Alabama GOP Moves Toward Deciding Roy Moore's Fate Later This Week  —  As national Republicans ramp up the pressure to force Roy Moore to drop his Alabama Senate campaign, the small group of local GOP power players who will ultimately determine Moore's political fate are taking reluctant steps towards deciding whether to cut him loose.

Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments “To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016”  —  The FBI is scrutinizing more than 60 money transfers sent by the Russian foreign ministry to its embassies across the globe, most of them bearing a note that said the money was to be used “to finance election campaign of 2016.”

Five people confirmed dead in Rancho Tehama shooting  —  Five people have been killed, including the shooter, in a small community about 15 miles southwest of Red Bluff.  —  Undersheriff Phil Johnston with the Tehama County Sheriff's Office said there were seven shooting scenes and there may be more victims.

‘Nothing about it felt right’: More than 50 people describe sexual harassment on Capitol Hill  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Be extra careful of the male lawmakers who sleep in their offices — they can be trouble.  Avoid finding yourself alone with a congressman or senator in elevators …

Troll Smearing Roy Moore's Accuser Stole Dead SEAL's Identity … The rightwing blog The Gateway Pundit pushed a single-sourced rumor from the anonymous Twitter account @Umpire43 that claimed one of Roy Moore's accusers was offered $1,000 by The Washington Post to go public with her claims.

Senate GOP to add repeal of Obamacare insurance mandate into tax bill  —  Senate Republican leaders are altering their tax bill to include a repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, a major change as they now try to accomplish two of their top domestic priorities in a single piece of legislation.

Trump in Asia: A break from the past but uncertain results  —  In his travels across Asia, President Donald Trump offered himself as a sharp break from presidents past.  He pushed regional leaders to reshape trade deals to America's liking, opted against spotlighting human rights abuses …

Sessions casts doubt on need for Hillary Clinton special counsel  —  Trump allies have been clamoring for a new investigation of a 2010 deal that transferred some U.S. uranium production capacity to a company with Kremlin links.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw cold water Tuesday …

Roy Moore challenged Alabama law that protects rape victims, documents reveal  —  Cases were among 10 where Moore, as Alabama's top judge, dissented from court's majority view and sided with alleged offenders, Guardian review finds … Roy Moore challenged the scope of an Alabama law …

Effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period  —  Letter to the Honorable Steny H. Hoyer  —  Information about the effects of legislation that would raise deficits by an estimated $1.5 trillion over the 2018-2027 period …

De Blasio staffer says pizza from Chicago is better than New York  —  This was clearly a half-baked idea.  —  The press secretary for the mayor of New York City — America's pizza epicenter — took to Twitter to claim that a Chicago pizzeria makes better pies than all of New York.

Three UCLA Basketball Players Set to Leave China  —  President Trump says he spoke to China's Xi about the players  —  SHANGHAI—Three UCLA basketball players detained for a week in China were set to fly back home late Tuesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had requested assistance …

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Socialist’ doctor ‘assaulted’ Kentucky Senator Rand Paul because the congressman's trees were ‘in the way’ and were ‘devaluing his $740,000 home that he is desperately trying to sell’  — Rene Boucher, 59, told neighbor Rand Paul that he hadn't been able to sell his house …

Arianna Huffington Ignored Sexual Misconduct at The Huffington Post  —  When Susan Fowler rocked Uber's world with a meticulous account of the company's sexual harassment and gender discrimination issues, the ride-sharing service turned to its only female board member to help clean up its culture (and its image).

Russia's ‘irrefutable evidence’ of US help for Isis appears to be video game still  —  The Russian defence ministry used social media to claim US connivance in Syria - using screenshot from AC-130 Gunship Simulator, online sleuths say  —  Russia's defence ministry has tried to pass off …

Reflections of an Affirmative-Action Baby  —  In 1991, the African American Yale Law School professor Stephen Carter wrote a book called Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby.  I remember reading part of it at the time.  Little did I realize that the book's title applied to me.