Man in Florida to be charged over mail bombs; Booker, Clapper latest to be sent packages  —  The packages were discovered at postal facilities in Manhattan and Florida, according to officials.  —  Suspect arrested, will be charged in connection with pipe bombs

Senate: 11 Days Out; NJ Moves to Toss Up  —  With November 6 just 11 days away, it seems that the overall Senate playing field won't change much, although it appears that some of the races in Toss Up are getting even tighter, if that's possible.  —  That said, it is getting more difficult to see a path to the majority for Democrats.

DOJ Ties a Trump FISA Release to Obstruction  —  In court filings last week the Department of Justice deployed what could be the nuclear option in its latest effort to prevent President Trump from declassifying information regarding FISA warrants used to spy on his campaign aide Carter Page …

Ted Cruz leads Beto O'Rourke by 6 in Texas Senate race, UT/TT poll finds  —  Republican incumbents lead their Democratic challengers in the top four races on the general election ballot, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … Republican Ted Cruz leads Democrat …

Trump administration considers travel ban-like order for Mexican border  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering an executive action that could use travel ban-like authority to block certain asylum seekers at the Mexican border, sources familiar with the discussions said Thursday.

New questions raised about Avenatti claims regarding Kavanaugh  —  “I do not like that he twisted my words,” one woman says of lawyer Michael Avenatti.  —  When Sen. Chuck Grassley referred attorney Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice Department for criminal investigation Thursday …

Newt Gingrich: 'We'll see whether or not the Kavanaugh fight was worth it'  —  Megyn Kelly's rocky two years at NBC  —  Saudi Arabia concedes Khashoggi's murder was premeditated  —  Numerous pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Trump  —  CNN's New York offices evacuated after reports of a suspicious device

Trump fears Florida wipeout  —  The president is mounting an 11th-hour effort to head off high-profile losses for governor and Senate in his adopted home state.  —  The White House is planning a political rescue mission in Florida, fearing a wipeout in a key swing state next month …

U.S. economy grew at annual rate of 3.5 percent in 2018's third quarter  —  The U.S. economy slowed in the third quarter to a still-strong 3.5 percent annual growth rate, the Commerce Department said in its final assessment of economic health before the November congressional elections.

Can Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, Survive the Jamal Khashoggi Murder?  —  Modern Saudi Arabia has only twice witnessed the ouster of its king.  King Saud, the son and first successor of the country's founder, was forced out peacefully, in 1964, but his departure was six years in the making.

Poll: Trump Seen As Important Factor In Americans' Vote, As Democrats Open Up Lead  —  This election really is about Donald Trump.  —  Roughly two-thirds of voters say President Trump is a factor (either major or minor) in their vote in this year's midterms, far more than said so in 2014 …

F-Bombs and Real Bombs  —  Our problem isn't “incivility.”  It's right-wing violence.  —  On Wednesday night, after bombs were sent to a number of Donald Trump's most prominent enemies, he held a rally in Mosinee, Wis. A president with even a pretense to statesmanship would have canceled it …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Megyn Kelly, Blackface and NBC's “Hate Crime-Adjacent” Problem  —  The network's news division is complicit in the racism of its highly paid anchor, and yes, she should be fired, writes the NBA great and Hollywood Reporter cultural columnist.

The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia's War … Declan Walsh and Tyler Hicks reported from Hajjah and other areas of northern Yemen this month.  Our editors explain why The Times has decided to publish such unsettling images.  —  CHEST HEAVING AND EYES FLUTTERING, the 3-year-old boy lay silently …

A New Nuclear Arms Race Has Begun  —  President Trump says he plans to withdraw from a nonproliferation treaty that I signed with Ronald Reagan.  It's just the latest victim in the militarization of world affairs.  —  Mr. Gorbachev is the former president of the Soviet Union.

Salisbury Cathedral evacuated after visitor attempted to destroy Magna Carta  —  SALISBURY Cathedral was evacuated yesterday afternoon after someone “tried to smash the case of the historic Magna Carta”, in what police believe was an attempted theft of the document.

Kroger Shooting Suspect Tried to Enter Black Church Before Killing 2, Police Say  —  A gunman who killed two people at a Kroger supermarket in Jeffersontown, Ky., on Wednesday tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes before the attack, the police said on Thursday.

Defaming Prophet Muhammed not free expression: ECHR  —  Such defamation could stir up prejudice and risk religious peace, says European Court of Human Rights  —  STRASBOURG  —  Defaming the Prophet Muhammed “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate” and …

Let's Be Honest: The Rage Is Partly the Media's Fault  —  Is Trump irresponsible?  Of course he is.  But he's not the only one.  It's not Trump who programs and hypes all these crazy media frenzies.  —  Matt Lewis By Matt Lewis  —  In the wake of being targeted by mail bomb attempts …

Association With Extremist David Horowitz Catches Up With Ron DeSantis  —  Just about everything that Horowitz—whose group the would-be Senator says “tells the American people the truth”—has said in recent years is unbalanced or worse.  —  Ronald Radosh  —  Improbably, Florida's heated …

All The Incendiary Garbage Fox News Has Broadcast About George Soros Since April  —  At Fox News, Soros is treated as the Moriarty of liberal America, the spider at the center of a vast web.  —  This week, similar suspicious packages were mailed to frequent ring-wing targets, including Bill Clinton …

Stop Using Blowtorches to Kill Spiders in Your House  —  While this should seemingly go without saying, it turns out that “kill it with fire” is not a great idea when it comes to ridding your home of pests.  Nonetheless, there is no shortage of failed cases of people attempting to kill spiders …

WATCH: Trump-Hating Former Porn Star Engages In Shootout With Cops  —  No, it wasn't Stormy Daniels.  —  Security footage released by prosecutors on Wednesday shows the shootout between a former porn star and cops that occurred earlier this year in Miami.  —  On May 18, 2018, Jonathan Oddi …

The Truth About Georgia's Voter-Registration Kerfuffle  —  The voter-suppression rap on Georgia's Brian Kemp is unfair.  —  Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor of Georgia and two-term secretary of state, is a husband and father of three, his ads never fail to emphasize.