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 …

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” …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

“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.

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.

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 …

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.

‘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 …

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.

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 …

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) …

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,” …

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 …

Joe Donnelly Runs Stealth Facebook Ads Boosting Libertarian In Senate Race  —  In a tight contest, the strategy appears to be divide and conquer.  —  Indiana Democrats are funding a last-minute attempt to split the Republican vote in the state's crucial Senate contest by boosting the race's long-shot Libertarian candidate.

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.

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 …

Muslim cleric known as ‘Father of the Taliban’ killed in Pakistan  —  Maulana Samiul Haq may have been tortured before murder in an “organized attack,” family members told NBC News.  —  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Muslim cleric who was dubbed the “Father of Taliban” because of his close ties …

NEW POLL: Race for Georgia governor as close as ever  —  ATLANTA - The race for Georgia governor is as close as it's ever been, according to the newest Channel 2 Action News & The Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Thursday.  —  According to the new poll, there's a real possibility …

‘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. …

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 …

Letter: Why is Cockburn pronounced the way it is?  —  Please explain to me why Leslie Cockburn pronounces her name Coburn.  There is no way you can get “co” out of “cock” and please don't tell me that the CK is silent.  If she finds her name offensive for some reason or another, then why doesn't she just change it?

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

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 …

Rise of the Armed Left  —  Threats from the right inspire a new left-wing gun culture.  —  ATLANTA — When I met Oso, a trash collector from rural Georgia in his late 30s, he was wearing dark shades and a black T-shirt with a silhouette of an assault rifle and the words “Piece Now.”