Shoot Them in the Legs, Trump Suggested: Inside His Border War  —  WASHINGTON — The Oval Office meeting this past March began, as so many had, with President Trump fuming about migrants.  But this time he had a solution.  As White House advisers listened astonished, he ordered them to shut …

State Dept inspector general requests ‘urgent’ Ukraine briefing on Capitol Hill  —  The State Department's inspector general is expected to brief staffers from several House and Senate committees on Wednesday afternoon about documents obtained from the department's Office …

Barr Went to Rome to Hear a Secret Tape from Joseph Mifsud, the Professor Who Helped Ignite the Russia Probe  —  The Attorney General William Barr traveled to Italy to meet with Italian secret service agents—and, potentially, undermine the Mueller investigation.  —  Correspondent-At-Large

Trump Has Disqualified Himself From Running in 2020  —  The president's brazen attempt at cheating has taken “decide it at the ballot box” off the menu.  Impeachment is imperative.  —  “I think the American people are going to have a chance to decide this at the ballot box in November 2020 …

In leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook against critics and the US government  —  In two hours of leaked audio, Mark Zuckerberg rallies Facebook employees against critics, competitors, and the US government.  —  July should have been a relief for Facebook.

US manufacturing survey shows worst reading in a decade  — The ISM U.S. manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at 47.8% in September, the lowest since June 2009.  —  ISM Manufacturing slips to 47.8 in September, vs. 50.2 expected  —  A gauge of U.S. manufacturing showed …

Current Findings  —  Results of Winthrop Poll released on October 1, 2019 with emphasis on 2020 SC Democratic Presidential Primary.  —  South Carolina Democratic voters strongly support Joe Biden to be the Democratic nominee to become the 46th president, according to the latest Winthrop Poll.

Judge to DOJ: Decide on charging Andrew McCabe by Nov. 15, or face release of FBI records  —  A veteran federal judge on Monday warned U.S. prosecutors either to charge former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe or to drop their investigation into whether he lied to investigators …

Giuliani turns on ‘honest’ Ukrainian prosecutor who says Bidens did nothing illegal  —  Rudy Giuliani had nothing but praise for Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko — until he didn't.  —  WASHINGTON — For much of this year, Rudy Giuliani was counting on Ukraine's former chief prosecutor …

Amber Guyger convicted of murder in wrong-apartment killing of innocent man  —  A Texas jury rejected former Dallas police officer Amber Guyer's self-defense claims and convicted her on Tuesday of murder in the fatal 2018 shooting of an innocent man eating ice cream in his own home after mistaking his apartment for her own.

White House ordered ultrasecret system upgraded to prevent leaks  —  The Trump White House upgraded the security of the National Security Council's codeword system in the spring of 2018, according to two former Trump White House officials familiar with the matter, as part of an effort to ferret out and deter leaks.

This Is the Moment Rachel Maddow Has Been Waiting For  —  How the MSNBC host staked her show on Trump — and won the largest and most obsessive audience of her career.  —  Rachel Maddow was trying to get to work.  She only had to get from the glass door of her doctor's office …

Another Devin Nunes lawsuit: Congressman sues magazine over story about family's Iowa farm  —  Rep. Devin Nunes filed another lawsuit this week drawing attention to what he believes was unfair news coverage of him in 2018, this time suing a magazine writer who detailed how the California congressman's family …

Intelligence Inspector General to GOP: You Know Nothing of My Work  —  Last Thursday, Sean Davis of the conservative news site The Federalist broke an explosive revelation.  The Intelligence Community had secretly changed a requirement in its whistle-blower statute to allow whistle-blowers …

Pro-impeachment group to spend $3.1 million targeting Senate Republicans  —  A group pushing for the impeachment of President Trump is launching a $3.1 million ad campaign targeting Republican senators over the coming weeks as pro-impeachment activists turn their fire away …

Former Infowars Editor Says Staff Laughed When He Asked Not To Lie About Sandy Hook  —  In a court deposition, Rob Jacobson said he told Infowars staff to stop spreading lies about the Sandy Hook parents.  He says he was laughed at instead.  —  A 13-year veteran of conspiracy website Infowars …

Me and My Whistleblower  —  Deutsche Bank.  North Korea.  The Intelligence Committee's investigation of the president.  Again and again, one man has taken his trove of secret documents — and uncanny nose for scandal — to the center of the news.  —  One sunny Wednesday in February …

The GOP's Texas problem  —  The retirement of six House Republicans from Texas at the end of this term shows their pessimism about winning back the House majority in 2020, GOP strategists tell Axios — and foreshadows bigger Republican fears in the nation's second most populous state.

Public Expresses Favorable Views of a Number of Federal Agencies  —  FBI viewed more positively; deep partisan divide over ICE  —  Despite historically low levels of public trust in the federal government, Americans across the political spectrum continue to overwhelmingly express favorable opinions …

GOP defenses for Trump's Ukraine call quickly collapse under scrutiny  — Trump, his aides and select allies in Congress have feverishly sought to redirect a whistleblower's complaints toward Democratic adversaries.  — Yet even cursory scrutiny of evidence that has emerged so far knocks …

Farm-state fury creates pressure for Trump as trade, energy pain collide  —  SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — On a typical day, about 80 tractor trailers full of corn line up to dump their loads at Siouxland Energy Cooperative, the ethanol plant just outside of town.  The air throbs with the noise …

Brett Kavanaugh's Washington: A smaller, colder world for a justice under a cloud  —  On a warm fall night at La Ferme, a cozy French restaurant in Brett Kavanaugh's Chevy Chase neighborhood, an elderly woman shouted — something unintelligible but clearly angry and insulting — as the Supreme Court justice and his wife walked out.