Two more women describe unwanted overtures by Roy Moore at Alabama mall  —  Kayla McLaughlin, left, and Gena Richardson worked together at Sears in the late 1970s.  The pair is seen in this image from 1977.  Richardson says Roy Moore, then in his 30s, visited her at Sears and that Moore later called her school to ask her out.

Senator Al Franken Kissed and Groped Me Without My Consent, And There's Nothing Funny About It  —  In December of 2006, I embarked on my ninth USO Tour to entertain our troops, my eighth to the Middle East since the 9/11 attacks.  My father served in Vietnam and my then-boyfriend (and now husband …

Trophies from elephant hunts in Zimbabwe were banned in the U.S. Trump just reversed that.  —  The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the remains of elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia can now be imported to the United States as trophies, reversing a ban under President Barack Obama.

The tax bill drama in the Senate  —  Parts of the Senate's tax bill — like the repeal of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and the sunset of the individual and small business tax cuts despite a permanent corporate tax cut — are endangering its passage.

Charles Manson hospitalized in Bakersfield; severity of illness unclear  —  Authorities confirmed Wednesday that mass murderer Charles Manson is back in a Bakersfield hospital, though the severity of his condition is unclear.  —  Kern County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Smallwood confirms that Manson …

Sheriff's warning to ‘F— TRUMP’ truck owner draws outrage on Facebook  —  Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls on Wednesday created a social media firestorm with a Facebook post threatening to bring disorderly conduct charges against the driver of a truck displaying a profane anti-Trump message on its rear window.

Sleeper SCOTUS Blockbuster may be the Next Kelo  —  It took many people by surprise when the Supreme Court ignited a firestorm in the now-infamous Kelo case by giving cities the ability to seize personal property from a private owner and give it to a developer for the alleged “public purpose” of increasing tax revenues.

Did the Feds Flip Turkish Businessman Reza Zarrab—and Could He Bring Down Michael Flynn? … A man who may be part of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of alleged misdoings by President Donald Trump's campaign and administration was secretly removed from a federal prison earlier this month.

At Least My Generation Will Have Our Revenge On The Millennials  —  With all the awful things happening now - the discord, the anger, the stupidity - at least those of my generation can rest easy knowing that the Millennials are going to suffer after we're gone.

Hope Hicks may hold the keys to Mueller's Russia puzzle  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is preparing to interview the woman who's seen it all: Hope Hicks.  —  She's been part of Donald Trump's inner circle for years, first at Trump Tower and then as an omnipresent gatekeeper …

Republican Tax Plans Put Corporations Over People  —  WASHINGTON — There are tough choices at the heart of the Republican tax bills speeding through Congress, and they make clear what the party values most in economic policy right now: deep and lasting tax cuts for corporations.

Karl Rove Has Seen the Enemy and He Is Steve Bannon  —  Inside the feud between two men battling for the soul of the G.O.P.  —  To readers of Breitbart News these days, Karl Rove is a familiar, sinister presence.  The Republican strategist who twice helped George W. Bush win the Presidency is now …

Trump's core supporters are about to be handed the bill for tax reform  — President Trump's white working-class supporters don't gain much from the Republican tax cut push.  — In a study following the 2016 election, Trump's core supporters expressed disdain for Wall Street and advocated higher, not lower, taxes on the wealthy.

Scarborough to release Trump-themed Christmas album  —  MSNBC host Joe Scarborough is set to release an album of Christmas music inspired by President Trump.  —  The EP - “A Very Drumpf Christmas” - is due out Friday, according to Business Insider, which obtained an advanced copy.

What Donald Trump's UCLA tweet reveals about him  —  Washington (CNN)Think about this: You've just spent nearly two weeks halfway around the world.  You've spent most of the last 24 hours on a plane.  Your body clock is somewhere between 12-14 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.  You are 71 years old.

“The fish rots from the head”: a historian on the unique corruption of Trump's White House  —  “Politicians lie, but this is different.”  —  “Politicians lie, but this is different,” says a historian who studies presidential history and estimates the Trump administration easily ranks among the most corrupt in American history.

White-on-White Voting  —  Dravosburg, Pa. is a small — population 1,746 — working-class suburb that lies along the Monongahela River 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.  If we want to understand what actually propelled Donald Trump to victory last November, presidential voting patterns there provide a vital clue.

The curious journey of Carter Page, the former Trump adviser who can't stay out of the spotlight  —  Carter Page, PhD, is texting us in big paragraphs, from somewhere in New York, about his upended life.  —  “It's sort of like an extended plebe year . . .” he writes.  —  “. . .

A notorious far-right blogger may have provoked WikiLeaks' outreach to Donald Trump Jr.  — Far-right blogger Charles Johnson may have played a role in WikiLeaks' eventual outreach to Donald Trump Jr.  — Trump Jr.'s exchanges with WikiLeaks over the course of 10 months have come under scrutiny …

Former Pentagon chiefs to Congress: If you're serious about defense, don't pass current GOP tax bill  —  Three former secretaries of defense are warning lawmakers not to enact proposed Republican tax restructuring plans, arguing they will jeopardize future military spending.

The U.S. Flooded One of Houston's Richest Neighborhoods to Save Everyone Else  —  The Army Corps of Engineers sent water cascading into West Houston's Energy Corridor to avoid a catastrophic reservoir failure during Hurricane Harvey.  Now a web of lawsuits could change how the government handles extreme weather.