Saudi Arabia Weighs Blaming Intelligence Official for Khashoggi Killing  —  ISTANBUL — The rulers of Saudi Arabia are considering blaming a top intelligence official close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, three people with knowledge of the Saudi plans said Thursday.

Kelly, Bolton Get in Profane Shouting Match Outside the Oval Office  —  President Donald Trump's chief of staff and his national security adviser engaged in a profanity-laced argument outside the Oval Office on Thursday, according to three people familiar with the episode.

Trump's Focus on a Washington Building Project Draws Scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON — Nearly two years before he would begin his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington to show off his plans for a luxury hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue under a deal he had reached to lease the site from the General Services Administration.

Dear God, Hillary Clinton.  Please, Just Go.  —  No one benefits from her latest venture back onto the political scene.  —  We're three weeks out from the 2018 midterm election, and Hillary Clinton is popping up again like a Halloween ghoul who keeps rising from the grave to terrorize the American public …

Jimmy Carter: Brett Kavanaugh ‘Unfit’ to Serve on Supreme Court  —  Former U.S. President and Emory University Distinguished Professor Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday that he believes Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is “unfit” to serve on the nation's most powerful judicial body.

A Conservative Group's Closed-Door ‘Training’ of Judicial Clerks Draws Concern  —  The conservative legal movement has long cultivated law students and young lawyers, partly to ensure a deep bench of potential judicial nominees  —  A bipartisan Senate truce has fallen apart as Republicans renew …

A day in the life of an HSBC exec who wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to work out, always eats green, and studies at Stanford in her free time  —  Melania Edwards is always on the move.  —  The HSBC exec, who's part of the bank's Global Venture Capital Coverage Group, works from two Northern California offices an hour apart.

Trump administration does about-face on announcement that top HUD aide would lead Interior watchdog  —  Interior Department officials said Thursday that they did not approve the hiring of a political appointee as the agency's acting watchdog, calling the announcement of her move by Housing …

Taliban attack meeting attended by General Miller, kills Kandahar police chief  —  The Taliban claimed credit for an attack at a high level meeting in Kandahar that killed General Raziq, the province's chief of police and arguably the most powerful man in southern Afghanistan.

Ex-Trump Adviser Jason Miller Sues Will Menaker of ‘Chapo Trap House’ Over Tweet  —  First, he sued Gizmodo Media and a reporter over a claim he gave an abortion pill to a stripper.  Now he is suing the reporter's boyfriend over a tweet.  —  Jason Miller, a former senior campaign aide to Donald Trump …

Revealed: Russian billionaire set up US company before Trump Tower meeting  —  Aras Agalarov, who attended the meeting with Donald Trump Jr in June 2016, formed a shell company with an accountant who has had clients accused of money laundering and embezzlement

Trump Believed His Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’ Tweet Was Politically Brilliant  —  The president workshopped it before tweeting it out.  And he doesn't care about the angry reactions.  —  Donald Trump caught various West Wing officials off-guard on Tuesday when he decided to describe …

Eight Stories of Men's Regret  —  Late on the Friday afternoon of Sept. 21, the same week that Christine Blasey Ford went public with accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, The New York Times invited male readers to tell us about their high school experiences.

Heidi Cruz Didn't Plan for This  —  A whole new world—that is what Ted Cruz wanted to give her.  —  It was the spring of 2001, and Heidi Nelson was planning her nuptials to the man she'd met just over a year earlier.  On Christmas break from Harvard Business School, she'd encountered …

Forecasting the midterms: Uncertainty with a chance of finger-pointing  —  Ahead of the November 6 elections, CJR invited writers to spotlight stories that deserve closer scrutiny, in their states and beyond, before voters cast their ballots.  Read dispatches from “States of the Union” here.

Another former GOP governor of Kansas just endorsed Dem Laura Kelly over Kris Kobach  —  A second former Republican governor of Kansas is spurning Kris Kobach's run for the office in favor of Democrat Laura Kelly's candidacy.  —  Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, who served from 1987 to 1991 …

Nebraska's new tourism pitch: 'Honestly, it's not for everyone'  —  “Like Stonehenge, but a newer model,” says this example of a new Nebraska tourism ad that shows Carhenge near Alliance.  The first ads of the new campaign will roll out in January.  —  NEBRASKA CITY — Nebraska's …

The sexual harassment case Rick Scott won't talk about  —  TALLAHASSEE — When Gov. Rick Scott accused Sen. Bill Nelson at a debate this month of being unconcerned with sexual assault victims, state worker Lucille Alford felt it was the height of double talk.

The slime gets deep in the race for 2nd District UPDATE  —  Whoa.  A conservative group claiming to be representative of black people supporting Donald Trump has bought radio advertising on black-oriented stations in Little Rock to help Republican Rep. French Hill.  It's provocative to put it mildly.

Former Minnesota FBI Agent Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Leaking Documents  —  Terry James Albury, a former FBI agent in Minnesota, was sentenced to four years in prison with an additional three years of supervised release on Thursday in U.S. District Court..

Fourth former Scott Walker secretary comes forward to criticize governor  —  A fourth former secretary for Gov. Scott Walker has come forward to criticize the Republican governor after resigning from his job leading Madison's economic development agency in order to speak more freely.

Menendez Leads Hugin for Senate  —  Trump more important factor to voters than incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Bob Menendez holds a lead of between 9 and 12 points over Bob Hugin in the former's bid for a third full term in the U.S. Senate, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.

New Vanderbilt poll finds Bredesen with narrow edge over Blackburn in Senate race  —  A look at the several polls detailing the race of Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate Michael Schwab, The Tennessean  —  Democratic nominee Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over Republican Marsha Blackburn …

Greendale High School student suspended after she says she was called the N-word  —  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video  —  GREENDALE, Wis. (CBS 58) — The suspension of a black student at Greendale High School …

In Admissions, Harvard Favors Those Who Fund It, Internal Emails Show  —  In one 2013 email headlined “My Hero,” former Kennedy School Dean Ellwood thanked Harvard's admissions dean for his help accepting a set of students with very particular qualifications.  “[Redacted] and [redacted] are all big wins.