Key Takeaways From Steve Bannon's Interview With The Times  —  Stephen K. Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and the former White House chief strategist, spoke with Jeremy W. Peters, a reporter for The New York Times, in a wide-ranging interview on Wednesday.

Alabama state auditor defends Roy Moore against sexual allegations, invokes Mary and Joseph  —  Judge Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for Alabama's upcoming special Senate election, denies allegations that he romantically pursued teenagers as young as 14 when he was in his 30s.

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.

Steve Bannon Advised Mark Cuban to Run in 2020 as a Democrat … As he publicly flirts with a run for the presidency in 2020, Mark Cuban has also privately been in touch with potential allies and strategists to plot out a campaign.  —  The Dallas Mavericks owner confirmed that he has corresponded …

Sex Allegations Against Roy Moore Send Republicans Reeling  —  ATLANTA — Republicans in Washington seemed near panic Thursday in the light of a news report in which four women said Roy S. Moore, the Republican nominee for a United States Senate seat in Alabama and an evangelical Christian …

Saving Roy Moore Isn't Worth It  —  I argued that conservatives should disassociate themselves from Roy Moore and denounce him weeks before credible allegations surfaced today that he preyed on teenage girls, one only 14 years old.  So I'm pretty locked-in.  —  I suppose it's good that some Republicans see this as a bridge too far.

Bannon compares Moore report to Trump Access Hollywood tape  —  MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE—At a speech in New Hampshire Thursday night, GOP strategist Steve Bannon compared the accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore to the release of President Trump's infamous “Access Hollywood” video during the 2016 election.

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 …

Mueller Probing Possible Deal Between Turks, Flynn During Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are examining whether former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with senior Turkish officials just weeks before President Donald Trump's inauguration …

Louis C.K. Is Done  —  Louis C.K. is done.  —  A New York Times investigation published today put names and specifics to unsourced stories that had been circulating for years, alleging that the filmmaker-performer pressured five female colleagues to watch or listen to him masturbate.