Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate … Condemning the nastiness of Republican politics in the era of President Trump, Sen. Jeff Flake on Tuesday announced he will serve out the remainder of his term but will not seek re-election in 2018.

Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier  —  The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about Donald Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between …

Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on  —  For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old company from Montana that had just two full-time employees on the day Hurricane Maria made landfall.

Former Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort Faces Another Money-Laundering Probe  —  Manhattan U.S. attorney's inquiry comes as President Donald Trump is weighing candidates to run the office  —  The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office is pursuing an investigation into possible money laundering …

Leon Wieseltier Admits ‘Offenses’ Against Female Colleagues as New Magazine Is Killed  —  Leon Wieseltier, a prominent editor at The New Republic for three decades who was preparing to debut a magazine this fall, apologized on Tuesday for “offenses against some of my colleagues in the past” …

FactsFirst?  CNN's Don Lemon Reads Letter To Trump Then Weeps On Air  —  Just hours after CNN self-importantly and sanctimoniously claimed they'd be the network of “Facts First” one of the 3rd place news outlet's anchors took to the air and read a letter he'd written to President Donald Trump and Gold Star Widow Myeshia Johnson.

Trump-Corker feud explodes ahead of critical Hill visit  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The ongoing public feud between Sen. Bob Corker and President Donald Trump exploded Tuesday ahead of the President's high-stakes visit to Capitol Hill for tax negotiations …

Bill O'Reilly Dropped by Talent Agency After $32M Settlement Reveal (Exclusive)  —  The former Fox News anchor's relationship with UTA has been severed following a report last weekend about a massive settlement he paid out.  —  Bill O'Reilly is no longer a client of the talent agency UTA, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Protester throws Russian flags at President Donald Trump ahead of Capitol Hill lunch  —  A protester threw a handful of Russian flags at President Donald Trump as he was walking to a lunch with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill today.  —  The flags didn't appear to hit Trump and footage …

US team in Niger was collecting intel on terror leader  —  Lawmakers demand answers in Niger ambush  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — “At no time were they ever tasked to be part of a capture or kill operation” of a high-value target, an official told CNN  —  Washington (CNN)The US Army team …

Exclusive: Zuckerberg group to spend $45 million on political causes  —  Mark Zuckerberg's listening tour of the United States, he insists, is not a political campaign.  But while “Zuck 2020” may not be happening, the 33-year-old Facebook co-founder is planning to influence American politics for generations to come.

GOP Leaders Refusing To Pay For Dana Rohrabacher's Travel Over Russia Fears … House Republican leaders have taken the extraordinary step of curtailing Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's (R-CA) ability to conduct official business out of fear that he is too compromised by his ties to Russia.

Colin Kaepernick lands million-dollar book deal  —  Colin Kaepernick has inked a book deal worth just over $1 million with Random House imprint One World, Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  One World's headed by book world superstar Chris Jackson, who also publishes Jay-Z and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

Supreme Court dismisses Hawaii's challenge to Trump travel ban  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday formally dropped plans to hear the last remaining challenge to an earlier version of President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries …

Exclusive: Terry Richardson banned from working with Vogue and other leading mags, leaked email shows  —  Terry Richardson, the fashion photographer, has been barred from working with some of the world's bestselling magazines, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

Kid Rock: Of course I'm not running for Senate … CONNECT  —  Mocking people who took the idea seriously, Kid Rock said this morning he's not running for U.S. Senate.  —  “F— no, I'm not running for Senate.  Are you kidding me?”  Rock said on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show.  “Who couldn't figure that out?

A black man is charged in racist graffiti incidents that shook Mich. campus, drew national attention  —  Last fall and in the spring, the otherwise quiet campus of Eastern Michigan University was hit by three ugly incidents of vandalism targeting blacks.  —  The first came in September …

Jerry Brown: ‘California will sue Trump over climate’  —  Governor says state will use the courts to block the erosion of US climate actions, 'just like the Republicans tried to block Obama's efforts'  —  California governor Jerry Brown said on Tuesday that his state would fight Donald Trump's erosion …

Flake: Trump sets a bad example for children … Sen. Jeff Flake  —  said Tuesday that President Trump sets a bad example for the nation's children.  —  Flake made the comments in an appearance on CNN's “The Lead with Jake Tapper” just moments after giving an explosive speech on the Senate floor …

I Accidentally Turned My Dad In to Immigration Services  —  This month my father and I drove to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Centennial, Colo., for a routine visit.  I offered to drive because my dad was too nervous and excited to take the wheel.