I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration  —  We work for the president but we have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. … President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.  —  It's not just that the special counsel looms large.

The White House is discussing potential replacements for Jim Mattis  —  Well before this week's revelations about President Trump's interactions with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Bob Woodward's new book, officials inside the White House have been actively discussing who will replace Mattis …

Trump Hits Campaign Trail as Prospect of Midterm Defeat Looms  — Democrats need to pick up 23 seats to gain control of House  — President to hold rallies in Montana, Dakotas this week  —  Donald Trump takes his fight to keep his party in control of Congress to the Great Plains this week …

‘This is the first wave of an invasion’  —  Channeling their anger, progressives are staging their own tea party-style revolt.  —  Ordinary voters flocking to political protests.  Activists channeling their anger at the president and his policies.  Several otherwise safe incumbents taken down in primaries.

Jerome Corsi, Conspiracy Theorist, Is Subpoenaed in Mueller Investigation  —  Jerome Corsi, a conspiracy theorist and political commentator with connections to the former Trump adviser Roger J. Stone Jr., has been subpoenaed to testify on Friday before the grand jury in the special counsel investigation …

Kavanaugh stumbled over two critical tripwires  —  More than abortion or gun control or health care, what is at stake in the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is the security of our constitutional system and the rule of law.  We've not had such a Supreme Court battle …

Judge orders independent candidate off the ballot in Va. congressional race, citing ‘out and out fraud’  —  RICHMOND — A Richmond Circuit Court judge on Wednesday ordered independent candidate Shaun Brown removed from the ballot in Virginia's 2nd District congressional race …

Unapproved O'Rourke text message asks for ‘undocumented immigrant’ vote  —  A person who a spokesman for U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign said was pretending to be a “texting team” volunteer sent an unauthorized message to voters Wednesday asking them to help “transport undocumented immigrants” to the polls.

State Department's top candidate to lead efforts countering disinformation: A Fox News reporter  —  (CNN)A Fox News correspondent is a leading candidate to head the State Department agency tasked with combating propaganda and disinformation from foreign adversaries, CNN has learned.

Seehofer: Migration is ‘mother of all problems’  —  German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer called migration the “mother of all problems,” saying he understood the anger that fueled far-right demonstrations in Chemnitz.  —  Seehofer, who has waged public battles with Angela Merkel …

NBC/Marist poll: Democrat Joe Donnelly has slight edge in Indiana Senate race  —  Donnelly leads 49 percent to Mike Braun's 43 percent support among likely voters in a two-way race.  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly has a slight advantage over Republican challenger Mike Braun …