President Trump on Christine Blasey Ford, his relationships with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and more  —  Lesley Stahl speaks with President Trump about a wide range of topics in his first 60 Minutes interview since taking office  —  When Americans vote in next month's midterm elections …

Reality Breaks Up a (Saudi) Prince Charming's Media Narrative  —  Just six months ago, American media outlets presented a sunny-side-up portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia as he made a good-will tour of New York, Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

A senator snatched a student's phone while being asked about Georgia voter registration uproar  —  An attempted conversation between a Georgia Tech student and Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) ended abruptly with the lawmaker snatching the student's cellphone away while he was being asked about possible voter suppression in the state.

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 …

Hillary Clinton: Bill should “absolutely not” have resigned over Lewinsky scandal  —  Hillary Clinton says that her husband was right not to resign from the presidency in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she told CBS' “Sunday Morning.”  As first lady, she stood by his side …

Top 3% of U.S. Taxpayers Paid Majority of Income Taxes in 2016  —  (Bloomberg) — Individual income taxes are the federal government's single biggest revenue source.  In fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30, the individual income tax is expected to bring in roughly $1.7 trillion …

The Senate: Affirmative Action for White People  —  And why it's time to make Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., the 51st and 52nd states.  —  The biggest racial preferences in this country have nothing to do with college admissions or job offers.  They have to do with political power.

Cuomo Blames Republicans For “Proud Boys” Brawl … New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is blaming the Republican Party and President Donald Trump for Friday night's violence in Manhattan outside a GOP headquarters.  —  A fight occurred between members of the far-right group the Proud Boys and protesters.

FBI Has Evidence That ‘Directly Refutes’ Premise Of Trump-Russia Probe, GOP Rep Says  — A top Republican lawmaker said Sunday that the FBI failed to provide a federal surveillance court with evidence that “directly” contracted the bureau's rationale for opening the Trump-Russia investgation

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.

Elizabeth Warren builds expansive Democratic campaign effort ahead of likely 2020 bid  —  BOSTON — During the past six months, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has quietly built a shadow war room designed to elect Democrats across the country in the midterm elections, overtaking …

Biological Male Wins World Championship In Women's Cycling  —  A biological male who identifies as a transgender woman won a women's world championship cycling event on Sunday.  —  Rachel McKinnon, a professor at the College of Charleston, won the women's 35-39 age bracket …

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 …

Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson Split, Call Off Engagement: ‘Too Much Too Soon,’ Says Source  —  Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson have called it quits, PEOPLE confirms.  —  The pair decided to end their engagement over the weekend, TMZ first reported on Sunday.  —  “It was way too much too soon,” a Grande source tells PEOPLE.

5-year jail, 3 million fine for rumormongers  —  Jeddah — Sharing or spreading rumors or fake news that might affect public order and security is considered cybercrime punishable by 5-year imprisonment and SR 3 million fine, the Public Prosecution reiterated on Saturday.

G.O.P. Finds an Unexpectedly Potent Line of Attack: Immigration  —  WASHINGTON — Not long ago, as heart-rending images of migrant children separated from their parents at the border filled the airwaves, the issue of immigration seemed to be losing some of its potency as a weapon for Republicans with the midterm elections approaching.

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 …

Little Rock's dangerous and illegal drug war  —  “You don't know what fear is until you wake up and your own front door is flying at you,” says Roderick Talley.  —  It was early on a hot morning last summer, and he was dozing on his couch in front of a flickering television.

A Free People Must Be Virtuous  —  True liberty comes with obligations.  —  Dear Reader (Even those of you who didn't seem to notice or care that I failed to file this “news"letter on Friday),  —  So I'm sitting here at Gate C6 at O'Hare waiting for my flight home.

Andrew Gillum couldn't campaign due to Hurricane Michael.  So Bill de Blasio stepped in  —  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio walked into the Miami Gardens campaign office of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum on Saturday, pumping his fist into the air and hailing Gillum's rallying cry — “bring it home.”

‘This is only the start’: Nepal blocks 25,000 websites in porn ban  —  KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepalese internet providers have begun blocking thousands of pornographic websites as part of a government directive aimed at stopping sexual violence, officials said Sunday.