When I challenge the president, I do it directly.  My anonymous colleague should have, too.  —  Nikki Haley is U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.  —  We have enough issues to deal with in the world, so it's unfortunate to have to take time to write this, but I feel compelled to address …

I Wrote Some of the Stolen Memos That Brett Kavanaugh Lied to the Senate About  —  Much of Washington has spent the week focusing on whether Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the Supreme Court.  After the revelations of his confirmation hearings, the better question is whether …

Obama delivers full-throated rebuke of Trump's presidency  —  URBANA, Ill. — The night before the 2016 election, Barack Obama said Donald Trump was “uniquely unqualified” on the economy, “temperamentally unfit” on foreign policy, couldn't be trusted with the nuclear codes and had …

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of Alleged Russian Hacker Responsible For Massive Network Intrusions At U.S. Financial Institutions, Brokerage Firms, A Major News Publication, And Other Companies  —  Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York …

'I Don't Talk' That Way, Trump Says.  Except When He Does.  —  President Trump said he has never used terms like “mentally retarded” or “dumb Southerner,” as he is quoted in Bob Woodward's new book.  But the record shows he has.  —  Numerous Trump officials denied writing the anonymous Op-Ed published by The New York Times.

Scott Walker's Anthem-Flag Bitmoji Is Republicanism Under Donald Trump  —  To understand what has happened to the Republican Party under Donald Trump, consider the case of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.  —  There was a time, not too many years ago, when Walker looked like a plausible …

Conspiracy Theories Made Alex Jones Very Rich.  They May Bring Him Down  —  AUSTIN — More than ever before in his two-decade career built on baseless conspiracy theories, angry nativist rants and end-of-days fearmongering, Alex Jones is being called to account.

Tesla shares crash after Elon Musk smokes joint on live web show  —  Two senior executives quit electric carmaker as market value falls 8%  —  Play Video  —  Tesla shares crashed 8% on Friday as two of its senior executives quit, just hours after the electric carmaker's chief executive …

Beto O'Rourke's Campaign Requests VFW Hall Take Down American Flags Before His Rally There  —  Ted Cruz's Challenger, Beto O'Rourke has made a name for himself by saying that he can think of “nothing more American” than kneeling during the National Anthem.  We can now add stripping American flags …

Opioid billionaire granted patent for addiction treatment  —  A billionaire pharmaceuticals executive who has been blamed for spurring the US opioid crisis stands to profit from the epidemic after he patented a new treatment for drug addicts.  —  Richard Sackler, whose family owns Purdue Pharma …

Fearful mother in ad attacking Sharice Davids is a Kansas GOP official  —  A fearful mother stares into a camera and warns that Democratic candidate Sharice Davids will put her four children at risk.  —  In a new ad from a super PAC linked to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Alana Roethle of Leawood …

I, Too, Grew Up in the Crime-Ridden Streets of Bethesda, Maryland  —  “I'm a native of this area.  I'm a native of an urban-suburban area.  I grew up in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence and drug violence.”  - Judge Brett Kavanaugh, on the second day of his Senate hearings …

This Space Available  —  New York City's streetscape has been transformed — visually and economically — by the staggering numbers of vacant storefronts now dotting its most popular retail corridors.  The Times set out with a panoramic camera to capture what this commercial blight feels like on the ground.

Cuomo Often Takes Taxpayer-Funded Planes and Helicopters, Far More Than Other Big State Governors  —  On a hot July day in 2017, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo visited a country club on Long Island to address business leaders about the future of rail lines that are the lifeblood of commerce and suburban commuters.

White House in chaos — what's new?  —  The president decided the entire staff was working against him, running their own agenda, not his or the nation's.  Poll ratings had plummeted, with job approval in the 30s.  Leaks were commonplace as staffers hyped their own policy positions, even brazenly floated them in trial balloons.

Economy adds more jobs than expected in August, and wage growth hits post-recession high  — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 201,000 in August.  Economists surveyed by Reuters expected a 191,000 increase.

The Trade Slowdown Has Already Begun  —  As tariffs pile up, the world economy is starting to look holed below the waterline.  —  One of the paradoxes of this year's trade tensions is that in many parts of the world, it doesn't yet feel like a crisis.  —  For all the turmoil …

Eagles' Winning NFL Kickoff Game Falls To 9-Year Viewership Low  —  UPDATE, 12:02 PM: The final numbers of the first official game of the NFL's new season are in and the league and NBC looked to have been drenched by more than the rain that delayed the Eagles and Atlanta Falcons match-up in Philadelphia last night.

Under pressure from base, Trump falsely inflates administration's progress on his border wall  —  As pressure mounts on President Trump to fulfill his key campaign pledge to build a border wall, he has hit on a quick and easy method to demonstrate progress: Just inflate how much his administration is already spending on the project.

Dallas police seek manslaughter warrant against officer who killed neighbor  —  Dallas police said the officer called for help and told responding officers that “she entered the victim's apartment believing that it was her own.”  —  Dallas police: Off-duty cop enters wrong apartment, fatally shoots man

“I'm Tired of America Wasting Our Blood and Treasure”: The Strange Ascent of Betsy DeVos and Erik Prince  —  Since the 1970s, the DeVos family has been quietly advancing a plan to make government act more like a private business.  Now, they appear ready to take the next step.