House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's family benefited from U.S. program for minorities based on disputed ancestry  —  A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's in-laws won more than $7 million in no-bid and other federal contracts at U.S. military installations …

After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince's ‘dark’ and bullying side  —  When he hosted last October's glittering global investment conference in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had the world at his fingertips.  Thousands of investors, corporate chieftains …

Trump on prospect of Mattis' departure: “At some point, everybody leaves”  —  President Trump suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis could be one of the next administration officials to depart his Cabinet.  In an interview airing on “60 Minutes” Sunday, the president said there are …

CNN Poll: More see Trump win likely as Biden leads crowded Democratic field  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Americans are becoming more likely to think President Donald Trump will win a second term in office, while Joe Biden stands atop a crowded field of Democrats perhaps looking to replace him, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.

Voters say they are more likely to cast ballots in this year's midterm elections  —  Three weeks before critical midterm elections, voters are expressing significantly more interest in turning out than they were four years ago, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Trump suggests support for family separations, after earlier practice caused outcry  —  “I will say this: If they feel there will be separation, they don't come,” Trump said.  —  Trump on border security: 'If they feel there will be separation, they won't come'

A Far-Right Men's Group Violently Beat Up Protesters And Weren't Arrested.  New York Police Won't Say Why.  —  Far-right men's organization “Proud Boys” violently beat two or three apparent protesters Friday night following a Republican event in Manhattan.  —  About 30 members of the group …

The Register's endorsements for Congress: GOP has failed to govern; give Democrats a chance  —  When Republicans achieved the trifecta in 2016, winning the presidency as well as holding the House and Senate, it seemed the country was poised to move beyond the GOP-engineered partisan gridlock …

Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency  —  It is a poignant paradox of Donald Trump's ubiquitous presidency—all tweets, all the time—that a leader who prides himself as omnipresent in digital public discourse is so often absent from national life in the hundred human ways in which the country has come to expect its presidents to perform.

Three reasons Mueller may not charge Trump with obstruction  —  Washington is in another frenzy over the disclosure that President Trump's lawyers are preparing answers to written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller.  Observers are speculating on the meaning of this move …

Under pressure, Rep. Debbie Lesko takes down false ‘fake doctor’ signs  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko has agreed to take down campaign signs falsely asserting her Democratic opponent, Hiral Tipirneni, is a “fake doctor” after a medical group that backed Lesko pressed her on the issue.

Young Women Aren't Waiting to Seek Political Power  —  Surge of candidates breaks from prior generations who postponed running for office until after their families were established  —  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, like many female politicians of her generation, began her career after her children were grown.

Bear spray, bloody brawls at Patriot Prayer ‘law and order’ march in Portland  —  Gallery: Patriot Prayer in Portland, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018  —  Warning: This post contains graphic content  —  A demonstration billed as a march for “law and order” in the streets of Portland descended …

Democrats have a Latino problem.  Can they fix it in time?  —  Given Trump's rhetoric about immigrants and his border policies, you'd think Hispanics would be leading a march to the polls.  They aren't.  —  HOUSTON — Donald Trump stares at Mary Morales every day from across her office …

Banishment of an acclaimed UC Irvine professor sparks debate over whether #MeToo can go too far  —  For years, the professor told the assistant dean that she was beautiful and greeted her with hugs and a kiss on each cheek.  —  During their time together at UC Irvine, Francisco J. Ayala …

‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term  —  The Left is lumping white women together into a giant bloc subject to absurdly broad stereotyping and vitriolic condemnation.  —  Using “white men” as a putdown is no longer extreme enough for the Left.  Now it is moving on to doing the same for “white women.”

David Davis: Cabinet must kill off May's Brexit plan  —  The U.K. Cabinet must rise up and kill off Theresa May's Brexit plan in favor of a Canada-style free trade deal, said former Brexit Secretary David Davis.  —  Writing in the Sunday Times, he argued that the deal on the table would preclude …

MP demands Met police explain why Brexit inquiry dropped  —  Damian Collins says Scotland Yard must explain failure to look into potential crimes committed by three pro-Brexit groups  —  A senior Conservative MP has demanded that Scotland Yard urgently explain why it has not opened …

Ivanka Trump's Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly  —  Celebs from Katy Perry to Ivanka say Transcendental Meditation helps them focus.  The movement's chief promises more: quasi-magical powers and the ability to steer world events.  —  When the David Lynch Foundation held …