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 …

Jeff Flake: 'We Can't Have That on the Court'  —  As the Senate awaits the results of the FBI investigation into the Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Jeff Flake, one of the lawmakers who spurred the inquiry, criticized the judge Tuesday for his recent appearance in the upper chamber.

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 …

White House corrects Trump's insult in press conference transcript  —  The White House on Tuesday corrected its official transcript of President Donald Trump's Monday press conference in which he insulted an ABC reporter.  —  At Monday's Rose Garden press conference, held to mark …

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

He's a Rhodes Scholar.  The G.O.P. Keeps Calling Him a ‘Big-City Rapper.’  —  PORT EWEN, N.Y. — It has taken 12 years, but Antonio Delgado has finally received recognition for his brief career as a rap artist.  —  All it took was for him to run for Congress in New York.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Climate Change Is Forcing the Insurance Industry to Recalculate … Produced by Jess Kuronen and Tyler Paige  —  When a wildfire engulfed the Canadian oil-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray two years ago, it hit insurance company Aviva PLC out of nowhere.  —  The British firm had been active in Canada since 1835.

Feds Make Several Arrests In Connection With Charlottesville Unite The Right Weekend  —  Federal charges came more than a year after violence surrounding the August 2017 rally.  —  WASHINGTON Federal authorities in Virginia have arrested several individuals in connection with the violence …

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

Married Women May Be Moving Away From The GOP  —  Christine Garcia, a 37-year-old stay-at-home mom, doesn't consider herself a particularly political person.  But like a lot of women, she has strong opinions about President Trump.  —  “Maybe on the business side ... the money is better as far as I understand,” said Garcia.

Howard Schultz hits the road  —  Former Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz plans to travel the country beginning early next year, including stops in states that could help in a possible Democratic presidential run.  —  Driving the news: Schultz, 65, will hit the road to promote …