Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves  —  WASHINGTON — Of all the State Department employees who might have been vulnerable in the staff reductions that Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson has initiated as he reshapes the department, the one person who seemed least likely …

Trump visits his West Palm Beach golf club  —  President Trump traveled to his West Palm Beach, Florida golf club Saturday, marking the fourth consecutive day he's visited one of his golf properties.  —  Trump departed his Mar-a-Lago resort at 7:45 a.m. Saturday and arrived …

While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department  —  For more than five hours, Attorney General Jeff Sessions sat in a hearing room on Capitol Hill this month, fending off inquiries on Washington's two favorite topics: President Trump and Russia.

'Doug Jones's problem': African American voters not energized by Alabama's Senate race  —  Doug Jones makes a campaign stop in Troy, Ala., on Nov. 17.  The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate believes he can win if he pieces together an unusually delicate coalition.  (Aly Grice/Troy Messenger/AP)

Navy identifies Sailors lost in C-2A crash  —  PHILIPPINE SEA - After notifying their families that extensive search and rescue efforts had ended, the Navy identified Lt. Steven Combs, Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) Airman Matthew Chialastri and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Apprentice …

How a powerful senator schooled Betsy DeVos  —  Several months ago, Sen. Lamar Alexander phoned Education Secretary Betsy DeVos with a message: Back off.  —  Alexander, the Republican chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, was furious that a top DeVos aide was circumventing a new law aimed …

Republicans flee from McConnell in 2018 primaries  —  Nobody wants to be on Team McConnell.  —  Heading into the 2018 elections, only one Republican Senate candidate nationwide has pledged unequivocally to back Mitch McConnell as majority leader.  Most Republicans facing competitive primaries …

Mueller Probe Looks at Mike Flynn's Work on Documentary Targeting Exiled Turkish Cleric  —  Special counsel focuses on links to Turkey as legal team's move signals possible cooperation with investigators  —  WASHINGTON—Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating former White House …

Want to Know Why Roy Moore Might Win?  Blame the Media.  —  In the wake of the Roy Moore fiasco, a number of “hot takes” have made their rounds in the media.  How obviously hypocritical it is, for example, for evangelical leaders to stand behind a man crediblay accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

Judge rules Seattle's tax on the wealthy is illegal; city vows to appeal  —  Seattle's controversial tax on the wealthy failed its first legal test this week after a judge ruled the new ordinance violates state law - but the city isn't backing down and vows to appeal, setting the stage for a Washington State Supreme Court showdown.

A flat-Earther's plan to launch himself in a homemade rocket just hit a speed bump  —  A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket — in an effort to prove that Earth is flat — said he is postponing the experiment …

Mueller might be the one who's ‘draining the swamp’  —  President Trump famously promised that, if elected president, he would “drain the swamp” — upending the culture in Washington that favors the well-connected.  —  It is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III whose work seems …

Trump taps Mulvaney to head CFPB, sparking confusion over agency's leadership  —  President Donald Trump on Friday named White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up a legal clash over who is in charge of the controversial agency.