Michael Avenatti Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence, Confident He'll Be Exonerated  —  Michael Avenatti — Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence ... I'll Be ‘Fully Exonerated’  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  5:50 PM PT — Avenatti bailed out and held a brief news conference, saying, “I have never struck a woman.

Delay, Deny and Deflect: How Facebook's Leaders Fought Through Crisis  —  Sheryl Sandberg was seething.  —  Inside Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, top executives gathered in the glass-walled conference room of its founder, Mark Zuckerberg.  It was September 2017 …

Exclusive text messages show Roger Stone and friend discussing WikiLeaks plans  —  “Big news Wednesday ... Hillary's campaign will die this week,” Randy Credico appears to have texted Stone six days before WikiLeaks email dump.  —  Six days before WikiLeaks began releasing Hillary Clinton …

“Insanity,” “Furious,” “On His Own”: Trump's Post-Midterms Blues Are Vexing His Staff and Roiling the White House  —  He's lashing out at aides and press and foreign leaders, and threatening to roll West Wing heads—but at least he didn't get his hair wet at the Belleau Wood memorial.

EXCLUSIVE: President Trump Calls For Brenda Snipes To Be Fired  —  President Donald Trump believes that the embattled Broward County Elections Supervisor Brenda Snipes is a “disgrace” and that she should be fired and removed from office.  —  President Trump spoke to The Daily Caller in an exclusive …

Republican senator threatens to vote against judges after GOP blocks vote on Mueller protection bill  —  Grassley downplays concerns over Whitaker  —  (CNN)Retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake said Wednesday that he will not vote to confirm the Trump administration's judicial nominees …

MacArthur loses New Jersey House race to Democratic challenger Andy Kim  —  Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.) lost his seat to Democratic challenger Andy Kim on Wednesday, resulting in a near-wipeout for the GOP in the state, The Associated Press reported.  —  With MacArthur's loss …

Rep. Marcia Fudge weighing a bid for House Speaker  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Warrensville Heights Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge says she's considering challenging California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi for House Speaker.  —  Fudge said she does not believe Pelosi has enough votes to win the job …

‘He was yelling’: Whitaker pushed back against early fraud complaints about company he advised  —  Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker received early warnings that customers were complaining that an invention-marketing company he advised might be a fraud, according to several people familiar …

Conservative Lawyers Say Trump Has Undermined the Rule of Law  —  WASHINGTON — The annual convention of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group, has long been a glittering and bustling affair.  In the Trump era, though, the group has become more powerful than ever …

The Best of the Biggest U.S. Airports  —  The first WSJ U.S. Airport Rankings uses 15 metrics to determine which of the 20 largest airports treat travelers better  —  Call it the Mile-High Miracle: Denver International Airport is the best airport in the U.S. in the first-ever Wall Street Journal U.S. Airport Rankings.

Jamal Khashoggi's killers carried syringes, electro-shock devices and cutting tools as they left Istanbul, says report  —  Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt becomes highest-ranking UK official to meet with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman since killing of Washington Post journalist

CBC votes no confidence in Democratic Chair Perez  —  The Congressional Black Caucus passed a vote of no confidence in Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez on Wednesday, the latest sign of lingering bad blood between lawmakers on Capitol Hill and the Democratic Party's top official.

‘Too short’ Tom Cruise to be replaced for Jack Reacher reboot  —  Action hero Jack Reacher is to get a reboot for the small screen with a new actor in the lead role after creator Lee Child admitted Tom Cruise, who played him in two films, is too short.  —  In Child's books …

In Florida Recount Fight, Democratic Lawyer Draws Plaudits and Fire  —  WASHINGTON — He has been accused of rigging the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries to thwart Bernie Sanders and facilitating a deluge of big money into politics.  He helped arrange financing for the dossier …

France says Trump should have shown ‘decency’ on Paris attacks anniversary  —  PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who attacked his French counterpart in a series of tweets on Tuesday, should have shown “common decency” instead since the country was mourning the anniversary …

Mattis Visited The Troops Deployed To The Border And They Had Some Questions For Him  —  “Sir, I have a question.  The wire obstacles that we've implanted along the border...are we going to be taking those out when we leave?”  —  On a visit to US troops on the southern border on Wednesday …

Betsy DeVos set to bolster rights of accused in rewrite of sexual assault rules  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is set to release a sweeping overhaul of how colleges and universities must handle allegations of sexual assault and harassment, giving new rights to the accused including …

Abrams gains ground as judges order more Georgia votes to be counted  —  Georgia's tight races for governor and Congress remained unsettled Tuesday as last-minute votes trickled in, protests rocked the Capitol and judges issued rulings to ensure more ballots are counted.

Raccoons drunk on crab apples cause false rabies scare in West Virginia  —  Rabid animals are, of course, no laughing matter.  The rabies virus can infect the central nervous system, resulting in disease and death, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Camp Fire: 56 dead, nearly 9,000 homes lost in Butte County wildfire  —  BUTTE COUNTY (KRON) - Nearly 9,000 homes have been lost and 138,000 acres have been charred in the deadly Camp Fire in Butte County on Wednesday night.  —  In all, 10,321 structures have been destroyed, and 8,650 of those are single-family homes.

White women saunter around in hoodies to prove Tennessee mall's policy targets black people  —  Four white women went to an east Tennessee shopping mall wearing hoodies to test a hunch about racism — and they were disappointed to be proven right.  —  A former journalist was arrested …