Warren releases results of DNA test  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence” she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations, an unprecedented move by one of the top possible contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president.

Saudis preparing to admit Jamal Khashoggi died during interrogation, sources say  —  Ankara, Turkey (CNN)The Saudis are preparing a report that will acknowledge that Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's death was the result of an interrogation that went wrong, one that was intended to lead …

US budget deficit expands to $779 billion in fiscal 2018 as spending surges  — The federal budget deficit rose 17 percent in fiscal year 2018, according to the Trump administration.  — The Trump administration has pushed for dramatic budget cuts at several agencies and supported massive increases in military spending.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer at age 65  —  Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Vulcan Inc. said Monday on behalf of his family.  —  Allen passed away Monday afternoon in Seattle at 65 years old, Vulcan said.

DHS finds increasing attempts to hack U.S. election systems ahead of midterms  —  The assessment said the feds don't know who is behind the attacks, but none have been successful.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security says it's working to identify who — or what …

Republicans worry that Trump and his aides have no idea the hell that may await  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans who support President Donald Trump have grown fearful that the White House is unprepared for the onslaught that may await them in January.  —  If a “blue wave” succeeds in giving …

All we know about the White House portrait of Trump drinking Diet Coke with Abraham Lincoln  —  Previously spotted in D.C. gift shops and jigsaw puzzle boxes, a fantasy print of President Trump entertaining Abraham Lincoln while every other Republican president in history watches now hangs outside the Oval Office.

GOP plays blame game while fighting to save House majority  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans have begun to concede defeat in the evolving fight to preserve the House majority.  —  The party's candidates may not go quietly, but from the Arizona mountains to suburban Denver to the cornfields of Iowa …

Woman Is Fired After Video Shows Her Blocking a Black Man From His Condo  —  A black man arrived at the entrance to the building where he lives in St. Louis late Friday night only to find himself blocked by a white neighbor who demanded he proved he lived there.

Former congressman David Jolly quits GOP  —  David Jolly vs. Charlie Crist?  —  This won't shock a lot of people who have seen former U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Belleair Bluffs, on MSNBC and CNN all the time criticizing President Donald Trump, but he has left the Republican Party.

Surveillance video shows Lakeland city commissioner shooting alleged shoplifter  —  LAKELAND Police have released surveillance video that appears to show a Lakeland city commissioner fatally shooting a man exiting the commissioner's military surplus store.  —  The video released Monday shows …

Myanmar's Military Said to Be Behind Facebook Campaign That Fueled Genocide  —  NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar — They posed as fans of pop stars and national heroes as they flooded Facebook with their hatred.  One said Islam was a global threat to Buddhism.  Another shared a false story about the rape of a Buddhist woman by a Muslim man.

About 1,300 U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage, UNC news desert study finds  —  It's hardly a secret that news deserts are spreading, but just how bad is it?  —  A comprehensive new study released today by the University of North Carolina's School of Media and Journalism shows …

Exclusive: Facebook to ban misinformation on voting in upcoming U.S. elections  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) will ban false information about voting requirements and fake reports of violence or long lines at polling stations in the run-up to and during next month's U …

Minnesota GOP Senate Contender Compared Michelle Obama To A ‘Chimp’ On Facebook  —  Republican Karin Housley is challenging Democratic Sen. Tina Smith.  —  Republican Karin Housley, a state senator running to represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate, compared then-first lady Michelle Obama to a “chimp” in 2009.

NYPD Looks to Charge 9 Proud Boys With Assault for Manhattan Fight  —  Three protesters are also wanted after police say they threw bottles and punches during the incident.  —  NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said Monday that police believe they have evidence to charge nine members …

Why Bill Gates is worried  —  What Gates thinks about global poverty, artificial intelligence, political freedom, clean meat, and humanity's future.  —  Is the world becoming a better place?  Are human beings, on average, becoming healthier, richer, safer?  And if they're not, why not?

Military Officials Aren't Supposed to Associate With Hate Groups.  So Why Are These Generals Speaking at Frank Gaffney's Confab?  —  Over the past decade, the Center for Security Policy has emerged as one of the most notoriously bigoted and conspiratorial think tanks in Washington …

A couple says they were mock raped at the ‘Akron Fright Fest’ haunted house, didn't sign waiver  —  One couple is accusing a local haunted house of subjecting patrons to a mock rape scene without asking their permission or having them sign a waiver.  —  “There was a man in a mask standing …

Mar-a-Lago member gives $150,000 to help Trump aides mired in Mueller probe  —  A Donald Trump campaign donor and Mar-a-Lago member gave $150,000 to a legal defense fund set up for current and former Trump aides mired in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to a new filing with the IRS.

Emails: Kyrsten Sinema summoned witches to her anti-war rally  —  Politicians talk about “witch hunts” so often that the occult has almost become cliche in American politics.  But in Arizona, there's at least one candidate on the ballot who takes sorcery very seriously.

Former U.S. Senate Employee Pleads Guilty to False Statements Charge  —  Longtime Director of Security for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Admits Lying to FBI About Disclosing Information to Reporter  —  James A. Wolfe, 57, of Ellicott City, Maryland, a former staff employee …

Little Partisan Agreement on the Pressing Problems Facing the U.S.  —  Wide gaps in how younger and older voters view the midterms  —  With less than four weeks until the midterm elections, Republican and Democratic voters differ widely in views of the seriousness of numerous problems facing …

Two Emerson e-Polls: Republicans with Edge in US Senate and Governor Races in Nevada; New Hampshire Races come into focus  —  Podcast Analysis: https://bit.ly/2OWltLP  —  In Nevada, US Senator Dean Heller polls at (R) 48%, US Rep. Jacky Rosen (D) is at 41% and 8% are undecided.

The Man Who Broke Politics  —  Newt Gingrich is an important man, a man of refined tastes, accustomed to a certain lifestyle, and so when he visits the zoo, he does not merely stand with all the other patrons to look at the tortoises—he goes inside the tank.

Mitt Romney's latest attempt to backtrack on Trump tells us what to expect from him in the Senate  —  During the 2016 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney was one of the leading voices encouraging his party to pick someone — anyone — but Donald Trump.  Romney was very clear, and very public, about how he felt about Trump.