Paul Manafort, Who Once Ran Trump Campaign, Told to Surrender  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort and his former business associate Rick Gates were told to surrender to federal authorities Monday morning, the first charges in a special counsel investigation, according to a person involved in the case.

Netflix Cancels ‘House Of Cards’, Says It's “Deeply Troubled” Over Kevin Spacey Claims  —  UPDATED with Netflix statement: As allegations of unwanted sexual advances in 1986 by Kevin Spacey against then-14-year-old Anthony Rapp have emerged, Netflix today decided to pull the plug …

Facebook estimates 126 million people were served content from Russia-linked pages  —  Facebook will inform lawmakers this week that roughly 126 million Americans may have been exposed to content generated on its platform by the Russian government-linked troll farm known as the Internet …

Did George Papadopoulos Wear A Wire For Mueller?  —  I noted in the Papadopoulos post this morning that his plea deal says he's cooperating with Mueller's investigation.  Brad Heath of USA Today made a nifty catch, though, about the possible extent of that cooperation.

Trump Is Expected to Name Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chairman  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to name Jerome H. Powell as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, replacing Janet L. Yellen, the current chairwoman whose term expires early next year, according to two people familiar with the plans.

Trump Campaign Adviser Met With Russian to Discuss ‘Dirt’ on Clinton  —  WASHINGTON — A professor with close ties to the Russian government told an adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign in April 2016 that Moscow had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton in the form of “thousands of emails,” according to court documents unsealed Monday.

New Accusers Expand Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Claims to Four Decades  —  Hope Exiner d'Amore said Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room in the 1970s, when he was a young concert promoter in Buffalo.  Cynthia Burr said that during this time, he assaulted her in an encounter that began …

Key GOP Senator Susan Collins Lays Out Her Demands for Tax Bill  —  Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Monday she's opposed to two tax breaks for the wealthy that her party leaders are pushing for, indicating that her vote won't be easy to win on President Donald Trump's top legislative priority.

FBI Is Probing Puerto Rico Power Contract  —  Deal for $300 million to fix electrical grid after Hurricane Maria was made by the island's public-power monopoly known as Prepa  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a $300 million contract awarded by Puerto Rico's government power company …

ABA deems another Trump judicial nominee ‘not qualified’  —  Another one of President Donald Trump's judicial nominees — this time, to the powerful appellate courts — has been deemed “not qualified” by the American Bar Association.  —  Leonard Steven Grasz was nominated in August to fill …