Exclusive: Trump targeting birthright citizenship with executive order  —  President Trump plans to sign an executive order that would remove the right to citizenship for babies of non-citizens and unauthorized immigrants born on U.S. soil, he said yesterday in an exclusive interview for …

Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him  —  An alleged scheme to pay off women to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Special Counsel Robert Mueller has been referred to the FBI for further investigation, a spokesman for the special counsel's office told The Atlantic.

12 Young People on Why They Probably Won't Vote  —  As told to , Rachel Bashein, Zak Cheney-Rice, Amelia Schonbek, and Emma Whitford  —  More than half of American adults plan to cast ballots in November, but only a third of people ages 18 to 29 say they will.  Here, 12 young adults on why they probably won't vote.

Shooting victim's family, top officials shun Trump in Pittsburgh: ‘He was blaming the community’  —  PITTSBURGH — A mourning family doesn't want to meet him.  Top members of his own party refuse to join him.  The mayor has explicitly asked him not to come.

Land O'Lakes Pulls Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks  —  Dairy giant Land O'Lakes is set to announce Tuesday that it will no longer make financial contributions to Representative Steve King of Iowa after a gun-fueled massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue brought …

Zinke's own agency watchdog just referred him to the Justice Department  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has come under scrutiny on multiple fronts  —  The Interior Department's Office of Inspector General has referred one of its ongoing probes into the conduct of Secretary Ryan Zinke …

We posed as 100 senators to run ads on Facebook.  Facebook approved all of them.  —  One of Facebook's major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is a required “Paid for by” disclosure at the top of each ad supposedly telling users who is paying for political ads that show up in their news feeds.

Congressional leaders decline to join Trump in visit to Pittsburgh after massacre  —  President Trump will visit Pittsburgh later Tuesday to pay tribute to the 11 victims of the mass shooting at a synagogue there — yet is traveling with no official public itinerary, little planning …

Secretary Mattis, Defend This or Resign  —  If Defense Secretary Mattis believes the migrant caravan is a not threat requiring 5,000 active troops deploying to the border, he should say so and quit.  —  Let's put this into perspective.  Secretary of Defense James Mattis authorized …

Poll: Sinema leads McSally in Arizona Senate race  —  Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds a 6-point lead over Republican Martha McSally, fueled by leads among Latinos, Independents and women.  —  WASHINGTON — Fueled by advantages among Latinos, Independents and women, Democrat Kyrsten Sinema holds …

Daughter of Mo. candidate who espouses anti-Semitism has a message: don't vote for him  —  Emily West has a message for voters in Missouri House District 15.  —  Don't vote for her dad.  —  “I can't imagine him being in any level of government,” she told The Star on Monday.

Believe Republicans When They Say They're Coming After Your Health Care  —  It's not just the lies about pre-existing conditions.  The GOP still wants to go after Obamacare, Medicaid and Medicare.  —  Republicans have been very busy lying about health care: lying about their policy agenda …

Campaign Mailer Fuels Anti-Semitism Complaints In State Senate Race  —  A campaign mailer for Republican state Senate candidate Ed Charamut, showing his Democratic opponent Matthew Lesser, with a fistful of money is fueling ant-Semitism complaints.  Lesser is Jewish.  (Ed Charamut mailer)

Dem's Lead Inches Higher in CD19  —  Challenger increases lead among women  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democratic candidate Antonio Delgado has increased his lead over first-term Congressman John Faso in New York's 19th Congressional District race, according to the latest Monmouth University Poll.

Dems regain momentum in final days of battle for House  —  MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Republican Party base has been electrified by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearings and a campaign blitz from President Donald Trump.  But the burst of enthusiasm has not reversed …

Barbra Streisand Can't Get Trump Out of Her Head.  So She Sang About Him.  —  Her new album, “Walls,” is a rare instance of politics permeating her music, and in an interview, she could barely stop talking about her least favorite president.  —  Barbra Streisand has a new album …

Mueller Investigators Probe Roger Stone Conference Calls  —  Longtime Trump adviser spoke of WikiLeaks' plans to release emails ahead of 2016 election  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigators are examining comments by Roger Stone—a longtime adviser to Donald Trump …

At a Pittsburgh Crime Scene, Jewish Volunteers Guard the ‘Bodies of Holy Martyrs’  —  All night long, Jewish volunteers stood solemnly in the rain outside the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 dead bodies lay inside, sealed off with yellow crime-scene tape.  The deceased were not supposed …

The Biggest Story of the Midterms Is One the Democrats Aren't Telling  —  Here's the real news of the 2018 midterm elections.  One week out, Democrats appear poised to win big on two of the three big playing fields.  They were never going to retake the Senate, if only because of the mix …

Fox News Undermined Megyn Kelly Long After She Left for NBC  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows.  —  For 18 turbulent months at NBC, when Megyn Kelly stumbled, her former employer was lurking in the shadows—eagerly waiting to kick her while she was down.

New FOX 5 Poll: Abrams edging Kemp in dead heat  —  ATLANTA - A new poll conducted for FOX 5 Atlanta shows Stacey Abrams with a slight lead over Brian Kemp in a statistical dead heat in the race for Georgia Governor.  —  The new Opinion Savvy poll for FOX 5 shows Democrat Abrams at 48.1% and Republican Kemp at 47.2%.

Instagram Is the Alt-Right's New Favorite Haven  —  Instagram hosts accounts from prominent right-wingers who have already been banned from Twitter and Facebook.  —  Alt-right social network Gab shuttered itself over the weekend after one of its users allegedly killed 11 people …

Outlets report famed mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger found dead in West Virginia federal prison  —  BRUCETON MILLS — Multiple news outlets report that James “Whitey” Bulger was found dead at the Hazelton federal prison in West Virginia.  —  NBC News reports that federal officials said Bulger was found dead at the prison Tuesday.

Biden: ‘I am sick and tired of this administration’  —  Former vice president Joe Biden on Tuesday issued a sharp rebuke of President Trump's rhetoric, telling a crowd in Wisconsin days after Saturday's mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue that “words matter.”  —  “I am sick and tired of this administration.

DJ Durkin and Damon Evans will retain jobs at Maryland, source says  —  Maryland football coach DJ Durkin, who has been on administrative leave since Aug. 11, is expected to return to the sidelines on the recommendation of the University System of Maryland Board of Regents, according to a person familiar with the situation.