Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040  —  INCHEON, South Korea — A landmark report from the United Nations' scientific panel on climate change paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought …

MeToo Is a ‘Movement Toward Victimization,’ G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says  —  BISMARCK, N.D. — Representative Kevin Cramer of North Dakota has repeatedly made headlines this year in his race against Senator Heidi Heitkamp because of off-the-cuff comments that range from inflammatory to indelicate.

Astronaut Scott Kelly apologizes after quoting, praising Winston Churchill  —  Scott Kelly, a retired American astronaut with multiple space flights under his belt, apologized Sunday after quoting Winston Churchill and calling the 20th century British prime minister “one of the greatest leaders of modern times.”

Can Taylor Swift, revered by young Americans, help lead Democrats out of the woods?  —  “Youth vote” can seem almost a contradiction in terms given the tendency of young people to stay home on Election Day, perhaps more enthralled by social networking and celebrities like Taylor Swift than by elections and the fate of the republic.

Rod Rosenstein to Join Trump Aboard Air Force One  —  WASHINGTON — Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, and President Trump planned to travel to Florida together on Air Force One Monday morning, a week and a half after the two were scheduled to discuss remarks Mr. Rosenstein …

Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign?  —  A team of computer scientists sifted through records of unusual Web traffic in search of answers.  —  In June, 2016, after news broke that the Democratic National Committee had been hacked, a group of prominent computer scientists went on alert.

Feinstein's Disgrace  —  The California senator has plunged the nation into a bitter fight from which it will not soon emerge.  —  We do not endorse candidates for office.  And if we did, we wouldn't endorse a progressive Democrat.  We are, however, sorely tempted to suggest Californians vote …

Former Cambridge Analytica chief used N-word to describe Barbados PM  —  Exclusive: leaked papers reveal racist slur by Alexander Nix, who is pitching to run election campaigns in Caribbean  —  Alexander Nix, the former chief executive of the elections consultancy Cambridge Analytica …

Jamal Khashoggi chose to tell the truth.  It's part of the reason he's beloved.  —  This column has been updated.  —  George Orwell titled a regular column he wrote for a British newspaper in the mid-1940s “As I Please.”  Meaning that he would write exactly what he believed.

FBI's smoking gun: Redactions protected political embarrassment, not ‘national security’  —  To declassify or not to declassify?  That is the question, when it comes to the FBI's original evidence in the Russia collusion case.  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have tried …

Feds freeze Russian oligarch's assets, Upper East Side mansion … A sprawling mansion on the Upper East Side has been frozen as part of a hard-core battle between the US government and Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, The Post has learned.  —  US officials say Deripaska, an aluminium billionaire …

Survey of battleground House districts shows Democrats with narrow edge  —  Likely voters who live in 69 battleground House districts across the country narrowly prefer Democratic candidates, according to a new Washington Post-Schar School survey, a potentially worrying sign for Republicans given …

Presidential Proclamation on Columbus Day, 2018  —  In 1492, Christopher Columbus and his mighty three-ship fleet, the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, first spotted the Americas.  His historic achievement ushered in an Age of Discovery that expanded our knowledge of the world.

Remarks With Traveling Press  —  Remarks  —  Secretary of State  —  Special Representative for North Korea  —  Grand Hyatt Hotel Seoul, South Korea  —  QUESTION: So how close are you guys on the logistics for a second summit?  —  SECRETARY POMPEO: Pretty close.  —  QUESTION: Like, so an announcement should be —

On Africa Trip, First Lady Reveals a Trump-like Side  —  CAIRO — Back home, Washington was in turmoil, but the first lady had something on her mind.  —  On one of the most consequential days of her husband's embattled presidency, as the Senate approved his controversial choice for the Supreme Court …

This website will tell Georgia voters if they were purged... but they must reregister by Tuesday  —  Journalist Greg Palast has created a website so that voters in Georgia can learn if they were wrongly purged  —  If you're a voter in Georgia, there is a 1 in 10 chance that you were purged from the voting rolls at some point in 2017.

Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova killed in Ruse  —  Police in Bulgaria are investigating the killing of journalist Viktoria Marinova.  —  Her body was found in a park in the northern city of Ruse, near the River Danube, on Saturday.  —  Interior Minister Mladen Marinov later confirmed she had also been raped.

APNewsBreak: Hillary, Bill Clinton to go on tour this year  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Now that Beyonce and Jay-Z are off the road, another power couple is taking their place: Hillary and Bill Clinton.  —  The Clintons announced Monday they will visit four cities in 2018 and nine in 2019 across North America …