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.

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

A Donald Trump appointee — also a Saudi government lobbyist — is reassessing his roles  —  Richard F. Hohlt is considering retirement  —  One of President Donald Trump's administration appointees — who simultaneously represents Saudi Arabia's government as a registered foreign agent — is reevaluating his various roles.

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.

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 …

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 …

Kanye West Breaks From Politics and Says 'I've Been Used' … 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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …