Trump's FEMA chief under investigation over use of official cars  —  Federal Emergency Management Agency 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 …

Senate Democrats Have Referred A Secret Letter About Brett Kavanaugh To The FBI  —  Senate Democrats on the Judiciary Committee have referred a letter concerning Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI.  —  The contents of the letter have been closely guarded by Sen. Dianne Feinstein …

'We're not agents': UK's suspects in Skripal case talk exclusively with RT's editor-in-chief (VIDEO) … WATCH BELOW PARTS 1, 2 & 3 OF THE INTERVIEW THE FOURTH PART OF THE VIDEO TO FOLLOW SOON.  —  UK prosecutors claimed their names were not real, but Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov …

Exclusive: Audio Reveals Potentially Illegal Coordination Between NRA and Montana Senate Hopeful Matt Rosendale  —  The gun-rights group gave Jon Tester's challenger a heads-up that it'd be spending money trying defeat the senator.  That's a no-no, watchdogs say.

Rick Scott Is Preparing to Pack the State Supreme Court After His Term Ends  —  On Jan. 8, 2019, a new governor of Florida will be sworn in.  On that same day, three of the Florida Supreme Court's seven justices will complete their final terms.  Based on those facts alone …

Giuliani: Trump sees no danger in Manafort plea  —  Trump's lawyer says of Manafort: 'It's pretty clear if they were going to get anything from him they'd have gotten it already.'  —  The prospect of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort cutting a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office …

6 people are dead after shooting spree in California  —  (CNN)Six people are dead — including the suspect — after a man opened fire at multiple locations in Bakersfield, California, on Wednesday, a local sheriff said.  —  Officers responded to calls of a shooting at a trucking business …

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.

The NRA's Catch-22 for Black Men Shot by Police  —  The city of Dallas, Texas, has been rocked by news of an off-duty police officer shooting a black man in his own apartment.  On September 6, the off-duty police officer Amber Guyger entered Botham Jean's apartment and shot him dead.

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.

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 …

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 …

My new reform plan will drain Democratic and Republican ethics swamp: Sen. Ben Sasse  —  Despite promises to drain the swamp from both sides, Washington is filled with greed.  It's time to clean this mess up.  No more looking the other way.  —  CONNECT  —  In 2016, Republicans promised to “drain the swamp.”

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.

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Men Get the First, Last and Every Other Word on Earnings Calls  — Women are elusive on quarterly calls, Prattle analysis shows  — Male speakers made 5 million of 5.4 million comments on calls  —  Forget the board room.  Women's voices are barely even present on conference calls.

Abusive media moguls harmed more than just individual women.  They shaped a misogynistic culture.  —  Two moments on Wednesday.  Both startling, both telling.  —  Jericka Duncan, live on the CBS Evening News, looked unflinchingly into the camera as she explained how the story she had been covering …

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 …

Tim Allen gets candid about politics and Trump: 'I'm kind of an anarchist'  —  Tim Allen has a message for anybody on the fence about watching the revival of the conservative comedian's sitcom Last Man Standing this fall: “Who cares what I think?!” the actor-comedian declares.

Uncertain Dem Edge in CD07  —  Neither major party candidate is well-known  —  West Long Branch, NJ - There is a mixed outlook in the race for the newly drawn Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.  Democrat Susan Wild has a small 6 point edge …

Trump Says Jamie Dimon Isn't Smart Enough to Run for President  — President responds to JPMorgan chief's Wednesday taunts  — Trump says policies make bankers look smarter than they are  —  One day after JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Jamie Dimon boasted that he's smarter than Donald Trump …

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.

Americans Aren't Practicing Democracy Anymore  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying?  —  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.

UN Secretary-General: American Power Is in Decline, the World Is ‘in Pieces’  —  Editor's Note: This article is part of a series that attempts to answer the question: Is democracy dying?  —  For the past two years, the secretary-general of the United Nations, António Guterres …

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

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.

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.

Non-Starter |  Marsha Blackburn for U.S. Senate  —  Tennesseans across the state may have voted for Phil Bredesen for Governor but know they cannot support him for Senate.  He opposes building the wall, supports Obamacare, and opposed President Trump's tax cuts.  Those are non-staters for Tennesseans.