Exclusive: Trump's FEMA administrator under investigation over use of official cars  —  FEMA administrator Brock Long is the target of an ongoing Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation into whether he misused government vehicles during his commutes to North Carolina from Washington …

GOP senators: No Sessions replacement could get confirmed  —  The possible axing of Jeff Sessions is giving Republican senators a migraine.  —  Senate Republicans are in a jam when it comes to Jeff Sessions.  —  While resigned to President Donald Trump firing the attorney general …

The one thing Trump can't sell: A booming economy  —  White House aides and other top Republicans are giving up on their efforts to keep the president on message to rescue the GOP this fall.  —  In an alternate universe, President Donald Trump would be heading into the midterms relentlessly touting …

Detention of Migrant Children Has Skyrocketed to Highest Levels Ever … Household incomes increased in 2017, the Census Bureau said, returning to roughly the levels before the recession.  —  President Trump is planning to pay Mexico $20 million to deport unauthorized immigrants there.

Dianne Feinstein Withholding Brett Kavanaugh Document From Fellow Judiciary Committee Democrats  —  Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have privately requested to view a Brett Kavanaugh-related document in possession of the panel's top Democrat, Dianne Feinstein …

LEAKED VIDEO: Google Leadership's Dismayed Reaction to Trump Election  —  A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant's leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda …

Brett Kavanaugh — and Susan Collins — better watch these seeds of a grass-roots revolt  —  Exceptional dangers require exceptional and sometimes unusual responses.  —  This was the spirit animating the volunteers at a phone bank here Tuesday night.  They were asking citizens to urge …

Americans Aren't Practicing Democracy Anymore  —  democracy is a most unnatural act.  People have no innate democratic instinct; we are not born yearning to set aside our own desires in favor of the majority's.  Democracy is, instead, an acquired habit.  —  Like most habits …

The Weekly Standard's Kavanaugh Fact Check Was Correct  —  Can journalists on the right honestly fact-check journalists on the left?  That question erupted this week in a fight over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.  The fight, as promised, has exposed media bias.

Threats and Deception: Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves  —  Why CBS's Board Turned Against Leslie Moonves … Top CBS News Producer Is Ousted After Misconduct Allegations … CRACKDOWN ON VAPING  —  Youth E-Cigarette Use Reaches ‘Epidemic Proportion,’ F.D.A. Finds

Norm MacDonald, #MeToo, and the Fatal Flaw in the New Morality  —  Jon Gabriel, Ed.  —  Twitter is a cesspool.  As if we needed more evidence, legendary comedian and acclaimed author Norm MacDonald was targeted for saying words to a reporter that a microscopic minority of humorless scolds didn't care for.

Hurricane Florence is slashing the Carolinas in the opening act of a 3-day, coastal disaster  —  Are you affected by Hurricane Florence?  When it's safe, text, iMessage or WhatsApp your videos, photos and stories to CNN: +1 347-322-0415  —  (CNN)Just as Hurricane Florence closes in on the Southeast …

N.R.A. Show Puts Thomas the Tank Engine in K.K.K. Hood to Criticize Diversity Move  —  Even by the standards of today's political culture, it was a startling image: the talking trains from the children's television show “Thomas & Friends,” wearing Ku Klux Klan hoods.

'We're not agents': UK's suspects in Skripal case talk exclusively with RT's editor-in-chief (VIDEO)  —  WATCH BELOW PARTS 1 & 2 OF THE INTERVIEW THE THIRD PART OF THE VIDEO TO FOLLOW SOON.  —  The two men reached out to RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan, as they wanted to tell their story.

Trump's historic gift to media  —  Aboard Air Force One recently, an aide was showing President Trump detailed data, complete with graphics and fine print.  Usually the president prefers top lines and the big picture.  This time, he was going deeper.  The topic of the commander-in-chief's attention …

2018 Senate Forecast  —  FiveThirtyEight's predictions for the 2018 Senate elections

Meet the ‘new’ Texas Democrats fueling Beto O'Rourke's race  —  FORT WORTH  —  Beto O'Rourke is awakening a grassroots movement in Texas — one that's led by gray-haired, once-loyal Democrats who are aggressively working to end decades of their own political dormancy in Texas.

Mailer linking Nixon to anti-Semitism was approved by top Cuomo aides … The slimy mailer that sought to link Cynthia Nixon to anti-Semitism was drafted and approved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo's closest advisors, including former top aide Larry Schwartz, sources told The Post Wednesday.

Damning New Strzok Text to Page: “The Times is Angry With Us About the WP Scoop”  —  Strzok's latest text message seems to contradict what his attorney said earlier this week  —  A series of text messages released Wednesday reveal that former FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok was in contact …

Mueller circles Roger Stone  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be zeroing in on Roger Stone, a longtime ally of President Donald Trump who briefly served on Trump's presidential campaign.  So far, prosecutors have secured testimony from at least nine Stone associates, including some who were subpoenaed.

U.S. Has Highest Share of Foreign-Born Since 1910, With More Coming From Asia  —  WASHINGTON — The foreign-born population in the United States has reached its highest share since 1910, according to government data released Thursday, and the new arrivals are more likely to come from Asia …

Fox News Poll: Republican ahead of incumbent Democrat in Indiana Senate race  —  President Trump remains popular in Indiana, a state he won by 19 percentage points — and that's bad news for incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Donnelly.  —  A Fox News poll of Indiana likely voters shows Republican …

Tax Change Helps Executives Afford Pricier Planes  —  Jet sales soar as business owners take advantage of new tax write-off  —  The recent changes to the tax code are giving business executives a new perk: the opportunity to deduct the entirety of a corporate-jet purchase.

Rand Paul ramps up his alliance with Trump  —  on some of his most controversial moves, going against the prevailing sentiment of the libertarian movement with which he and his father, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), have long been identified.  —  Some of the most libertarian-leaning members of Congress, such as Sens. Jeff Flake

Why I Changed the Way I Write about Police Shootings  —  Here's the truth: Most cops are good, and too many bad cops go free.  —  Yesterday I wrote a piece that's gone viral — an extended denunciation of a terrible police shooting in Texas.  A white officer went to black man's apartment, apparently thinking it was her own.

Hickenlooper moves closer to 2020 presidential bid  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is edging closer to a potential run for president, following what he called an “encouraging” summer mulling a campaign.  —  “What I saw was an interest ... a genuine interest in terms …

Scott Pruitt, Former E.P.A. Chief, Is in Talks for His Next Job: Coal Consultant  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, is in discussions to work as a consultant to the Kentucky coal mining tycoon Joseph W. Craft III, according to two industry executives familiar with the plans.

It's not just FEMA: ICE quietly got an extra $200 million  —  A rare look inside immigration detention  —  Washington (CNN)As a potentially catastrophic hurricane bears down on the East Coast of the US, the shifting of $10 million from FEMA's operating budget to fund immigration detention …

Mysterious observatory evacuation stirs alien conspiracy theories … Corners of the internet are atwitter about a possible alien coverup after reports that a Blackhawk helicopter and federal agents swooped in and inexplicably evacuated a remote part of New Mexico, including a prominent solar observatory.

California's poverty rate is still the highest in the nation, despite state efforts  —  Newly released federal estimates show California's poverty rate remained the highest in the nation, despite a modest fall, and the state's falling uninsured rate slowed for the first time since before Medicaid expansion.