AP source: It's not just audio, Manigault Newman has video  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's not just audiotapes.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman has a stash of video, emails, text messages and other documentation supporting the claims in her tell-all book about her time in the Trump White House …

Document: George Papadopoulos Sentencing Memo  —  The government has filed a sentencing memorandum in the case of George Papadopoulos, recommending a sentence of between zero to six months.  The document is available in full below.

Democrats Frighten Manafort Jurors [Updated]  —  The case that Bob Mueller has brought against Paul Manafort has nothing to do with Donald Trump or the 2016 election.  It is irrelevant to any significant political issue.  But Democrats worry that Mueller's prosecution of Manafort …

Ocasio-Cortez defends banning press from campaign event  —  Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday defended banning the press from a public town hall held last Sunday.  —  Replying to a reporter who questioned why the event was closed, she tweeted, “Our community is 50% immigrant.

DOJ's Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele was 'very concerned about Comey's firing — afraid they will be exposed'  —  A collection of Justice Department official Bruce Ohr's emails, texts and handwritten notes, reviewed by Fox News, reveals that he was deeply connected to the unverified Steele dossier …

Bill Nelson wasn't making things up when he said Russians hacked Florida election systems  —  Sen. Bill Nelson, who is in a tough reelection fight, was blasted for saying 10 days ago that Russians had penetrated his state's election systems.  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat …

Alex Jones of Infowars Destroyed Evidence Related to Sandy Hook Suits, Motion Says  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for the families of two Sandy Hook shooting victims are accusing the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars media business of intentionally destroying evidence relevant …

Website Promised Free Anti-Antifa Shirts.  Alt-Right Signed Up.  It Was a Trap. … A website that offered free anti-anti-fascist t-shirts for a real far-right march appears to have been a trap by anti-fascists.  —  On August 18, Trump supporters will host the “National March Against Far-Left Violence” …

GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, people familiar with probe say  —  The Justice Department is investigating whether longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy sought to sell his influence with the Trump administration by offering …

Exclusive: U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger - sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc (FB.O) to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe …

Officials worry Trump may back Erik Prince plan to privatize war in Afghanistan  —  “I know he's frustrated,” Blackwater founder Prince said of the president.  “He gave the Pentagon what they wanted.  And they haven't delivered.”  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …

Zach Smith Ordered Sex Toys to Ohio State Offices, Had Sex With Staffer, Took Nude Photos at White House  —  Documents and receipts Stadium has obtained show Zach Smith ordered more than $2,200 in sex toys, male apparel and photography equipment and had the items delivered to him at Ohio State's Woody Hayes Athletic Center in 2015.

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US  —  (CNN)The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN.

She Is The World's Most Renowned Empathy Researcher — And Is Alleged To Have Been Harassing Employees For Years  —  Screamed at, grabbed, pressured — 11 scientists leveled serious accusations against Tania Singer, director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.

Trump Is Making the Department of Justice Into His Own Private Goon Squad  —  One morning earlier this week during executive time, President Trump tweeted out his assessment of the Russia investigation.  “The Rigged Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on as the 'originators and founders …

The un-celebrity president  —  Jimmy Carter shuns riches, lives modestly in his Georgia hometown  —  Jimmy Carter finishes his Saturday night dinner, salmon and broccoli casserole on a paper plate, flashes his famous toothy grin and calls playfully to his wife of 72 years, Rosalynn: “C'mon, kid.”

Judge Bars Statements Made by Guantánamo Detainees During F.B.I. Interrogations  —  In a potentially major setback for the effort to prosecute five Guantánamo Bay detainees accused of aiding the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, a military commission judge ruled on Friday that prosecutors …

Detroit Rep. Bettie Cook Scott on Asian opponent: 'Don't vote for the ching-chong!'  —  Rep. Bettie Cook Scott has issued an apology for her remarks.  Find her statement here.  —  More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series …

It's Obscene to Pay $180 for a Steak Sandwich—But It Sure Was Yummy  —  For the cost of a plane ticket to Florida, a five-minute dining caper  —  I ate a $180 steak sandwich.  Not for me; don't be ridiculous.  I did it for journalism.  —  Let's dispense with the obvious: A $180 steak sandwich is an indefensible purchase.

Far-right Sweden Democrats hope to topple century of socialism  —  A party with its roots in neo-Nazism and white nationalism may be on the verge of an election victory.  —  SÖLVESBORG, Sweden — Around 4,000 far-right supporters gathered on the grounds of a ruined castle last weekend …

Leahy To McGahn: What Was Discussed At Private White House Meeting That Led Republicans To Abruptly Change Course On Kavanaugh Documents  —  Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), on Friday, asked White House Counsel Don McGahn for information on a pivotal July 24, 2018, meeting with Judiciary Committee Republicans …