Breitbart aims to discredit Roy Moore's accusers  —  Steve Bannon has sent two of Breitbart News' top reporters, Matt Boyle and Aaron Klein, to Alabama.  Their mission: to discredit the Washington Post's reporting on Roy Moore's alleged sexual misconduct with teenagers.

The Lineman Got $63 an Hour.  The Utility Was Billed $319 an Hour.  —  SAN JUAN — The small energy outfit from Montana that won a $300 million contract to help rebuild Puerto Rico's tattered power grid had few employees of its own, so it did what the Puerto Rican authorities could have done: It turned to Florida for workers.

Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core  —  A serial leak of the agency's cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide.  —  WASHINGTON — Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando …

Pricing access to the Trump White House: the strange case of the Times social media policy  —  Follow these events with me.  Then I will share my view of what is going on here.  —  On Sep. 17, Glenn Thrush, White House reporter for the New York Times, posted this on Twitter:

Former U.S. intelligence officials: Trump being ‘played’ by Putin  —  Two top former U.S. intelligence officials said Sunday that President Trump is being “played” by President Vladi­mir Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 election and accused him of being susceptible to foreign leaders who stroke his ego.

How the ex-DNC chair ruined Clinton's chance at 2020  —  MORE FROM: … Who's afraid of the Clintons?  Not Donna Brazile.  —  The explosive book by the former head of the Democratic National Committee is rocking the political world with its tales of Hillary Clinton's brazen corruption and tawdry deceits.

Biden Book Looks Back at the Path He Didn't Take (But Still Could)  —  In 2015, days after a New York Times column kicked into overdrive speculation about a Joe Biden presidential run, an aide delivered to the vice president a fresh draft of a speech announcing his intention to run.

Army lifts ban on waivers for recruits with history of some mental health issues  —  WASHINGTON - People with a history of “self-mutilation,” bipolar disorder, depression and drug and alcohol abuse can now seek waivers to join the Army under an unannounced policy enacted in August, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY.

In ‘Watershed Moment,’ YouTube Blocks Extremist Cleric's Message  —  WASHINGTON — For eight years, the jihadist propaganda of Anwar al-Awlaki has helped shape a generation of American terrorists, including the Fort Hood gunman, the Boston Marathon bombers and the perpetrators of massacres in San Bernardino, Calif., and Orlando, Fla.

Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94  —  Liz Smith, the longtime queen of New York's tabloid gossip columns, who for more than three decades chronicled little triumphs and trespasses in the soap-opera lives of the rich, the famous and the merely beautiful, died on Sunday at her home in Manhattan.

Can My Children Be Friends With White People?  —  My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old's happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best friend.  “My best friends are you and Mama and my brother and ...” But even a child's joy is not immune to this ominous political period.

Tom Perez: ‘I am not talking about impeachment’  —  Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez  —  said Sunday he's not focusing on impeaching President Trump despite a $10 million ad campaign from a Democratic mega-donor.  —  “I am not talking about impeachment,” Perez said on ABC's “This Week.”