Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.

Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on  —  For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.

Trump-Corker feud explodes ahead of critical Hill visit  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The ongoing public feud between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump exploded Tuesday ahead of the President's high-stakes visit to Capitol Hill for tax negotiations …

Roy Moore: Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Was ‘Worse’ Than Upholding Slavery In Dred Scott  —  Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore said late last year that the Supreme Court's decision legalizing gay marriage was “even worse” than the notorious 1857 Dred Scott ruling that upheld slavery.

House GOP opens probe into DOJ's Clinton investigation  —  Two powerful House Republican chairmen announced Tuesday that they would jointly investigate the Justice Department's handling of its 2016 Hillary Clinton investigation — a potential counter-punch to the FBI probe …

Kid Rock: Of course I'm not running for Senate … CONNECT  —  Mocking people who took the idea seriously, Kid Rock said this morning he's not running for U.S. Senate.  —  “F— no, I'm not running for Senate.  Are you kidding me?”  Rock said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show.  “Who couldn't figure that out?

Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows  —  Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world's bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

Bill O'Reilly Dropped by Talent Agency After $32M Settlement Reveal (Exclusive)  —  The former Fox News anchor's relationship with UTA has been severed following a report last weekend about a massive settlement he paid out.  —  Bill O'Reilly is no longer a client of the talent agency UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Appeals court in Washington allows detained immigrant teen to seek abortion  —  (Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post)  —  An undocumented immigrant teen asking to end her pregnancy is entitled to seek an abortion without delay, according to a ruling Tuesday from a federal appeals court in Washington.

Exclusive: Zuckerberg group to spend $45 million on political causes  —  Mark Zuckerberg's listening tour of the United States, he insists, is not a political campaign.  But while “Zuck 2020” may not be happening, the 33-year-old Facebook co-founder is planning to influence American politics for generations to come.

Leon Wieseltier's new publication ended over ‘past inappropriate workplace conduct’  —  Emerson Collective has severed ties with former New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier after learning of “past inappropriate workplace conduct,” the company said in a statement.

Jerry Brown: ‘California will sue Trump over climate’  —  Governor says state will use the courts to block the erosion of US climate actions, 'just like the Republicans tried to block Obama's efforts'  —  California governor Jerry Brown said on Tuesday that his state would fight Donald Trump's erosion …

Hillary Clinton's Top Aides Still Being Paid by Campaign Nearly One Year After Defeat  —  Most have remained by Clinton's side post-election  —  A number of longtime aides to failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton are still being paid from her campaign committee nearly …

Don Lemon's open letter to Trump: ‘Please stop!’  —  (CNN)Dear Mr. President,  —  I've interviewed you multiple times.  —  You've introduced me to your family.  —  You've also criticized me publicly ... both in front of cameras and on Twitter.  —  Calling me “hateful,” “dumb,” a “lightweight.”

Political Typology Reveals Deep Fissures on the Right and Left  —  Conservative Republican groups divided on immigration, ‘openness’  —  Nearly a year after Donald Trump was elected president, the Republican coalition is deeply divided on such major issues as immigration …

The ‘Never Trump’ Construct  —  The president's fiercest critics still do not grasp that Trump is a symptom, not the cause of the GOP's internal strife.  —  For all the talk of a Civil War in the Republican party over Donald Trump, 90 percent of Republicans ended up voting for him.

Opinion: Avoiding Another ‘Brownbackistan’  —  Tax cuts in Kansas led to an economic train wreck  —  Opinion: The Women in Washington Staying for the Fight Opinion: Bob Corker and the Chairmen Who Hold Trump's Fate in Their Hands Opinion: More Shootings, No Difference

Maybe Don't Dress Your Kid Up As Moana This Halloween?  —  It's on you to teach your kid not to be racially insensitive.  —  It's mid-October, which means Halloween is just two weeks away, which means it's way past time to decide on a  —  Halloween costume  —  for your kid.

I Accidentally Turned My Dad In to Immigration Services  —  This month my father and I drove to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Centennial, Colo., for a routine visit.  I offered to drive because my dad was too nervous and excited to take the wheel.

Colin Kaepernick is shopping a book  —  Colin Kaepernick is shopping a book, sources exclusively tell Page Six.  —  The ex-San Francisco 49ers quarterback launched the current movement of NFL players protesting during the national anthem, and he's filed a controversial collusion grievance against league owners.

NFL Losing Viewers At Alarming Rate But Faces Limits On Its Response  —  Last year, the NFL lost about a million regular-season viewers versus the 2013 and 2014 seasons.  It represented about a 6% fall-off enough to be easily noticed and maybe even cause a little concern, but it could be written off as a one-year blip.