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.

Trump's chief of staff: ‘I do not follow the tweets’  —  Hours after President Trump provoked North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Twitter, suggesting he is “short and fat,” the White House chief of staff said he tells aides not to react to Trump's comments on social media.

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:

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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.

Sources: Committee to talk Roger Goodell contract; last commish proposal included $49.5M salary, private jet  —  The NFL's Compensation Committee will hold a conference call Monday to discuss and further push ahead the proposed extension for commissioner Roger Goodell, sources confirmed to ESPN.

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.

Since When Did Chuck Todd Give a Dang About the Deficit?  —  I do not know why I watch Meet The Press; I suppose that I have some latent sense of self-loathing that emerges every Sunday morning when I sit down with a cup of coffee.  Chuck Todd is the most liberally biased major news anchor in America …

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.”