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.

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 …

Setting The Record Straight On Why Fighter Jets Can't All Simply Fly Away To Escape Storms … twitter.com/Aviation_Intel  —  We have been leading the coverage on the state of aircraft left behind after Hurricane Michael made a direct strike on the highly important Tyndall Air Force Base.

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 …

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 …

Police seek persons-of-interest after ‘Proud Boys’ fight breaks out near NYC Republican club  —  Police released the photos of men they want to question after a violent clash erupted outside of a Republican club following a speech by the founder of a controversial far-right group.

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.

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

Trump Hangs ‘Tacky’ Fantasy Painting of Himself With GOP Presidents in White House  —  Rep. Darrell Issa gave the painting to Trump, who called artist Andy Thomas to say he really liked how he looked.  —  President Trump's latest addition to White House decor is a kitschy fantasy painting …

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 …

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.”

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

Trump gives RNC chair another term  —  As President Trump builds his team for 2020, he has asked Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel to serve a second term, according to a source familiar with the conversation.  —  The big picture: The source said Trump praised McDaniel's work …

In Missouri, Kavanaugh Fight Sparked a GOP Revival  —  Republicans are growing optimistic that Attorney General Josh Hawley is pulling ahead because of a newly-engaged base.  Claire McCaskill is sounding a bipartisan note in the final stretch, hoping to win over voters in the middle.