Senate probing new allegation of misconduct against Kavanaugh  —  Supreme Court Nominee has been asked privately about an accusation of physical assault, sources tell NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON —The Senate Judiciary Committee is inquiring about at least one additional allegation of misconduct …

Sessions Aide, a Trump Loyalist, Is Seen as Ascendant Amid Rosenstein Chaos  —  WASHINGTON — Convinced that the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, was ready to resign after the revelation that he suggested President Trump was unfit for the job, senior White House aides got to work last weekend installing a replacement.

Massive House Map Continues to Grow  —  Recent polling and new TV ad reservations suggest an expanding battlefield with 40 days until the midterms.  —  Ally Mutnick  —  Democrats are finding compelling evidence that a new set of Republican-held seats are becoming increasingly competitive, stretching an already expansive map.

'This guy doesn't know anything': the inside story of Trump's shambolic transition team  —  Chris Christie noticed a piece in the New York Times - that's how it all started.  The New Jersey governor had dropped out of the presidential race in February 2016 and thrown what support he had behind Donald Trump.

Trump claims he rejected a meeting with Trudeau over NAFTA — but Canada says it never asked to meet  — President Donald Trump says he declined a one-on-one meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the United Nations General Assembly.  —  President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday …

Trump says learned about Syria's Idlib from supporter at recent rally  —  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday he had never heard of the rebel-held Syrian region of Idlib under threat from Syrian government and Russian forces until a supporter brought it up at a recent rally about a month ago.

D.C. principal was taped mocking student's sex assault claim, lawsuit says  —  In June of last year, a freshman at Roosevelt High School in Northwest Washington reported to Principal Aqueelha James that she had been sexually assaulted by another student in a school bathroom.

SwingSeat Update: Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst  —  A swing through the best/worst realistic scenarios for both parties.  —  Since we launched SwingSeat, THE WEEKLY STANDARD's stats-powered Senate forecast, I've been periodically writing “SwingSeat Update” pieces to explain why the model …

Trump eyes Northern Virginia for 2020 reelection campaign headquarters  —  President Trump famously housed his 2016 campaign staff on a floor of his gleaming Manhattan skyscraper that felt more like a storage warehouse than a corporate office, with plastic tables and folding chairs befitting the shoestring operation.

Voter Enthusiasm at Record High in Nationalized Midterm Environment  —  Top voting issues: Supreme Court, health care, economy  —  With less than six weeks to go before the elections for Congress, voter enthusiasm is at its highest level during any midterm in more than two decades.

Texas sets voter registration record, with 1.6 million new voters since 2014  —  The Texas voter rolls have grown to 15.6 million people, a new record, Texas Secretary of State Rolando Pablos confirmed.  —  That is nearly a 400,000-person increase since March and a jump of 1.6 million since …

Trump anti-discrimination official once called most hate crimes hoaxes  —  A senior Trump appointee responsible for enforcing laws against financial discrimination once questioned in blog posts written under a pen name if using the n-word was inherently racist and claimed that the great majority of hate crimes were hoaxes.