Exclusive: Manafort's former son-in-law cuts plea deal, to cooperate with government: sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump's campaign, has cut a plea deal with the Justice Department that requires him to cooperate …

Kushners Near Deal With Qatar-Linked Company for Troubled Tower  —  The company controlled by the family of the White House adviser Jared Kushner is close to receiving a bailout of its financially troubled flagship building by a company with ties to the government of Qatar, according to executives briefed on the deal.

The Definitive Story Of How Trump's Team Worked The Trump Moscow Deal During The Campaign  —  On the day of the third Republican presidential debate, Trump personally signed the letter of intent.  —  All through the hot summer campaign of 2016, as Donald Trump and his aides dismissed talk …

Racist lawyer runs scared from cameras outside home  —  The Midtown lawyer who was caught on video hurling racist comments at Spanish-speaking restaurant workers refused to comment outside his home Thursday while shielding himself from reporters.  —  Aaron Schlossberg, 42 …

Republican lawmaker: Rocks tumbling into ocean causing sea level rise  —  The Earth is not warming.  The White Cliffs of Dover are tumbling into the sea and causing sea levels to rise.  Global warming is helping grow the Antarctic ice sheet.  —  Those are some of the skeptical assertions echoed …

Senate Confirms Haspel to Lead C.I.A. Despite Torture Concerns  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be the first woman to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, elevating a career clandestine officer to its directorship despite bipartisan misgivings about her role …

On a Willful Lie from the Press  —  This claim is omnipresent on social media and beyond: … Peruse Twitter or Facebook right now, and you'll see this line everywhere — and not solely in the feeds of left-leaning journalists or from admitted critics of the president.

How Mueller's First Year Compares To Watergate, Iran-Contra And Whitewater  —  It's a big day for Robert Mueller and his team: One year ago today, Mueller was appointed to lead the special counsel investigation into possible ties between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian officials.

Republicans are betting it all on aging white Trump voters … THE MORNING PLUM:  —  In certain ways, the battle over the “dreamers” perfectly captures what has become of the Trump-era GOP.  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has dramatically promised that President Trump and Republicans …

Evidence suggests Las Vegas shooter was motivated by pro-gun conspiracy theories  —  On October 1, Stephen Paddock locked himself into a 32nd floor suite at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas and opened fire on the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the fairgrounds below.

China buys record amount of Russian soybeans after canceling US orders over Trump threats  —  China has purchased record amounts of soybeans from Russia in recent months amid trade tensions with the U.S., Bloomberg reported.  —  The world's biggest soybean importer, China has nearly tripled …

Appeals court denies Trump request to stay Summer Zervos defamation case … A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected a request from President Trump to stay proceedings in a defamation suit filed by a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who has claimed that he sexually harassed her.

Sex Isn't Everything In Donald Trump's Big Reveal  —  Stormy Daniels grabs the headlines, but humdrum details in financial disclosure may matter most.  —  Thanks to the Office of Government Ethics, a U.S. federal agency created after the Watergate scandals to curb the kind of flagrant conflicts …

10 Key Takeaways From The New York Times' Error-Ridden Defense Of FBI Spying On Trump Campaign  —  It's reasonable to assume that much of the new information in the New York Times report relates to leakers' fears about information that will be coming out in the inspector general report.

Bad Liars  —  ICE claimed a Dreamer was “gang-affiliated” and tried to deport him.  A federal judge ruled that ICE was lying.  —  On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez shot down the federal government's efforts to strip Daniel Ramirez Medina of his DACA status.

It's Not a Liberal Fantasy to Ask if Trump Committed Treason … Under the Constitution an individual commits treason if the nation is at war and the person provides aid and comfort to the enemy.  This is an impeachable offense, committed by word or deed.  It's one that individuals need …

Poll: Just 13 percent of Americans consider Trump honest and trustworthy  —  Only thirteen percent of Americans said they would consider President Trump  —  to be honest and trustworthy, according to a new Survey Monkey tracking poll.  —  Trump's honesty and trustworthiness score …

“People's Heads Are Blowing Up”: As Fox News Installs a Meditation Room, Staffers Worry the Conservative Network Is Going Full Woke  —  Sexual harassment training, a new trans-inclusive policy, and (in Ollie North's old office!)  Muslim prayer rugs.  In Roger Ailes's old haunts, it's not the 50s anymore.

On Nantucket, wealthy residents oppose housing for seasonal employees  —  NANTUCKET — Beside the ninth hole of the Miacomet Golf Course, there's a large paved lot with a sprawling mechanic's garage and equipment depot, big tanks of diesel fuel, industrial-sized trash bins, and scores of lawn mowers and other vehicles.

Rudy Giuliani: I ‘would be surprised’ if Trump knew about 2016 meeting with Russians  — President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said he finds it unlikely that the president would've been aware of a controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting.  — Giuliani was responding …

13 Inconvenient Truths About What Has Been Happening in Gaza  —  The cacophony that accompanies every upsurge in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can make it seem impossible for outsiders to sort out the facts.  Recent events in Gaza are no exception.  The shrillest voices on each side …

Rudy Giuliani just watered down Trump's Russia collusion denial — again  —  This is now at least the seventh time the goal posts have been moved — all in one direction.