A Series Of Suspicious Money Transfers Followed The Trump Tower Meeting  —  The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower has become one of the most famous gatherings in American political history: a flashpoint for allegations of collusion, the subject of shifting explanations by the president and his son …

Jamie Dimon says he could beat Trump in an election: 'I'm smarter than he is'  —  J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon made some interesting comments on today's political affairs, even though he's said publicly he won't run for president and is committed to head the bank for the next five years.

Another hurricane is about to batter our coast.  Trump is complicit.  —  YET AGAIN, a massive hurricane feeding off unusually warm ocean water has the potential to stall over heavily populated areas, menacing millions of people.  Last year Hurricane Harvey battered Houston.

New census data undermines Democratic attack of Trump ‘sabotage’ of Obamacare  —  Democrats have made the charge that President Trump and Republicans have engaged in “sabotage” of Obamacare a central part of their argument in the upcoming midterm elections, but on Wednesday the Census Bureau released …

Laura Ingraham's Brother Goes to War Against Her  —  Curtis Ingraham wants people to know that his sister, the right-wing Fox News host Laura Ingraham, is the ultimate ‘hypocrite.’  —  Curtis Ingraham uses Twitter to vent his political frustrations—like many left-leaning users in the Trump era.

Voters Divided in CD19  —  Dem challenger seen more positively than GOP incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - First-term Congressman John Faso is in a tight race with attorney and former hip-hop performer Antonio Delgado in New York's 19th Congressional District, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.

‘Shipwreck’: GOP grows fearful about losing Senate as candidates struggle, Trump support tumbles  —  Republicans have grown increasingly worried about losing control of the Senate, as President Trump's approval rating tumbles and Democrats gain steam in key battleground races.

The Policymakers Saved the Financial System.  And America Never Forgave Them.  —  It's hard to overstate how deeply Americans despised their government's response to the global financial crisis.  It has helped shape the last decade of American politics, fueling distrust of powerful institutions …

Trump administration diverted nearly $10 million from FEMA to ICE detention program, according to DHS document  —  The Trump administration appears to have diverted nearly $10 million in funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement …

Bob Woodward's ‘Fear’ is the fastest-selling adult title in three years  —  Sales of “Fear,” Bob Woodward's new book about the first year of the Trump administration, are off to a phenomenal start this week.  —  Barnes and Noble announced that “Fear” is the fastest-selling adult title since Harper Lee's …

Brett Kavanaugh wants to do away with legal abortion.  He told us so.  —  WASHINGTON — Watching Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh  —  testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, legal analyst Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza noticed something curious: In his exchanges with Democratic legislators …

‘Designing Women’ Creator Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual (Guest Column)  —  Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of CBS' biggest hitmakers, reveals the disgraced mogul kept her shows off the air for seven years: “People asked me for years, ‘What happened to you?’

Surprisingly, the Senate Is Now in Play  —  ANALYSIS — I have argued repeatedly that while the House is up for grabs — and indeed likely to flip to the Democrats in November — the Senate is not in play.  I now believe that it is, so I must revise and extend my remarks.

Trump and his flunkies: Why aren't staffers standing up to him?  —  On this particular day, the architect had come to Donald Trump's office to show him what the interior of the residential elevator cabs would look like.  —  Trump looked at the panels where the buttons you push to reach a floor were located.

Why Susan Collins claims she's being bribed over her Kavanaugh vote  —  A Crowdpac crowdfunding campaign to encourage Collins to vote against Kavanaugh has the senator and others sounding the alarm.  —  Is Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins being bribed to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh?

Exclusive: Three-quarters of the secret money in recent elections came from 15 groups  —  WASHINGTON - Just 15 groups account for three-quarters of the anonymous cash flowing into federal elections since the Supreme Court paved the way for corporate and union money in candidate races eight years ago …

George W. Bush Raising Money to Maintain Trump Cover-up  —  George W. Bush, who declined to endorse Donald Trump (or anybody) in 2016, and made muttered elliptical criticisms of the 45th president, has thrown himself into the task of covering up Trump's many crimes.

Manafort in talks with prosecutors about possible plea, according to people familiar with the discussions  —  Days before in-person jury selection is set to begin in his second trial, President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is in talks with the special counsel's office …

Special Report: Slamming the door - How Trump transformed U.S. refugee program  —  WASHINGTON/KAKUMA, KENYA (Reuters) - On Jan. 19, 2017, Aden Hassan's long wait to start a new life ended when he stepped off a plane in Columbus, Ohio, half a world away from the Kenyan refugee camp where he had lived for a decade.

Henry Cavill Out as Superman Amid Warner Bros.' DC Universe Shake-Up (Exclusive)  —  Talks broke down for a cameo in ‘Shazam!’ due to scheduling conflicts, and the door is now closing on other potential appearances for the actor.  —  The DC cinematic universe appears to be losing its Man of Steel.

Trump eyes life under subpoena  —  President Trump, who rarely focuses beyond the moment before him, is starting to acknowledge the growing chance Democrats could very well win in November — and very well try to impeach him.  —  The big picture: A few months ago, he was scoffing at midterm consequences for him.

With all the world's crises, this is John Bolton's top concern?  —  IN A normal U.S. administration, the president's national security adviser would be preoccupied by the daunting array of current global crises, including: the incipient Russia-backed offensive in Syria that could kill …

CNN Poll: More approve of Mueller than of Trump  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's approval rating for handling the Russia investigation stands at 50% in a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.  That outpaces President Donald Trump's approval rating on the matter by 20 points.  —  CNN'S SEPTEMBER POLL

Antifa groups are using Twitter and Facebook to advocate for the assassination of President Trump  —  While social media companies collude to silence right-of-center influencers, violent far-left extremist groups appear to be given a pass.  This NYC based antifa group has been using their …

Novelist who wrote about ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ charged with murdering her husband  —  Nancy Crampton Brophy seemed to have a knack for writing about the murder of spouses.  —  The Portland, Ore.-based romance novelist wrote books about relationships that were “wrong” but …

What's Dana Rohrabacher's Deal With the Racist Trope of Chinese People Eating Dogs?  —  In newly surfaced footage from a February 2018 interview on Voice of America (VOA) China, the U.S. government-funded broadcasting service, Republican U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was asked if he wanted …

Eric Trump Rips CNN's Coverage of Woodward's ‘Sensational Nonsense Book’  —  Eric Trump joined Fox & Friends on Wednesday in order to slam the “sensational nonsense” inside Bob Woodward's explosive new book on his father's administration.  —  Last night, the Trump scion spoke to Sean Hannity …

Stormy Daniels promises new details on alleged Trump affair in forthcoming memoir  —  Adult-film actress Stormy Daniels announced Wednesday that she will provide new details about her alleged affair with Donald Trump in a forthcoming memoir.  —  Daniels appeared on ABC's “The View” …

There's Never Been a President This Unpopular With an Economy This Good  — Trump's unpopularity poses problems for Republican candidates  —  President Donald Trump's unpopularity is unprecedented given the strength of the economy.  —  That's according to a Bloomberg analysis of polling data.

Is America's densest city ready to make room?  —  Our New York-based architecture critic says, “Yes, in my backyard”  —  At its current rate of growth, Brooklyn is about to be more populous than the entire city of Chicago.  —  Saying “we need more housing” is a given, but no one agrees on where, how high, and for whom.

Senator Tammy Duckworth on the Attack that Took Her Legs—and Having a Baby at 50  —  Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, October 2018  —  ILLINOIS SENATOR Ladda Tammy Duckworth owns a great pair of legs.  They're painstakingly painted by an artist to match the skin tone of her arm …

Washington, DC  —  Pursuant to Section 1290 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA), I certified to Congress yesterday that the governments of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates are undertaking demonstrable actions to reduce the risk of harm …

GREAT AGAIN: USA Is Now The Largest Global Crude Oil Producer - Surpasses Russia and Saudi Arabia  —  The United States Is Now The Largest Global Crude Oil Producer  —  The United States likely surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world's largest crude oil producer earlier this year …

Right mounts campaign to make Jim Jordan the GOP leader  —  A collection of outside groups wants the Freedom Caucus co-founder to succeed Paul Ryan.  But rank-and-file members aren't likely to abide.  —  A collection of powerful conservative groups is mounting an aggressive campaign …

This Election Is All About Trump - Not Obama  —  Midterm elections are a referendum on the sitting president.  But, what happens when you have a former president getting in on the election action too?  Last week we got our first glimpse of the split-screen midterm.

Media Needs to Stop Hiring Young Know-Nothings  —  The American news media is quick to blame President Trump for their current woes, but they have no one to blame but themselves.  A revealing poll issued Tuesday shows how much the public's trust in the news media has tanked over the past ten years …