Roy Moore in 2011: Getting rid of amendments after 10th would ‘eliminate many problems’  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore appeared on a conspiracy-driven radio show twice in 2011, where he told the hosts in an interview that getting rid …

New York Explosion Empties Port Authority and Subway Stations  —  An explosion Monday morning caused the authorities to evacuate one of the busiest transit hubs in New York City as the workweek was set to begin.  —  The Police Department said in a tweet that it was responding to reports …

18 crucial days: What did the president know and when did he know it?  —  WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to piece together what happened inside the White House over a critical 18-day period that began when senior officials were told that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn …

Mario Batali Steps Away From Restaurant Empire Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations  —  Four women accuse the chef of inappropriate touching in a pattern of behavior that spans at least two decades, according to dozens of Eater interviews  —  About 10 years ago, at the after-party …

The Taxman Cometh: Senate Bill's Marginal Rates Could Top 100% for Some  —  Certain high-income business owners would face backwards incentives; lawmakers work to bridge gap  —  WASHINGTON—Some high-income business owners could face marginal tax rates exceeding 100% under the Senate's tax bill …

Trump Takes Credit for Killing Hundreds of Regulations That Were Already Dead  —  As the Trump administration nears its one-year mark, White House officials are touting cuts to regulations as one of their top achievements.  —  “In the history of our country, no president, during their entire term …

BOSTON.  RACISM.  IMAGE.  REALITY.  —  The Spotlight team takes on our hardest question  —  Google the phrase “Most racist city,” and Boston pops up more than any other place, time and time again.  —  It may be easy to write that off as a meaningless digital snapshot of what people say about us …

PUTIN in Syria — WSJ: Some will pay 100 percent marginal rate — WHERE IS ROY MOORE?  — SPOTTED: Jared and Ivanka take the kids skating — B'DAYS: John Kerry and Max Baucus  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  NEW IN THE MIDDLE EAST — AP at 3:41 a.m.: “RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) …

Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99.  —  Booker died at an assisted-living community in Solomons …

Four thoughts on the story that almost broke the #ToddlerinChief thread  —  Regarding the sixty-source New York Times story confirming that the president has the emotional maturity of a four-year old.  —  The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts has taken great pains to curate …

Can a President Obstruct Justice?  —  Yes, but not by doing any of the things we know Trump to have done.  —  Speculation about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has turned toward obstruction of justice—specifically, whether President Trump can be criminally prosecuted …

The Myth of Vladimir Putin the Puppet Master … I. The Hack  —  The large, sunny room at Volgograd State University smelled like its contents: 45 college students, all but one of them male, hunched over keyboards, whispering and quietly clacking away among empty cans of Juicy energy drink.

Nikki Haley Says Women Who Accuse Trump of Misconduct ‘Should Be Heard’  —  WASHINGTON — Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday that women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct “should be heard,” a surprising break from the administration's …