Omarosa says Trump is a racist who uses N-word - and claims there's tape to prove it  —  Former Apprentice contestant and ex-White House adviser writes in new memoir that she witnessed ‘truly appalling things’  —  Donald Trump is a “racist” who has used the “N-word” repeatedly …

Witness in Mueller probe refuses to appear before grand jury  —  A witness in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation has refused to appear for scheduled grand jury testimony Friday, prompting a sealed hearing before a federal judge.  —  Andrew Miller, a former aide …

The White Nationalists Are Winning  —  The year since the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been difficult for the rogues gallery of Nazis and pseudo-Nazis who championed it.  —  Jason Kessler, one of the organizers, was practically run out of town …

Sheriff Joe on Sacha Baron Cohen interview: ‘I made a bad mistake’  —  PHOENIX — Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio admits that he made a “bad mistake” by allowing himself to be interviewed by Sacha Baron Cohen as part of an undercover television show.

In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation  —  U.S. workers' paychecks are worth less than they were a year ago, the labor department reported Friday, as modest wage gains have failed to keep pace with inflation.  —  Inflation rose 2.9 percent from July 2017 to July 2018 …

‘I hate this county.’ Democratic House candidate convicted of DUI unloads on cops  —  First-time Georgia candidate to remain on ballot for now  —  A Democratic candidate for Congress in a conservative north Georgia district who was convicted this week of drunken driving challenged the officers …

Michael Avenatti in Iowa: 'I'm exploring a run for the presidency of the United States'  —  Michael Avenatti, 2020?  Stormy Daniels' lawyer says he could be the latest unlikely candidate to throw his hat into the ring.  Nathan Rousseau Smith has more.  Buzz60  —  CONNECT  —  Michael Avenatti has arrived in Iowa.

The only way to save the GOP is to defeat it  —  University of Chicago researchers — who clearly have a lot of time on their hands — have found that the use of certain brands and products is a good predictor of your level of affluence.  This is an exercise in the obvious when it comes to a $1,000 iPhone.

Mueller subpoenas Randy Credico, who Roger Stone says was his WikiLeaks back-channel  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed Randy Credico to testify before a grand jury next month, according to Credico's attorney.  —  Martin Stolar told CNN he received a subpoena Thursday …

We Researched Hundreds Of Races.  Here's Who Democrats Are Nominating.  —  This story was produced in collaboration with ABC News and Ballotpedia.1 Research by Ballotpedia and Roey Hadar, Lee Harris, Adam Kelsey, Adia Robinson, Meena Venkataramanan and John Verhovek of ABC News.

Vote count discrepancies found in Kansas GOP primary  —  Washington (CNN)The close GOP primary race between Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Gov. Jeff Colyer took a turn on Thursday, with discrepancies discovered between unofficial results from the county and the state levels.

N.J.'s Bob Menendez is top foreign relations Democrat in Senate.  His campaign chief is a lobbyist for Qatar.  —  Michael Soliman is a longtime aide and confidant to Sen. Bob Menendez.  Now the New Jersey Democrat's campaign chairman, he naturally wants his boss to win reelection this year.

Sekulow: Unprecedented Level of Corruption in Trump-Russia Investigation  —  President Trump's attorney, Jay Sekulow said Tuesday that there is an “unprecedented level of corruption” in the FBI/DOJ investigation into the Trump campaign and its alleged ties to Russia.

Explain the Chinese spy, Sen. Feinstein  —  Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their staff.  Think it would cause a political firestorm?  Well, this month we learned that Sen. Dianne Feinstein …

The Most Blissfully Trump-Twitter-Free Place in America  —  Welcome to the money-laundering trial of Paul Manafort, where facts still matter.  —  Late on Wednesday morning, Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, stared directly at Rick Gates, his longtime deputy turned accuser …

Fed-up locals are setting electric scooters on fire, smearing them with poop and burying them at sea  —  They've been crammed into toilets, tossed off balconies and set on fire.  They've even been adorned with dangling bags of dog droppings.  —  As cities from Santa Monica to Beverly Hills struggle …

Fact-checking Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's media blitz  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old self-described “democratic socialist” who unexpectedly toppled a top Democratic incumbent in the primary for New York's 14th Congressional District, is a sudden media star even though she has not been elected to Congress.

Cables Detail C.I.A. Waterboarding at Secret Prison Run by Gina Haspel  —  WASHINGTON — In late November 2002, C.I.A. interrogators at a secret prison in Thailand warned a Qaeda suspect that he had to “suffer the consequences of his deception.”  —  As interrogators splashed water on the chest of the man …

Former congressional candidate charged with murder of campaign staffer she lived with, SC cops say  —  A woman who recently ran for a congressional seat was arrested for murder among other charges Wednesday, according to the Aiken County Sheriff's Office.  —  Curt Cain, the man …

What would the intelligence community's ‘insurance policy’ against Trump look like?  —  Let's begin in the realm of the fanciful.  —  Assume, for the sake of argument, that powerful, connected people in the intelligence community and in politics worried that a wildcard Trump presidency …

WATCH: Trump in 2013: 'I'm a fan of The Washington Post'  —  Trump in 2013: 'I'm a fan of The Washington Post'  —  Trump called Post owner Jeff Bezos “an amazing guy” in this 2013 interview with ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.  —  42m ago

Sarah Jeong and the Question of “Context”  —  Two years ago, the ESPN host Bomani Jones appeared on the network's “Mike & Mike” morning show wearing a T-shirt that seemed, at first glance, to bear the logo of Cleveland's baseball team, but, in place of the trademark cursive “Indians,” …

U.S. Orders Chinese Company to Sell Manhattan Building Near Trump Tower  —  HNA Group's skyscraper houses a police precinct that protects the president's New York base  —  The U.S. government has told Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. it has to sell its majority stake in a Manhattan …

Get ready for a commuter apocalypse  —  It's a good thing that New York is the city that never sleeps — since it takes all day to get anywhere.  —  A perfect storm of subway repairs, highway construction, commuter rail woes and worsening gridlock is creating a commuter doomsday the likes of which the city has never seen before.

Trump slaps steeper tariffs on Turkey after currency freefall  —  President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he is doubling tariffs on Turkey after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan asked citizens to convert foreign currencies, including U.S. dollars, into local lira — leading to a dramatic drop in the Turkish currency.

Former Ohio State Wrestler Recants Claim That Jim Jordan Knew Of Sexual Abuse  —  A former Ohio State University wrestler is recanting his claims that Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan knew of sexual abuse allegations against a university physician when he coached wrestling at the school over 20 years ago.

Why the Space Force Is Just Like Trump University  —  Late Thursday morning, after playing a round of golf and firing off an angry missive about the Russia investigation, Donald Trump wrote this: … The tweet is a perfect synecdoche for the program in question: short, punchy, and memorable, but ultimately substanceless.

The Story Behind The Story That Created A Political Nightmare For Facebook  —  In 2016, Gizmodo reported that Facebook workers “suppressed” conservative news.  An editor has second thoughts.  —  When Vice News reported last month that Twitter had been “shadowbanning” conservative voices …