Roger Stone Sold Himself to Trump's Campaign as a WikiLeaks Pipeline.  Was He?  —  WASHINGTON — When the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, appeared on a video link from Europe a month before the 2016 presidential election and vaguely promised to release a flood of purloined documents related to the race …

Mueller Smear Pushed by Pro-Trump Activists Falls Apart at Press Conference  —  Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman struggled to explain even basic details of their allegations—like the spelling of the accuser's name.  —  A press conference intended to publicize sexual assault claims …

Myth vs. Fact: Caravan  —  Q: Do we know who is in the caravan?  —  A: We continue to be concerned about individuals along the caravan route.  In fact, over 270 individuals along the caravan route have criminal histories, including known gang membership.

Luis Bracamontes, Cop-Killer in Trump's Twitter Video, Actually Came Back to U.S. Under Bush  —  Trump also failed to mention that Bracamontes used an AR-15, a weapon that Republicans, including the president, don't want to outlaw.  —  Michael Daly  —  President Trump tweeted out a video …

Sinema endorsed by Green Party Senate candidate  —  Green Party candidate Angela Green is getting out of the race.  Green may have been pulling support from Sinema in the toss-up race.  —  Author: Brahm Resnik  —  The Arizona Green Party's U.S. Senate candidate told 12 News Thursday …

Mattis is walking the Trump tightrope.  It's agonizing to watch.  —  When President Trump issues an election-time order to send up to 15,000 troops to confront what many experts say is a nonexistent threat on the U.S.-Mexico border, what should Defense Secretary Jim Mattis do about it?

No One Wants to Campaign with Bill Clinton Anymore  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When a Republican state legislator in Arkansas pushed last year to rename the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Clarke Tucker stood up for the former president.

GOP hawks to Trump: You're going soft on Iran  —  Democrats at home and allies abroad have slammed President Donald Trump's “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran as recklessly dangerous.  But some prominent Republicans are making the case that Trump's policy is actually too soft.

White House concerned Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated federal rules  —  The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides …

Here are the numbers on the Congress race from last weekend.  We've got another close one to go along with the Governor's race!  —  Don Young  —  Positive 44%  —  Negative 44%  —  Neutral 12%  —  Who?  1%  —  Alyse Galvin  —  Positive 40%  —  Negative 17%  —  Neutral 21%  —  Who?

Steve King twice promoted a white supremacist, anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying website on Twitter  —  In previously unreported tweets, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) promoted a website that advocates for the “geographical separation of the races,” states that Jewish people are conspiring against Europe …

The execution  —  He sat in the wired chair as prison staff placed a wet sponge that had been soaked in saline solution, and metal helmet on his freshly shaved head.  He continued smiling, but grimaced each time drops ran down his face.  —  Zagorski raised his eyebrows, appearing to be communicating to his attorney, Kelley Henry.

Democrat-supporting women strip off for photo shoot called ‘Grab Them By The Ballot’ in an attempt to persuade people to vote against Republicans  —  A diverse group of women stripped off for photographs with just a ballot covering their privates as part of a campaign to urge people to vote Democrat in the upcoming midterm elections.

Fortenberry complains about Facebook reaction to vandalized sign; UNL professor says he's bullying  —  Thumbing through his Facebook feed, Ari Kohen came across the now widely shared photo of a defaced campaign sign for Rep. Jeff Fortenberry.  —  Shared on the social media platform by Seeing Red Nebraska …

The Pentagon has prepared a cyber attack against Russia  —  U.S. military hackers have been given the go-ahead to gain access to Russian cyber systems as part of potential retaliation for any meddling in America's elections  —  In this Feb. 27, 2012 file photo, voters cast their ballots on voting machines in Chicago, Illinois.

“Nobody needs to know” Beto Campaign Appears to Illegally Spend Funds on Supplies for Caravan Aliens, Campaign Manager Says “Don't Worry”  —  [This post contains video, click to play]  —  “I just hope nobody that's the wrong person finds out about this.”  —  “It's f***ing happening.”

Yemen Girl Who Turned World's Eyes to Famine Is Dead  —  CAIRO — A haunted look in the eyes of Amal Hussain, an emaciated 7-year-old lying silently on a hospital bed in northern Yemen, seemed to sum up the dire circumstances of her war-torn country.  —  A searing portrait of the starving girl published …

President Trump has made 6,420 false or misleading claims over 649 days  —  If President Trump's torrent of words has seemed overwhelming of late, there's a good reason for that.  —  In the first nine months of his presidency, President Trump made 1,318 false or misleading claims, an average of five a day.

Trump's immigration obsession could backfire, some Republicans fear  —  Ignoring pleas for a closing focus on the economy, Trump embraces a fiery finale that has distressed vulnerable GOP candidates.  —  President Donald Trump hammered his hard line on immigration again on Thursday …

Elizabeth Warren Test Drives Her Presidential Campaign  —  ATHENS, Ohio—Elizabeth Warren popped in here Thursday to call her old protégé and gubernatorial candidate Rich Cordray “the nerd we need.”  Cordray responded by saying he didn't think the trip would be …

Remarks from Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan at the International Women's Media Foundation Courage in Journalism Awards  —  From Washington Post Publisher and CEO Fred Ryan:  —  On behalf of The Washington Post, I'm honored to receive this year's leadership award—especially in the presence …

The international community must bring my fiance's killers to justice  —  Hatice Cengiz was Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee.  She lives in Istanbul.  —  It has been exactly one month since my fiance, the celebrated journalist Jamal Khashoggi, entered Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul never to return.

Pelosi works to outwit her critics once again  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is quietly courting Democratic candidates who've kept her at arm's length throughout the campaign season, aiming to placate potential adversaries who could block her from the speakership.

“It's Our Job to Call Them Out”: Inside the Trump Gold Rush at CNN  —  Amid terrorist threats and vindictive tweets, the programming executive who taught the president all about reality TV continues to transform CNN into a 24/7 platform for our national psychosis.

If Trump thinks Iran's murder plots should be punished, what about Saudi Arabia's?  —  SAUDI ARABIA's dispatch of a 15-member team to Turkey to attack journalist Jamal Khashoggi added to a global trend of autocratic states reaching out to kill or kidnap exiled dissidents.

Private messages from 81,000 hacked Facebook accounts for sale  —  Hackers appear to have compromised and published private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook users' accounts.  —  The perpetrators told the BBC Russian Service that they had details from a total of 120 million accounts …

Profile in civility: Teen who said he'd kill Rep. Curbelo joins him in call for unity  —  As politicians everywhere have called for tolerance amid a wave of violence ahead of the midterm elections, Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo took political civility to new heights on Thursday by standing beside …

State Department Spokeswoman Expected to Be Nominated U.N. Ambassador  —  Heather Nauert joined Trump administration last year  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is expected to nominate Heather Nauert as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a senior administration official said.