Trump Campaign Aide Requested Online Manipulation Plans From Israeli Intelligence Firm  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence …

Alaska GOP to weigh potential action against Murkowski  —  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Republican party leaders plan to consider whether to reprimand U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for opposing Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.  —  The party has asked Murkowski to provide …

Independents disapprove of Democrats' handling of the Brett Kavanaugh nomination by a 28-point margin  —  After a blistering confirmation battle, Justice Brett Kavanaugh will take his seat for oral arguments on the U.S. Supreme Court with a skeptical public, a majority of which opposed his nomination.

Proof of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi exists.  It must be released.  —  THE DISAPPEARANCE of Jamal Khashoggi remained a mystery on Monday, but unlike many mysteries, it is one that could easily be solved.  The Saudi journalist and Post Global Opinions columnist walked into the Saudi Consulate …

GOP's Toasts to Kavanaugh Are Unspeakably Cruel  —  Political gloating is normal.  Mocking human suffering is not.  —  LISTEN TO ARTICLE  —  3:44  —  SHARE THIS ARTICLE  —  Share  —  Tweet  —  Post  —  Email  —  It's graceless and ugly, and rarely a good idea, to kick people when they're down.

Migrant Children in Search of Justice: A 2-Year-Old's Day in Immigration Court  —  The youngest child to come before the bench in federal immigration courtroom No. 14 was so small she had to be lifted into the chair.  Even the judge in her black robes breathed a soft “aww” as her latest case perched on the brown leather.

CNN Poll: Majority oppose Kavanaugh, but his popularity grows with GOP  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)The wrenching battle over Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the high court left the public with sharply negative impressions of the new Supreme Court justice and raised questions about his truthfulness …

‘A betrayal beyond words’: The far right melts down over Taylor Swift's endorsement of Democrats  —  Taylor Swift's declaration that she plans to vote for Democrats next month fell like a hammer across the Trump-worshipping subforums of the far-right Internet, where people had convinced themselves …

After selling off his father's properties, Trump embraced unorthodox strategies to expand his empire  —  In 2005, Donald Trump kicked off a decade-long buying and spending spree, vastly expanding his hotel and golf-course empire and cementing his image as a brash impresario.

Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin  —  In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case, Bellingcat and its reporting partner the Insider disclosed the identity of one of the two suspects.

Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public  —  Google opted not to disclose to users its discovery of a bug that gave outside developers access to private data.  It found no evidence of misuse.  —  Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users …

The dark side of American conservatism has taken over  —  You know how, after you watch a movie with a surprise ending, you sometimes replay the plot in your head to find the clues you missed the first time around?  That's what I've been doing lately with the history of conservatism …

Hope Hicks to Head Communications for New Fox  —  Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director who served during the chaotic first year of the Trump administration, has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox, the company to emerge after 21st Century Fox completes …

Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign?  —  A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers.  —  In June, 2016, after news broke that the Democratic National Committee had been hacked, a group of prominent computer scientists went on alert.

US Gulf Coast Bracing For Impact As Florida's Governor Calls Michael A “Monstrous Hurricane”  —  MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — A newly formed hurricane is bearing down on parts of northern Florida.  —  Residents of Florida's Panhandle frantically filled sandbags, boarded up homes and secured boats Monday …

Is Ted Cruz “Tough As Texas”?  —  Is Ted Cruz really “Tough as Texas”?  Hardly.  Here's one Texan's take on that Ted Cruz fella... - Directed by Richard Linklater

We're getting ready to poll voters.  —  Can Democrats turn Texas blue?  —  Beto O'Rourke Congressman  —  This survey was conducted by The New York Times Upshot and Siena College.  —  Where we'll call:  —  Vote choice: Dem.  Rep. Don't know Didn't answer  —  Explore the 2016 election in detail with this interactive map.

Daniel Radcliffe and the Art of the Fact-Check  —  Researching his role in “The Lifespan of a Fact,” the actor embeds in The New Yorker's fact-checking department.  —  Fact: the actor Daniel Radcliffe is currently starring in the Broadway show “The Lifespan of a Fact,” …

‘An angry mob’: Republicans work to recast Democratic protests as out-of-control anarchy  —  When thousands of furious, screaming protesters marched toward the Capitol over the weekend as Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed, Republican staffers peered out at the scene from the windows above.

Some of Hitler's last relatives are living secret lives on Long Island  —  They're the Hitlers next door.  —  Some of Adolf Hitler's last surviving relatives have been living under the radar on Long Island for decades, according to a new report.  —  Hitler's great-nephews Alexander …

White liberalism is dying  —  With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court has a solidly conservative majority for the first time since the New Deal.  Just how conservative this new majority is remains to be seen: Chief Justice John Roberts disappointed the Republican right …

Jane Mayer Is Holding the World's Most Powerful Men Accountable  —  We're only part way through The New Yorker Festival  —  's panel on investigative journalism and already Jane Mayer has left the stage.  It's Oct. 6, the day the Senate will meet to vote on the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh …