How to Get the Kavanaugh Hearings Right  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee has a chance to do better by the country than it did nearly three decades ago.  —  Ms. Hill is a professor at Brandeis University.  —  There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better.

Stormy Daniels' tell-all book on Trump: salacious detail and claims of cheating  —  Exclusive: pornographic actor says Trump 'didn't want to be president' in her book Full Disclosure  —  In a tell-all memoir, the pornographic actor Stormy Daniels details salacious descriptions of her time with Donald Trump …

Trump rails on top Florida ally over Hurricane Maria flap  —  Republican Ron DeSantis accused of disloyalty for bucking the president.  —  President Donald Trump is privately lashing out at one of his top allies, Ron DeSantis, angrily accusing the Florida Republican gubernatorial nominee of publicly betraying him.

SCOTUS Denies Stay, New Disclosure Ruling Goes Into Effect  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  The Supreme Court today denied a stay, and lifted a temporary stay by Chief Justice Roberts, in Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's (CREW) landmark dark money case against Crossroad GPS and the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Internal RNC Poll: Complacent Trump Voters May Cost GOP Control of Congress  —  A private survey shows many Republican voters “don't believe there is anything at stake” in the midterm elections.  —  A private survey conducted for the Republican National Committee and obtained …

GOP stalwart Nancy Kassebaum picks Democrat Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach  —  A titan of Kansas Republican politics is shunning Kris Kobach, her party's nominee, in his run for governor.  —  Nancy Kassebaum, who represented Kansas for three terms in the U.S. Senate, said Tuesday …

Former Fusion GPS Employee Shreds Firm's Work On Paul Manafort  — Graham Stack, a freelance journalist hired by Fusion GPS, says the opposition research firm was “almost completely wrong” about former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.  — Stack says Fusion GPS provided …

Tesla Faces U.S. Criminal Probe Over Musk Statements  —  Tesla is under investigation by the Justice Department over public statements made by the company and Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk, according to two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News' Tom Schoenberg and Matt Robinson report.

White House reviews incident involving Epoch Times photographer handing a folder to Trump  —  The White House has reviewed an incident last week in which a news photographer for the Epoch Times, a publication banned in China for its critical coverage, stepped into a restricted area …

Deep State Unmasked: State Department on Hidden Cam, “Resist Everything,” “I Have Nothing to Lose”  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  Federal Employee for State Department: “Resist everything... Every level.  F**k sh*t up.”  —  Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) …

GOP Edge in CD39  —  Kim seen as more in touch, better liked than Cisneros  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Republican Young Kim holds a slight edge over Democrat Gil Cisneros in the open seat contest for California's 39th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.

New York Magazine to Launch Expanded Intelligencer Site  —  New York Media today announced the upcoming launch of Intelligencer, a new destination covering politics, business, technology, media, and innovation.  The site, which will incorporate the company's tech vertical Select All into Daily Intelligencer …

How Puerto Rico Became the Newest Tax Haven for the Super Rich  —  A year after the tragedy of Hurricane Maria, the 51st state has become the favorite playground for extremely wealthy Americans looking to keep their money from the taxman.  The only catch?  They have to cut all ties to the mainland (wink, wink).

FEMA official suspended in connection with IG probe  —  A senior FEMA official has been suspended without pay in connection with a Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigation into the improper use of government vehicles by FEMA administrator Brock Long, according to two current government officials.

Leaked NPR Emails: Don't Call Kermit Gosnell an ‘Abortion Doctor’  —  National Public Radio's own past reporting called Kermit Gosnell an ‘abortion doctor.’ But when the makers of a new documentary wanted to pay to use the phrase on air, no dice.  —  Early last month, John Sullivan …