Flynn worries about son in special counsel probe  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn has expressed concern about the potential legal exposure of his son, Michael Flynn Jr., who, like his father, is under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller …

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.

Suburbs Rebel Against Trump, Threatening Republicans in Congress  —  RICHMOND, Va. — The American suburbs appear to be in revolt against President Trump after a muscular coalition of college-educated voters and racial and ethnic minorities on Tuesday dealt the Republican Party a thumping rejection …

HIV Charlie Sheen Raped 13-Year-Old Corey Haim — Shocking Claim  —  Dying child star named monster who assaulted him on ‘Lucas’ film set!  —  HIV-infected Charlie Sheen is finally being unmasked by The National ENQUIRER as a twisted child molester — the ruthless adult rapist …

InfoWars Has Republished More Than 1,000 Articles From RT Without Permission  —  The conspiracy site also copied content from many other mainstream publications.  —  Over the past three years, conspiracy site InfoWars has copied more than 1,000 articles produced by Russian state-sponsored broadcaster RT …

Exclusive: Rand Paul's Neighbors Say Reports Blaming Savage Assault on ‘Landscaping Dispute’ Are Fake News  —  Rand Paul's neighbors are calling into question reports suggesting the Kentucky senator's character and libertarianism contributed to one member of their community allegedly attacking …

Academic at heart of Clinton ‘dirt’ claim vanishes, leaving trail of questions  —  Poll: Americans concerned about Russia probe  —  (CNN)Joseph Mifsud, the Maltese academic suspected of being a link between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, was once a regular on the foreign policy circuit, attending conferences the world over.

Heather Unruh says Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her son  —  Fighting back tears, former Channel 5 anchor Heather Unruh told reporters on Wednesday that actor Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted her teenage son during an encounter last year at a Nantucket bar.

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.

Twitter Verifies Charlottesville Rally Boss Jason Kessler, Who Called Slain Protester's Death ‘Payback Time’ … On Tuesday, Twitter gave its preferred status, a verified check mark, to Jason Kessler, the creator of the white supremacist Charlottesville rally in August that left one dead.

There Is No ‘Without Trump’  —  Ed Gillespie went from potential vindicator of Trumpism to cuckservative in the space of a couple of hours.  —  The Virginia Republican, campaigning in a treacherous political environment defined by an unpopular president of his own party, ran the only race he reasonably could.

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.

Governor LePage Issues Statement on Medicaid Expansion  —  Contact: Julie Rabinowitz, Press Secretary, 207-287-2531  —  AUGUSTA - Governor Paul R. LePage has issued a statement in response to Mainers approving a referendum that will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars to give …

Remove ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ as national anthem, California NAACP urges  —  When California lawmakers return to the Capitol in January, the state chapter of the NAACP will be seeking their support for a campaign to remove “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem.

EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton is in ‘secret negotiations’ with ex-British spy Christopher Steele to buy SECOND ‘dirty dossier’ on Trump's romantic englements with Russian women, claims Clinton author  — Ed Klein, author of four books on the Clintons, claims Hillary's minions are in secret talks …

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.

GOP election drubbing scrambles tax reform outlook  —  Top Republicans in Congress had an urgent message to lawmakers after the party's drubbing in Tuesday's elections: Pass tax reform or we're toast in 2018.  —  “I think it simply means we've got to deliver,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday.

Jeffrey Tambor Being Investigated By Amazon On Sexual Harassment Claims; Actor “Adamantly” Denies Allegations  —  by Dominic Patten and Nellie Andreeva tip  —  EXCLUSIVE: Three weeks after Amazon Studios boss Roy Price resigned over sexual harassment claims, the company is conducting …

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.

Paul Ryan erases any doubt: 'We're with Trump'  —  House Speaker Paul D. Ryan's M.O. with President Trump has been to deflect questions about his controversies and focus on the GOP agenda.  All the while, Ryan has reserved some plausible deniability, sending some signals that he's not quite all-in on Trumpism, or Trump himself.

In Beijing, Trump declines to hit President Xi Jinping on trade: 'I don't blame China'  —  BEIJING — President Trump lavished praise on Chinese leader Xi Jinping here Thursday, touting “great chemistry” between them while refusing to criticize his counterpart for the trade imbalance that Trump railed against during his campaign.

New Jersey politician who joked about women's march defeated  —  MAYS LANDING, N.J.  —  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.

Puerto Rico Deaths Spike, but Few Are Attributed to Hurricane  —  PONCE, P.R. — Almost two months after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, there were more signs of how unsettled the situation remains here and how grievous the toll of the storm was.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency …

Fox News hires former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka  —  Fox News has hired Sebastian Gorka, the former Trump aide who left the administration earlier this year, two representatives for the network told POLITICO Wednesday.  —  The move was first announced by Fox News host Sean Hannity …

Trump Says Democrats Will Like Senate Tax Plan More Than House Version  —  President dialed into meeting of Senate Democrats from Asia trip and may have muddied the issue  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump moved to assuage centrist Democratic senators' concerns about the House Republican tax overhaul …

Fusion GPS co-founder strikes deal to talk about Trump dossier  —  Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of the firm that assembled the controversial “Steele dossier” on President Trump, has struck a deal to appear before the House Intelligence Committee for a voluntary closed-door interview next week, committee leaders announced Wednesday.

Chris Hurst, Whose Girlfriend Was Fatally Shot on Air, Defeats N.R.A.-Backed Opponent  —  Two years after his 24-year-old girlfriend was shot and killed on live television, a Virginia Democrat on Tuesday defeated an opponent who was endorsed by the National Rifle Association for a seat in the State Legislature.

Elon Musk's SpaceX suffers a rocket-engine failure during testing  —  This post has been updated.  —  SpaceX is investigating why one of its rocket engines exploded during a test earlier this week at the company's facility in Texas, the company confirmed Wednesday.