Mutual friend of Ramirez and Kavanaugh anxious to come forward with evidence  —  A former classmate of the Supreme Court nominee has reached out to the FBI but hasn't received a response.  —  WASHINGTON — In the days leading up to a public allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh …

Trump Directed Legal Action to Enforce Stormy Daniels's Hush Agreement  —  President in February instructed Michael Cohen to seek restraining order against adult-film actress, people familiar with the effort say  —  President Trump personally directed an effort in February to stop Stormy Daniels …

Megyn Kelly Attacks Julie Swetnick, Says ‘Not All Women Tell the Truth’  —  The NBC host declared some women lie about sexual assault, while discussing the third Kavanaugh accuser.  Critics detect an ulterior motive.  —  NBC host Megyn Kelly fired off an incendiary series of tweets Monday night …

Trump Administration to Deny Visas to Same-Sex Partners of Diplomats, U.N. Officials  —  The new policy will insist they be married—even if they're from countries that criminalize gay marriage.  —  The Trump administration on Monday began denying visas to same-sex domestic partners …

I was sexually assaulted and thought it was my fault.  It's past time for a 1980s reckoning.  —  I believe in redemption, but I wouldn't want my attacker to be rewarded with a Supreme Court job.  That's the wrong message to send teen boys and girls.  —  CONNECT

White House Edits Trump Insult to Reporter Out of Official Transcript  —  After President Trump was caught on-camera telling a reporter she “never” thinks during a Monday afternoon press conference, the White House moved to retroactively fix the president's blunder by changing a word in the official transcript.

Alex Trebek moderated a gubernatorial debate in Pennsylvania.  It didn't go well.  —  It was a surreal moment in the middle of a surreal news cycle.  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) and his Republican challenger, Scott Wagner, sat on stage, their faces frozen and their hands clasped.

Dear dads: Your daughters told me about their assaults.  This is why they never told you.  —  A man emailed recently in response to something I'd written about street harassment.  He was so glad, he said, that his college-age daughter never experienced anything like that.  Less than a day later, he wrote again.

Dem Maintains Lead in CD10  —  Incumbent improves standing, but does not erase deficit  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Jennifer Wexton continues to lead Republican Barbara Comstock in the race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District, according to the Monmouth University Poll.

SRA Poll shows ND Senate race numbers, reaction to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh case  —  In June, NBC North Dakota News teamed up with Mason-Dixon, now we've teamed up with Strategic Research Associates (SRA) to conduct a survey on certain issues and candidates involved in the upcoming midterm election.

A Journalist Has Been Deported From Nicaragua After Being Doxxed By An Online Mob  —  UK website The Canary ran an article attacking Carl David Goette-Luciak as a “novice reporter linked to the US regime-change machine” just days before he was arrested.  —  The Committee to Protect Journalists …

Red-state Dems face nightmare scenario on Kavanaugh  —  Senate Democrats up for reelection this year in deep-red states face a nightmare decision on how to handle Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.  —  Vulnerable Democrats are hoping Republicans will force him to withdraw his nomination …

Amazon Raises Minimum Wage to $15 for All U.S. Employees  —  New $15 minimum wage is effective beginning this November 1  —  New $15 minimum wage includes associates employed by temp agencies  —  More than 250,000 Amazon employees, as well as more than 100,000 seasonal holiday employees …

Republicans don't care if Kavanaugh is guilty because they don't think what he did was wrong  —  He says he didn't do it; his allies say it's no big deal if he did.  —  Republican leaders, pretty clearly, were annoyed when sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emerged …

Democrat Jared Polis leads Republican Walker Stapleton in first fall poll for Colorado governor  —  Polis' lead is especially strong with the state's unaffiliated voters, women and those who make less than $75,000 a year … Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis leads Republican state Treasurer Walker Stapleton …

Trump's ‘historic’ trade deal doesn't look so historic after all  —  Well, that was unnecessarily painful.  —  After spending a year and a half alienating our friends, punishing our farmers and manufacturers with devastating tariffs and counter-tariffs, and fracturing the hard-won alliance …

U.S. would destroy banned Russian warheads if necessary: NATO envoy  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia must halt its covert development of a banned cruise missile system or the United States will seek to destroy it before it becomes operational, Washington's envoy to NATO said on Tuesday.

Experts question GOP prosecutor's memo on Christine Blasey Ford  —  The prosecutor hired by Republican senators to question Christine Blasey Ford has declared that Ford's allegations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh are so weak that no “reasonable prosecutor” would pursue the case.

NRA's spending is way down in the 2018 midterms.  Does it have ‘a popularity problem?’  —  The National Rifle Association's political spending is sharply down heading into the 2018 midterm elections, a shift that could reflect declining fundraising in the wake of a string of mass shootings …

US considered ban on student visas for Chinese nationals  —  White House hawks earlier this year encouraged President Donald Trump to stop providing student visas to Chinese nationals, but the proposal was shelved over concerns about its economic and diplomatic impact.

Truck smashes into group of protesters that included Gretchen Whitmer  —  Gallery: Eight hospitalized after truck smashes into Flint protest  —  FLINT, MI - Eight people were hospitalized when a truck crashed into a large group of people protesting early Tuesday.

GOP operative who sued Trump says FBI referred hacking of her email to Mueller  —  Cheri Jacobus says she was subjected to a campaign of online harassment and sabotage after a public fight with the president and one of his top advisers.  —  Federal law enforcement officials have referred …

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Negative Buzz Amplified by Russian Trolls, Study Finds  —  An academic paper finds that half of criticism aimed at director Rian Johnson was politically motivated.  —  Did Star Wars: The Last Jedi destroy the franchise and permanently rupture the fandom as its critics …