James O'Keefe tweeted about his ‘confrontation’ with a Post reporter.  Here's what really happened.  —  The Washington Post on Monday published a report about a woman who falsely claimed Roy Moore sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and who appeared to work with Project Veritas …

Second ex-staffer accuses Conyers of sexual harassment  —  A former staffer of U.S. Rep. John Conyers said the veteran lawmaker made unwanted sexual advances toward her, including inappropriate touching, adding to allegations by other unnamed former employees that have prompted a congressional investigation.

Schumer, Pelosi cancel meeting with Trump after Twitter attack  —  House and Senate Democratic leaders on Tuesday abruptly withdrew from a scheduled White House meeting about averting a government shutdown after President Donald Trump publicly slammed them and cast doubt on the negotiations.

Here's the deal with Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)From “Lyin' Ted” Cruz and “Lil' Marco” Rubio to “Crooked Hillary” Clinton, Donald Trump has consistently conjured up demeaning nicknames for his campaign foes.  —  Which brings us to Elizabeth Warren.

Rick Scott Consultant Denies He Used Ice Penis to Hump Mannequin … Joshua Cooper, a Tallahassee political consultant paid more than $500,000 by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to dig up dirt on Scott's enemies over the years, swears the photo above was simply a snapshot taken at an unfortunate angle.

Moore Opens Up 49-44 Lead in Alabama; Just 9% of Trump Voters Believe Allegations Against Moore  —  Alabama Republican Roy Moore has reopened a 49-44 lead over Democrat Doug Jones in the race for U.S. Senate.  In Change Research's third poll since the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore …

Roy Moore campaign staff push, shove Fox News camera crew at rally  —  Campaign staffers for Senate candidate Roy Moore late Monday night got into a scuffle with two Fox News camera crews prior to a rally in the town of Henagar, Ala.  —  Organizers told the media that Moore was expected …

Mike Flynn's Promotion of Nuclear-Plant Project Went Deep Into the White House  —  Project backers drafted memos for President Trump and Flynn allies continued to push the plan after the Trump security adviser was ousted  —  Private-sector backers of a controversial Middle East nuclear plan worked …

Tillerson fends off ‘redesign’ critics  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday dismissed mounting criticism of his plan to restructure the State Department, insisting “there is no hollowing out” of the agency but that it can be run more efficiently and with less funding.

The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’  —  Ever since Eve gave Adam that forbidden fruit, demonizing and disbelieving women has been the planet-wide policy.  You don't need to reach back to the Pleistocene to see the truth of that.  —  “You're just a child,” Roy Moore is accused of saying …

How Far Will Sean Hannity Go?  —  The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.  —  When he finally went to bed early in the morning on Oct. 2, Sean Hannity had a good sense, as he typically does, of how he would structure that night's Fox News Channel broadcast.

The Senate tax bill's “seesaw” trap  —  With administration and leadership aides frantically negotiating with holdout senators, the Senate's tax vote scheduled for late this week could lapse into next week.  — That would raise everyone's blood pressure: Everything is fragile.

Uzbekistan incident raises suspicions of Russian involvement in Cuba attacks  —  A newly revealed incident reported by a USAID officer who is based at the American embassy in Uzbekistan is raising suspicions Russia may have been involved and could have had a hand in bizarre attacks targeting U.S. diplomats …

Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump  —  Three months ago, The Washington Post reported that even as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.  The next day, The New York Times published excerpts from emails between Felix Sater, a felon with ties to Russian organized crime …

Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A.  —  Investigators want to know how Manafort used money from loans  —  Ex-Trump campaign chairman already charged in separate probe  —  Manhattan prosecutors investigating Paul Manafort's New York business activities …

Franken's apology fails the full candor test  —  He seems to be saying, 'I'm sorry for what you think I did.'  —  U.S. Sen. Al Franken broke his self-imposed silence over the weekend, submitting to a series of media interviews on the sexual misconduct allegations against him, professing his shame and embarrassment.

Lamont testing the waters for governor  —  Don't call him a Dan Malloy enabler.  —  Had Democrats chosen differently at the start of the decade, he would have been the party's nominee for governor — and the rest, they say, would have been history.  —  Now after seven years of biding …

Congressman Slept With And Then Sued Allegedly Drug-Addicted Staffer  —  Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green had sex with staffer who he said was a drug addict and then sued her when she threatened to go public with claims she suffered a hostile work environment, saying he “will not be extorted or blackmailed.”

YouTube kills ads on 50,000 channels as advertisers flee over disturbing child content  —  For the second time in less than a year, major advertisers are fleeing YouTube after finding their ads were paired with offensive content — this time, directed at children.

Chinese investors sue McAuliffe, Rodham over green-car investments  —  Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's brother Anthony Rodham are facing a $17 million fraud lawsuit from Chinese investors in Greentech Automotive …

North Korea fires ballistic missile  —  North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile in the middle of the night local time Wednesday, the first such launch from the rogue regime in more than two months, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.  —  South Korea's Yonhap News Agency …

Joe Scarborough: Trump supporters ‘putting up with him’ despite ‘stupid’ tweets  —  MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said supporters of President Trump he has spoken with aren't happy with “the stupid things in his tweets” but are “putting up with him for now” during a discussion on “Morning Joe” on Tuesday.

America is in crisis.  The Republican tax plan will make that worse  —  The plan would comfort the already very comfortable and further afflict many of the afflicted - all while causing the national debt to soar  —  hen Donald Trump was sworn in as president last January, the nation faced several domestic crises.

Fantastic Beasts director defends keeping Johnny Depp  —  The team behind Fantastic Beasts is breaking their silence about the controversial decision to keep Johnny Depp on board for the film's sequel.  —  Ever since Warner Bros. re-confirmed earlier this month that the Pirates …

Pence: Trump ‘actively considering’ moving US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem  —  Vice President Pence said Tuesday the Trump administration is “actively considering” moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, one of the president's core campaign promises.

Angela Lansbury: attractive women ‘must sometimes take the blame’ for sexual harassment  —  Women must accept some blame for sexual harassment and abuse because they “go out of their way to make themselves attractive” to men, Dame Angela Lansbury has said.  —  While other Hollywood actresses …