AP source: It's not just audio, Manigault Newman has video  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just audiotapes.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims in her tell-all book about her time in the Trump White House …

DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing — afraid they will be exposed'  —  A collection of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's emails, texts and handwritten notes, reviewed by Fox News, reveals that he was deeply connected to the unverified Steele dossier …

Ocasio-Cortez defends banning press from campaign event  —  Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday defended banning the press from a public town hall held last Sunday.  —  Replying to a reporter who questioned why the event was closed, she tweeted, “Our community is 50% immigrant.

Bill Nelson wasn't making things up when he said Russians hacked Florida election systems  —  Sen. Bill Nelson, who is in a tough reelection fight, was blasted for saying 10 days ago that Russians had penetrated his state's election systems.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat …

Manafort trial Day 14: Jury ‘scared’ as it heads home without a verdict  —  Manafort's attorney Kevin Downing said the ongoing deliberations favor his client.  —  Paul Manafort's trial will stretch into a fourth week, as jurors headed home Friday without reaching a verdict for the second straight …

Officials worry Trump may back Erik Prince plan to privatize war in Afghanistan  —  “I know he's frustrated,” Blackwater founder Prince said of the president.  “He gave the Pentagon what they wanted.  And they haven't delivered.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …

Alex Jones of Infowars Destroyed Evidence Related to Sandy Hook Suits, Motion Says  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the families of two Sandy Hook shooting victims are accusing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media business of intentionally destroying evidence relevant …

Mueller prosecutors seek up to six months in prison for George Papadopoulos in Russia probe  —  Prosecutors on Friday said a sentence of up to six months in prison would be appropriate for George Papadopoulos, a former adviser to President Trump's 2016 campaign and the first charged defendant …

Leahy To McGahn: What Was Discussed At Private White House Meeting That Led Republicans To Abruptly Change Course On Kavanaugh Documents  —  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), on Friday, asked White House Counsel Don McGahn for information on a pivotal July 24, 2018, meeting with Judiciary Committee Republicans …

Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!'  —  Rep. Bettie Cook Scott has issued an apology for her remarks.  Find her statement here.  —  More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series …

GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering …

Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger - sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc (FB.O) to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe …

Resistance Twitter Hero Exposed as Pro-Trump Gamer … In the world of #Resistance Twitter, @GuardianRover was a hero.  As a former intelligence operative and Delta Force soldier, the person behind the account used a cartoon secret agent avatar and the alias “Mr. Smith” …

Zach Smith Ordered Sex Toys to Ohio State Offices, Had Sex With Staffer, Took Nude Photos at White House  —  Documents and receipts Stadium has obtained show Zach Smith ordered more than $2,200 in sex toys, male apparel and photography equipment and had the items delivered to him at Ohio State's Woody Hayes Athletic Center in 2015.

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US  —  (CNN)The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

Website Promised Free Anti-Antifa Shirts.  Alt-Right Signed Up.  It Was a Trap. … A website that offered free anti-anti-fascist t-shirts for a real far-right march appears to have been a trap by anti-fascists.  —  On August 18, Trump supporters will host the “National March Against Far-Left Violence” …

Trump Is Making the Department of Justice Into His Own Private Goon Squad  —  One morning earlier this week during executive time, President Trump tweeted out his assessment of the Russia investigation.  “The Rigged Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on as the 'originators and founders …

Exclusive: FBI probing cyber attack on congressional campaign in California - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a cyber attack on the congressional campaign of a Democratic candidate in California, according to three people close to the campaign.

The un-celebrity president  —  Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown  —  Jimmy Carter finishes his Saturday night dinner, salmon and broccoli casserole on a paper plate, flashes his famous toothy grin and calls playfully to his wife of 72 years, Rosalynn: “C'mon, kid.”

ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro: Network won't show national anthem on ‘Monday Night Football’  —  New ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro told reporters Friday that the network does not plan to televise the national anthem as part of its Monday Night Football broadcasts this season.

A Church in Denial, Still  —  Too many priests and bishops aren't treating the Catholic Church's abuse scandal with the gravity it deserves.  —  “I don't think this is some massive, massive crisis,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Catholic archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a statement that could not possibly be more wrong.

Rod Was Right and I Was Wrong  —  I became casual friends with Rod Dreher when he lived in Brooklyn with the beautiful Julie, and I lived in Manhattan alone.  Newly married and not yet a father, he was writing movie reviews for the New York Post; this was before his move to National Review and ever-increasing fame.

Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County  —  Local officials say they need to close seven polling places because they aren't accessible to people with disabilities.  The ACLU says that doesn't make sense.  —  Election officials …

Louisiana commission blocks two banks from $600 million road plan because of gun sales policies  —  The State Bond Commission barred two of the largest banks in the world from participating in efforts to fund some highway projects in Louisiana because of firearms policies instituted after recent mass shootings.

Court throws out EPA delay of Obama chemical plant safety rule  —  A federal court Friday threw out the Trump administration's attempt to delay a chemical plant safety regulation written by the Obama administration.  —  In a major blow to the Trump administration, the Court of Appeals …