Democrats erase 32-seat GOP advantage in House; recounts likely to determine control  —  Virginia Democrats are poised to claim at least a share of control of the House of Delegates after erasing a 32-seat Republican advantage in a “tsunami election,” with control of the chamber likely to be ultimately decided by vote recounts.

US regulators demand CNN sale to approve AT&T-Time Warner deal … AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news channel, to get its $84.5bn acquisition of the media company approved, according to three people with direct knowledge of the negotiations.

Politician Who Joked About Women's March Defeated  —  A New Jersey politician who shared a meme on Facebook during January's Women's March in Washington asking whether the protest would be “over in time for them to cook dinner” is eating his words.  —  MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) …

Collins unseats Mayor Smith; ‘progressive ticket’ sweeps Helena City Commission  —  Wilmot Collins will be Helena's new mayor, unseating incumbent Jim Smith in a close race Tuesday.  —  Collins, 54, will be the city's first new mayor in 16 years after running a long campaign based in progressive principles.

Top U.S. Diplomat Blasts Trump Administration for ‘Decapitation’ of State Department Leadership  —  Weakening State cedes diplomacy to U.S. adversaries, say current and former officials.  —  Two former ambassadors have rebuked the White House in an increasingly vocal backlash against its efforts to sideline the State Department.

Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help.  They Still Love Him Anyway.  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—Pam Schilling is the reason Donald Trump is the president.  —  Schilling's personal story is in poignant miniature the story of this area of western Pennsylvania as a whole—one of the long-forgotten …

Air Force Academy finds cadet candidate responsible for racist messages  —  An Air Force Academy cadet candidate once thought the victim of racial slurs at the preparatory school on campus was actually the vandal who scrawled the threatening messages across the note boards outside his room and the dwellings of classmates.

Lewandowski: ‘My memory has been refreshed’ on Carter Page Moscow trip  —  Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Tuesday night his “memory has been refreshed” regarding his email exchange with Carter Page in which the former foreign policy adviser requested Lewandowski's permission to travel to Moscow.

Bill O'Reilly's Fox Deal Shielded Him From Getting Fired Over Allegations  —  Fox director Nasser reveals contract terms to U.K. regulators  —  Sexual-harassment handling is weighing on Fox's bid for Sky  —  Former Fox News star Bill O'Reilly had a deal with 21st Century Fox Inc …

Icahn Subpoenaed by U.S. Over Biofuel Policy While Trump Adviser  —  U.S. Attorney for Southern District of N.Y. seeks information  —  Icahn Enterprises discloses request in securities filing  —  Federal investigators have issued subpoenas for information on Carl Icahn's efforts …

This ‘Price is Right’ contestant who gave up a new car for $1,500 is actually a secret genius  —  The audience booed, but Kevin was right.  —  PIN  —  This is a story about Kevin, who had an incredible chance to win a car on The Price is Right but refused and instead took $1,500.

Brave Enough to Be Angry  —  Last month, an Access Hollywood correspondent asked the actress Uma Thurman to comment on abuse of power in Hollywood, presumably in light of the sexual assault allegations against the producer Harvey Weinstein.  Speaking slowly and deliberately, through gritted teeth …

Donna Brazile: Jake Tapper betrayed me after debate questions controversy  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile said she felt betrayed by CNN anchor Jake Tapper in the controversy over her decision to share Democratic debate questions with Hillary Clinton last year, an act she has since admitted.

The Internet is Laughing at Melania Trump Getting Upstaged By a K-Pop Star  —  Melania Trump was in South Korea on Tuesday, where she appeared in Seoul with K-Pop singer Choi Min-ho of the group SHINee, who goes by the name “Minho.”  Mrs. Trump and Minho spoke at an event in Seoul …

Trump Tells Democrats He'll ‘Get Killed’ Financially in GOP Tax Bill  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump called 12 Senate Democrats Tuesday, hoping to sway them in favor of the Republican tax cut bill, and told them he would personally “get killed” financially by the GOP bill.

George Papadopoulos meeting with UK during Trump campaign revealed  —  Dismissed by the White House as a “low-level volunteer”, more about the true status of adviser George Papadopoulos seems to emerge by the day.  —  The Trump campaign foreign policy aide's contacts with Russians have already got him in trouble.

Drake's Hotline to Hollywood: Inside an Ambitious Push Into Film and TV  —  At home in Toronto with music's reigning (and restless) hitmaker as he shifts his focus to new projects with Netflix and Apple and unveils plans to “take six months or a year to myself and do some great films.”

Members irate after elite NY golf club refuses to hang Trump portrait  —  MORE FROM: … President Donald Trump is a member of the elite Winged Foot Golf Club in Westchester, and members have come out swinging because the club will not honor him by putting up a POTUS portrait.

Obama reports for jury duty at Daley Center but is dismissed a short time later  —  Former President Barack Obama arrives for jury duty at the Daley Center, Nov. 18.  2017.  —  The former leader of the free world reported for Cook County jury duty Wednesday morning at the Daley Center but ultimately was dismissed, officials said.