Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on  —  For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.

House GOP opens probe into DOJ's Clinton investigation  —  Two powerful House Republican chairmen announced Tuesday that they would jointly investigate the Justice Department's handling of its 2016 Hillary Clinton investigation — a potential counter-punch to the FBI's probe of the Trump campaign's Russia connections.

Honor the Truth, John Kelly  —  John Kelly, President Trump's chief of staff, is grimly suited to addressing the family of a fallen service member.  Mr. Kelly, a retired four-star general, is the highest-ranking officer to lose a child in Iraq or Afghanistan.  His son Second Lt. Robert Kelly was killed in Afghanistan in 2010.

GOP Leaders Refusing To Pay For Dana Rohrabacher's Travel Over Russia Fears … House Republican leaders have taken the extraordinary step of curtailing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) ability to conduct official business out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia.

Protester throws Russian flags at President Donald Trump ahead of Capitol Hill lunch  —  A protester threw a handful of Russian flags at President Donald Trump as he was walking to a lunch with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill today.  —  The flags didn't appear to hit Trump and footage …

Kid Rock: Of course I'm not running for Senate … CONNECT  —  Mocking people who took the idea seriously, Kid Rock said this morning he's not running for U.S. Senate.  —  “F— no, I'm not running for Senate.  Are you kidding me?”  Rock said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show.  “Who couldn't figure that out?

Roy Moore: Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Was ‘Worse’ Than Upholding Slavery In Dred Scott  —  Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore said late last year that the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage was “even worse” than the notorious 1857 Dred Scott ruling that upheld slavery.

Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows  —  Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world's bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left  —  Conservative Republican groups divided on immigration, ‘openness’  —  Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration …

Maybe Don't Dress Your Kid Up As Moana This Halloween?  —  It's on you to teach your kid not to be racially insensitive.  —  It's mid-October, which means Halloween is just two weeks away, which means it's way past time to decide on a  —  Halloween costume  —  for your kid.

One in four troops sees white nationalism in the ranks  —  Nearly one in four troops polled say they have seen examples of white nationalism among their fellow service members, and troops rate it as a larger national security threat than Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new Military Times poll.

Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat  —  Most have remained by Clinton's side post-election  —  A number of longtime aides to failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are still being paid from her campaign committee nearly …

After 38 women accuse filmmaker James Toback of sexual harassment, 200 more reach out to share their stories  —  After the Los Angeles Times ran a story in which 38 women accused director James Toback of sexual harassment, almost 200 women responded with similar stories.  (Tiziana Fabi / AFP/Getty Images)

Why ‘Medicare for All’ Will Sink the Democrats  —  Repeal-and-replace may be done for now, but for Senator Bernie Sanders, the war is just beginning — and it has already become a fracas that is dividing the Democratic Party, to its detriment.  —  Mr. Sanders — who, of course …

Don Lemon's open letter to Trump: ‘Please stop!’  —  (CNN)Dear Mr. President,  —  I've interviewed you multiple times.  —  You've introduced me to your family.  —  You've also criticized me publicly ... both in front of cameras and on Twitter.  —  Calling me “hateful,” “dumb,” a “lightweight.”

Republicans quietly craft Dreamers deal  —  Key Senate Republicans have begun privately discussing the contours of an immigration plan to shield the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers who will lose work permits and deportation protections starting early next year.

Zinke funneled millions to questionable PACs  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has directed millions of dollars in political contributions since 2014 to a network of Washington operatives that prominent conservatives have accused of profiting by misleading donors.

Bill O'Reilly ‘mad at God’ over sexual misconduct allegations  —  Bill O'Reilly on sexual misconduct: It's all crap  —  Bill O'Reilly has repeatedly blamed reports of sexual misconduct on a politically motivated media.  On Monday, he admitted that he also blames a higher power.  —  “You know, am I mad at God?

Listen to what socialist women are saying about misogyny on the left  —  A controversy involving the podcast Chapo Trap House shines a light on bigger issues.  —  Like many women, Margaret McLaughlin is used to dealing with sexism and harassment, whether it's on the street or in the workplace.

Trump comments concern judge, loom over Bergdahl sentencing  —  https://www.apnews.com/4260f2a3a8274391 98cebf42f77885ec  —  Link copied!  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump's criticism of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has become a factor in the soldier's sentencing …

Jon Lester, Convicted in Howard Beach Race Attack, Dies at 48  —  Early on the morning of Dec. 20, 1986, a baby-faced white teenager returned to a neighborhood birthday party after encountering three black men whose car had broken down on a deserted stretch of Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, Queens.