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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Senate Intelligence Wants Documents on NRA's Russia Trip  —  The Senate intelligence committee has asked the National Rifle Association to provide documents on its connections to Russia—including documents related to a 2015 trip some of its top leaders made to Moscow.

Pentagon rejected request for troops to act as emergency law enforcement at border  —  Hagel: Trump is using our troops as pawns  —  Washington (CNN)When the Trump administration first asked the Pentagon to send troops to the southern border, they wanted them to perform emergency law enforcement functions, CNN has learned.

4 wounded, shooter dead at Tallahassee yoga studio on Thomasville Road  —  An unidentified man shot and killed himself Friday evening after wounding at least four people at Hot Yoga, according to Tallahassee officials.  —  City spokeswoman Alison Faris confirmed that the shooter is dead …

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 …

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 …

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,” …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Troop deployment creates tense atmosphere on US border  —  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — As the first active-duty military troops sent to the U.S. border with Mexico installed coils of razor wire on a bridge and a riverbank Friday, a sense of unease spread across Texas' Rio Grande Valley.

Sarah Lawrence Professor's Office Door Vandalized After He Criticized Leftist Bias  —  After penning an op-ed for The New York Times decrying the ideological homogeneity of his campus administration, a conservative-leaning professor at Sarah Lawrence College discovered intimidating messages …

Army assessment of migrant caravans undermines Trump's rhetoric  —  Military planners anticipate that only a small percentage of Central American migrants traveling in the caravans President Trump characterizes as “an invasion” will reach the U.S. border, even as a force of more than 7,000 …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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” …

Democrats, beware: We are leaning left too far  —  As the 2018 election seasons draws to a climax, political junkies — and I confess, I remain one — already are looking to 2020 and expounding theories about what could happen.  In one sense, that's a foolish venture because politics is hard …

CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against CMS Administrator Seema Verma  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington — Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Seema Verma likely violated the Hatch Act by using her official government Twitter account to advocate …

The ‘Mistake’ Facebook Keeps Making  —  A pro-life group says the supposedly neutral Internet platform blocked its ads again.  —  Facebook says it accidentally silenced a pro-life organization's advertising on the social network.  But the pro-life group says this alleged accident has been happening over and over again.

When a Terrorist Comes to Your Hometown  —  The Jewish community center became a mourning tent.  The synagogue, a crime scene.  —  Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.  —  PITTSBURGH — I want to tell you what it is like when your neighborhood becomes the scene of a mass murder.

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 …

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 …

Trump says Democrats could take House: 'I can't go everywhere'  —  President Donald Trump said Friday that Republicans could lose the House and that Democrats may “squeak” by in Tuesday's midterms — and if it happens, it will be because he wasn't able to campaign in every district.

North Carolina Sheriff Criticized For Unleashing K-9 Dogs On Black People Faces Re-Election  —  Advocates say that Sheriff Donnie Harrison is unfit for a fifth term because of such abusive practices as well as his office's cooperation with ICE.  —  The Appeal is spotlighting sheriffs across …