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.

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,

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 …

Behind Saudi Prince's Crackdown Was Confidant Tied to Khashoggi Killing  —  Media adviser gave the order to assemble the group that killed journalist, complicating kingdom's efforts to separate Prince Mohammed from hit job  —  As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pushed through ambitious social reforms …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

3. Trump: Democrats gaining control of the House “could happen”  —  President Trump said at a campaign rally Friday in West Virginia that it's possible that the Democrats win the House this midterm election.  —  Why it matters: Trump has been rallying for Republican races across the country …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

How a Taliban Assassin Got Close Enough to Kill a General  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Minutes before killing one of the most important generals in Afghanistan, the infiltrator made a final call to the Taliban.  —  Though only a teenager, the assassin managed to get hired as an elite guard …

Republicans Have a Humming Economy to Tout, but Trump Rhetoric Muddies the Message  —  In normal political times, a glowing report on the nation's economy just before Election Day would be a gift to the party in power and a uniform talking point for its candidates.

Two new polls show Marsha Blackburn, Phil Bredesen in a dead heat in Senate race  —  A look at the several polls detailing the race of Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen for U.S. Senate  —  Despite a series of recent polls saying otherwise, two surveys see Tennessee's U.S. Senate race between …

House and Senate Latest, Obama Asks a Question, Beto Video: 3 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.  —  Where things stand

Former generals worry that Trump's border mission uses troops as a political tool  —  President Trump's decision to send as many as 15,000 troops to the southern border has drawn sharp and unusual criticism from former military leaders, who have called the deployment “wasteful” …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Democrats Gave Trump an Opening on Immigration  —  Their views on the issue used to be more moderate.  Now they may have moved too far for their own good.  —  President Donald Trump certainly knows how to direct attention where he wants it.  When he raised the idea of issuing an executive order …

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 …

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.

Obama quietly records dozens of get-out-the-vote pitches  —  Former President Obama has recorded dozens of last-minute messages for Democratic candidates across the country, a below-the-radar push to get voters to the polls ahead of next week's midterm elections.

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

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.