As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims  —  Members of the board of the CBS Corporation are negotiating with the company's chairman and C.E.O., Leslie Moonves, about his departure.  Sources familiar with the board's activities …

Bob Woodward: “People better wake up to what's going on” in the Oval Office  —  Watergate journalist Bob Woodward made headlines once again this past week, with his new book about the Trump White House, entitled “Fear.”  This morning, in his first TV interview, Woodward paints a picture …

Whining Serena Williams is tennis's Hillary Clinton … No one expected Naomi Osaka to win the US Open yesterday.  Everyone favoured her opponent.  The crowd was solidly with Serena Williams, as were the bookies.  But the 20-year-old Japanese-Haitian, who became the first player representing Japan …

Dirty Politics in New York  —  A last-minute mailer from Democrats wrongly describing Cynthia Nixon as anti-Semitic is a disgrace.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.  It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section.

Omarosa claims White House staffers had hashtag to discuss 25th Amendment  —  Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman claimed on MSNBC Sunday that she and other members of the Trump administration texted each other the hashtag “#tfa,” referring to the 25th Amendment, “more than 100 times” …

A new ethics complaint could have just put the fate of Brett Kavanaugh in Merrick Garland's hands  —  After watching Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testify under oath during his confirmation hearings about his knowledge of stolen Democratic emails when he was a White House lawyer …

North Korea stresses economy, not nukes, on 70th anniversary  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea held a major military parade and revived its iconic mass games to celebrate its 70th anniversary on Sunday, but in keeping with leader Kim Jong Un's new policies the emphasis was firmly …

Dolphins' Kenny Stills, Albert Wilson first NFL players in Week 1 to kneel during anthem  —  NFL players' protests weren't widespread in Sunday's first games, but the demonstrations had not died out in Week 1.  —  Miami Dolphins wide receivers Kenny Stills and Albert Wilson became …

Trump campaign members were ‘fully aware’ of efforts to set Putin meeting: Papadopoulos  —  George Papadopoulos, the one-time foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who became swept up in the special counsel investigation, says members of the Trump campaign team were “fully aware” …

Florence strengthens to hurricane and poses extreme threat to Southeast and Mid-Atlantic  —  Florence is, again, a hurricane and is predicted to rapidly intensify to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm by Tuesday as it starts to close in on the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic coast.

Liberals Don't Know Much About Conservative History  —  And both sides suffer for it.  —  The growing tendency of late for liberals and conservatives to regard each other as not just opponents, but enemies, has been one of the most alarming in an alarming era.

Cory Booker places staff in Iowa ahead of potential 2020 White House run  —  According to multiple sources, Cory Booker has placed four staffers on the ground in Iowa, helping Democratic candidates, as he moves to position himself for a potential presidential bid.

The growing GOP fears  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  IF YOU LISTEN TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, Republicans are poised to win big in the midterms, keep control in Washington and win in a landslide in 2020.  Nothing to worry about, folks.  —  BUT THAT'S A STARK CONTRAST to the vast majority …