McConnell Calls for Roy Moore to Drop Out of Senate Race  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said Monday that Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, “should step aside” and that he believes the women who have accused Mr. Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers.

Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer  —  WASHINGTON — One of President Trump's most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel's Office.

Woman Says George H.W. Bush Groped Her When She Was 16: ‘I Was a Child’  —  Roslyn Corrigan was sixteen years old when she got a chance to meet George H.W. Bush, excited to be introduced to a former president having grown up dreaming of going into politics.  —  But Corrigan was crushed …

Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced  —  He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL—all because he took a knee to protest police brutality.  But Colin Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson—athletes who risked everything to make a difference.

No One Knows What Omarosa Is Doing in the White House—Even Omarosa … It's nearly 9 a.m. in the West Wing lobby.  The room is quiet save for two staff assistants whispering about weekend plans, and me, waiting on an over-firm red sofa to meet with Omarosa Manigault.

Menendez trial in turmoil as jurors admit hearing explosive comments  —  Gallery: The trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J.  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  NEWARK — Seven of the 16 jurors and alternates in the trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez raised their hands …

Keurig CEO: Tweet regarding ‘Hannity’ created an ‘unacceptable situation’  —  Ring up any social-media expert, and you'll get the same advice: Engage with people on Twitter and Facebook and etc.  —  Over the weekend, Keurig Green Mountain, that mainstay of water-cooler proximity, did just that.

GOP chair warns Republican office-holders against supporting write-in candidates  —  Sunday, Republican Party Chairman Terry Lathan told the Alabama Political Reporter that she has not even heard of any GOP elected official or candidate that is even considering running as a write-in candidate …

Coming Soon to Washington: An Anti-Trump Hotel for Liberals  —  Expect counter-cultural art, progressive fireside chats, and craft materials for your next great protest poster.  —  The first thing you'll see when you walk into Eaton Workshop, a hotel opening in late spring 2018 in Washington …

Trump personally asked Xi Jinping to help resolve case of UCLA basketball players arrested in China  —  MANILA — President Trump personally asked his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, to help resolve the case of three UCLA men's basketball players who were arrested for shoplifting while in Hangzhou …

‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?  —  The statement was simple.  Factual.  —  A Kansas spokesperson was acknowledging that the state highway department didn't have the money to rebuild a dangerous stretch of Interstate 70 that had been the scene …

'They Want to Know If Trump's Crazy'  —  Subscribe to The Global POLITICO on Apple Podcasts here.  Subscribe via Stitcher here.  —  “They want to know if he's crazy,” said Suzanne DiMaggio, “or if this is just an act.”  —  “They” is North Korean officials.  And “he” is Donald Trump.

‘Transracial’ man born white feels like he is Filipino … TAMPA, Fla. — Riding in a flamboyant purple vehicle, Ja Du shows up to a coffee shop to open up about his new identity.  —  Ja Du, born a white male named Adam, now considers himself a Filipino.  Turns out the purple ride …

Green Beret Discovered SEALs' Illicit Cash.  Then He Was Killed. … Logan Melgar hadn't had a drink on June 4.  —  The Green Beret sergeant's dry day became a key to unraveling the narrative spun by the elite Navy commandos whom military investigators now suspect killed him, officials familiar with the case said.

George Papadopoulos told a senior Trump adviser he had an ‘interesting message’ from Russia — a day after learning of Clinton ‘dirt’  — George Papadopoulos told Stephen Miller, a senior Trump campaign policy adviser, that he had received “interesting messages” from Moscow …

We Are All Implicated in the Post-Weinstein Reckoning … The anger window is open.  For decades, centuries, it was closed: Something bad happened to you, you shoved it down, you maybe told someone but probably didn't get much satisfaction — emotional or practical — from the confession.

Amazon to Adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's Globally Renowned Fantasy Novels, The Lord of the Rings, for Television with a Multi Season Production Commitment  —  Television adaptation, exploring new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, slated to debut exclusively on Prime Video