FBI expands inquiry into Ford allegations  —  (CNN)The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted.  —  The efforts come as anticipation builds …

Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father  —  The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today's dollars from his father's real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.

Kavanaugh's 1983 Letter Offers Inside Look at High School Clique  —  The beachfront property was rented, the guests were invited and an ever-organized Brett M. Kavanaugh had some advice for the seven Georgetown Preparatory School classmates who would be joining him for the weeklong escapade.

This Ohio Woman's Run-In With The FBI Gives Us A Window Into Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Probe  —  WASHINGTON — Cassandra Ford tends to stay online late into the evening and then sleep in.  So when two FBI agents dispatched by special counsel Robert Mueller's office pounded on her boyfriend's door …

The Meritocracy Against Itself  —  How Ivy League resentments took over the Kavanaugh debate.  —  A week ago, Elizabeth Bruenig of The Washington Post wrote a column about the dreadful feeling of being yanked back, thanks to the allegations of teenage sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh …

Fake News Comes to Academia  —  How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘grievance studies.’  —  The existence of a monthly journal focused on “feminist geography” is a sign of something gone awry in academia.  The journal in question—Gender, Place & Culture …

Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh's Temperament and Honesty in 2006  —  WASHINGTON — When Brett M. Kavanaugh was preparing for his second confirmation hearing for a seat on a federal appeals court in 2006, he got some unwelcome news.  The American Bar Association, which had earlier given him its highest rating, had reconsidered.

‘Rip-roaring hot’ jobs market sees private payrolls surge by 230,000, highest since February  — Private payrolls rose by 230,000 in September, according to the most recent count by ADP and Moody's Analytics.  — Moody's economist Mark Zandi said the current pace suggests an unemployment rate of close to 3 percent in a year.

GOP gloom: Republicans predict House majority will be swept away by Democratic ‘spending tsunami’  —  Five weeks before critical midterm elections, House Republicans are outgunned and outmanned as a constellation of well-resourced Democratic groups dedicated to winning the majority overwhelm GOP defenses.

The chosen one?  The new film that claims Trump's election was an act of God  —  More than 1,000 US cinemas are screening The Trump Prophecy - which posits that God chose the philandering billionaire to restore America's moral values  —  It was, everyone agreed, a miracle.

You Idiot Reporters Are Making It Worse  —  Every 15 seconds, you're demonstrating why millions of people love it when Trump calls you the fake news.  —  Before I get started, let me clarify something.  Groupthink, mob behavior, panic, etc. have a powerful capacity to make smart people dumb.

Trump's 2020 dreams  —  President Trump is increasingly fantasizing in public and private about his 2020 campaign, using midterm rallies to talk as excitedly about his own re-election in 2020 as he does about the 2018 races that are just 34 days away.  —  What he's saying: Last night in Mississippi …