Trump pushing for major crackdown on homeless camps in California, with aides discussing moving residents to government-backed facilities  —  President Trump has ordered White House officials to conduct a sweeping crackdown on homelessness in California, citing the state's growing crisis …

Antonio Brown Accused of Rape in a Lawsuit  —  The Patriots receiver is accused of three incidents of sexual assault, in 2017 and 2018, against a woman who attended college with him.  —  Antonio Brown of the New England Patriots, the most prominent receiver in the N.F.L. …

CNN Poll: 6 in 10 say Trump does not deserve a second term  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump does not deserve to be reelected, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, and more now say he's doing a poor job than a good one of keeping important campaign promises.

Live results: North Carolina elections  —  The latest vote count from North Carolina's 3rd and 9th districts  —  Voters in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District vote Tuesday in a re-do election, after the results of the 2018 midterm were thrown out over allegations of fraud against a consultant for the Republican candidate.

Biden Aims to Use Debate to Question Warren's Corporate Work  — Former vice president has released two decades of tax returns  — Warren occasionally advised corporations on bankruptcy issues  —  Joe Biden plans to argue at this week's debate that all presidential candidates …

Flynn Hearing Reveals Existence of Bombshell DOJ Memo Exonerating Michael Flynn  —  A bombshell revelation was barely noticed at National Security Advisor Michael Flynn's hearing Tuesday, when his counsel revealed in court the existence of a Justice Department memo from Jan. 30, 2017 exonerating Flynn of any collusion with Russia.

Trump skeptical of using foreign spies to collect intel on hostile countries, sources say  —  US quietly removed top spy from Russia in 2017  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has privately and repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of foreign intelligence from covert sources …

Trump's trade war has killed 300,000 jobs  —  winning big time, against China.  " But his trade war is causing measurable damage to the U.S. economy, with the pain likely to worsen.  —  Forecasting firm Moody's Analytics estimates that Trump's trade war with China has already reduced U.S. employment …

I Was Caroline Calloway Seven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I'm ready to tell my side of the story.  —  The author (right) with Caroline Calloway Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Beach  —  When I was a sophomore in college, I took a creative-nonfiction workshop and met a girl who was everything I wasn't.

Rebuke to Jerry Falwell Jr.'s Comment to Politico's “'Someone's Gotta Tell the Freakin' Truth': Jerry Falwell's Aides Break Their Silence” Article  —  For 21 years, I have maintained an impeccable reputation for documenting Miami Beach's storied social scene.

Former FEMA Official Accused of Taking Bribes in Hurricane Maria Recovery  —  MIAMI — A former top administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was arrested on Tuesday in a major federal corruption investigation that found that the official took bribes from the president of a company …

Ivanka & Jared 'Aren't Good People,' Meghan McCain Says After Report of Trump Infighting — as White House Hits Back  —  “The idea that the hosts of The View ... have any factual reads on what goes on within the Trump family is completely asinine” a White House spokeswoman says

More Americans go without health coverage despite strong economy, Census Bureau finds  —  Incomes are rising and poverty is falling, but the gap between the rich and poor has grown.  —  The proportion of Americans without health insurance grew significantly last year for the first time this decade …

Secret Service arrested El Paso shooting ‘hero’ as he was about to be honored by Trump at White House  —  One of the people President Trump honored for his heroism during a mass shooting in an El Paso Walmart last month was arrested by the Secret Service during his visit to the White House …

Univision News poll: Democrats surge in Texas, no longer a safe state for Trump in 2020  —  Democrats have an advantage among registered voters in the state, according to a new Univision poll which shows that Hispanics could be a decisive factor in 2020.  Democratic candidates meet for a third debate in Houston on Thursday.

DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow enforcement of Trump's asylum restrictions  —  The Supreme Court is considering an emergency appeal from the Justice Department that would allow them to enforce, for now, the Trump administration's ban on asylum for anyone trying to cross the southern border by transiting through a third country.

Beating Trump Is Almost Meaningless Without Reforming Mitch McConnell's Senate  —  Adam Jentleson on how McConnell remade the Senate into a minority-rule institution by abusing a once-obscure procedural rule—and how to restore its integrity.  —  In the noir classic The Maltese Falcon …

Announcing Five New Hires, Including Our First Taco Editor!  —  Dallas-based writer José R. Ralat, known for his Taco Trail blog, joins the staff later this month.  —  Pass the tortillas.  As of September 18, Texas Monthly will have a taco editor on staff.