Five women accuse journalist and ‘Game Change’ co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment  —  Veteran journalist Mark Halperin sexually harassed women while he was in a powerful position at ABC News, according to five women who shared their previously undisclosed accounts with CNN and others …

Announcement: RT and Sputnik Advertising  —  Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately.  This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election …

Ben Sasse On Alabama Senate Race: “It Feels Like This Party That I'm A Part Of Has Gone Post-Constitutional”  —  An interesting bit from Jonah Goldberg's podcast, The Remnant.  Goldberg puts Sasse on the spot by asking whether he'll be following the lead of his libertarian-ish colleagues in the Senate …

Why Harvey Weinstein is disgraced but Donald Trump is president  —  The allegations against Weinstein and Trump are strikingly similar.  Why have the outcomes been so different?  —  The story, by now, reads as familiar.  Summer Zervos got her big break appearing on a network television show.

Like a lot of men, I've had a sinking feeling when I see how many friends have posted using the #MeToo tag.  I've also read suggestions on how men can play a role, and sadly I've had several ex-partners who were victims.  One is well-known, but hasn't shared her story (so neither will I).

10-Year-Old Immigrant Is Detained After Agents Stop Her on Way to Surgery  —  A 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has been detained by federal immigration authorities in Texas after she passed through a Border Patrol checkpoint on her way to a hospital to undergo emergency gall bladder surgery.

Ryan to GOP: Stop calling each other names  —  (R-Wis.) implored Republicans to stop squabbling with each other and stay focused on passing tax reform during a week of feuding between lawmakers and the president.  —  “If we're calling each other names or calling each other out or saying things …

Scott Brown: more complaints surface over behaviour of US ambassador to New Zealand  —  Ambassador said to have been ‘culturally insensitive’ at party in Samoa and is alleged by one woman to have stared at her breasts … It was a balmy 32 degrees when the US ambassador to New Zealand …

Second Woman: George H.W. Bush Groped Me  —  Earlier this week, actress Heather Lind said in a now-deleted Instagram post that former president George H.W. Bush had sexually assaulted her.  “He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side,” she wrote.

The Republicans Have Developed a Theory of Alt-Collusion to Defend Trump From Mueller  —  Having apparently decided that defending the Trump campaign against charges of collusion with Russian cyberattacks is an impossible task, the Republican Party has decided to go on offense.

Justice Department settles IRS lawsuits from 400 conservative groups claiming discrimination … WASHINGTON - Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that the Justice Department is settling class action lawsuits brought by more than 400 conservative groups who said they were “improperly” …

Trump will declare a public health emergency to combat the opioid crisis.  Here's what that will do.  —  It's a limited move, but it will help jump-start some action in the opioid crisis.  —  More than two months after he suggested he would, President Donald Trump on Thursday will start …

Threats are preventing Frederica Wilson from voting in Washington  —  WASHINGTON  —  Congressional Democrats celebrated Rep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday by wearing stickers adorned with a red cowboy hat and posing for a group picture on the steps of the Capitol.  —  But one notable person was missing: Wilson herself.

Bill O'Reilly dropped by another talent agency  —  Fox gave O'Reilly contract after $32 million settlement  —  Bill O'Reilly will be dropped by William Morris Endeavor, the talent agency that handles his book deals.  —  In a statement provided to CNN, a spokesman for WME said that the agency will …

Trump Spending $1.75 Million on Presidential Furniture, Redecorations  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's administration is spending $1.75 million on furniture for the White House and offices tied to it, according to government records.  —  That includes $17,000 for custom rugs …

The Recruitables: Why Trump's Team Was Easy Prey for Putin  —  By now, it should be clear to anyone following the news that Russian intelligence made a formidable effort to approach the Trump campaign and assess the potential to manipulate its members.  As a former officer of the CIA's Directorate …

Who Knew Trump Would Be a Weak President?  —  He campaigned with a lot of swagger.  But his first nine months in office have been defined by indecision, vacillation, and a reluctance to call shots.  —  At his rallies, presidential candidate Donald Trump excited his most avid supporters through displays …

‘I hope someone truly shoots you’: online conspiracy theorists harass Vegas victims  —  Those who lived to describe the mass shooting face flood of abuse on social media accusing them of being actors, as hoax claims flourish on YouTube  —  Braden Matejka survived a bullet to the head in the Las Vegas massacre.

Sessions threatened to quit over Chinese dissident  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to the mat recently against pro-China officials within the Trump administration to prevent the forcible return of a dissident businessman to China.  —  According to a person familiar with the issue …

Another Florida poll shows potential 2018 Senate race deadlocked  —  Yet another Florida poll shows a tied 2018 U.S. Senate race between Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott.  —  Scott has not announced his candidacy.  But pollsters are treating him as the de facto GOP nominee …

Trump on Chinese president: ‘Some people might call him the king of China’  —  President Trump during an interview on Wednesday touted his “very good relationship” with Chinese President Xi Jinping.  —  “People say we have the best relationship of any president-president …

Don Lemon Gets Death Threats From White Nationalist  —  Don Lemon received a series of racist, frightening death threats by a self-proclaimed white nationalist Trump supporter — and they were so severe, he contacted the police — TMZ has learned.  —  Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Lemon contacted …

White House Claims That Mueller Probe ‘Getting Closer To Conclusion’  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday that she believed special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and other matters was “getting closer to conclusion.”

Trump: I ‘really started this whole fake news thing’  —  President Trump said he has successfully convinced the American people that the media is “fake news.”  —  Trump said during an interview with Fox Business Network's Lou Dobbs that he takes credit for branding the media as “fake” …

Police: Delaware City man spies on ‘Muslims’ who were not Muslims  —  10/25/17 Damian Giletto/The News Journal  —  The man Delaware City Police arrested last week for threatening his neighbors believed they were Muslims bent on doing him and the nation harm, and he told investigators he would stop them.

Pitched as Calming Force, John Kelly Instead Mirrors Boss's Priorities  —  WASHINGTON — Last summer, the Trump administration debated lowering the annual cap on refugees admitted to the United States.  Should it stay at 110,000, be cut to 50,000 or fall somewhere in between?  John F. Kelly offered his opinion.