever he heads back to Texas.  —  Now we're hearing about a top possibility for the next chess move …

Dem lawmaker: One Republican is considering articles of impeachment against Trump  —  (D-Tenn.) in an interview on Sunday said at least one Republican is considering supporting articles of impeachment against President Trump.  —  “I have one Republican that has said he is looking at it …

The Daily 202: Trump's attacks on Senate Republicans are paying political dividends  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  NEW YORK—Scapegoating the Senate GOP is proving to be an effective political strategy for President Trump.  Activists and donors on the right are primed to blame congressional Republicans …

Menendez Trial May Hinge on a New Definition of Bribery  —  It was a friendship forged over decades, through weddings and luxury beach vacations, golf outings and shared meals.  Conversations extended deep into the evening, often over cigars.  They even liked to sing together.

Austria's next chancellor a 31-year-old conservative, early results show  —  Vienna (CNN)Sebastian Kurz, a 31-year-old conservative, is set to become the next chancellor of Austria and Europe's youngest leader, though he will likely need to form a coalition to rule, early results from Sunday's election show.

Globally, Broad Support for Representative and Direct Democracy  —  But many also endorse nondemocratic alternatives  —  A deepening anxiety about the future of democracy around the world has spread over the past few years.  Emboldened autocrats and rising populists have shaken assumptions …

Aiding Transgender Case, Sessions Defies His Image on Civil Rights  —  In an unusual move, the attorney general has sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student.  —  October 15, 2017

Trump's Campaign Paid His Son's Russia-Probe Law Firm $238,000  —  Donald Trump Jr. faces scrutiny over 2016 meeting with Russian  —  Campaign spent $1.1 million overall on legal expenses in Q3  —  President Donald Trump's re-election committee paid almost $238,000 in the third quarter …

The ‘Resistance’ vs. George Washington  —  If a president can't take emoluments, the founders were crooks.  —  The Trump administration has been under siege from the left's self-professed “legal resistance.”  Perhaps the highest-profile example involves President Trump himself.

Bergdahl plea in desertion case expected Monday  —  U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl will reportedly enter a plea in his desertion case on Monday.  —  The Associated Press reported last week that Bergdahl will plead guilty to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.

For Weinstein, a Brush With the Police, Then No Charges  —  For decades the film producer Harvey Weinstein succeeded in hiding from public view complaint after complaint of sexual misconduct against him.  But on the evening of March 28, 2015, at a rendezvous at the TriBeCa Grand …

Florida's Senate race shaping up as a clash of titans  —  Sen. Bill Nelson went to Democratic leader Chuck Schumer this summer with an urgent plea.  —  Florida's Democratic Party was in disarray after the 2016 presidential debacle, the senator said, and he needed help from D.C. to prepare …

Platform explosion rocks Kenner, injures 7 people Sunday  —  Gallery: Oil rig fire in Lake Pontchartrain  —  A platform exploded in Lake Pontchartrain on Sunday evening (Oct. 15) near St. Charles Parish and north Kenner, according to Kenner Police Department spokesman Sgt. Brian McGregor.

GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness  —  Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran is continuing to grapple with a urinary tract infection that has delayed a planned return to Washington, his office announced on Monday..  —  The GOP veteran, 79, has been absent from Washington for a month.

The Fussy Attack of the Domesticated Conservatives  —  Getting named to Salon's list of The 25 Conservatives Actually Worth Following On Twitter is either a grievous insult or a certification that you suck.  Salon is saying that you're not a carrier of a hardcore conservative contagion …