Dem Gains in CD18 Special  —  Voters divided on steel tariffs, but negligible impact on vote  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Democrat Conor Lamb has taken a lead over Republican Rick Saccone in the special election for Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District.

White House officials alarmed at education secretary's ‘60 Minutes’ performance  —  DeVos: Haven't visited underperforming schools  —  (CNN)White House officials were alarmed by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' struggle to answer basic questions about the nation's schools and failure to defend …

Stormy Daniels Offers to Return Payment to End Deal for Her Silence  —  The pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump offered on Monday to return $130,000 she received from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer in 2016 for agreeing not to discuss the alleged relationship.

Police: “Similarities” indicate link in deadly Austin package explosions  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Police in Austin say “similarities” between two deadly package explosions in Texas' capital city this month lead them to believe the incidents are related.  The latest incident, reported Monday morning …

Russian spy: Highly likely Moscow behind attack, says Theresa May  —  Former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent of a type developed by Russia, Theresa May has told MPs.  —  The PM said the government concluded it was “highly likely” Russia was responsible for the Salisbury attack.

Ivanka Trump never cut ties with the Trump Organization.  That's turned into a problem.  —  WASHINGTON Donald Trump isn't the only Trump with potential conflicts of interest in the White House.  —  Ivanka Trump — a senior White House adviser who is doing everything from lobbying the Senate …

How A Player In The Trump-Russia Scandal Led A Double Life As An American Spy  —  Felix Sater has been cast as a Russian mafioso, a career criminal, and a key business associate of President Donald Trump — but he spent more than two decades as an intelligence asset who helped the US government track terrorists and mobsters.

APNewsBreak: Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov't  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father's 2016 presidential campaign and has had special access …

Iowa Senate leader Bill Dix resigns after video of him kissing woman in Des Moines bar is posted  —  UPDATE, 1:25 P.M.: Sen. Bill Dix has resigned.  —  ORIGINAL STORY: A video posted online Monday appears to show Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix kissing a female lobbyist in a Des Moines tavern.

Expert warns of “terrifying” potential of digitally-altered video  —  Alec Baldwin is to some a perfect stand-in for President Donald Trump.  But in a digitally-altered video online, the president's face has been digitally stamped onto Baldwin's performance.  —  It's part of a wave of doctored audio and video now spreading online.

Qataris opted not to give info on Kushner, secret meetings to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — Qatari officials gathered evidence of what they claim is illicit influence by the United Arab Emirates on Jared Kushner and other Trump associates, including details of secret meetings …

House Intelligence Panel Wraps Up Russia Probe Interviews  —  The House Intelligence Committee has finished interviewing witnesses in its yearlong probe into Russian election interference, signaling the end is near of a contentious investigation that has revealed deep partisan divisions.

For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist.  To Rise Above Our Past, We Must Acknowledge It  —  We asked a preeminent historian to investigate our coverage of people of color in the U.S. and abroad.  Here's what he found.  —  It is November 2, 1930, and National Geographic has sent a reporter …

Schwarzenegger to Sue Big Oil for ‘First Degree Murder’  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Arnold Schwarzenegger's next mission: taking oil companies to court “for knowingly killing people all over the world.”  —  The former California governor and global environmental activist announced the move Sunday …

Tillerson ending Africa trip a day early  —  will conclude his first diplomatic trip to Africa a day early and fly back to Washington on Monday amid new developments in the administration's approach to North Korea.  —  Tillerson met with leaders in Chad during the first half of the day on Monday.