Alarm grows inside FEMA as administrator Brock Long fights for his job  —  As the Federal Emergency Management Agency heads into peak hurricane season, an internal investigation has imperiled its top official, sparking a growing backlash within the agency where career officials …

Lisa Page bombshell: FBI couldn't prove Trump-Russia collusion before Mueller appointment  —  To date, Lisa Page's infamy has been driven mostly by the anti-Donald Trump text messages she exchanged with fellow FBI agent Peter Strzok as the two engaged in an affair while investigating the president …

Why I'm voting ‘no’ on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination  —  Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee entered the confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh with concerns about his record and his views.  After four days of testimony and questions …

ARI FULD, ISRAELI-AMERICAN TERROR VICTIM, ‘LIVED AND DIED A HERO’  —  Fuld was assistant director of Standing Together, an organization that supports IDF soldiers, according to his personal website.  —  Ari Fuld, who was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in a stabbing attack …

Tight races in Missouri, Montana Senate, CBS News poll finds  —  Several incumbent Democratic senators are trying to win re-election in states that typically vote for Republicans, among them Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana, who are both locked in close contests with Republican challengers.

Texas Border Patrol agent accused of “serial killing spree” in Laredo  —  Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, has been accused of killing four women, including one transgender woman, and kidnapping a fifth woman, who escaped and alerted law enforcement.

House Intel Committee To Release Transcripts Of Trump-Russia Witness Interviews  —  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said Sunday that he plans to release transcripts of interviews with around 70 witnesses in the Trump-Russia probe within the next few weeks.

Authorities ID 26-year-old Mass. man killed in Cape Cod shark attack  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  WELLFLEET, Mass. —  A 26-year-old man from Revere died after being attacked by a shark in the waters off Cape Cod on Saturday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said.

China Weighs Skipping Trade Talks After U.S. Tariff Threat  —  Beijing is balking at the Trump administration's pressure tactics and considering how possibly to hit back, officials say  —  BEIJING—Faced with fresh threats of tariffs from Washington, China is considering declining …

Manafort deal with Mueller ‘really good for the country,’ Ken Starr says: ‘We should want the truth’  —  Former Independent Counsel Ken Starr, who led federal investigations of President Clinton, said special counsel Robert Mueller's striking a deal to win the cooperation …

In Georgia, a legal battle over electronic vs. paper voting  —  ATLANTA — Logan Lamb, a cybersecurity sleuth, thought he was conducting an innocuous Google search to pull up information on Georgia's centralized system for conducting elections.  —  He was taken aback when the query turned …

Conservatism After Christianity  —  A new survey reveals the Republican Party's religious divide.  —  One of the many paradoxes of the Trump era is that our unusual president couldn't have been elected, and couldn't survive politically today, without the support of religious conservatives …

Apple's bigger-screen iPhones are slammed for being ‘sexist’ … When Apple released its iPhone XS line, with screens that range from 5.8 inches to 6.5 inches, they became the company's largest phones yet.  But the big screens have triggered a backlash from women who say the device is too large for the average female hand.

Police arrest 5 in North Carolina as looters begin to capitalize on Florence chaos  —  Police in North Carolina arrested five people Saturday night as looters began to break into stores while Tropical Storm Florence brought chaos to the region.  —  Wilmington Police confirmed the arrests …

Identity, Not Ideology, Driving the Democratic Party  —  White progressives badly underachieved in Democratic primaries for governor.  African-American progressives dominated.  —  For an illustration of the power of identity over ideology in politics, look at the divergent results …

Israeli lawmaker to PM: Dismiss US envoy over aide scandal  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — An opposition Israeli lawmaker on Sunday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his ambassador to the United States for failing to report sexual assault allegations against a top Netanyahu aide …

Primary turnout soars in 2018 with Dems leading charge  —  More than 40 million Americans voted in primaries this year, a staggering increase from four years ago and a sign of virtually unprecedented voter enthusiasm ahead of the midterm elections.  —  Primary voter turnout was higher …