Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump's Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush  —  Trump also failed to mention that Bracamontes used an AR-15, a weapon that Republicans, including the president, don't want to outlaw.  —  Michael Daly  —  President Trump tweeted out a video …

White House concerned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal rules  —  The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides …

Myth vs. Fact: Caravan  —  Q: Do we know who is in the caravan?  —  A: We continue to be concerned about individuals along the caravan route.  In fact, over 270 individuals along the caravan route have criminal histories, including known gang membership.

Mueller Smear Pushed by Pro-Trump Activists Falls Apart at Press Conference  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman struggled to explain even basic details of their allegations—like the spelling of the accuser's name.  —  A press conference intended to publicize sexual assault claims …

Roger Stone Sold Himself to Trump's Campaign as a WikiLeaks Pipeline.  Was He?  —  WASHINGTON — When the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to release a flood of purloined documents related to the race …

Sinema endorsed by Green Party Senate candidate  —  Green Party candidate Angela Green is getting out of the race.  Green may have been pulling support from Sinema in the toss-up race.  —  Author: Brahm Resnik  —  The Arizona Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate told 12 News Thursday …

Mattis is walking the Trump tightrope.  It's agonizing to watch.  —  When President Trump issues an election-time order to send up to 15,000 troops to confront what many experts say is a nonexistent threat on the U.S.-Mexico border, what should Defense Secretary Jim Mattis do about it?

Heidi Heitkamp Doesn't Care That You Think She's Going to Lose She thinks she can win in North Dakota, even after her “no” on Kavanaugh.  —  FORT BERTHOLD, ND — A man on the campaign trail refused to shake North Dakota senator Heidi Heitkamp's hand because she voted against Brett Kavanaugh …

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.

Congressman Jeff Fortenberry's Chief Of Staff Threatens Professor For Liking Facebook Post  —  University of Nebraska Professor Ari Kohen liked this Facebook post.  Fortenberry's office came after him.  —  Less than 130 people pressed “like” on a Facebook photo of a defaced campaign sign depicting …

Here are the numbers on the Congress race from last weekend.  We've got another close one to go along with the Governor's race!  —  Don Young  —  Positive 44%  —  Negative 44%  —  Neutral 12%  —  Who?  1%  —  Alyse Galvin  —  Positive 40%  —  Negative 17%  —  Neutral 21%  —  Who?

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 cancelled Thursday when a vandal scrawled “Kill all Jews” inside.  —  The NYPD said “anti-Semitic messages” …

President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days  —  If President Trump's torrent of words has seemed overwhelming of late, there's a good reason for that.  —  In the first nine months of his presidency, President Trump made 1,318 false or misleading claims, an average of five a day.

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 …

The execution  —  He sat in the wired chair as prison staff placed a wet sponge that had been soaked in saline solution, and metal helmet on his freshly shaved head.  He continued smiling, but grimaced each time drops ran down his face.  —  Zagorski raised his eyebrows, appearing to be communicating to his attorney, Kelley Henry.

Democrat-supporting women strip off for photo shoot called ‘Grab Them By The Ballot’ in an attempt to persuade people to vote against Republicans  —  A diverse group of women stripped off for photographs with just a ballot covering their privates as part of a campaign to urge people to vote Democrat in the upcoming midterm elections.

Trump deploys the fascist playbook for the midterms  —  Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know?  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  President Trump's message is as clear …

The Pentagon has prepared a cyber attack against Russia  —  U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cyber systems as part of potential retaliation for any meddling in America's elections  —  In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, voters cast their ballots on voting machines in Chicago, Illinois.

Trump's immigration obsession could backfire, some Republicans fear  —  Ignoring pleas for a closing focus on the economy, Trump embraces a fiery finale that has distressed vulnerable GOP candidates.  —  President Donald Trump hammered his hard line on immigration again on Thursday …

GOP hawks to Trump: You're going soft on Iran  —  Democrats at home and allies abroad have slammed President Donald Trump's “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran as recklessly dangerous.  But some prominent Republicans are making the case that Trump's policy is actually too soft.

“Nobody needs to know” Beto Campaign Appears to Illegally Spend Funds on Supplies for Caravan Aliens, Campaign Manager Says “Don't Worry”  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  “I just hope nobody that's the wrong person finds out about this.”  —  “It's f***ing happening.”

Elizabeth Warren Test Drives Her Presidential Campaign  —  ATHENS, Ohio—Elizabeth Warren popped in here Thursday to call her old protégé and gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray “the nerd we need.”  Cordray responded by saying he didn't think the trip would be …

Yemen Girl Who Turned World's Eyes to Famine Is Dead  —  CAIRO — A haunted look in the eyes of Amal Hussain, an emaciated 7-year-old lying silently on a hospital bed in northern Yemen, seemed to sum up the dire circumstances of her war-torn country.  —  A searing portrait of the starving girl published …

As a young journalist in India, I was raped by M.J. Akbar.  Here is my story.  —  Pallavi Gogoi is the chief business editor for NPR.  —  Editor's Note: We reached out to Sandeep Kapur, M.J. Akbar's lawyer, for comment on the accounts laid out in this piece.

Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale  —  Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts.  —  The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts …

Steve King twice promoted a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying website on Twitter  —  In previously unreported tweets, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) promoted a website that advocates for the “geographical separation of the races,” states that Jewish people are conspiring against Europe …

Iran Ally Hezbollah Pays Syrian Rebels to Switch Sides  —  Militia bolsters forces in Syria near Israel's border despite threat from Israel  —  Iran's ally Hezbollah is paying former U.S.-backed rebels to switch sides and join a growing force in southern Syria, deepening its presence near Israel's border …