‘In the service of whim’: Officials scramble to make Trump's false assertions real  —  The great election-eve middle-class tax cut began not as a factual proposal, but as a false promise.  —  When President Trump abruptly told reporters over the weekend that middle-income Americans would receive …

Georgia NAACP files complaints alleging voting machines incorrectly registered votes  —  Democrat Stacy Abrams' campaign team says Brian Kemp should resign as Secretary of State amid allegations he's blocking thousands of voter registrations.  Kemp's team said applicants can still vote if they verify their information at the polls.

USA TODAY/Suffolk poll: There is a ‘Kavanaugh effect,’ and it boosts Democrats more than the GOP in midterms  —  Trump called the Democrats ‘an angry leftwing mob.’ (Oct. 9)  —  WASHINGTON - Brett Kavanaugh now sits on the Supreme Court, but the contentious battle over his nomination continues …

Explosive Device Found in Mail Sent to the Clintons  —  An explosive device was found on Wednesday morning by a technician who screens mail for Bill and Hillary Clinton, who live in a suburb of New York City, a law enforcement official said.  —  The official said the device was similar …

Records show FBI agents gave Andrew Gillum tickets to ‘Hamilton’ in 2016  —  The records, released by former lobbyist Adam Corey today, appear to refute what his campaign has said about the trip.  —  Undercover FBI agents were the ones who gave Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum a ticket …

Trump Steps Up Attacks on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell  —  President says central banker 'almost looks like he's happy raising interest rates'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump escalated his attacks on Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, blaming him for threatening U.S. economic growth …

“The Idea That He's Racist Is Absurd”  —  That Yale professor who knows “the real reason” liberals hate Trump defends his op-ed, the president, and birtherism.  —  In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, titled “The Real Reason They Hate Trump,” David Gelernter, a professor …

Senate slipping away as Dems fight to preserve blue wave  —  NEW YORK (AP) — In the closing stretch of the 2018 campaign, the question is no longer the size of the Democratic wave.  It's whether there will be a wave at all.  —  Top operatives in both political parties concede …

Same as It Ever Was...  Let's say that I put you on a desert island the day after the 2016 elections (don't worry, it would be one with wonderful amenities, just no contact with the outside world).  Then, let's say that the first piece of 2018 news I gave you was the latest polling …

A convenient omission?  Trump campaign adviser denied collusion to FBI source early on  —  Just weeks after the FBI opened a dramatic counterintelligence probe into Donald Trump and Russia, one of his presidential campaign advisers emphatically told an undercover bureau source …

Trump's Own Team Knows His Caravan Claims Are Bullshit  —  Asked for evidence supporting the president's claims about the caravan, a senior administration official told reporters to ask ‘the Mexican authorities.’  —  Donald Trump and his political allies have embarked on an aggressive …

Americans' anger may help Democrats in Nov. 6 vote: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben Chico, 67, a Republican in California, says his annoyance with Democrats morphed into full-blown outrage when he heard they might try to impeach President Donald Trump after the Nov. 6 elections.

White Nationalist Richard Spencer's Wife Says In Divorce Filings That He Physically and Emotionally Abused Her  —  “The only language women understand is violence,” Nina Kroupiianova said Spencer told her.  Spencer said, “I dispute many of her assertions.”  —  The wife of Richard Spencer …

Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk … LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN  —  October 23, 2018  —  Exclusive: Priorities USA launches new ad campaign targeting McConnell entitlement talk  —  Heidi Przybyla

Kellyanne Conway, Sarah Sanders and Ivanka Trump are a hit on the campaign trail  —  In Washington, D.C., and progressive East Coast enclaves, Trump administration officials have been driven out of restaurants by liberal hecklers, confronted by protesters outside their homes and even forced to travel with Secret Service protection.

Trump Lobs a Nationalist Grenade Into the Midterms  —  The president's brand of allegiance to country is steeped in uncomfortable, racially charged echoes.  —  Speaking at a political rally in Houston on Monday night, President Donald Trump revisited some of his familiar “America First” themes.

Trump touted Obama's 2005 remarks on immigration.  Here's what Obama actually said.  —  In a bid to bolster support for his hard-line immigration policies, President Trump has turned to an unlikely source: former president Barack Obama.  In a Tuesday night tweet, Trump attached a video clip …

‘I thought it was very nice’: VA official showcased portrait of KKK's first grand wizard  —  A senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire for displaying a portrait in his Washington, D.C., office of the Ku Klux Klan's first grand wizard.

‘Zero Tolerance’ Immigration Policy Surprised Agencies, Report Finds  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration did not tell key government agencies about its “zero tolerance” immigration policy before publicly announcing it in April, leaving the officials responsible for carrying it out unprepared …

For parents of transgender children, Trump administration policy would be a ‘punch to the gut’  —  Since Jamie Harper's son began middle school in Loudoun County, the teenager has only been known as a boy.  His friends don't know that he was actually born a girl — and his family has had to fight to keep it that way.

Democrats, beware: Overzealous investigations will come back to bite you  —  When it comes to wielding Congress's formidable investigatory power, it is hard to think of anyone in modern history who has done it as effectively as former representative Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.).

Biden says Trump is ‘more like George Wallace than George Washington’  —  Orlando (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized President Donald Trump Tuesday for embracing a strategy of fear ahead of the midterm elections and compared him to George Wallace, a former governor of Alabama …

Steve Bannon draws 38 to Staten Island speech, sceening of ‘Trump at War’ film  —  Just 38 people showed up when a man once touted as one of President Trump's most influential advisers spoke Monday in the reddest New York City borough.  —  Steve Bannon said he didn't mind the small crowd …

Inside China's internment camps: tear gas, Tasers and textbooks  —  China has ramped up its security presence in Xinjiang in recent years  —  On state television, the vocational education centre in China's far west looked like a modern school where happy students studied Mandarin …

A Fire Chief Burned by Progressive Piety  —  Atlanta's mayor gave Kelvin Cochran the sack for self-publishing a religion-themed book.  —  Kelvin Cochran was raised in Shreveport, La., in the 1960s and recalls always having the same answer when adults would quiz him about what he wanted to be when he grew up.

‘Democrat.  Fighter.  Mother.’ Lucy McBath Is Redefining Social Justice in Politics.  —  ALPHARETTA, Ga. — An air of solemnity hangs over Lucy McBath's bid for Congress.  —  It is present in her campaign stump speech, when she recounts the 2012 murder of her son, Jordan Davis …

XXXTentacion Confessed to Domestic Abuse and Other Violent Crimes in Newly Obtained Secret Recording  —  The late rapper can be heard talking about assaulting an ex-girlfriend and stabbing nine people on the tape  —  Note: This article contains references to domestic violence, assault, and rape that some readers may find disturbing.

Trump Is Celebrating Violence and Nationalism at His Rallies  —  Republicans aren't pushing back.  —  On Monday night, President Trump declared himself a nationalist.  At a rally in Houston, he distinguished nationalists from “globalists,” people who, according to Trump, care more about the world than about their own tribe.

Mom with ‘gut feeling’ stops school shooter before planned attack  —  A suspicious mom who followed her instincts helped prevent a mass  —  school shooting.  —  On Wednesday,  —  Koeberle Bull of Lumberton, N.J., woke up to a  —  racist message on Facebook from a man in Kentucky.