Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32  —  Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.

Louis C.K. Crossed a Line Into Sexual Misconduct, 5 Women Say  —  In 2002, a Chicago comedy duo, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, landed their big break: a chance to perform at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colo. When Louis C.K. invited them to hang out in his hotel room for a nightcap …

Mueller interviews top White House aide  —  Washington (CNN)White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, according to sources familiar with the investigation.  —  The interview brings the special counsel investigation …

Trump Bodyguard Keith Schiller Testifies Russian Offered Trump Women, Was Turned Down  —  WASHINGTON — After a business meeting before the Miss Universe Pageant in 2013, a Russian participant offered to “send five women” to Donald Trump's hotel room in Moscow, his longtime bodyguard told Congress this week …

AP Exclusive: Russia Twitter trolls deflected Trump bad news  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disguised Russian agents on Twitter rushed to deflect scandalous news about Donald Trump just before last year's presidential election while straining to refocus criticism on the mainstream media …

White House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS secretary to expel thousands of Hondurans, officials say  —  Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Elaine Duke meets with Britain's Home Secretary on Oct. 20.  Duke refused to bow to pressure from White House Chief …

Mysterious Putin ‘niece’ has a name  —  Federal investigators have a name for a mysterious Russian woman who offered to help broker meetings between former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and Kremlin officials: Olga Vinogradova.  —  The name, which has not previously been reported …

Rand Paul and his neighbor haven't talked in years  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)It's a case so mysterious that it borders on preposterous: A US senator allegedly tackled by a neighbor while mowing his lawn, an attack so vicious that Rand Paul ended up with six fractured ribs and bruises to his lungs that made it hard to breathe.

Dear Sutherland Springs, you deserve an apology from the news media  —  When I drove into town Sunday afternoon, it was still quiet.  Just a few hours had passed since the massacre at First Baptist, and only a handful of local journalists were there.  By day's end, dozens more had descended.

Beijing is playing Trump “like a fiddle,” an ex-ambassador to China says  —  Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe's recent hosting of Donald Trump was a masterclass in how to make the US president comfortable—feed him familiar food, take him on his favorite outing, golf, and tell him how much you like him.

White nationalist spotted at Kris Kobach for Governor fundraiser in Washington, D.C.  —  Kris Kobach appears to be associating with white nationalists again.  —  Less than two weeks after citing holocaust denier and racist Peter Gemma in his Breitbart column, Kobach held a fundraiser in Washington …

O.J. Simpson Thrown Out of Vegas Cosmopolitan Hotel for Belligerence (UPDATE)  —  O.J. Simpson was booted from the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday night after allegedly getting wasted and then being extremely unruly.  —  Simpson had been frequenting bars at the hotel since his release from prison.

Senate GOP's tax bill points to nasty fight ahead  —  Yawning divisions have emerged between the House, Senate and White House over tax reform, raising doubts about whether Republicans will be able to achieve their most important political and policy priority before the end of the year.

Trump Thinks Scientology Should Have Tax Exemption Revoked, Longtime Aide Says  —  Lynne Patton told an actress the Trump family “couldn't agree more” that the church shouldn't be exempt.  —  President Donald Trump believes the Church of Scientology should have its tax exemption revoked …

‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Accused of Sexual Harassment by Writer Kater Gordon  —  Gordon won an Emmy award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series with Weiner for her work on “Mad Men.”  —  Matthew Weiner, best known as the creator of “Mad Men,” has been accused of sexual harassment by Kater Gordon.

Sandra Bullock to Star as Filibustering Senator Wendy Davis in ‘Let Her Speak’  —  Sandra Bullock will star in the spec “Let Her Speak” as Texas senator Wendy Davis, whose 11-hour filibuster helped stall an anti-abortion bill in the Texas state house.  —  Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal …