Army veteran says Franken groped her during USO tour in 2003  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)An Army veteran says Sen. Al Franken groped her in December 2003, telling CNN that while she was deployed in Kuwait, the Minnesota Democrat cupped her breast during a photo op.

It Started as a Tax Cut.  Now It Could Change American Life.  —  The tax plan has been marketed by President Trump and Republican leaders as a straightforward if enormous rebate for the masses, a $1.5 trillion package of cuts to spur hiring and economic growth.

White House Envisions Tillerson Ouster From State Dept., to Be Replaced by Pompeo, Within Weeks  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has developed a plan to force out Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, whose relationship with President Trump has been strained, and replace him with Mike Pompeo …

Matt Lauer Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women (EXCLUSIVE)  —  As the co-host of NBC's “Today,” Matt Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy as a present.  It included an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her, which left her mortified.

Woman's effort to infiltrate The Washington Post dated back months … The failed effort by conservative activists to plant a false story about Senate candidate Roy Moore in The Washington Post was part of a months-long campaign to infiltrate The Post and other media outlets in Washington and New York …

The White House expects Trump to get even more outrageous  —  Exhausted by the Trump presidency?  Brace yourself: White House officials expect Trump to be even more outrageous and cocksure in coming months.  —  What we're hearing: Officials tell us Trump seems more self-assured …

Rep. John Conyers hospitalized in Detroit area  —  Conyers returned to Michigan this week amid sexual harassment claims  —  DETROIT - Rep. John Conyers is hospitalized in the Detroit area.  —  That's according to Conyers' office which confirmed the congressman is hospitalized but did not say why or at which hospital.

CNN Exclusive: Jared Kushner met with special counsel about Flynn  —  Washington (CNN)Jared Kushner met earlier this month with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of the investigation into Russia's meddling in the election, according to two people familiar with the meeting.

The case for normalizing impeachment  —  Impeaching an unfit president has consequences.  But leaving one in office could be worse.  —  In recent months, I have grown obsessed with a seemingly simple question: Does the American political system have a remedy if we elect the wrong person to be president?

Trump Bragged: ‘Nothing in the World Like First-Rate P**sy’ … In a previously unreported comment to the now-defunct Maximum Golf magazine, Donald Trump singled out a “young socialite” at his club at Mar-a-Lago by telling a reporter, “there is nothing in the world like first-rate pussy.”

Why Alabamians Should Vote For Roy Moore  —  I have a 14-year-old daughter.  If I caught Roy Moore doing what was alleged, for starters I would kick him where it counts.  That said, I don't think it's wrong to vote for Moore.  —  I am going to argue for the very unpopular, even shocking …

North Korea has shown us its new missile, and it's scarier than we thought  —  TOKYO — A day after its latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, North Korea released photos of what it's calling the “Hwasong-15.”  And the collective response from missile experts was — not to get too technical — whoa.

Textbook co-authored by Roy Moore in 2011 says women shouldn't run for office  —  Alabama Republican Senate Candidate Roy Moore co-authored a study course, published in 2011 and recently obtained by ThinkProgress, that instructs students that women should not be permitted to run for elected office.

Roy Moore Just Blamed His Sexual Misconduct Allegations On Lesbians, Gays, And Socialists  —  Speaking from a church pulpit in Alabama, the Republican Senate candidate said the “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender...socialists” are behind the “malicious” allegations against him.

By retweeting Britain First, Trump offends a decency he cannot understand  —  When the most powerful man in the world becomes a purveyor of hate, our best response is tolerance  —  f you're like me, you check the news each morning with the worry that Donald Trump might have tweeted his way to the third world war.