Statement from President Donald J. Trump on Standing with Saudi Arabia  —  America First!  —  The world is a very dangerous place!  —  The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq's fragile attempt at democracy …

Embattled Hyde-Smith posted photo of herself in confederate hat  —  Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith posed for a photo wearing a confederate soldier's hat and holding a rifle in a Facebook post that surfaced Tuesday.  —  Hyde-Smith took the photo during a 2014 visit to the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library.

House Dems to investigate Ivanka Trump's email use  —  Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are planning to look into Ivanka Trump's use of a personal email account to determine whether she violated federal law.  —  A Democratic aide told The Hill on Tuesday …

Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam  —  The president's true believers are convinced he's going to make them millionaires with Iraqi currency.  —  Trump supporter Hayes Kotseos runs a North Carolina pool-maintenance company, but she's got a side bet that she thinks might make her fabulously wealthy: the Iraqi dinar.

Trump privately praises Matt Whitaker's “courage”  —  President Trump has been telling people privately that he's impressed by the “courage” acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker is showing in the face of burgeoning legal challenges and questions about his history of publicly criticizing the Mueller investigation.

Trump's Base Isn't Enough  —  There shouldn't be much question about whether 2018 was a wave election.  Of course it was a wave.  You could endlessly debate the wave's magnitude, depending on how much you focus on the number of votes versus the number of seats, the House versus the Senate versus governorships, and so forth.

Obama Trashes Trump: ‘Confused, Blind, Shrouded with Hate ... Mommy Issues’  —  ‘We are still confused, blind, shrouded with hate, anger, racism, mommy issues’  —  Former President Obama took more veiled shots at his predecessor Monday night, suggesting that the reason the U.S. is not taking …

Actress Claims Michael Avenatti Dragged Her Across Apartment, Called Her An ‘Ungrateful B*tch’  —  Michael Avenatti is accused of attacking his girlfriend and dragging her around the apartment floor while calling her an “Ungrateful f*cking bitch,” this according to the declaration submitted by Mareli Miniutti.

Mueller might soon bring charges that even Trump die-hards can't trivialize  —  Commentators predict the next chapter of the Department of Justice's Russia investigation at their peril, but there is good reason to expect one or more blockbuster developments in the next few weeks.

Rep. Seth Moulton Faces Friendly Fire Back Home For Opposing Pelosi  —  The rising Democratic star says making Nancy Pelosi House speaker would be “failing the American people.”  Some in his Massachusetts district call him sexist.  —  AMESBURY, Mass. Over his four years in Congress, Rep. Seth Moulton has earned plenty of praise.

California fires: Trump administration now blames devastation on ‘radical environmentalists’  —  The political battle between the Trump administration and California over blame for the the devastating wildfires that have killed scores and left nearly 1,000 missing continued Monday.

Feds have paid undercover informants in migrant caravan  —  The 4,000 migrants have used WhatsApp text message groups to communicate along their journey, and DHS personnel have joined those groups to gather info.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is gathering intelligence …

Glamour Magazine to Cease Regular Print Publication  —  Yet another women's magazine is moving away from print.  —  Condé Nast, the legacy publisher of glossy and aesthetically rich magazines like Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, announced on Tuesday that it was ending regular print publication of Glamour.

A turkey has spent more time on-camera in the briefing room this month than the press secretary  —  An unidentified turkey about to be pardoned by President Trump appeared in the White House press briefing room on Tuesday, surprising the assembled media.  The bird quickly put the members …

Romaine lettuce is not safe to eat, CDC warns U.S. consumers  —  Romaine lettuce is unsafe to eat in any form, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday in a broad alert in response to a new outbreak of illnesses caused by a particularly dangerous type of E. coli contamination.

The Dow may drop another 2,000 points before the stock market selling is done: CNBC CFO survey  — The Dow will drop to 23,000 before it ever reaches above 27,000 again, according to just over half of CFOs on the CNBC Global CFO Council in a recent survey.  —  The Dow plunge isn't anywhere near done.

Don't Let Russia Lead Interpol  —  The international law-enforcement organization is dangerously close to losing its legitimacy.  —  Imagine an alternative history of New York City in which John Gotti becomes police commissioner and obtains arrest warrants for the U.S. attorneys who prosecuted the Gambino crime family.

Gunman in Mercy Hospital attack had threatened to shoot up Chicago Fire Academy, officials say  —  Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez, on the force for less than two years; two hospital employees; and the gunman are dead after a shooting at Mercy Hospital in the 2500 block of South Michigan Avenue on Nov. 19, 2018, in Chicago.

McConnell Feels the Heat From the Right to Bring Criminal Justice Bill to a Vote  —  WASHINGTON — In the past three years, Senator Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, blocked a Democratic Supreme Court nominee for more than a year, pushed through an army of conservative judges …

Nancy Pelosi's Fight: How She Revived Obamacare After Democrats Left it for Dead  —  Barack Obama's great strength was always his ability to shape himself into a vessel for the hopes of a wide array of different people.  For Nancy Pelosi, it's been the reverse, as she manages to become …

While NJ commuters were stranded on highways, Gov. Phil Murphy dined at swanky restaurant  —  Thousands of commuters were still stranded on unplowed roads or waiting at a paralyzed Port Authority Bus Terminal when Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife settled into dinner at an upscale restaurant in Middletown during last Thursday's storm.