Kavanaugh Accuser Opens Negotiations on Testimony Next Week  —  WASHINGTON — The woman who has accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexual assault, in an apparent bid to jump-start negotiations, has told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she “would be prepared to testify next week,” …

‘No accident’ Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks ‘looked like models’, Yale professor told students  —  Guardian learns Amy Chua said she would advise students on their physical look to help win post in Kavanaugh's chambers  —  A top professor at Yale Law School who strongly endorsed supreme …

Michael Cohen spoke to Mueller team for hours; asked about Russia, possible collusion, pardon: Sources  —  President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, has participated over the last month in multiple interview sessions lasting for hours with investigators from the office …

Internal GOP Poll: 'We've Lost the Messaging Battle' on Tax Cuts  — Voters say 2-to-1 the tax law benefits rich over middle class  — Tax law looms large ahead of November congressional elections  —  A survey commissioned by the Republican National Committee has led the party …

Google Workers Discussed Tweaking Search Function to Counter Travel Ban  —  Company says none of proposed changes to search results were ever implemented  —  WASHINGTON—Days after the Trump administration instituted a controversial travel ban in January 2017, Google employees discussed …

ICE arrested immigrants who came forward to take in undocumented children  —  Boy traumatized after separation: I can't forget  —  Washington (CNN)Federal officers have arrested dozens of immigrants who came forward to take care of immigrant children in government custody, and the Trump administration is pledging to go after more.

FBI memos detail ‘partisan axes,’ secret conflicts behind the Russia election meddling assessment  —  For most of the past two years, the U.S. intelligence community has presented a united front on all the key conclusions in the January 2017 report that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

Ben Carson's HUD: Political loyalty required, no experience necessary  —  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded promotions and pay increases to five political operatives with no housing policy experience within their first months on the job, demonstrating what government watchdogs …

Unraveling the Russia Story So Far … On an October afternoon before the 2016 election, a huge banner was unfurled from the Manhattan Bridge in New York City: Vladimir V. Putin against a Russian-flag background, and the unlikely word “Peacemaker” below.  It was a daredevil happy birthday to the Russian president, who was turning 64.

Exclusive: Jordan Peterson Threatened to Sue a Critic for Calling Him a Misogynist  —  Best-selling author Jordan Peterson first shot to fame by styling himself as a free-speech warrior at the University of Toronto, where he teaches psychology.  Objecting to trans people's requests that he use …

Gov. Murphy Calls for Bergen County Sheriff's Resignation, After Racist Remarks Caught on Tape  —  The story and audio clips below contain graphic and potentially offensive language.  —  Gov. Phil Murphy is calling for the resignation of Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino after WNYC obtained …

Member dues plummet, leaving the NRA in the red for second straight year  —  The National Rifle Association is traditionally one of the most powerful and financially intimidating interest groups in Washington.  But a new third-party audit of the group's finances obtained by OpenSecrets raises questions …

How Putin's Oligarchs Got Inside the Trump Team  —  The message from Moscow reached Paul Manafort at a crucial moment in the U.S. presidential race, just as he was about to secure the official Republican nomination for his client, Donald Trump.  Manafort's overture had been received, the July 2016 message informed him.

New racial controversy batters DeSantis  —  This is the fifth race-related issue concerning the Florida candidate, his gubernatorial campaign or one of its supporters.  —  MIAMI — A Republican activist who donated more than $20,000 to Ron DeSantis and lined up a speech for him at President Trump's Mar …

Trump Sees a ‘Red Wave’ Where His Party Sees a Red Alert  —  WASHINGTON — During a discussion about his party's legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump's.

Wayne Allyn Root, Trump's Rally Opener, Is a Conspiracy Theorist Who Thinks the Vegas Shooter Was ISIS  —  To open his Thursday rally, the president reportedly ‘personally requested’ a right-wing businessman and gaudy TV star who embraces radical conspiracy theories.  Sound familiar?  —  “Big day today.

A Reaper Drone Shot Down Another Drone in First Unmanned Air-to-Air Kill  —  The incident was the dawn of unmanned air-to-air combat.  —  A U.S. Reaper drone shot down another with a missile, the Air Force revealed yesterday.  The incident, which took place last year and involved an unmanned target drone …

Senators' Gmail accounts targeted by foreign hackers  —  (CNN)The personal Gmail accounts of an unspecified number of US senators and Senate staff have been targeted by foreign government hackers, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Thursday.  —  On Wednesday, Sen. Ron Wyden …

Aberdeen, Maryland shooting: Three dead after woman opens fire at Rite Aid facility  —  Harford County sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the scene at 9:09 a.m. ET, authorities tweeted.  —  At least three people were killed after a woman opened fire at a Rite Aid facility in Maryland on Thursday morning …