What the Arab world needs most is free expression  —  I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi's translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul.  The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal would come back to us so that he and I could edit it together.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

Rosenstein talks to press, but not to Congress; Republicans irate  —  Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein doesn't give many press interviews.  But he did, on Wednesday, invite a Wall Street Journal reporter to the Justice Department for what the Journal called an “expansive” conversation.

La Jolla Elementary School principal apologizes for email warning parents about a black man at Starbucks  —  La Jolla Elementary School (U-T files) … The La Jolla Elementary School principal apologized this week for an email to parents that she says unintentionally perpetuated stereotypes about black people.

Trump more involved in stopping FBI HQ move than previously known, emails show  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump was more instrumental than previously known in scrapping plans to move the FBI headquarters out of Washington to the DC suburbs, according to newly released internal government emails.

Senate Truce Collapses as G.O.P. Rush to Confirm More Judges Begins Anew  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats struck a deal last week with Republicans that saw the quick confirmation of 15 more conservative judges in exchange for a rapid flight to the campaign trail.

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Netflix braces for investigation into workplace culture  —  The media company has been a runaway success in recent years, but The Wall Street Journal is looking behind the scenes to see what its employees think.  —  Netflix executives have been telling employees to brace …

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.

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 …

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.

GOP congressman tells incarcerated woman he has it worse because of attack ads  —  Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), who is locked in a toss-up re-election race against Democrat Abigail Spanberger, met with members of an addiction support group during a recent visit to the Chesterfield County Jail.

The Afghanistan War Is Over.  We Lost.  —  The Taliban, which knows the U.S. is desperate to leave, just attacked a meeting between Afghan officials and the top U.S. military commander.  —  America has lost the war in Afghanistan.  Washington may not want to admit it, and the U.S. military insists the conflict is a “stalemate.”

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 …

The 2018 Midterms Are All About Trump  —  In its final stages, the tumultuous 2018 midterm election appears to be moving in contradictory directions, with Democrats and Republicans alike finding legitimate reasons for optimism amid the daily flurry of new polls.

Trump threatens to call US military to close southern border as 4,000-strong migrant caravan pushes north  —  President Trump warned Thursday he will “call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER” with Mexico if officials there don't stop the northward flow of a growing migrant …

Kamala Harris's Trump-Size Tax Plan  —  Senator Kamala Harris, a California Democrat and potential 2020 presidential contender, has a Trump-size tax plan of her own.  —  Harris is offering a kind of fun-house-mirror inversion of the sweeping Republican tax initiative, one that would …

Our Views: Back three changes in constitution  —  When voters go to the polls in November, six constitutional amendments will be on ballots in Louisiana.  —  That's not as many as in some years, and several involve relatively small matters, but there is a long-standing trend …

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.

Bernie 2016 alums wary of 2020 sequel  —  Bernie Sanders has a problem as he decides whether to run in 2020: Many of his former staffers are looking elsewhere.  —  With the Vermont senator kicking off a nine-state tour on Friday with stops in Iowa, South Carolina, Nevada and California …

State Department provided ‘clearly false’ statements to derail requests for Clinton docs, ‘shocked’ federal judge says  —  In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing “clearly false” …

Politico race ratings: Democrats breach GOP statehouse walls  —  Democrats are poised to chip away at Republican statehouse dominance in next month's midterm elections, with wins appearing likely in some of the biggest states in the industrial Midwest.  —  Three GOP-controlled governorships …

How America's top CEOs are spending their own money on the midterm elections  —  Many U.S. chief executives fly a markedly Democratic or Republican flag in their political spending  —  Company executives often steer clear of any appearance of partisanship, in large part …

The Proud Boys, The GOP And ‘The Fascist Creep’  —  Gavin McInnes spoke at a GOP club, then his followers violently attacked leftist protesters.  Modern American fascism finds its foot soldiers.  —  NEW YORK — Gavin McInnes, the founder of the violent neo-fascist gang the Proud Boys …

Here's A Running List Of Racist Attacks On Candidates Of Color  —  Some attacks are coded.  Others are clear.  —  People of color are running for state and national office, and the country has responded with the most American of traditions: by attacking them in very racist ways.  —  Some attacks are coded.