Suspects in Khashoggi Case Had Ties to Saudi Crown Prince  —  ISTANBUL — One of the suspects identified by Turkey in the disappearance of the Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi was a frequent companion of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — seen disembarking from airplanes with him in Paris …

Trump tells AP he's not to blame if Republicans loses House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won't accept the blame if Republicans lose the House in November.  —  Trump said he believes he is “helping” Republican candidates as he campaigns ahead of crucial midterm elections next month.

American Mercenaries Were Hired To Assassinate Politicians In The Middle East  —  “There was a targeted assassination program in Yemen.  I was running it.  We did it.”  —  Cradling an AK-47 and sucking a lollipop, the former American Green Beret bumped along in the back of an armored SUV …

Heitkamp apologizes for ad misidentifying victims of abuse  —  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Sen. Heidi Heitkamp apologized Tuesday for misidentifying victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse and rape who were listed in a recent North Dakota newspaper ad aimed at her opponent.

White House moves to replace Interior Department IG amid probe of Secretary Ryan Zinke  —  An internal HUD email announced Suzanne Tufts will become the acting inspector general for the Interior Department.  The Interior IG's office was unaware.  —  The White House appears to be replacing …

Brothel owner, Assembly candidate Dennis Hof dead at 72  —  Prominent Nevada brothel owner and Assembly candidate Dennis Hof has died, his campaign manager tweeted on Tuesday, just days after his 72nd birthday.  —  Nye County spokesman Arnold Knightly said Nye County Commission Chair John Koenig announced …

Will Elizabeth Warren's ‘Woman of Color’ Sham Come Back to Haunt Her?  —  Making the click-through worthwhile: Why Elizabeth Warren really fears the “woman of color” controversy, President Trump gets a win in the courtroom and some long-overdue questions about whether a self-promoting lawyer …

McConnell Blames Entitlements, Not GOP, for Rising Deficits  — Leader sees little chance of tackling debt without Democrats  — GOP passed tax cut bill adding more than $1 trillion in debt  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blamed rising federal deficits and debt …

Julián Castro Gives His Clearest Signal Yet He's Running in 2020  —  The Texas Democrat talks about why Latinos aren't fired up this year, how the Democratic Party must change and his own political future  —  WASHINGTON — Julián Castro, the former San Antonio mayor and secretary …

What Is NPC, the Pro-Trump Internet's New Favorite Insult?  —  Twitter has barred hundreds of right-wing accounts for posing as soulless, “nonplayable” liberal activists.  —  Last week, a trolling campaign organized by right-wing internet users spilled over onto Twitter.

Turnout soars on the first day of early voting in Georgia  —  Voters across Georgia rushed to the polls on the first day of in-person early voting Monday, with 69,049 people casting their ballots.  —  That's a sharp increase from the last midterm election in 2014, when 20,898 people showed …

Don't expect a big Democratic wave this fall, a new CNBC poll says  — The poll of 800 Americans across the country, with a margin of error of 3.5 percent, found a six-point Democratic lead on the question of who voters will choose in the November congressional elections.

Woodward Missed Everything That Matters About the Trump Presidency  —  The alleged killing of a Washington Post columnist on the orders of the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has triggered many rethinks—and not least a rethinking of the lavishly flattering journalism that hailed the crown prince's rise to supreme power.

USA Gymnastics Head Out After Less Than A Week As Interim President  —  Mary Bono worked for the law firm that represented USAG when Larry Nassar was first investigated for child sexual abuse.  —  Newly appointed interim president and CEO of USA Gymnastics Mary Bono announced she's resigning …

Top Democratic Super PAC Comes To Bob Menendez's Rescue In New Jersey  —  Senate Majority PAC is spending $3 million to attack Republican Bob Hugin as a Trump clone.  —  The Senate Democrats' leading super PAC is set to spend $3 million in bright blue New Jersey in an effort to save Sen. Bob Menendez …

Ecuador Reprimands Assange: Don't Get Political Online And Take Care Of Your Cat  —  The Ecuadorian government has had it up to here with Julian Assange.  —  The government has laid out strict house rules for Assange to follow or risk losing his diplomatic asylum, according to a Tuesday Guardian report.

Republicans Are Adopting the Proud Boys  —  Before and after the Manhattan brawl, GOP figures defended and promoted the far-right group.  It's a valuable and dangerous bridge between fascism and mainstream politics.  —  Nine members of the far-right Proud Boys group and three protesters …

CNN poll: Cruz leads O'Rourke with three weeks to go  —  New ad questions Ted Cruz's Texas ‘toughness’  —  Washington (CNN)Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz appears well-positioned for re-election over his Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, topping him 52% to 45% among likely voters, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.

Chats Show FIU Turning Point USA Members Sharing Racist Memes and Rape Jokes … Back in 2017, New Times obtained screenshots of gross chats among Florida International University's Campus Republicans.  They joked about the Charlottesville neo-Nazi attack last year and threatened to “call ICE” …

Saudi Backlash Threatens U.S. Startups  —  The kingdom is now the largest single investor for U.S. startups, with stakes in Uber, WeWork and Magic Leap  —  As international backlash grows over Saudi Arabia's alleged involvement in the possible murder of a journalist, Silicon Valley faces …

Suburban Women Are Fed Up With The Republican Party And Could Drive A Blue Wave  —  If there's a Democratic sweep in November, politically moderate suburban women will be a big reason why.  “Now I'm Democratic,” said one Michigan woman.  “I've never been before.”

To Free Detained Children, Immigrant Families Are Forced to Risk Everything  —  One morning in early August, Jorge, a thirty-seven-year-old construction worker from Guatemala who lives with his wife and two children in Virginia, received a phone call from an unknown number with a Texas area code.

Ron DeSantis Rose By Trafficking In Racist, Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories  —  He has defended the Three-Fifths Compromise around slavery and said ISIS may be recruiting from Black Lives Matter.  —  The morning after Florida's primaries, Rep. Ron DeSantis the state's newly chosen GOP candidate …

Paralyzing polio-like illness mainly affecting children confirmed in 22 states, CDC says  —  Federal health officials are worried about an increase in a mysterious and rare condition that mostly affects children and can paralyze arms and legs, with 127 confirmed or suspected cases reported as of Tuesday.

State Department spokeswoman Nauert in the mix for U.N. ambassador  —  Outgoing United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley made clear her value as an advocate for the administration on television—and the White House is looking for somebody telegenic to replace her.

Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigns following “inappropriate comments”  —  Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott abruptly resigned from office Tuesday, Gov. Bill Walker's office announced, following recent “inappropriate comments.”  It wasn't immediately clear what Mallott said.

Is It Possible to Be an Anti-Abortion Democrat?  One Woman Tried to Find Out.  —  ST. LOUIS — Joan Barry has been a member of the Missouri Democratic Party for 53 years.  As a state legislator, she voted regularly for workers' rights, health care, and programs for the poor.

Hungary gender studies ban draws university anger  —  Budapest (AFP) - A prestigious Hungarian university on Tuesday blasted a government decree that prohibits gender studies courses as a “major infringement” on academic freedom.  —  The decree, signed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban …