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 …

Democrats' first 2020 debate is only months away  —  Those hoping for a break from high-pressure politics after the November midterms are out of luck.  After just a short couple of months to catch our collective breath, it'll be time to start thinking about the 2020 presidential election.

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.

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.

Google Exposed User Data, Feared Repercussions of Disclosing to Public  —  Google opted not to disclose to users its discovery of a bug that gave outside developers access to private data.  It found no evidence of misuse.  —  Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of users …

Hope Hicks to Head Communications for New Fox  —  Hope Hicks, the former White House communications director who served during the chaotic first year of the Trump administration, has been named head of corporate communications for New Fox, the company to emerge after 21st Century Fox completes …

Praying for Jamal Khashoggi  —  Saudi Arabia stands accused of killing him.  If it did, it will be a disaster for the regime of Mohammed bin Salman.  —  Last Nov. 7, I wrote a column about the new Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.  It ended this way: “As a veteran Saudi journalist remarked …

Democrats have unleashed a red wave of Brett Kavanaugh-believing women voters  —  Democrats' partisan treatment of Christine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh shows women just who is really on their side.  —  CONNECT  —  The Democrats declared war on Brett Kavanaugh in the name of women's rights.

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.”

Life on the Dirtiest Block in San Francisco  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The heroin needles, the pile of excrement between parked cars, the yellow soup oozing out of a large plastic bag by the curb and the stained, faux Persian carpet dumped on the corner.  —  It's a scene of detritus that might bring …

We're getting ready to poll voters.  —  Can Democrats turn Texas blue?  —  Beto O'Rourke Congressman  —  This survey was conducted by The New York Times Upshot and Siena College.  —  Where we'll call:  —  Vote choice: Dem.  Rep. Don't know Didn't answer  —  Explore the 2016 election in detail with this interactive map.

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 …

The press helped build Donald Trump's lie; now it has to reckon with that  —  Donald Trump rose to prominence and the presidency on the strength of his self-proclaimed mastery of “The Art of the Deal.”  It was that business acumen, Trump claimed, that allowed him to turn a paltry loan from his father into a vast empire.

Mike Bloomberg's super PAC spends over $2 million to support seven Democratic women running in House races  — A super PAC funded mainly by billionaire Mike Bloomberg spends over $2 million this month in support of seven women running to unseat veteran House Republicans.

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 …

Viral “Manspreading” Video is Staged Kremlin Propaganda  —  A young woman walks up to a man in a subway train and pours liquid over him from a plastic bottle.  —  The scene is repeated a number of times with different men who all react with anger and bewilderment.

Passenger Expressed Concern About Limo Shortly Before Crash Killed 20  —  The company that provided the limousine that crashed in upstate New York on Saturday, killing 20 people, had repeatedly failed motor vehicle inspections and the driver did not have a proper license, according to state officials and federal transportation records.

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 …

Trump's successful neutering of the FBI's Kavanaugh investigation has scary implications  —  A proof of concept for further erosion of the FBI.  —  Donald Trump's instinct was right.  A loyal FBI is worth a purge or two.  —  Case in point: Brett Kavanaugh is an associate justice on the Supreme Court.

Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film  —  The Trump Prophecy, a new evangelical film, wants to convince you God chose Trump.  —  I sat in an unmarked cinema hall in New York's Union Square, listening to a group of people praying.

Second Skripal Poisoning Suspect Identified as Dr. Alexander Mishkin  —  In the preceding report from the current investigation into the two suspects in the Skripals poisoning case, Bellingcat and its reporting partner the Insider disclosed the identity of one of the two suspects.