How Rudy Giuliani Turned Into Trump's Clown  —  The former mayor's theatrical, combative style of politics anticipated—and perfectly aligns with—the President's.  —  Although it has been almost a generation since Rudolph Giuliani was the mayor of New York, there is one place in the city …

Steve Bannon Headlines New Yorker Festival  —  Readers of The New Yorker prize the magazine for its wide-ranging collection of perspectives.  From Oct. 5 to 7, The New Yorker Festival, now in its 19th year, will bring some of these voices to venues around New York City.

Brett Kavanaugh May Soon Unshackle All Rich Political Donors  —  By the time President Donald Trump runs for reelection in 2020, he might be able to accept unlimited campaign contributions to support his bid, thanks to his nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.

Trump escalates attacks on his attorney general  —  President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, suggesting the Department of Justice put Republicans in midterm jeopardy with recent indictments of two GOP congressmen.

Trump's pollution rules rollback to hit coal country hard  —  GRANT TOWN, W.Va. (AP) — It's coal people like miner Steve Knotts, 62, who make West Virginia Trump Country.  —  So it was no surprise that President Donald Trump picked the state to announce his plan to roll back Obama-era pollution controls on coal-fired power plants.

Statement from Stephen J. Adler, President and Editor-in-Chief, Reuters, on reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, Sep 3, 2018  —  Reuters President and Editor-in-Chief, Stephen J. Adler, issued the following statement today after a Myanmar court delivered its verdict in the case against Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo;

Colin Kaepernick part of Nike's 30th anniversary of ‘Just Do It’ campaign  —  Colin Kaepernick is back — at least as far as Madison Avenue is concerned.  —  The former NFL quarterback, who is suing NFL owners for colluding to keep him out of the league, is one of the faces of a new Nike campaign meant …

If the GOP isn't McCain's party, why not build a new one?  —  The soaring music still hums in our ears.  Phrases from the eulogies still echo.  Those who attended Sen. John McCain's funeral and some of those who watched it on TV may still be marveling at the showing of national unity and purpose.

Another metric points to a possible midterm blue wave  —  Bruce Mehlman of Mehlman Castagnetti Rosen & Thomas has found a new way to measure House Republicans' peril: “vulnerability ratio,” which he measures as the net number of seats at risk versus the number needed to flip.

Inside Twitter's Long, Slow Struggle to Police Bad Actors  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on high-profile decisions, frustrating some employees  —  When Twitter Inc. TWTR -1.29% Chief Executive Jack Dorsey testifies before Congress this week, he'll likely be asked …

Man who stabbed American tourists in Amsterdam names Wilders, cites ‘insults’ to Islam  —  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam's central station last week named Dutch, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders during police questioning and said he was motivated …

Immigrants, fearing Trump crackdown, drop out of nutrition programs  —  Both documented and undocumented immigrants fear that accepting federal aid could make them ineligible for a green card if rules are changed.  —  Immigrants are turning down government help to buy infant formula …

Brazil museum fire: ‘incalculable’ loss as 200-year-old Rio institution gutted  —  The Museu Nacional houses artefacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first fossils found in Brazil  —  Play Video  —  Brazil's oldest and most important historical and scientific museum has been consumed by fire …

8 questions for the midterm elections: A blue wave or not?  —  Campaign 2018 begins the final stretch this week.  All but a few states have finished their primaries, and the general election ballots are set almost everywhere.  The stakes are difficult to overstate.

Biden hits the trail like he's running  —  The former vice president spends Labor Day courting midterm voters in Pittsburgh, but also doing his own gut check for a possible 2020 run.  —  PITTSBURGH — Cue the jokes: Joe Biden is running.  In fact, he spent much of Labor Day sprinting …

FEMA Spending Millions on Contracts with FEMA Chief's Old Clients  —  In TYT Investigates by TYT Investigates, September 3, 20180 Comments … At least two former clients of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator William “Brock” Long have received FEMA contracts totaling …

Pope touts virtue of silence after sex abuse cover-up claims  —  VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis recommends silence and prayer to react to those seeking scandal and division.  Francis offered the advice Monday in his homily at Mass in the Vatican hotel where he lives.

Golden could be the first Colorado city to lower the minimum voting age to 16  —  Voters in the city will decide in November whether 16- and 17-year-olds can cast a ballot  —  Bella Macarelli regularly discusses the big issues of the day — politics, immigration, gun control — with her classmates at Golden High School.

Scoop: Confident Dems plan detailed 2019 agenda  —  Like the quiet planning by presidential candidates for their hoped-for transition to office, House Democrats are already choreographing their opening moves if — as looks likely — they get the gavel back in the midterm elections.

‘Strange disappearance’ of WikiLeaks consultant in Norway  —  WikiLeaks has raised concern after Arjen Kamphuis, an associate of founder Julian Assange, went missing in Norway.  The cybersecurity expert was last seen in northern Norway on August 20.  —  The internet transparency entity WikiLeaks tweeted …

Saving Idlib from Destruction  —  Numerous signs point to an imminent Syrian regime offensive to recapture Idlib, the largest remaining rebel-held area.  To ward off another humanitarian calamity, Russia, Iran and Turkey should immediately convene talks to extend the truce and seek other ways of removing Idlib's jihadist hard core.