Winners and losers from the third Democratic debate  —  The Democrats met in Houston on Thursday night for the third Democratic debate of 2019, this time all on one night.  After nearly three hours of sparring between the 10 candidates who qualified, here's who won, who lost, and what it means moving forward.

Among the Moderate Chic at Bari Weiss's Book Party The embattled Establishment assembles to celebrate the Times Op-Ed columnist's book on antisemitism.  —  Bari Weiss — editor, Times columnist, Twitter piñata, extrovert, and now author — began the launch party for her first book …

O'Rourke responds to ‘death threat’ from Texas lawmaker  —  Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke early Friday morning characterized an incendiary tweet from a Texas state representative as “a death threat” against him, and charged that the Republican lawmaker should be stripped of his assault weapon.

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 …

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 …

Trump Gives A Rambling Mess Of A Speech At The GOP's Baltimore Retreat — And He's A Hit  —  The takeover of the Republican Party is complete.  —  BALTIMORE ― In disjointed, jumbled remarks delivered in a city that he proclaimed in July was “a disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess …

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.

Americans increasingly see climate change as a crisis, poll shows  —  A growing number of Americans describe climate change as a crisis, and two-thirds say President Trump is doing too little to tackle the problem.  —  The results, from a poll conducted by The Washington Post …

A 12-year-old from the Bahamas has reunited with her mom in Florida after days in a shelter for unaccompanied minors  —  (CNN)A 12-year-old from the Bahamas who'd been held for days in a Florida shelter for unaccompanied minors has been released from custody and reunited with her mother, US Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.

Trump counter-programs Dem debate with his greatest hits — Pelosi looks to change the subject on impeachment — Cruz will oppose Trump's judicial nominee  —  HOLY COW — House Republicans were hoping to have their spirits lifted at this year's annual retreat, which comes following …

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 …

Fox News Ordered to Face Suit by Deceased DNC Staffer's Parents  —  Fox News must defend a lawsuit by the parents of a Democratic Party staffer whose unsolved 2016 murder touched off a flurry of right-wing conspiracy theories, an appeals court said Friday in reinstating the case.

One in Four of New York's New Luxury Apartments Are Unsold  —  A quarter of the new condos built since 2013 in New York City have not yet found buyers, according to a new analysis of closed sales.  —  Picture an empty apartment — there are thousands in Manhattan's new towers …

Hillary Hunters Raise $72 Million.  She Still Isn't President.  —  Judicial Watch has raked in record financial support during the Trump era—much of it not from the investigative work the group touts, but direct-mail campaigns pleading for money.  —  BEAST INSIDE

Cruz: ‘I hope to run again’ for president  —  Sen. Ted Cruz, the runner-up to Donald Trump in the bruising 2016 Republican presidential primary, revealed Thursday that he wants to someday mount another White House campaign.  —  “Look, I hope to run again,” the Texas lawmaker told The Christian Science Monitor.

How I Learned to (Try to) Stop Asking Female Candidates About Sexism  —  In advance of the third Democratic primary debate, in which Elizabeth Warren will face off for the first time this year against Barack Obama's former vice-president Joe Biden, Politico published a lengthy …

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

State IG Set to Recommend Discipline for Trump's Top Iran Hand  —  Brian Hook is reportedly in the running for national security adviser, and any discipline for his role in politically motivated State Dept. firings would likely hurt his chances.  —  The State Department is preparing …

Trump Finances Closer to Scrutiny as U.S. Court Revives Suit  — Emoluments lawsuit is reinstated by New York appeals court  — Trump says his family now manages his business empire  —  President Donald Trump was ordered by a federal appeals court to defend a lawsuit accusing him of profiting from his presidency.