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.'s Movie Premiere Canceled in Advance of N.Y. Times Story  —  The ‘I Love You, Daddy’ screening was abruptly axed just hours before it was set to take place.  —  The New York premiere of Louis C.K.'s upcoming film, I Love You, Daddy, set for Thursday, has been canceled.

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 …

Gary Cohn: Trickle-down is good for the economy  — Gary Cohn says, “I don't believe that we've set out to create a tax cut for the wealthy.  If someone's getting a tax cut, I'm not upset that they're getting a tax cut.”  —  Gary Cohn, 57, was in some ways an unlikely choice for Donald Trump's White House.

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 …

Goodlatte: It's An Honor to Serve You  —  f t # e  —  Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following letter today announcing that he will not seek re-election in 2018:  —  Dear Friend,  —  When I first decided to run for Congress there were several things I wanted to achieve …

Christopher Plummer to Replace Kevin Spacey in ‘All the Money in the World’  —  As of now, director Ridley Scott plans to keep the film's Dec. 22 release date.  —  In a monumental and expensive move, Ridley Scott will remove embattled actor Kevin Spacey from his finished thriller All the Money …

Prosecutors Seek Plea Deal With Manafort's Former Son-in Law  —  Jeffrey Yohai, who worked with his father-in-law on real-estate deals, hasn't been charged with any crime  —  The Justice Department is seeking to reach a plea deal in its criminal investigation of the former son-in-law of Paul Manafort …

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 …

The Anti-Trump Wave  —  Democrats come out in droves and the GOP is caught in the undertow.  —  Republicans took a thorough beating in Tuesday's elections, and no one should sugar coat the results because the voting was confined to a few states.  Democrats came out in droves to send a message …

Sean Parker unloads on Facebook: “God only knows what it's doing to our children's brains”  —  Sean Parker, the founding president of Facebook, gave me a candid insider's look at how social networks purposely hook and potentially hurt our brains.  —  Be smart: Parker's I-was-there account …

Fox, facing new competitors, clings tighter to Trump  —  During the Republican primary contest, Donald Trump feuded frequently with Fox News, going after Megyn Kelly and, at the height of his pique, even skipping one of the network's debates.  That now seems like eons ago.

Trump: 'I don't blame China' for taking advantage of US on trade  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Beijing (CNN)President Donald Trump lavished praise on China for the very trade practices he once lambasted as unfair during a remarkable morning session in Beijing.  —  Emerging after two hours …

America's ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Is Really Just Beginning  —  The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry.  —  The industry's response to that kind of doomsday description has included blaming the media for hyping …

I was harassed at the New Republic.  I spoke up.  Nothing happened.  —  Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic, and the myth of silence.  —  In my mid-20s, I was an assistant editor toiling on the lower rungs of the New Republic, working late nights and long shifts.  One evening, most of the staff went to a bar after work.

More layoffs planned at Carrier plant Trump promised to save  —  Carrier Corp., the HVAC manufacturer that had planned to move its operations to Mexico before President Trump staged a much-heralded intervention, said Tuesday it is gearing up for yet another round of layoffs.

After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun  —  WASHINGTON — An F.B.I. counterterrorism supervisor is under internal investigation after a woman stole his gun following a night of heavy drinking in a North Carolina hotel, according to documents and government officials.

For elites, politics is driven by ideology.  For voters, it's not.  —  Committed liberals and conservatives don't realize how weird they are.  —  You are weird.  I am very weird.  And the worst part is, we don't really recognize how weird we are.  —  That's the basic argument …

André Balazs, Celebrity Hotelier, Is Accused of Groping  —  In November 2014, the married actors Jason Bateman and Amanda Anka attended a dinner party at the Chiltern Firehouse after the London premiere of “Horrible Bosses 2,” in which Mr. Bateman starred.

Saying Goodbye to Elijah  —  On November 3rd, 2017, our beloved Elijah was playing peacefully at his pre-k in Harlem, NYC, when he was given a grilled cheese sandwich by an adult at the pre-k, despite them knowing and having documented that he has a severe allergy to dairy.

OTL: Jerry Jones threatens to sue NFL if Roger Goodell's contract extension is approved  —  Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has threatened to sue the National Football League if a contract extension for commissioner Roger Goodell is approved by the league's compensation committee, sources told Outside the Lines.

The Leaks.  The Frustrations.  Omarosa's Shoes.  Mike Dubke on His 103 Days in the White House  —  Trump's former communications director talks about his brief but eventful stint.  —  On the frigid morning of February 16, 2017, Mike Dubke sat in front of the Resolute desk, facing Donald Trump.

Trump associates are getting buried in massive legal fees, and Roger Stone says his are more than $450,000  — Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, this week issued a plea for help paying his legal bills resulting from the Russia investigation — he says they exceed $450,000.

North Korea, cyberattacks widely viewed as ‘major threats’ to U.S.  —  The public has long held the view that the United States is “less respected” by other countries than in the past.  Majorities said this when Barack Obama was president, as well as when George W. Bush was in office.