Mueller Wants the FBI to Look at a Scheme to Discredit Him  —  A company that appears to be run by a pro-Trump conspiracy theorist offered to pay women to make false claims against Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the days leading up to the midterm elections—and the special counsel's office has asked the FBI to weigh in.

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 …

Pittsburgh mayor: Our priority is funerals, not Trump's visit  —  The mayor of Pittsburgh suggested that President Trump choose a different time to visit the city rather than the day of the first of 11 funerals for the victims of Saturday's synagogue shooting.

Poll: Blackburn edges ahead of Bredesen in tight Tennessee Senate contest  —  Among likely voters, Blackburn leads 51 percent to 46 percent.  —  WASHINGTON — Republican Marsha Blackburn is now narrowly edging Democrat Phil Bredesen in Tennessee's closely-watched Senate race despite Bredesen's …

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 …

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.

Mueller probes Roger Stone's interactions with Trump campaign and timing of WikiLeaks release of Podesta emails  —  The special counsel investigation into President Trump's longtime ally Roger Stone is pressing witnesses about Stone's private interactions with senior campaign officials …

Land O'Lakes, Purina Pull Support for Iowa Congressman Steve King Over Racial Remarks  —  Dairy giant Land O'Lakes announced on 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 …

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.

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 …

In North Dakota, Native Americans Try to Turn an ID Law to Their Advantage  —  FORT YATES, N.D. — Nobody in the squat yellow house serving as the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's get-out-the-vote headquarters knew its address.  —  It was on Red Tail Hawk Avenue; they knew that much.

The radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist  —  Woman warned Twitter about bomb suspect  —  New York (CNN)Cesar Sayoc's social media accounts read like a blueprint for the radicalization of an alleged domestic terrorist.  —  A CNN KFile analysis of thousands of tweets sent …

5 freed from Gitmo in exchange for Bergdahl join insurgents in Qatar, Taliban says  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Five members of the Afghan Taliban who were freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl have joined …

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.

Don Lemon: 'I Don't See Democrats Killing People' Over Politics  —  CNN anchor Don Lemon said on his show Monday that he sees only “right-wingers,” not Democrats, committing murders over their political beliefs.  —  Conservative commentator Mike Shields argued on Lemon's show,"CNN Tonight …

Kanye West Breaks From Donald Trump and Says 'I've Been Used'  —  Kanye West says he's been used by people to spread political messages and he's now done with it.  —  Kanye just fired off a series of tweets apparently distancing himself from Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.

How Democrats Can Reverse Years of Voter Suppression  —  Faced with the latest flurry of hardball Republican tactics on voting issues this election cycle, Democrats are grappling with the reality of an opposition that now seems determined to cement long-term minority rule.