Two More Bombs Found, Addressed to Cory Booker and CNN  —  Federal authorities discovered two more explosive devices, one addressed to Senator Cory Booker and the other to James R. Clapper Jr., the former director of national intelligence, law enforcement officials said on Friday.

Senate: 11 Days Out; NJ Moves to Toss Up  —  With November 6 just 11 days away, it seems that the overall Senate playing field won't change much, although it appears that some of the races in Toss Up are getting even tighter, if that's possible.  —  That said, it is getting more difficult to see a path to the majority for Democrats.

DOJ Ties a Trump FISA Release to Obstruction  —  In court filings last week the Department of Justice deployed what could be the nuclear option in its latest effort to prevent President Trump from declassifying information regarding FISA warrants used to spy on his campaign aide Carter Page …

New questions raised about Avenatti claims regarding Kavanaugh  —  “I do not like that he twisted my words,” one woman says of lawyer Michael Avenatti.  —  When Sen. Chuck Grassley referred attorney Michael Avenatti and his client Julie Swetnick to the Justice Department for criminal investigation Thursday …

Ted Cruz leads Beto O'Rourke by 6 in Texas Senate race, UT/TT poll finds  —  Republican incumbents lead their Democratic challengers in the top four races on the general election ballot, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. … Republican Ted Cruz leads Democrat …

Trump administration considers travel ban-like order for Mexican border  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is considering an executive action that could use travel ban-like authority to block certain asylum seekers at the Mexican border, sources familiar with the discussions said Thursday.

Why was MBS so afraid of Jamal Khashoggi?  —  Why was Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman so afraid of Jamal Khashoggi that he reportedly gave orders this past summer to bring the Post contributing columnist back to Saudi Arabia?  —  We'll still be left with that question after the Saudi …

U.S. economy grew at annual rate of 3.5 percent in 2018's third quarter  —  The U.S. economy slowed in the third quarter to a still-strong 3.5 percent annual growth rate, the Commerce Department said in its final assessment of economic health before the November congressional elections.

Poll: Trump Seen As Important Factor In Americans' Vote, As Democrats Open Up Lead  —  This election really is about Donald Trump.  —  Roughly two-thirds of voters say President Trump is a factor (either major or minor) in their vote in this year's midterms, far more than said so in 2014 …

Trump fears Florida wipeout  —  The president is mounting an 11th-hour effort to head off high-profile losses for governor and Senate in his adopted home state.  —  The White House is planning a political rescue mission in Florida, fearing a wipeout in a key swing state next month …

Newt Gingrich: 'We'll see whether or not the Kavanaugh fight was worth it'  —  Megyn Kelly's rocky two years at NBC  —  Saudi Arabia concedes Khashoggi's murder was premeditated  —  Numerous pipe bombs sent to prominent critics of President Trump  —  CNN's New York offices evacuated after reports of a suspicious device

The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia's War … Declan Walsh and Tyler Hicks reported from Hajjah and other areas of northern Yemen this month.  Our editors explain why The Times has decided to publish such unsettling images.  —  CHEST HEAVING AND EYES FLUTTERING, the 3-year-old boy lay silently …

F-Bombs and Real Bombs  —  Our problem isn't “incivility.”  It's right-wing violence.  —  On Wednesday night, after bombs were sent to a number of Donald Trump's most prominent enemies, he held a rally in Mosinee, Wis. A president with even a pretense to statesmanship would have canceled it …

A New Nuclear Arms Race Has Begun  —  President Trump says he plans to withdraw from a nonproliferation treaty that I signed with Ronald Reagan.  It's just the latest victim in the militarization of world affairs.  —  Mr. Gorbachev is the former president of the Soviet Union.

Association With Extremist David Horowitz Catches Up With Ron DeSantis  —  Just about everything that Horowitz—whose group the would-be Senator says “tells the American people the truth”—has said in recent years is unbalanced or worse.  —  Ronald Radosh  —  Improbably, Florida's heated …

Let's Be Honest: The Rage Is Partly the Media's Fault  —  Is Trump irresponsible?  Of course he is.  But he's not the only one.  It's not Trump who programs and hypes all these crazy media frenzies.  —  Matt Lewis By Matt Lewis  —  In the wake of being targeted by mail bomb attempts …

Stop Using Blowtorches to Kill Spiders in Your House  —  While this should seemingly go without saying, it turns out that “kill it with fire” is not a great idea when it comes to ridding your home of pests.  Nonetheless, there is no shortage of failed cases of people attempting to kill spiders …

WATCH: Trump-Hating Former Porn Star Engages In Shootout With Cops  —  No, it wasn't Stormy Daniels.  —  Security footage released by prosecutors on Wednesday shows the shootout between a former porn star and cops that occurred earlier this year in Miami.  —  On May 18, 2018, Jonathan Oddi …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Megyn Kelly, Blackface and NBC's “Hate Crime-Adjacent” Problem  —  The network's news division is complicit in the racism of its highly paid anchor, and yes, she should be fired, writes the NBA great and Hollywood Reporter cultural columnist.

Salisbury Cathedral evacuated after visitor attempted to destroy Magna Carta  —  SALISBURY Cathedral was evacuated yesterday afternoon after someone “tried to smash the case of the historic Magna Carta”, in what police believe was an attempted theft of the document.

Kroger Shooting Suspect Tried to Enter Black Church Before Killing 2, Police Say  —  A gunman who killed two people at a Kroger supermarket in Jeffersontown, Ky., on Wednesday tried to enter a predominantly black church minutes before the attack, the police said on Thursday.

Defaming Prophet Muhammed not free expression: ECHR  —  Such defamation could stir up prejudice and risk religious peace, says European Court of Human Rights  —  STRASBOURG  —  Defaming the Prophet Muhammed “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate” and …

New voters get notices listing wrong Dodge City polling site  —  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — After moving Dodge City's sole polling site outside city limits, county election officials sent newly registered voters an official certificate of registration that listed the wrong place to cast a ballot …

Japanese reporter returns home after three-year ‘hell’ in Syrian militant custody  —  BEIRUT — A Japanese journalist held hostage for more than three years in Syria returned home Thursday, ending an ordeal that he described as a personal “hell.”  —  Jumpei Yasuda, 44, was kidnapped …

Migrants gather on Guatemala border, as another mass exodus to the U.S. takes shape  —  TECUN UMAN, Guatemala — Several hundred migrants from Honduras had gathered in the center of this bustling border town Thursday with more streaming in by the hour in what could be the beginning …

Housing Is Tanking in the Northeast.  Guess Why.  —  Losing big deductions for state and local property taxes is having the expected effect.  —  Sales of new single-family houses were down 13.2 percent in September from a year earlier, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday.