The Latest: Trump accuses Mueller of ‘ruining lives’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the investigation into Russian election meddling and the 2016 Trump campaign (all times local): 8:30 a.m. A day after...
The Latest: Conway says she feels for moms, kids at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on the Trump administration’s position on the migrant caravans (all times local): 9:55 a.m. President Donald Trump’s counselor Kellyanne...
Last US Senate race of midterms up for vote in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters are deciding the last U.S. Senate race of the midterms, choosing between a white Republican Senate appointee backed by...
Woman describes torture, beatings in Chinese detention camp
WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of the Uighur minority on Monday detailed torture and abuse she says she experienced in one of the internment camps...
Trump backs use of ‘very safe’ tear gas on crowd of migrants
SAN DIEGO (AP) — President Donald Trump is strongly defending the U.S. use of tear gas at the Mexican border to repel a crowd of...
The Latest: Coliseum decked out in Christmas decor for Trump
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump in Mississippi (all times local): 8:50 p.m. Christmas has come to Biloxi, Mississippi, as President...
Looking ahead, Democrats jockey to be Pelosi’s heir apparent
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Nancy Pelosi moves closer to securing the votes to become House speaker, the stage is being set down-ballot for the next...
Trump sticks with old playbook in return to campaign trail
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump brought back the playbook he used during the leadup to the midterm elections, warning of the dangers of...
Mueller accuses Manafort of breaking plea agreement by lying
WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel in the Russia investigation is accusing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of violating his plea agreement by repeatedly...
Trump rejects key conclusion of US government climate report
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has rejected a central conclusion of a dire report on the economic costs of climate change released by his...
Candidates sidestep Trump in midterm closing message
POINT PLEASANT, N.J. (AP) — Tom MacArthur is doing something that’s familiar to dozens of candidates in the most fiercely contested congressional races: Tiptoeing around...
Bid to ban state funds for abortions tests open Oregon laws
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Teenage girls in Oregon don’t need their parents’ consent to end an unwanted pregnancy, women in the country illegally have coverage...
Election postponed for typhoon-ravaged Northern Marianas
HONOLULU (AP) — Elections are being postponed in a Pacific U.S. territory going without electricity after a super typhoon destroyed homes, toppled trees, utility poles...
Trump escalates threats against migrant caravan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eager to focus voters on immigration in the lead-up to the midterm elections, President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his threats against...
Anger toward media spreads into local communities
NEW YORK (AP) — The hostility she’s felt from the public recently wasn’t necessarily the last straw in television news photographer Lori Bentley-Law’s decision to...
State Department: Enrollment of US diplomats is up this year
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says the number of diplomats enrolling in its training academy is on the rise, signaling a possible turnaround for...
Jimmy Carter wades into Georgia governor’s race
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter is wading into the contentious Georgia governor’s race with a personal appeal to Republican candidate Brian Kemp: Resign...
US citizen held 13 months for suspected ties to IS is freed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has released a dual American-Saudi citizen who was suspected of working with the Islamic State and detained by the U.S....
The Latest: Pentagon sending 5,200 troops to border
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and immigration (all times local): 4:23 p.m. The Defense Department says it’s sending 5,200 active duty...
The Latest: Sanders: Media wrongly blaming Trump for attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 2:45 p.m. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is accusing the media...
Trump says media is ‘Enemy’ after shooting, bomb plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the news media Monday following a week of election-season violence, arguing that “fraudulent” reporting was...
Charlottesville anniversary: Peaceful protests, few arrests
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people wanting to send a message that racism is unwelcome in the United States gathered in a park outside the...
Woman behind Ellison allegations won’t release alleged video
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The woman who accused Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison of once abusing her while they were dating says she won’t share...
Collins’ exit prompts GOP scramble, ballot questions
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Republicans may have to nominate U.S. Rep. Chris Collins for another political office in order to strip his name from the...
The Latest: Manafort judge closes court for sealed motion
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The Latest on Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial (all times local): 5:45 p.m. The judge in Paul Manafort’s financial fraud trial...
Democrats ramp up political push to win in GOP-heavy Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — The blue wave that Democrats hope will crash into Arizona in November is creeping up in community centers, library auditoriums and churches...
14-year-old boy uses legal quirk to run for Vermont governor
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isn’t old enough...
Taliban offensive exposes fragile US hopes for Afghan peace
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after the Trump administration introduced its strategy for Afghanistan, the Taliban are asserting themselves on the battlefield even as U.S....
Prosecution rests in Manafort tax evasion and fraud trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors on Monday rested their tax evasion and bank fraud case in the trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort,...
Count of last Kansas governor primary ballots to stretch out
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The counting of the last ballots in the tight and contentious Republican primary for Kansas governor will stretch out over the...
Winners of Hawaii’s Democratic primaries favored in November
HONOLULU (AP) — The winners of most of the Democratic Party’s primary races in Hawaii this weekend will be the favorites to win the general...
The Latest: In wake of book, Trump calls Omarosa ‘a lowlife’
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — The Latest on former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman and her book critical of President Donald Trump (all times local):...
New US sanctions could pitch Russia relations to new low
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia typically brushes off new U.S. sanctions. Not this time. The Trump administration announcement of export restrictions in response to accusations Moscow...
Rain pouring, Trump rages on Twitter and hangs with bikers
BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — As rain dumped on his New Jersey golf club, President Donald Trump raged on Saturday, lashing out at his Justice Department...
Memo shows Kavanaugh resisted indicting a sitting president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly released documents from Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time on the Kenneth Starr team investigating Bill Clinton reveal his resistance to...
AP analysis finds Democratic voters hold an enthusiasm edge
ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic voters were more enthusiastic than Republicans in nearly a dozen federal special elections since President Donald Trump took office, an Associated...
Wisconsin Democrats crowd in for chance to challenge Walker
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker has been warning for months about a “blue wave” coming this fall, but so many Democrats...
A New Biography Traces the Pathology of Allen Dulles and His Appalling Cabal
"Unless you believe we’re governed by shape-shifting space lizards — your darkest suspicions about how the world operates are likely an underestimate."
A Glimpse Into the Nightmare Called the C-I-A
(Daily Beast)- Interrogations that lasted for days on end. Detainees forced to stand on broken legs, or go 180 hours in a row without sleep....
Eric Garner’s Death Shows How Stupid Laws Help Get People Killed
(Reason)- After news of the baffling decision by the New York grand jury not to indict a police officer in the killing of Eric Garner,...
Ted Cruz: Regulating the Internet threatens entrepreneurial freedom
(Washington Post)- Never before has it been so easy to turn an idea into a business. With a simple Internet connection, some ingenuity and a...
U.S. Government Extorted Customer Data out of Yahoo! With Back Breaking Fines
(Washington Post)- The U.S. government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day in 2008 if it failed to comply with a broad demand to hand...
It’s Time To Start Preparing Yourself for President Rand Paul
(Vice)- For the past two years, from the moment Ron Paul called off the Revolution and headed back to Texas, the political establishment has been...
Poll: Hillary crushes Democratic rivals. Republicans, not so much
(Christian Science Monitor)- There’s a new poll out Thursday that helps clarify Hillary Rodham Clinton’s actual standing among 2016 presidential hopefuls. The NBC/Marist survey covers only...
Obama may actually have a decent idea to fix America’s Interstates….Now if only Conservative’s would get on board
(Reason)- Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx says the Highway Trust Fund is going to run out of money in August, and President Barack Obama is spending...
Mayor Bill de Blasio Sends a Video Love Letter to the Teachers Union, while screwing Kids and Taxpayers
(Reason)- New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) expressed his adoration for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) in a video tribute that played...
War Hawks hate Rand Paul because he loves Peace too much
(Politico)- If you had any doubts about how seriously some Republicans are taking the notion of a Rand Paul presidency, look at how far they’re...
Whistleblower: The ultimate goal of the NSA is total population control
(The Guardian)- William Binney is one of the highest-level whistleblowers to ever emerge from the NSA. He was a leading code-breaker against the Soviet Union...
Meet Sean Haugh, the Libertarian pizza guy who may decide the fate of the U.S. Senate
(Washington Post)- Most evenings, Sean Haugh is a pizza deliveryman. But every other week or so, the Libertarian Party’s Senate nominee in North Carolina opens...
Snowden Latest: NSA collects data on regular people far more than formal targets
(Washington Post)- Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S....