Poll: Amid Kavanaugh Confirmation Battle, Democratic Enthusiasm Edge Evaporates  —  Just over a month away from critical elections across the country, the wide Democratic enthusiasm advantage that has defined the 2018 campaign up to this point has disappeared, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll.

QAnoners Cheer Trump's Text Alert Test, See It As a Step Towards Martial Law  —  ‘That is how we will receive orders if all else fails.’  —  Phones across the country buzzed Wednesday afternoon for the first national test of FEMA's presidential-level emergency alert system.

Academic Grievance Studies and the Corruption of Scholarship  —  This essay, although hopefully accessible to everyone, is the most thorough breakdown of the study and written for those who are already somewhat familiar with the problems of ideologically-motivated scholarship, radical skepticism and cultural constructivism.

I stepped down as U.S. ambassador to Estonia.  Here's why.  —  James D. Melville Jr. is a former member of the U.S. Foreign Service who served as ambassador to Estonia from 2015 until his resignation in July.  —  When you serve as U.S. ambassador to a foreign capital, you represent your country, of course.

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 …

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 …

How Times Journalists Uncovered the Original Source of the President's Wealth  —  Three reporters spent over a year digging through more than 100,000 pages of documents and chasing down key sources familiar with President Trump's father and his empire.  —  Times Insider delivers behind …

Chris Christie on early Trump problems: ‘I probably could have prevented 75 percent of them’  —  Chris Christie, 56, is the former governor of New Jersey and was a Republican candidate for president in the 2016 primary elections.  —  Corey Lewandowski recently said that President Trump got off …

New York State Tax Department reviewing Trump tax scheme allegations  —  New York state tax officials have launched a review into allegations in a New York Times article that President Trump participated in “dubious tax schemes” in the 1990s that helped him earn additional wealth from his father's real estate business.

VICE |  Official Trailer  —  IN THEATERS CHRISTMAS.  VICE explores the epic story about how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-Pre...

APNewsBreak: DEA's Colombia post roiled by misconduct probes  —  BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — New turmoil has roiled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's high-profile office in Colombia, where at least three agents have left in recent months amid investigations into alleged misconduct …

Circus  —  So, the Constitution gives the U.S. Senate the responsibility of confirming justices to the Supreme Court.  —  But, the people in our Senate today?  They've created a circus.