Kavanaugh's ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates  —  On Monday night, Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh said in a nationally televised interview that in his younger years, he was focused on sports, academics and “service projects.”

New Polls: Democrats in Decent Shape Across the Frost Belt  —  Democratic Senate incumbents with big leads in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; very close races in Indiana Senate and Ohio governor; Scott Walker behind in Wisconsin  —  A series of new Reuters/Ipsos/University …

H.R. McMaster: ‘Wholly appropriate’ for Gary Cohn to remove letter from Trump's desk  —  Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster on Tuesday defended his ex-White House colleague Gary Cohn for removing a trade-related document from President's Trump.  —  “I know about that incident …

Rosenstein saga shows need to protect Mueller  —  Threshold question is not whether it's likely President Trump would fire the special counsel, but whether it's possible: Our view  —  Many Republicans, it seems, would rather be waterboarded than take up legislation to protect special counsel …

Nikki Haley: United Nations Laughter Not A Diss But A Sign Of Respect For Trump's ‘Honesty’  —  World leaders were “falling over themselves to get a picture with him,” the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said.  —  U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Wednesday claimed …

Website Revs Up, With New York Magazine's Help, to Cover More Local News  —  With the once robust metropolitan news coverage in New York dwindling, a new nonprofit website called The City is teaming up with New York magazine in hopes of replacing some of that lost local accountability and investigative journalism.

Distracted Boyfriend meme is sexist, rules Swedish ad watchdog  —  Popular image of man ogling another woman deemed degrading and discriminatory  —  The popular Distracted Boyfriend meme, based on a photo of a man turning away from his outraged girlfriend to stare admiringly at another woman …

Republicans start to pull plug on members  —  Republicans are performing critical triage to their midterm spending strategy as they seek to hold on to their House majority in a difficult midterm year.  —  The House GOP's campaign arm pulled the plug on its remaining ad buys last week …

Will Florida's Ex-Felons Finally Regain the Right to Vote?  —  A referendum on the November ballot in Florida would re-enfranchise 1.5 million of citizens — and could change the state's electorate.  —  Twenty-five years ago, when he was a sophomore at Ohio State, Neil Volz started volunteering for his state senator, Bob Ney.

The Temptation of Apple News  —  The world's most valuable company is wooing the media with a human touch and a huge audience.  One thing it hasn't delivered: money.  —  In the years leading up to the 2016 U.S. election, Facebook became the world's de facto morning newspaper—and everyone wanted to land on A1.

With growing support from women, Democrats poised for major gains in midterm, new poll shows … Boosted by growing support among suburban women and widespread antipathy toward President Trump, Democrats approach the midterm election poised to make major gains nationwide, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll shows.

Ron DeSantis' wobbly campaign is running out of time to show he's ready for big leagues  —  The Republican gubernatorial nominee is struggling to gain traction in the general election  —  Ron DeSantis took a few friendly questions from Republican business owners in Oldsmar Tuesday during …

Trump says China has been “attempting” to influence midterms  —  President Trump said that China has been “attempting” to influence the upcoming midterm elections while chairing a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday.  —  What we don't know: How they've been interfering — if at all — or for how long.