Mueller refers sex assault scheme targeting him to FBI for investigation  —  “We immediately referred the matter to the FBI for investigation,” said Peter Carr, spokesperson for the special counsel.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller last week asked the FBI to investigate a possible scam …

Trump's proposal to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional  —  George T. Conway III is of counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.  Neal Katyal is a partner at Hogan Lovells and former acting U.S. solicitor general in the Obama administration.  —  Sometimes the Constitution's text …

Freddy Geas, suspected killer of Whitey Bulger, didn't like informants  —  When private investigator Ted McDonough heard that Freddy Geas was suspected by authorities of taking part in the murder of James “Whitey” Bulger, he knew immediately why Geas might have done it.

Steve Bannon draws crowd of tens to rally for Steve Watkins in Topeka  —  “Any honeybuns left over from the continental this morning?”  —  Sherman Smith Twitter  —  I highly recommend that you take a look at Topeka Capital-Journal managing editor Sherman Smith's Twitter thread about attending …

WATCH: Trump's motorcade forced to turn around after thousands of protesters flood Pittsburgh streets  —  On Tuesday, despite many people's wishes, President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh to pay his respects to the lives lost in the synagogue massacre.

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 …

Senior Saudi Prince Returns to Kingdom as Royals Confront Khashoggi Crisis  —  LONDON — A senior member of the Saudi royal family, who had feared returning to the kingdom, flew back to Riyadh from London on Tuesday in the most significant move in the royal family since the killing of the dissident Jamal Khashoggi.

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 …

GOP Senate candidate Martha McSally: 'I'm getting my ass kicked' because of vote to repeal Obamacare  —  Republican Senate candidate Martha McSally (R-AZ) complained in a recent interview that she is getting her “ass kicked” because she voted to repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform law.

Breakingviews - Exclusive: FedEx drops NRA deal by snail-mail  —  NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Mass shootings happen in an instant and grab headlines.  A business and investment shift away from the firearms industry is happening more subtly.  FedEx, the U.S. shipping group …

Standing ‘Against White Supremacy,’ G.O.P. Campaign Chief Rebukes Steve King  —  WASHINGTON — As Pittsburgh began burying the victims of Saturday's synagogue massacre, the head of the House Republican campaign arm all but jettisoned Representative Steve King of Iowa from the House Republican Conference …

Kanye West Breaks From Politics and Says 'I've Been Used'  —  Breaks From Politics  —  4:15 PM PT — Kanye contacted us to make it clear he did not mention Donald Trump in his tweets, and he's getting out of politics altogether.  —  As for being “used” ... he says he was specifically referencing Blexit, and that's it.

Orman campaign treasurer resigns, endorses Kelly  —  Tim Owens: ‘Kobach must be stopped’  —  TOPEKA, Kan. —  Independent candidate Greg Orman's campaign treasurer, Tim Owens, resigned Tuesday and endorsed Democrat Laura Kelly in the race for Kansas governor, according to KMBC 9's Micheal Mahoney.

OMG THIS!  Conservative woman writes thread shredding each and every Leftist talking point and it's SPECTACULAR  —  If you read no other tweets or threads on Twitter today, read THIS ONE.  —  Heather's thread takes each and every Leftist talking point you've seen in both traditional …

Trump Is Using Ivanka As A Prop To Whitewash Anti-Semitism  —  Something you hear a lot from the right when you bring up the President's penchant for inflammatory language that ignites neo-Nazis is that the president can't possibly be anti-Semitic because he has a Jewish daughter.

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 …

You're Disillusioned.  That's Fine.  Vote Anyway.  —  Very pragmatic advice for anyone thinking about not casting a ballot.  —  A young woman in Milwaukee recently asked me if I had any advice for disillusioned young voters.  She said that in a representative democracy it was hard to want to vote for …

Bernice and Sylvan Simon, aged 84 and 86  —  Bernice and Sylvan Simon, 84 and 86  —  The Simons, who had been married for 62 years, were sitting in the back of the main sanctuary when the gunman opened fire.  Sylvan, a retired accountant, was still recovering from recently breaking his arm and the couple had no time to escape.

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.

Missouri parents call BS on “racial equity” training  —  Yesterday, I noted that five of seven candidates for the Montgomery County, Maryland school board say the biggest problem facing the school district is lower achievement by “students of color.”  I disputed the notion that this gap …

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 …

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.