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.

Why Aren't Democrats Walking Away With the Midterms?  —  Democrats miss Trump's political gifts and the real threat he represents.  —  The night Donald Trump was elected was supposed to be, for most liberals and a few conservatives, the beginning of the end of the world.  The economy would surely implode.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Russian Propaganda Veterans Push Candace Owens' ‘Blexit’ Campaign  —  It claims to be an online movement of African-Americans.  But tens of thousands of the tweets were sent from accounts that previously pushed Russian disinformation.  —  We're not saying that Russia helped make #Blexit trend …

Supreme Court refuses to block young people's climate lawsuit against U.S. government  —  The Supreme Court on Friday night refused to halt a novel lawsuit filed by young Americans that attempts to force the federal government to take action on climate change, turning down a request from the Trump administration to stop it before trial.

Once Reluctant to Speak Out, an Energized Obama Now Calls Out His Successor  —  MIAMI — Former President Barack Obama's voice has a way of lifting into a high-pitched tone of astonishment when he talks about his successor, almost as if he still cannot believe that the executive mansion …

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 …

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 …

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,” …

Transportation for voters seems covered—but we're not finished.  —  The outpouring of support from across the country has been heartening as concerned citizens have flooded the ACLU of Kansas with emails, calls, and messages asking to help transport voters to the single poll on the edge of town in Dodge City, Kansas.

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 …

Pence says Republicans will keep control of the House  —  Vice President Pence maintained in an interview with Hill.TV on Friday that Republicans will keep control of the House in next week's midterm elections.  —  “I think we're going to expand our majority in the United States Senate …

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.

Obama boosts Abrams, bashes Kemp on voting rights in Georgia speech  —  ATLANTA — Former President Barack Obama joined the chorus of Democrats criticizing Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee Brian Kemp for his record on voting rights, contrasting the Georgia secretary of state …

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 …

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.

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.

You Don't Know Them, But You May Know Their Voices  —  Political voiceover actors are on call right up to Election Day  —  National Democrats Invest in Minnesota Senate Race The North Carolina Race That Wasn't Supposed to Be in Play He Helped Write the GOP's Health Care Bill.  Now It's Catching Up With Him

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 …

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.

Racist Slur Defaces African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan  —  The African Burial Ground Monument in Lower Manhattan, a treasured site for the nation's black community, was defaced with a racist slur on Thursday, the authorities said.  —  In black marker, a vandal scrawled “Kill …

Andrew Gillum Is At Home With His Blackness  —  Florida's Democratic nominee for governor is black in a way that is commonplace in real life but basically nonexistent in high-level American politics.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — It's 8:15 a.m., and a group of 40 or so people await him.

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 …

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.