TV Reporter Says Harvey Weinstein Masturbated In Front Of Her  —  The new revelation, which allegedly took place a decade ago, comes after an explosive New York Times report said Weinstein had previously settled eight sexual harassment claims.  —  Harvey Weinstein once trapped a woman …

Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point  —  Will Donald Trump let the Secretary of State do his job?  —  One afternoon in late September, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called a meeting of the six countries that came together in 2015 to limit Iran's nuclear-weapons program.

Watch: Sarah Huckabee Sanders callously laughs at women who will lose their birth control  —  Donald Trump has utterly failed to deliver on his threat to repeal Obamacare and harm the millions of men and women who have health care because of it.  So he's going to punish women directly instead.

Meet the Dallas Bartender Who Kicked Milo Yiannopoulos and Some Neo-Nazis Out of Her Bar … One night last spring, infamous right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and Dallas' homegrown white nationalist, Richard Spencer, walked into a karaoke bar on Abrams Road in Lake Highlands.

Scoop: Trump phones Schumer for help on health care, worrying GOP  —  President Trump telephoned Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Friday in an effort to revive health-care legislation, Republican sources said.  —  Trump was seeking “a path forward on health care,” a GOP source said.

Jeff Sessions Just Issued New Guidance On Protecting “Religious Liberty”  —  The attorney general issued the guidance Friday.  Critics have feared the policy may provide a loophole for discrimination.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal agencies and attorneys on Friday …

Investigators Probing Whether Others Were in Las Vegas Gunman's Suite  —  Investigators are trying to determine whether someone else was in the Las Vegas gunman's hotel room when he was registered there, senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation told NBC News.

The FBI's New U.S. Terrorist Threat: ‘Black Identity Extremists’  —  Law enforcement calls it a violent movement.  Critics call it racist.  —  As white supremacists prepared to descend on Charlottesville, Virginia, in August, the FBI warned about a new movement that was violent, growing, and racially motivated.

How Facebook ads helped elect Trump  —  Trump campaign digital director Brad Parscale says Donald Trump won election on Facebook with highly targeted ads — and infrastructure was a key issue  —  President Donald Trump talked on Twitter, but Facebook was the crucial tool that helped elect him …

Back on the trail, Biden's message rankles the left  —  Former vice president Joe Biden returned to national politics Tuesday during an afternoon rally in Alabama for Democratic Senate nominee Doug Jones, and his speech was a striking departure from his party's current tone.

AP-NORC Poll: Just 24 percent say US heading right direction  —  https://apnews.com/f7d770542f334a218398 b2f9b2ae1102  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Just 24 percent of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction after a tumultuous stretch for President Donald Trump …

President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 9, 2017, as Columbus Day  —  BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  —  Five hundred and twenty-five years ago, Christopher Columbus completed an ambitious and daring voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.

US Intelligence Unit Accused Of Illegally Spying On Americans' Financial Records  —  The Treasury Department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has been illegally rifling through and filing away the private financial records of US citizens, Treasury employees alleged.

Bannon ally wants to turn government media agency into ‘legacy’ for former Trump adviser  —  Stephen Bannon has left the Trump administration.  But he's still having an influence at a government agency many outside of Washington haven't heard of but wields influence around the world: the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces The Court's Unsealing Of Charges Against Three Men Arrested For Participating In International Plot To Carry Out Terrorist Attacks In New York City For Isis In The Summer Of 2016  —  The Planned Attacks, Thwarted by Law Enforcement …

Grassley concerned about FBI use of Trump ‘dossier’ in Russia investigation  —  Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley on Friday asked the FBI to explain how foreign intelligence sharing has affected its use of an unverified dossier containing salacious allegations about President Donald Trump for its Russia investigation.

Trump should show no mercy in terminating IRS's John Koskinen  —  BY JENNY BETH MARTIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 10/05/17 04:40 PM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL  —  The swamp grows.  —  It's so far beyond time for President Trump …

Statement from ICE Acting Director Tom Homan on California Sanctuary Law  —  Governor Jerry Brown's decision to sign SB54 and make California a sanctuary state for illegal aliens - including those who have committed crimes - will undermine public safety and hinder ICE from performing its federally mandated mission.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used military planes without adequate justification, inspector general finds  —  Secretary of Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin's use of military planes violated rules but was not illegal, his department's inspector general concluded.  (Drew Angerer / Getty Images)

AIM will shut down after 20 years  —  It's a sad moment: AIM, AOL's long-running instant messenger service that was core to many people's first social experiences on the internet, will shut down once and for all on December 15th.  AOL announced the shutdown today, acknowledging that people …

Kris Kobach Proposed Weakening Key Federal Voting Protections In Trump Meeting  —  Kobach fought hard to block the draft of his proposal from being released to the public.  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) brought a memo proposing to weaken voter protections in a major federal voting law …

The Supreme Court discussed my research on gerrymandering.  There were some misconceptions.  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a major case, Gill v. Whitford, that for the first time might impose constraints on partisan gerrymandering.

U.S. Confronts China Over Suspected Cyberattack as Fugitive Guo Wengui Appears in Washington  —  A critic of Beijing makes an appeal to U.S. lawmakers in a bid to win asylum  —  WASHINGTON—A suspected Chinese cyberattack on the website of a prominent Washington think tank drew a complaint …

Students given homework assignment to create mascot for Nazi party  —  GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Parents are concerned after they say middle school students were asked to create a mascot for the Nazi party as part of a homework assignment.  —  The assignment was given to sixth grade students at Shiloh Middle School in Snellville.

‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia  —  Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster