Trump Labor Aide Quits After Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts Surface  —  A recently appointed Trump Labor Department official with a history of advancing controversial conservative and faith-based causes in court has resigned after revelations that he wrote a 2016 Facebook post suggesting the Jewish-controlled media “protects their own.”

Brexit: Tory MP defects ahead of crucial no deal vote  —  Conservative MP Phillip Lee has defected to the Liberal Democrats ahead of a showdown between Boris Johnson and Tory rebels over Brexit.  —  Dr Lee, the MP for Bracknell, took his seat on the opposition benches as the PM addressed the Commons.

Trump made ‘suggestion’ Pence stay at president's Irish golf club, VP's chief of staff says  —  “I don't think it was a request, like a command,” Pence's chief of staff Marc Short told reporters Tuesday.  “I think that it was a suggestion.”  —  President Donald Trump suggested …

Walmart ends all handgun ammunition sales and asks customers not to carry guns into stores  —  New York (CNN Business)Walmart on Tuesday announced it will reduce its gun and ammunition sales, one month after more than 20 people were killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.

Conversion therapy crusader has something to say: He's gay  —  “Conversion therapy is not just a lie, but it's very harmful,” said McKrae Game, a South Carolinian who founded one of the nation's biggest ex-gay ministries.  —  SPARTANBURG, S.C. - A South Carolina man who founded …

Trump administration prepares to raid military projects for border wall  —  The Trump administration is executing its plan this week to suck $3.6 billion from military construction projects to build the border wall, calling lawmakers whose districts will take a hit, according to multiple House aides.

North Carolina court rules partisan state legislative districts unconstitutional  —  A North Carolina court ruled Tuesday that the state's legislative districts are unconstitutional, in a unanimous decision that won praise from voting-rights advocates and opens a new front in the national battle over partisan gerrymanders.

AP source: Texas shooter purchased AK rifle at private sale  —  ODESSA, Texas (AP) — The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that previously blocked him from getting a gun …

Judges strike down NC state legislature lines as unconstitutional gerrymandering  —  North Carolina's political maps for the state legislature are unconstitutional and must be redrawn before the 2020 elections, lawyers for the winning side said Tuesday.  —  The ruling hasn't been posted online yet …

Elizabeth Warren embraces Jay Inslee's climate change platform  —  Warren to audience member: You may want to sit for this  —  (CNN)Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday announced she would adopt Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's 10-year climate plan, while also expanding on his blueprint with a series …

On days when President Trump tweets a lot, the stock market falls, investment bank finds  —  KEY POINTS  — Bank of American says that “since 2016, days with more than 35 tweets (90 percentile) by Trump have seen negative returns (-9bp).”  — “Days with less than 5 tweets (10 percentile) …

Trump's Wacky, Angry, and Extreme August  —  President Trump ended August as he began it, with a blast of angry tweets, ad-hominem insults, and bizarre fulminations that have become so standard that they no longer receive the attention they deserve—emanating, as they do, from the world's most powerful leader.

McConnell: ‘Over-the-top’ Moscow Mitch nickname effort to ‘smear’ me  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vehemently denounced political opponents who have dubbed him “Moscow Mitch,” calling the nickname an “over-the-top” effort to “smear” him.

U.S. Manufacturing Contracts for First Time in Three Years  —  U.S. factory activity unexpectedly contracted in August for the first time in three years as shrinking orders, production and hiring pushed a widely followed measure of manufacturing to its lowest level since January 2016.

Trump's 2020 pitch: A powerless presidency  —  Analysis: The most powerful man in the world would like voters to know he is beset on all sides by sinister forces that deprive him of the authority he needs to deliver on his vision for America.  —  WASHINGTON — The most powerful man in the world prefers to portray himself as a martyr.

Judge orders White House to restore Playboy reporter's press pass  —  A U.S. district judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to restore Playboy correspondent Brian Karem's press credentials after the administration said last month it was revoking his hard pass.

The Disgraced Cardinal and the Small Town Where He Was Sent to Disappear  —  VICTORIA, Kansas—On a cloudy Sunday morning in August, Father John Schmeidler delivered a brisk homily at St. Fidelis Catholic Church on the virtue of trusting that God always has a plan.

New Yorker Fact-Checkers Win Employee Status After Union Push  — Condé Nast says it regularly reviews contingent worker roles  — Magazine's editorial workers unionized with NewsGuild in 2018  —  Condé Nast's New Yorker magazine will hire its subcontracted fact-checkers …

Scoop: Trump allies raise money to target reporters  —  President Trump's political allies are trying to raise at least $2 million to investigate reporters and editors of The New York Times, The Washington Post and other outlets, according to a three-page fundraising pitch reviewed by Axios.

Mike Johnston ends his U.S. Senate campaign against Cory Gardner  —  U.S. Senate candidate Mike Johnston said Tuesday he is suspending his campaign.  —  Johnston, a 44-year-old former state senator, led the crowded Democratic field this year in fundraising and was a top-tier candidate in the polls.

Book: Kavanaugh accuser's attack ‘motivated’ by defending Roe v. Wade  —  Christine Blasey Ford and her feminist attorney were “motivated” in their attack on then-federal judge Brett Kavanaugh by their passion to protect abortion rights, not just their “civic duty” to provide information …