Trump, without evidence, calls Florida ballots ‘massively infected,’ demands end to recounts  —  Just after returning from his trip to Europe, President Donald Trump on Monday morning turned back to the increasingly bitter battle over recounts in the Senate and governor's races in Florida …

In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed …

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio is weighing a presidential run  —  WASHINGTON, D. C.  - After comfortably winning re-election to his U.S. Senate seat last week in a state that President Donald Trump won comfortably two years ago, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown is weighing a run for president.

Democrats Say Their First Bill Will Focus On Strengthening Democracy At Home  —  Democrats will take control of the U.S. House in January with big items topping their legislative to-do list: Remove obstacles to voting, close loopholes in government ethics law and reduce the influence of political money.

Officer shoots, kills armed security guard outside south suburban bar  —  Share Update: … For the latest updates on this story, click here.  —  ROBBINS, Ill. — Witnesses say a Midlothian police officer responding to a shooting inside a south suburban bar shot and killed the wrong person early Sunday morning.

Who Lost The House?  John McCain  —  His July 2017 vote killed ObamaCare repeal and made Democratic lies impossible to refute.  —  The Republican Party lost its House majority on July 28, 2017, when Sen. John McCain ended the party's seven-year quest to repeal ObamaCare.

Baraboo High School Students Did The Nazi Salute In Their Prom Photo And Police Are Investigating  —  A Wisconsin school district and local police are investigating an incident in which male high school students appeared to be doing the Nazi salute in their prom photo.

Merkel and Macron got along so well in Paris that a 100-year-old woman thought they were married  —  BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have had their ups and downs.  Each has been declared the new “leader of the free world” after President Barack Obama's term ended.

Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, mysteriously arrives in Washington, D.C.  —  Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney and close associate, arrived in Washington, D.C., Monday morning, accompanied by one of his own criminal defense lawyers.

Richard Ojeda, West Virginia Lawmaker Who Led Teachers Strikes, Will Run for President  —  Richard Ojeda is running for president.  Ojeda, a West Virginia state senator and retired U.S. Army major, lost his congressional bid in the state's 3rd District on Tuesday, but saw the largest swing …

They Were Stopped at the Texas Border.  Their Nightmare Had Only Just Begun.  —  After crossing the Rio Grande, three immigrant women were picked up by a Border Patrol agent.  Their relief soon turned to terror.  —  MCALLEN, Tex. — The Border Patrol agent, she remembers …

Everyone Believed Larry Nassar The predatory trainer may have just taken down USA Gymnastics.  How did he deceive so many for so long?  —  Larissa Boyce was 10 when her coach, John Geddert, forced her legs into a split so hard she cried.  He pulled her right leg up toward his torso …

Trudeau: Canadian intelligence has heard Khashoggi tapes  —  PARIS (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday became the first Western leader to acknowledge his country had heard recordings of the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.  —  “Canada has been fully briefed …

Money troubles: The GOP's problem with cash  —  Mitch McConnell stood before a roomful of Republican donors on Wednesday night to thank them for their help in the midterms.  But the Senate leader also issued a dire warning: Democrats had just thumped them in the all-important online donor game, and the GOP badly needs to catch up.

Veterans haven't received GI Bill benefits for months due to ongoing IT issues at VA  —  “This is — to be kind — a train wreck,” said Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., the chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.  —  Shelley Roundtree departed the U.S. Army in 2013 after seeing friends …

Marvel Comics Co-Creator Stan Lee Dead at 95  —  Stan Lee, the man who co-created Marvel Comics, has died ... Stan's daughter tells TMZ.  —  We're told an ambulance rushed to Lee's Hollywood Hills home early Monday morning and he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  We're told that's where he died.

The rules are clear: Whitaker can't supervise Mueller's investigation  —  I wrote the special counsel regulations.  We never would have imagined a situation like this.  —  Neal Katyal  is the former acting solicitor general of the United States and presently serves as a partner …

Do the Math.  Moderate Democrats Will Not Win in 2020.  —  Learning the right lessons from the midterms is key for the party.  —  Mr. Phillips is the author of “Brown Is the New White: How the Demographic Revolution Has Created a New American Majority.”  —  Andrew Gillum and Stacey Abrams …

Stacey Abrams, still hoping to force a runoff in Georgia governor's race, files a new lawsuit  —  Democrat Stacey Abrams is continuing her fight to force a runoff in the Georgia governor's race and filed a new lawsuit Sunday to block counties from tossing out some absentee and provisional ballots.

Democrats had a good showing on Election Day.  It's been even better for them since.  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — In the wee hours of election night …

Vatican asks U.S. bishops not to vote on their proposals to tackle sexual abuse  —  BALTIMORE—The bishops of America's 196 Catholic dioceses and archdioceses gathered in Baltimore on Monday morning, meeting for the first time since sexual abuse scandals rocked the church in the summer.

Yes, some wet snow has a chance to fall in parts of the Washington region Thursday  —  It's only mid-November, but the Washington region will have its first opportunity to see snowflakes between Thursday morning and midday.  Any snow that falls is unlikely to stick but would be an unusual event …

Kellyanne Conway on Jim Acosta video: 'That's not altered.  That's sped up.  They do it all the time in sports.'  —  Kellyanne Conway doesn't think the controversial video shared by the White House of CNN reporter Jim Acosta refusing to let go of the microphone during President Trump's news conference last week was altered.

Palantir Has a $20 Billion Valuation and a Bigger Problem: It Keeps Losing Money  —  The Silicon Valley unicorn, which has been run like a scrappy startup, is under pressure to remake the business ahead of a possible IPO  —  PALO ALTO, Calif.—Palantir Technologies Inc. appears to be a prosperous Silicon Valley spy-software machine.