Michael Cohen Says Trump Repeatedly Used Racist Language Before His Presidency  —  As he awaits sentencing, Trump's former lawyer says that he wants to clear his conscience and warn voters about what he sees as the president's true nature in advance of the midterm elections.  —  BY - EMILY JANE FOXNovember 2, 2018,

Nigerian Army Uses Trump's Words to Justify Fatal Shooting of Rock-Throwing Protesters  —  DAKAR, Senegal — The Nigerian Army, part of a military criticized for rampant human rights abuses, on Friday used the words of President Trump to justify its fatal shootings of rock-throwing protesters.

Jacob Wohl's Fake P.I. Firm Ghosted on Ex-Homeless Woman Looking For Her Stolen Truck  —  At the same time he was trying to frame Robert Mueller, the Trump-loving huckster took on another case.  It, too, has gone poorly.  —  Julienne Adams began to suspect something was awry …

Alec Baldwin Arrested After Fight Over Manhattan Parking Spot  —  President Trump, Baldwin's frequent target, said “I wish him luck”  —  Actor Alec Baldwin was arrested Friday after allegedly punching someone in the West Village.  —  Law enforcement sources told News 4 the dispute was over a parking spot.

Trump's Surprise Border Mission Is a Politically Motivated Waste of Money: Pentagon Sources  —  The Trump administration's plan to deploy thousands of troops to the U.S. border took officials by surprise, with many senior-level Defense Department officers saying they believed the move …

The CIA's communications suffered a catastrophic compromise.  It started in Iran.  —  In 2013, hundreds of CIA officers — many working nonstop for weeks — scrambled to contain a disaster of global proportions: a compromise of the agency's internet-based covert communications system used …

Political event canceled after vandals scrawl ‘Kill all Jews’ inside Brooklyn synagogue  —  A political event hosted by “Broad City” star Ilana Glazer at a historic Brooklyn synagogue was canceled Thursday when a vandal scrawled “Kill all Jews” inside.  —  The NYPD said “anti-Semitic messages” …

In the Aftermath of Jamal Khashoggi's Murder, Saudi Arabia Enters a Dangerous Period  —  After a month, it seems we finally have a good picture of Jamal Khashoggi's last moments.  In early October, the Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul …

Exclusive: Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts seeking to discourage voting  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) deleted more than 10,000 automated accounts posting messages that discouraged people from voting in Tuesday's U.S. election and wrongly appeared to be from Democrats …

No One Wants to Campaign with Bill Clinton Anymore  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When a Republican state legislator in Arkansas pushed last year to rename the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Clarke Tucker stood up for the former president.

Trump request to stay emoluments suit denied, potentially allowing plaintiffs to seek details on his D.C. hotel's foreign customers  —  U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte in Greenbelt, Md., denied the Justice Department's request that he pause the emoluments case alleging that the president …

White House prepares to spin defeat as victory  —  President Donald Trump and his allies have crafted a face-saving plan if Democrats trounce their way to a House majority — tout Trump as the savior of Republicans in the Senate.  —  In public and private, Trump and advisers are pointing …

The Real Houseguest of the Ecuadorian Embassy  —  IF JULIAN ASSANGE of WikiLeaks denies the Ecuadorian government's stinging charge that he's a disgusting houseguest, he'd do well not to deny that charge “categorically.”  As a category, crimes against hospitality are one of Assange's many fortes.

“Blowing Smoke”: Sorry, Pundits, But You Have No Clue What Will Happen on Tuesday  —  Electorates mutate every two years.  Using past turnout patterns can be useful when modeling a universe of voters, but the polls cannot tell us with certainty what will happen on Election Day anymore.

CREW Discovers Previously Undisclosed Ethics Waiver for Solicitor General Noel Francisco  —  CREW has uncovered a previously undisclosed ethics waiver that may represent an effort to clear one of the obstacles to Solicitor General Noel Francisco replacing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein …

Supreme Court allows census trial to go forward  —  The Supreme Court is allowing a trial over the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census to go forward over the Trump administration's objection.  —  The justices' issued a brief order Friday rejecting the administration's request …

Charlie Kirk Was Power User On Premium Adult Escort Website While Living Rent Free With Parents, Data Leak Shows  —  Things have not been going well for diaper fetishist, Charlie Kirk.  Earlier this week, Kanye West publicly announced on Twitter that he is distancing himself from Kirk and his organization Turning Point USA.

Middleton school district to investigate staff dressed as border wall, Mexicans  —  Photos of staff at an elementary school in Middleton who were dressed for Halloween as Mexicans, while others posed behind a cardboard cutout of a border wall that says “Make America Great Again,” …

Special session possible if Colorado voters OK Prop 112, Gov. Hickenlooper says  —  Hickenlooper and dozens of other officials have come out against the ballot question.  —  Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday suggested he could call a special legislative session to …

Wisconsin conservative admits he'd shoot his sister in the face for Trump: ‘She has to know how passionate I am’  —  A Wisconsin conservative admits he would turn against his own family to back President Donald Trump if the United States slid into civil war.

Supreme Court to Rule on 40-Foot War Memorial Cross  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross on state property in suburban Maryland violates the First Amendment's ban on government establishment of religion.  —  The case will give the court …

Democrats refuse to take Trump's home stretch bait  —  Analysis: As the president launches a wide array of policy proposals and political attacks, his opponents have stuck to their script.  —  ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Democrats are refusing to take President Donald Trump's bait.

‘Are You Actually an M.D.?’:  A Black Doctor Is Questioned as She Intervenes on a Delta Flight  —  Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford was on a Delta flight from Indianapolis to Boston on Tuesday when she noticed the woman next to her showing signs of distress.  So Dr. Stanford did what she was trained …

Conservatives Need to Draw the Line at Steve King  —  His support for far-right extremists makes him more trouble than he's worth.  —  Republicans are fighting for their lives in the House this year, with the odds against their holding on to their majority.

Beto and Cruz Latest, Sinema Pickup, Cuomo Skips Debate: 4 Days to Go  —  Welcome to The Tip Sheet, a daily political analysis of the 2018 elections, based on interviews with Republican and Democratic officials, pollsters, strategists and voters.  —  Texas Senate race turns on turnout

A blue wave is predicted for the midterms.  I'm not convinced.  —  Paul Theroux is the author, most recently, of “Figures in a Landscape: People and Places.”  —  OAXACA, MEXICO  —  Ihave quite a lot of sympathy for certain Trump voters, and (wait, please, let me finish) …

Sarah Lawrence Professor's Office Door Vandalized After He Criticized Leftist Bias  —  Samuel Abrams says the college's president accused him of “attacking” the community and suggested he might be looking for a new job.  —  After penning an op-ed for The New York Times decrying …

GOP congressional candidate called Islam ‘dangerous’ and the work ofSatan  —  (CNN)The Republican candidate running in a competitive House race in North Carolina has a history of making anti-Muslim comments, a CNN KFile review finds.  —  Mark Harris, a former pastor who stepped …

‘Fired Up’ Voters in 18 States Are Outpacing 2014 Early Ballot Counts  —  More Americans are taking advantage of absentee and early voting this year, with 28 million ballots already cast nationwide and four days of the campaign still to go.  In 18 states and Washington, D.C. …

Payrolls smash estimates with gain of 250,000, wage gains pass 3% for first time since recession  — Average hourly earnings increased by 5 cents an hour for the month and 83 cents year-over-year, representing a 3.1 percent gain, the best pace since 2009.  —  Job growth blew past expectations …

Judge troubled by clerk's ‘LOL’ remark, but won't order another Dodge City polling site  —  TOPEKA  —  A southwest Kansas county clerk doesn't have to open a second polling site in Dodge City, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.  —  U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Crabtree …