After journalist vanishes, focus shifts to young prince's ‘dark’ and bullying side  —  When he hosted last October's glittering global investment conference in Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had the world at his fingertips.  Thousands of investors, corporate chieftains …

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's family benefited from U.S. program for minorities based on disputed ancestry  —  A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's in-laws won more than $7 million in no-bid and other federal contracts at U.S. military installations …

Trump on prospect of Mattis' departure: “At some point, everybody leaves”  —  President Trump suggested that Defense Secretary James Mattis could be one of the next administration officials to depart his Cabinet.  In an interview airing on “60 Minutes” Sunday, the president said there are …

Gender gap helps keep Democrats in front — CBS News poll  —  With less than a month to go before Election Day, a growing number of Republican and Democratic voters in key battleground districts say they would be angry at the prospect of the other side winning.

Why The House And Senate Are Moving In Opposite Directions  —  At first, I was a little skeptical of the narrative that Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation process could send the House and Senate moving in opposite directions.  Usually in politics, a rising tide lifts all boats …

Trump's approval improves, yet Dems still lead for the House  —  Donald Trump's job approval rating advanced to its second-highest of his career in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, but not by enough to erase a double-digit Democratic lead in midterm election vote preferences.

The Register's endorsements for Congress: GOP has failed to govern; give Democrats a chance  —  When Republicans achieved the trifecta in 2016, winning the presidency as well as holding the House and Senate, it seemed the country was poised to move beyond the GOP-engineered partisan gridlock …

CNN Poll: More see Trump win likely as Biden leads crowded Democratic field  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)Americans are becoming more likely to think President Donald Trump will win a second term in office, while Joe Biden stands atop a crowded field of Democrats perhaps looking to replace him, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.

Bear spray, bloody brawls at Patriot Prayer ‘law and order’ march in Portland  —  Gallery: Patriot Prayer in Portland, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018  —  Warning: This post contains graphic content  —  A demonstration billed as a march for “law and order” in the streets of Portland descended …

Far-right skinheads join Proud Boys in assaulting protesters in New York City following Gavin McInnes event  —  Proud Boys and far-right skinheads were caught on video singling out and attacking protesters in New York City Friday night.  —  In one video, a far-right assailant in a group …

Ivanka Trump's Gurus Say Their Techniques Can End War and Make You Fly  —  Celebs from Katy Perry to Ivanka say Transcendental Meditation helps them focus.  The movement's chief promises more: quasi-magical powers and the ability to steer world events.  —  When the David Lynch Foundation held …

Donald Trump's Absentee Presidency  —  It is a poignant paradox of Donald Trump's ubiquitous presidency—all tweets, all the time—that a leader who prides himself as omnipresent in digital public discourse is so often absent from national life in the hundred human ways in which the country has come to expect its presidents to perform.

Young Women Aren't Waiting to Seek Political Power  —  Surge of candidates breaks from prior generations who postponed running for office until after their families were established  —  House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, like many female politicians of her generation, began her career after her children were grown.

Democrats have a Latino problem.  Can they fix it in time?  —  Given Trump's rhetoric about immigrants and his border policies, you'd think Hispanics would be leading a march to the polls.  They aren't.  —  HOUSTON — Donald Trump stares at Mary Morales every day from across her office …

Under pressure, Rep. Debbie Lesko takes down false ‘fake doctor’ signs  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko has agreed to take down campaign signs falsely asserting her Democratic opponent, Hiral Tipirneni, is a “fake doctor” after a medical group that backed Lesko pressed her on the issue.

Three reasons Mueller may not charge Trump with obstruction  —  Washington is in another frenzy over the disclosure that President Trump's lawyers are preparing answers to written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller.  Observers are speculating on the meaning of this move …

Banishment of an acclaimed UC Irvine professor sparks debate over whether #MeToo can go too far  —  For years, the professor told the assistant dean that she was beautiful and greeted her with hugs and a kiss on each cheek.  —  During their time together at UC Irvine, Francisco J. Ayala …