Nora Dannehy, top aide to John Durham's Trump-Russia investigation, quietly resigns amid concern about pressure from Attorney General William Barr  —  Federal prosecutor Nora Dannehy, a top aide to U.S. Attorney John H. Durham in his Russia investigation, has quietly resigned …

Peter Thiel Met With The Racist Fringe As He Went All In On Trump  —  The venture capitalist and Facebook board member staked his reputation on a Trump presidency.  Now what does he have to show for it?  —  Copy  —  Four years ago, billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel …

911 dispatchers slammed with calls about QAnon-backed false claims about wildfires  —  New York (CNN Business)Authorities in Oregon are pleading with the public to only trust and share information verified by official sources about the unprecedented wildfires sweeping the state.

NIH director: 'I'm pretty puzzled and rather disheartened' by Trump rally  —  Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, said Thursday he was “pretty puzzled” and “rather disheartened” by President Donald Trump's crowded campaign rally in Michigan …

Trump announces Bahrain joining UAE in normalizing ties with Israel  —  The White House on Friday announced that Bahrain is joining the United Arab Emirates in normalizing ties with Israel.  —  Driving the news: Israeli officials tell Axios that in the last two weeks, the White House …

Soldier receives Medal of Honor after helping save 70 captives from execution by Islamic State  —  The team of elite U.S. Army soldiers had already freed dozens of captives at the Islamic State compound when an urgent plea crackled over the radio: Another team nearby on the roof of a burning building …

Starting Trouble With Times Media Columnist Ben Smith “I like asking weird, awkward questions that don't necessarily make me seem like a good person.”  —  Puckish chaos agent" is how Charlie Warzel describes his former BuzzFeed News boss and current New York Times colleague Ben Smith. "

Court sides with Florida in ex-felon voting rights dispute  —  The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that Florida can order ex-felons to pay court fines and fees before they can register to vote.  —  Why it matters: The decision comes less than eight weeks before the November elections …

Has Any American Killed More Americans Than Donald Trump?  —  In this episode of The New Abnormal, Rick and Molly discuss Trump's COVID complicity and chat with a Pulitzer-winning New York Times reporter about Bill Barr's motives.  —  So Donald Trump copped to it.

U.S. judge urged to stop Justice Department's ‘corrupt’ reversal in Flynn case  —  (Reuters) - A retired judge, appointed by the court to make arguments, on Friday said the U.S. Department of Justice should not be allowed to drop its criminal case against President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

ICE flew detainees to Virginia so the planes could transport agents to D.C. protests.  A huge coronavirus outbreak followed.  —  The Trump administration flew immigrant detainees to Virginia this summer to facilitate the rapid deployment of Homeland Security tactical teams to quell protests in Washington …

Democrat Van Ausdal abruptly bows out of race against Marjorie Taylor Greene  —  Democrat Kevin Van Ausdal abruptly ended his longshot campaign for Congress on Friday against Marjorie Taylor Greene, a move that gave the controversial Republican an even clearer shot at a seat in the U.S. House.

Trump's dubious tax gambit fizzles, as even red states balk  —  For weeks, President Trump has waited in vain as Congress has failed to reach a deal on coronavirus relief that he hoped would include a payroll tax cut.  —  So he resorted to what critics derided as a gimmick …

EXCLUSIVE: Trump administration secretly withheld millions from FDNY 9/11 health program  —  The Trump administration has secretly siphoned nearly $4 million away from a program that tracks and treats FDNY firefighters and medics suffering from 9/11 related illnesses, the Daily News has learned.

'We'll put them down very quickly': Trump threatens to quash election night riots  —  President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to “put ... down very quickly” riots on election night should aggrieved Democrats take to the streets in the wake of his potential victory.

Americans need to ‘hunker down’ this fall and winter as Covid-19 pandemic will likely worsen, Fauci says  —  (CNN)Nearly 30 US states are reporting downward trends in Covid-19 cases, but the pandemic will likely worsen again, according to the country's leading infectious disease expert.

The Left Is Setting The Stage For A Coup If Trump Wins  —  Under the guise of planning for right-wing violence if Trump loses, Democrats are gaming out how to steal the election if Trump wins.  —  It's been hard to miss the steady drumbeat of articles and think-pieces over the past few months …

The people freaking out about ‘Cuties’ should try it.  They might find a lot to like.  —  If I had the power to issue a single dictatorial edict, it would be this: If you want to talk nonsense about a movie on the Internet, you have to prove that you've actually seen it.

This Is What We Mean When We Say ‘Character Is Destiny’  —  At a key moment, with hundreds of thousands of lives at stake, the president lied.  —  1 hr  —  There are many, many strange things about the Republican political reaction to the Donald Trump presidency, but one of the strangest …

Kayleigh McEnany has crossed a line  —  Joe Lockhart is a CNN political analyst.  He was the White House press secretary from 1998-2000 in President Bill Clinton's administration.  He co-hosts the podcast “Words Matter.”  The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.  View more opinion at CNN.

Trump isn't talking about the wildfires in Oregon, California and Washington  —  A look at a few possible reasons why this crisis doesn't make his radar.  —  Over the past 24 hours on his Twitter feed, President Trump has attacked Democrats and racial injustice protesters nearly a dozen times …

New York Times reporter removed from Trump rally after showing people without masks  —  DETROIT — Kathleen Gray, a longtime political reporter for the Detroit Free Press who now works for the New York Times, said she was removed from President Donald Trump's Michigan rally on Thursday …

Don't Let John Roberts Fool You  —  The Supreme Court handed down some decisions this Term that, to those of us who have been accustomed to fearing the worst from the Roberts Court, were not awful.  In those cases, to the surprise of many, Chief Justice John Roberts was on the right side of history.

Biden's bounce fades but retains lead over Trump  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden retains a significant 9 point lead over President Donald Trump in voting intentions for the November election but this is down from his post-DNC high of 15 points and a touch closer than his 12 point lead …

Have Pollsters Figured Out How to Poll the Midwest?  —  In 2016, as I was preparing to write my “Why Hillary Will Win” piece, I decided to have my able then-assistant, David Byler (now of Washington Post fame), do a bit of research.  His job was to look up the share of the electorate …