“You Can't Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment  —  After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.

In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges  —  President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not “angry at anybody” …

Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting  —  Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room.

‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’: Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name  —  President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.

NY publicist says Manafort wanted to pay him for Ukraine work via offshore accounts — to make ‘way more money’  — A prominent New York publicist says Paul Manafort and Rick Gates approached him in 2012 and asked whether they could pay him for Ukraine lobbying work via offshore accounts …

Terrorist Requested ISIS Flag for His Hospital Room, FBI Says  —  Sayfullo Saipov requested an ISIS flag to display in his hospital room after he killed eight people in a terrorist attack, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.  Saipov waived his Miranda rights, the FBI said …

Russian ads, now publicly released, show sophistication of influence campaign  —  Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote Republican Donald Trump …

‘Concerned’ conservatives, aiming to build a Trump resistance, call for GOP to protect Mueller  —  In February, with the shock of President Trump's victory still fresh, a small group of libertarians and conservatives began meeting every two weeks to discuss their next moves.

Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.

Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct  —  Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep.  She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.

April Ryan to Huckabee Sanders: Does administration ‘think slavery is wrong?’  —  CNN contributor and American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan on Tuesday asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders if the administration believed “slavery is wrong.”

Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for New York terrorist attack: Chuck Schumer  —  President Trump and some of his allies on the extreme right have found a new culprit in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).

GOP senators fear bill will be cast as gift to rich  —  Some Senate Republicans are pushing for changes to the party's tax-reform bill, fearing it will be portrayed as a handout to the rich that hurts the poor.  —  A group of GOP lawmakers want to leave the lowest tax bracket where it is …

The Democratic Civil War Is Getting Nasty, Even if No One Is Paying Attention  —  On the morning of October 5th, President Trump was on one of his Twitter rants from the White House, denying as “fake news” an NBC report that his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, had called him a “moron” and threatened to resign.

Gitmo judge sends Marine general lawyer to 21 days confinement for disobeying orders  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA  —  The USS Cole case judge Wednesday found the Marine general in charge of war court defense teams guilty of contempt for refusing to follow the judge's and sentenced …

Schiller tops list of high-profile witnesses before House Russia investigators  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes is speaking privately next week to congressional investigators looking into Russia meddling, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Dustin Hoffman Sexually Harassed Me When I Was 17 (Guest Column)  —  The author, who slapped away the star's butt grabs and laughed off his vulgar language on the set of 1985 TV film ‘Death of a Salesman,’ still feels conflicted: “I loved the attention.  Until I didn't.”

Twitter Offered Russian TV Network 15% Of Its Total Share Of US Elections Advertising  —  Twitter wanted RT to spend big ahead of the 2016 US election, offering a significant portion of its election-related ad inventory in return.  The social media company offered the Russian state-owned television network …

Brianna Brochu: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know  —  A white college student is facing a hate crime charge after she secretly “poisoned” her black roommate for several weeks, admitting to putting her tampon blood on her backpack and licking her plate, fork and spoon, out of “spite,” police say.

Muslim Americans Again Brace for Backlash After New York Attack  —  Umer Ahmad, a 43-year-old Muslim-American physician from New Jersey, was in his Trenton office when he heard that a rented pickup truck had deliberately driven down a bike path in Lower Manhattan, killing eight people and injuring about a dozen more.

Thousands Of New Yorkers Took To The Streets In Anti-Trump March Promoted By Russia-Linked Account  —  BlackMattersUS, a social media campaign believed to be Russians meddling in the US politics, promoted a large anti-Trump march in New York City in the days after the election.

Feds: A Small Town Police Chief Said Black People Were ‘Like ISIS’ And Wished He Could 'Mow ‘Em Down’  —  Frank Nucera Jr., a former New Jersey police chief, is facing federal charges in connection with a racially-motivated attack.  —  WASHINGTON A former police chief of a predominately white small town …

Trump to Tap Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chairman  —  The president is expected to announce his decision Thursday  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has notified Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell that President Donald Trump intends to nominate him as the next chairman of the central bank …