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 …

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 …

CNN Poll: Democrats' midterm advantage holds among likely voters  —  (CNN)Democrats maintain a wide lead over Republicans in the race for control of the House of Representatives, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, including a 10-point lead among those most likely to turn out this November.

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 …

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.

'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 …

Trump Plans to Rebrand Nafta  —  President wants to call it the ‘USMC’ pact, telling donors he will drop the ‘C’ if Canada doesn't agree to changes  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump revealed plans to rebrand the North American Free Trade Agreement as the “USMC” pact—for the U.S. …

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 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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Trump Adviser Gina Loudon's Book Claims She Has a Ph.D. in Psychology.  She Doesn't.  —  Gina Loudon's book jacket proclaims she's 'America's favorite psychological expert.' The problem?  She doesn't have the credentials to be one.  —  Gina Loudon, the Republican commentator and author …

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.”

Alaska Federation of Natives urges no vote on Kavanaugh  —  Updated.  —  The Alaska Federation of Natives Wednesday called on the Senate to reject President Donald J. Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh.  —  “AFN joins our colleagues and friends across Indian country …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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

Two Republican Congressmen Hobnob With an Alleged Holocaust Denier.  Again.  —  Reps. Matt Gaetz and Dana Rohrabacher just can't quit Charles C. Johnson. … A Republican congressman who earlier this year got into trouble for hobnobbing with an accused Holocaust denier held a small fundraiser this summer …

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.

It happened there: how democracy died in Hungary  —  A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in Europe — and there are warning signs for America.  —  The Hungary-Serbia border runs through a wilderness, tall grass flatlands ringed by imposing clusters of trees and thickets.

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.