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.

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.

ISIS Sympathizers Planned to ‘Create the Next 9/11’ With Attacks on Concerts, Subways & Times Square: Feds  —  One of the suspects allegedly told an undercover agent posing as ISIS sympathizer that “NY Needs to fall.”  —  Three men living outside the U.S. planned to attack concerts …

FBI terrorism unit says ‘black identity extremists’ pose a violent threat  —  Leaked report, citing concerns of retaliation over ‘perceptions of police brutality against African Americans’, prompts fears of crackdown on activists … The US government has declared “black identity extremists” …

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 …

Trump is on track to win reelection  —  Doug Sosnik, a Democratic political strategist, was a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000.  —  More than half of Americans don't think Donald Trump is fit to serve as president, yet he has a clear path to winning reelection.

A Steve Bannon Ally at the Broadcasting Board of Governors Believes There's a Massive Pro-Cuba Conspiracy at Foot … An ally of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is convinced that high-level officials at a U.S. government media arm are in league with the Castro regime in Cuba …

Maher nails why only white people get away with gun violence: If you can't see it 'you're probably racist'  —  Bill Maher couldn't help but note that the way Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock is being treated differently than other terrorists that have attacked Americans in the past.

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.

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.

ICE warns of stepped-up raids after California passes ‘sanctuary state’ law  —  For more on immigration and California follow us on Flipboard.  —  Echoing arguments that opponents have made since it was introduced late last year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Tom Homan released …

Disturbing allegations of sexual harassment in Antarctica leveled at noted scientist  —  Editor's note: This article includes crude language and disturbing details.  —  Boston University (BU) is investigating sexual harassment complaints made against a prominent Antarctic geologist by two of his former graduate students.

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 …

Congress Is Dropping the Ball on Trump's Obstruction of Justice  —  And six other things we've learned about the Senate's Russia investigation.  —  The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held a press conference this week to give a status update on its Russia investigation.

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.

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.

An Exodus From Puerto Rico Could Remake Florida Politics  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Every day dozens of Puerto Ricans straggle into the Orlando area, fleeing their homes and lives ravaged by Hurricane Maria.  In the months to come, officials here said, that number could surge to more than 100,000.

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.