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 …

Kavanaugh catapults Marsha Blackburn into lead in key Tennessee Senate race  —  GERMANTOWN, Tenn. — Republican Rep. Marsha Blackburn holds her first sustained lead in the race for an open Tennessee Senate seat, catapulted ahead of Democrat Phil Bredesen by the partisan battle …

Trump Gives Dictators the Green Light  —  No wonder Saudi Arabia feels emboldened.  —  This spring, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, fresh from consolidating power after imprisoning his rivals in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, went on a remarkably successful public relations tour of the United States.

Kanye West Expected to Visit Trump at the White House  —  President Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are expected to meet with the musician Kanye West on Thursday at the White House, two people familiar with the plans said.  —  Mr. West, who has faced a backlash over his vocal support …

Taylor Swift's Instagram Post Has Caused A Massive Spike In Voter Registration  —  Since Taylor Swift flexed her star power Sunday with an Instagram post that encouraged her 112 million followers to register to vote, Vote.org has experienced an unprecedented flood of new voter registrations nationwide.

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 …

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

POLITICO race ratings: The GOP House is crumbling  —  There are now 209 seats either firmly or leaning in the Democratic column — only 9 shy of the 218 needed to win control.  —  The Republican House majority continues to show signs of collapsing, with Democrats steadily gaining ground toward erasing …

Superior ruthlessness isn't why Republicans control the Supreme Court  —  They had some good luck — and most importantly, they had the votes.  —  A strange explanation for Brett Kavanaugh's ascension to the Supreme Court emerged soon after the Senate confirmed him.

Full report: Skripal Poisoning Suspect Dr. Alexander Mishkin, Hero of Russia  —  Read The Insider Russian report on this same topic here.  —  In a preceding report on the investigation into the two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case, Bellingcat and its reporting partner the Insider disclosed …

Democrat Wexton leads Rep. Comstock by 12 points in northern Va. district, survey finds  —  President Trump's unpopularity fuels a clear lead for Democrat Jennifer Wexton over Rep. Barbara Comstock (R), putting a prized northern Virginia district within reach for Democrats …

Migrant Children in Search of Justice: A 2-Year-Old's Day in Immigration Court  —  Migrant Children in Search of Justice: A 2-Year-Old's Day in Court  —  Immigration courts are full of children like Fernanda.  A relative brought her to the United States from Honduras, and now her grandparents are trying to get her back.

Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Kavanaugh.  Then she watched him with the sound off.  —  Sen. may lose seat after voting no on Kavanaugh  —  Bismarck, North Dakota (CNN)Sen. Heidi Heitkamp was ready to vote ‘yes’ on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh will be on the US supreme court for life.  Here's how we fight back  —  We are in, it seems, for decades of misery for labor unions, voting rights and regulation of businesses.  Or are we?  —  Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed, and he will serve as a justice on the supreme court for the rest of his life.

The Kavanaugh cash surge  —  The Brett Kavanaugh confirmation fight has led to a huge increase in donations to Democrats and groups that support them — and Republicans say the battle has been good for their fundraising, too.  —  Why it matters: It's tangible evidence that the bitter Supreme Court showdown …

The one conspiracy theory that Republicans won't believe  —  The Party of Trump has proved itself keen to propagate any conspiracy theory, no matter how ridiculous or racist.  —  Well, almost any conspiracy theory.  —  There were the microwave ovens that surveil your every move.

Kavanaugh and the fallacy of cause and effect  —  Journalists are idealists.  We get into this business because we want to right wrongs, call out bad guys, and help underdogs.  Yet these days, so much of what we do is either ignored by a public who no longer reads us or dismissed by a political class intent on casting us as partisans.

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 …

Hurricane Michael Intensifies to Category 2; May Be Florida Panhandle's Strongest Landfall in 12 Years Wednesday  — Michael is expected to landfall along the Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast Wednesday.  — Storm surge, damaging winds and heavy rain are likely impacts along the northeastern Gulf Coast.

The media mishandled Kavanaugh — and made Trump a winner  —  In the recent Supreme Court nomination showdown, American institutions underwent a stress test.  And we saw the political equivalent of the collapse of Lehman Brothers .  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee …

US student detained in Israel for alleged boycott support  —  JERUSALEM (AP) — In a first-of-its-kind case, Israel has held an American graduate student at its international airport for a whole week, accusing her of supporting a Palestinian-led boycott movement against the Jewish state.

‘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.

Suspended Animation in the Age of Trump  —  For at least the past two years, Americans have lived in an extended state of suspense about what could be the most nefarious scandal in the nation's political history.  Evidence has piled up suggesting that the Trump campaign teamed with the Russian state in pursuit of electoral victory.

Kavanaugh lesson: Resist the ‘resistance’ or lose  —  It's time to resist the “resistance.”  Left unchecked, this political movement may just cement a Republican majority in Washington for the next 20 years.  Rather than taking back the country from President Trump, this well funded …

House Republicans distort and dissemble in slashing TV ads  —  In one spot, a former CIA operative is accused of harboring terrorist sympathies.  In others, military vets are said to be anti-American.  —  Democratic House candidate Jason Crow received a Bronze Star for heroism in Iraq and a …