Democrats trade barbs on health care and immigration in third debate  —  The 10 leading Democratic candidates focused heavily on health care and gun control Thursday in the first debate where they have all been on the same stage.  —  There were also a few sharp jabs exchanged by candidates …

Andrew Yang announces $120,000 giveaway during debate  —  Presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced at Thursday night's debate that his campaign will randomly select 10 families and give them a total of $120,000 over the next year as part of a pilot program for his universal basic income plan.

O'Rourke's debate-stage vow: 'Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15'  —  Arguing for a mandatory buyback of assault weapons, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke declared during Thursday night's presidential debate, “Hell yes, we are going to take your AR-15, AK-47.”

Man Trump once called ‘my African American’ leaves Republican Party  —  Gregory Cheadle, the black man President Donald Trump once described at a rally as “my African American,” is fed up.  —  After two years of frustration with the president's rhetoric on race and the lack of diversity …

On Shaun King  —  Integrity.  —  A movement is only as strong as its integrity.  Part of our collective work is to protect this integrity, even when, or especially when, doing so is uncomfortable or hard.  It is in this spirit that I write, to address a lapse in integrity within …

Air Force says it sent crews to Trump's Scottish resort up to 40 times  —  The U.S. Air Force has lodged crews at President Donald Trump's Scotland resort up to 40 times since 2015, a figure that is far higher than previously known.  —  The tally represents the preliminary results …

Sebastian Gorka and Michelle Malkin warn that “Soros-allied organizations” are working toward “demographic conquest”  —  Trump administration hopes to catch media flat-footed in pushing far-right lawyer toward lifetime judgeship  —  Wash. Post pushes Trump's spin as he makes America's waterways dirtier

Giuliani Divorce: It's Ugly, It's Operatic.  What Did You Expect?  —  The marriage of Rudolph and Judith Giuliani is coming to an end, and despite a judge's urging, the wreckage is being laid bare for all to see.  —  On a spring afternoon in 2000, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani used a news conference …

California bans private prisons - including Ice detention centers  —  Bill removes profit motive from incarceration and marks latest clash in state's battle with Trump over treatment of immigrants  —  The private prison industry is set to be upended after California lawmakers passed a bill …

Ivanka tells donors she got her moral compass from her dad  —  At a mid-August fundraiser in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Ivanka Trump was asked to name the personality traits she inherited most from her parents.  —  Without much of a pause, Trump told the crowd of roughly 120 high-end donors …

EXCLUSIVE SURVEY: Democrats Lead Trump in Key Swing States  —  Firehouse/0ptimus September General Election Poll: Slight Majority Say Trump's Deception on Hurricane Dorian “A big deal”  —  Each quarter this year, we have surveyed 2020 general election voters to gauge public opinion heading into 2020.

In Edward Snowden's New Memoir, the Disclosures This Time Are Personal  —  Revealing state secrets is hard, but revealing yourself in a memoir might be harder.  As Edward Snowden puts it in the preface of “Permanent Record”: “The decision to come forward with evidence of government wrongdoing …

Mitt Romney says he doesn't plan to endorse anyone in 2020  —  (CNN)Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah said Thursday that he's planning to withhold his endorsement in the 2020 race both in the primary and in the general election, underscoring the uneasy relationship between …

The Suburban Vote Isn't as Blue as It Looks  —  My colleague, David Wasserman wrote a (typically) insightful analysis on GOP state Sen. Dan Bishop's narrow win in Thursday's special election in North Carolina's 9th district.  His main conclusion was that the special election continued …

Which Candidates Got the Most Speaking Time in the Democratic Debate  —  Each Time a Candidate Spoke on Each Topic  —  Candidates are sized by the length of time of each response.  —  Opening statements  —  Health care  —  Biden on Warren: “I know that the senator says

Twitter refuses to say who's behind fake cow and parody mom being sued by Devin Nunes  —  Twitter is refusing a judge's request to disclose the identities of two anonymous social media users who are are critical of Rep. Devin Nunes and are being sued by the California Republican.

MIT President: Oh Yeah, We DID Cover Up Epstein's Donations  —  In fact, he wrote an Epstein a thank you note for one gift.  Even if he doesn't remember it.  —  The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is admitting that not only did the school hide donations from Jeffrey Epstein …

Ted Cruz eyes the White House: ‘I hope to run again’  —  When the Texas Republican ran in 2016, it was 'the most fun I've ever had in my life,' he said.  At Thursday's Monitor Breakfast, the senator also talked guns and the ‘purpling’ of Texas.  —  Loading...  WASHINGTON