DeSantis: Florida voters shouldn't ‘monkey this up’ by voting for Gillum  —  (R) on Wednesday warned Florida voters not to “monkey this up” by voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum.  —  “You know, this is a guy, although he's much too liberal for Florida …

Scoop: Don McGahn's coming White House exit  —  Top White House officials and sources close to White House counsel Don McGahn tell Axios that McGahn will step down this fall — after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, or after the midterms.  —  The big picture …

Why the Senate May Not Rename a Building for John McCain After All  —  Congress might want to hold off ordering new signage for one of its office buildings.  —  A proposal to rename the Russell Senate Office Building in honor of Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday, seems to have found its first sticking point.

Sources: Second Trump Org employee discussed immunity deal  —  (CNN)A second Trump Organization employee discussed a potential immunity deal with the federal prosecutors who charged Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Probing Whether Malaysian Fugitive Laundered Funds to Pay Chris Christie and Trump Lawyer  —  Jho Low under investigation for alleged embezzlement of $4.5 billion from 1MDB fund  —  The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens …

“Suspicious” Transactions At Russian Embassy Sparked Deeper Bank Probe Than Previously Known  —  When BuzzFeed News reported earlier this year on dozens of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats living in Washington, Kremlin officials objected with ferocity.

Trump lawyer Giuliani got paid to lobby Romanian president  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was being paid by a global consulting firm when he sent a letter to the president of Romania last week that contradicted the U.S. government's official position.

In An Unprecedented Move, The US Postal Service Released A Former CIA Officer's Security Application To A Republican Group  —  The former officer, Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger, has suggested the information was released for partisan purposes.  Documents shows USPS was responding …

Cuomo Received $25,000 From Weinstein Lawyer's Firm as He Suspended Probe  —  The contribution from Weinstein's former lawyer was made the same month Cuomo suspended an investigation into the New York district attorney's failure to prosecute Harvey Weinstein in 2015.  —  EDITED BY

Maria Butina: Private Messages Reveal Accused Russian Spy's True Ties to D.C. Wise Man … When federal prosecutors charged Maria Butina with covertly infiltrating the conservative movement on behalf of the Kremlin, questions began to swirl around a Washington think tank that had published …

Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its ‘Intolerant’ Liberal Culture  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week.  Titled “We Have a Problem With Political Diversity,” it quickly took off inside the social network.

The Diver Elon Musk Called A “Pedo” Is Preparing A Libel Claim  —  “You published through three different tweets to your twenty-two million followers that Mr. Unsworth engages in the sexual exploitation of Thai children, and you did so at a time when he was working to save the lives of twelve Thai children.”

An ode to one of the worst GOP candidates in recent memory  —  For the second time in two years, Arizona Republicans held a Senate primary.  And for the second time in two years, a uniquely bad and desperate candidate named Kelli Ward went down in flames.  —  Ward lost to Sen. John McCain …

Miami Will Be Underwater Soon.  Its Drinking Water Could Go First  —  One morning in June, Douglas Yoder climbed into a white government SUV on the edge of Miami and headed northwest, away from the glittering coastline and into the maze of water infrastructure that makes this city possible.

The New Lobbying: Qatar Targeted 250 Trump ‘Influencers’ to Change U.S. Policy  —  Blockaded by Mideast neighbors, the emirate deployed an unconventional lobbying campaign to win over an unconventional U.S. president  —  Longtime New York restaurateur Joey Allaham visited Manhattan's Park East Synagogue late …

Senior executive of steel plant in Russia, Bruno Charles de Kooman, falls out of window in Moscow  —  The senior executive's acquaintance was a witness of the tragedy.  —  According to Telegram-channel Mash, the senior executive of Novolipetsk Steel Plant (NLMK) Bruno Charles de Kooman fell …

Liker, a Facebook Alternative for Liberals, Is Hive of False Claims About Trump … In the world of the anti-Trump Facebook #Resistance, no one has a bigger soapbox than Omar Rivero, the founder of the Occupy Democrats Facebook page.  —  Along with his brother Rafael, Rivero …

Body-cam vid shows Denver cops cuffed Indy editor as she photographed their badges  —  Police body camera footage released today shows two Denver officers told The Colorado Independent's editor, Susan Greene, to “act like a lady” as they handcuffed and detained her in July for attempting …

Jerry Brown just abolished bail in California  —  Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill fully abolishing bail in the Golden State.  This is the logical conclusion of the BS “right on crime” movement of the Kochs and Soros that has been quietly and surreptitiously dismantling …

Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama  —  (CNN)A parting lesson in American civility from Sen. John McCain lies in the roster of leaders he personally selected to pay tribute at his memorial service Saturday at the National Cathedral.  —  It was a day in early April …

This Is How Russian Propaganda Actually Works In The 21st Century  —  TALLINN, Estonia — The Russian government discreetly funded a group of seemingly independent news websites in Eastern Europe to pump out stories dictated to them by the Kremlin, BuzzFeed News and its reporting partners can reveal.

FBI pushes back on unfounded Trump claim that China hacked Hillary Clinton's email  —  The FBI on Wednesday pushed back on an unfounded claim by President Trump that Hillary Clinton's emails were hacked by China, saying it had found no evidence that the private servers she used while secretary of state had been compromised.

No, Trump Is Far from Finished  —  President Donald Trump speaks at Fort Drum, New York.  —  In a 1920 study that is now regarded as a pioneering example of press criticism, Walter Lippmann and Charles Marz found that in its coverage of the Russian Revolution, The New York Times had repeatedly told …

What Is Trump Getting for Sucking up to Saudi Arabia?  —  Ever since Franklin Roosevelt's historic rendezvous in 1945 with Abd Aziz Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, American presidents have been enamored with Saudi kings.  —  But nothing in the 70 plus-year history of U.S.-Saudi ties comes close …