Republicans Try to Block Moore's Path as Candidate Denies Sexual Misconduct  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans scrambled on Friday to find a way to block Roy S. Moore's path to the Senate, exploring extraordinary measures to rid themselves of their own Senate nominee in Alabama …

“You should f**k her to make her realize she's gay.”  He said this about me during a cast and crew “meet and greet” before we began filming, X Men: The Last Stand.  I was eighteen years old.  He looked at a woman standing next to me, ten years my senior, pointed to me and said: “You should f**k her to make her realize she's gay.”

Snag in Media Merger Stirs Tensions Over Trump-CNN Feud  —  Uncertainty around AT&T deal arises after long stretch of hostility between network, administration  —  Early this year, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, met a top executive at CNN parent Time Warner Inc. TWX 4.08% …

Mueller Probing Pre-Election Flynn Meeting with Pro-Russia Congressman  —  WASHINGTON — Investigators for Special Counsel Robert Mueller are questioning witnesses about an alleged September 2016 meeting between Mike Flynn, who later briefly served as President Donald Trump's national security adviser …

A London Meeting of an Unlikely Group: How a Trump Adviser Came to Learn of Clinton ‘Dirt’  —  WASHINGTON — At midday on March 24, 2016, an improbable group gathered in a London cafe to discuss setting up a meeting between Donald J. Trump, then a candidate, and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

George Takei Accused of Sexually Assaulting Former Model in 1981  —  Accuser Scott R. Brunton says he was groped by the ‘Star Trek’ icon at the actor's Los Angeles condo.  —  A former model and actor is accusing Star Trek icon George Takei of sexual assault in 1981.

Data Firm's WikiLeaks Outreach Came as It Joined Trump Campaign  —  Cambridge Analytica said it reached out to Julian Assange to share Hillary Clinton-related emails in ‘early June 2016,’ when the company had already started working for the campaign  —  The chief executive …

Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel  —  Brett J. Talley, 36, is part of what Trump has called the “untold story” of his success in filling the courts with young conservatives.  Talley has never tried a case and was unanimously rated “not qualified” …

Department Press Briefing  —  Washington, DC  —  MS NAUERT: Okay, good afternoon.  Thanks, everybody, for coming today.  —  A couple announcements that I'd like to make at the top, and let's start in Venezuela right now.  The Maduro regime's stranglehold on democracy tightens daily.

Hope Solo accuses Sepp Blatter of sexual assault at awards ceremony  —  The former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has been accused by Hope Solo, the USA women's football team goalkeeper, of having sexually assaulted her at Fifa's Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in January 2013.

Vote count in close Stafford races fuels criticism, concern  —  Questions are swirling around two close elections in the Fredericksburg region that appear destined for recounts.  —  In a conference call Friday, House Democratic Caucus Executive Director Trent Armitage said that 55 military ballots delivered …

What Will Mitch McConnell Do About the Democrats' Disgraceful Senate Blockade?  —  Despite being in office for nearly a year, President Trump has been unable to staff his administration.  In the early days, he was slow to make nominations-not surprisingly, given that he wasn't surrounded …

Power being restored after new outage in San Juan  —  Mom can't afford apartment after leaving PR  —  San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN)Power was gradually returning to San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Thursday after a massive outage struck the city.  —  The problem was with a failure …

Russia Scandal Befalls Two Brothers: John and Tony Podesta  —  WASHINGTON — One is a rail-thin liberal idealist who spent his career in government, on campaigns and at think tanks.  The other is an overweight pragmatist who made a fortune lobbying for all manner of liberal boogeymen.

Interfraternity Council suspends all fraternity social activity in midst of hazing, assault allegations  —  The Interfraternity Council suspended social events in a meeting in Rackham Thursday evening.  Buy this photo  —  Presidents of several University of Michigan fraternities convened …

Trump adviser claims he lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: Source  —  George Papadopoulos, the Trump foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, initially misled agents out of what he claimed was loyalty to President Donald Trump, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.