Ed Henry on Moore accusations: I'm not buying it  —  State Rep. Ed Henry lashed out at Roy Moore's accusers and Republicans who said the U.S. Senate candidate should back out of the special election in an interview Thursday evening with The Times.  —  Henry, R-Hartselle …

Mueller Probes Flynn's Role in Alleged Plan to Deliver Cleric to Turkey  —  Under alleged plan, ex-Trump adviser and his son were to be paid millions to forcibly remove Fethullah Gulen from U.S. and deliver him to Turkish custody  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating …

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 …

Trump judge nominee, 36, who has never tried a case, wins approval of Senate panel  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley discusses his panel's plans to move forward on President Trump's judicial nominees.  (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)

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.

White House bracing for another staff shakeup  —  Deputy chief of staff Rick Dearborn is expected to be reassigned to the Commerce Department or another federal agency.  —  The White House is bracing for another staff shakeup upon President Donald Trump's return from Asia …

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.

Aly Raisman says she was sexually abused by U.S. national team doctor  —  In an interview with 60 Minutes, the Olympic gold medalist says she spoke with FBI investigators after the Rio games  —  One of America's biggest Olympic stars has come forward to accuse the former U.S. women's gymnastics team doctor of sexual abuse.

Kevin Spacey's unprecedented fall from grace tests a stunned Hollywood  —  No other scandal has affected so many entertainment projects with such immediacy as the fall of Kevin Spacey (Nov. 10, 2017)  —  In early October, Kevin Spacey was right where he wanted to be: singing and hamming it up in front of an admiring crowd.

Teen Girl Posed For 8 Years As Married Man To Write About Baseball And Harass Women  —  For the last eight years, baseball fan-turned-writer Becca Schultz has presented herself online as Ryan Schultz, a false identity she assumed when she was 13 years old, duping and harassing women on Twitter along the way.

Washington orders RT America to register as foreign agent by Monday … Washington will apply its Foreign Agents Registration Act to RT America, the channel has announced.  The Department of Justice has given the broadcaster until Monday to register as a foreign agent, otherwise …

Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority  —  A retirement wave has hit House Republicans, emboldening Democrats who have become increasingly bullish about their prospects of winning back a majority in 2018.  —  House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte

Texas church, site of deadly massacre, to be demolished  —  The pastor of the Texas church where a gunman killed 25 people says he plans on demolishing the building, a spokesman for the Southern Baptist Convention said Thursday.  —  Frank Pomeroy told convention leaders that conducting services …