Trump's dangerous message to tyrants: Flash money and get away with murder  —  Fred Ryan is publisher and chief executive of The Washington Post.  He served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan.  —  A clear and dangerous message has been sent to tyrants around the world …

Roberts criticizes Trump for “Obama judge” asylum comment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trump's description of a judge who ruled against Trump's new migrant asylum policy as an “Obama judge.”  —  It's the first time that the leader …

US agency opens case file on potential Whitaker Hatch Act violations  —  Feds look into Whitaker campaign contributions  —  (CNN)An independent federal investigative agency is looking into whether acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker violated prohibitions on political activities …

Elliot Schrage on Definers  —  Yesterday outgoing Head of Communications and Policy Elliot Schrage shared more detail with our employees about the work we did with Definers, a Washington, DC PR firm.  —  Many of you have raised questions about our relationship with the Definers consulting firm.

Inside Trump's refusal to testify in the Mueller probe  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The date had been picked, the location too, and the plan was penciled in: President Donald Trump would be whisked from the White House to Camp David on a quiet winter Saturday to answer questions from special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Democrats close to flipping 40 House seats as straggler tilts in their favor  —  Democrats are on the cusp of flipping 40 seats in the House, solidifying what many prognosticators had long anticipated: a blue wave.  —  More than two weeks after Election Day, one unresolved race in California may yet be a pickup for the Democrats.

GAVIN McINNES QUITS THE PROUD BOYS … As of today, November 21st, 2018, I am officially disassociating myself from the Proud Boys, in all capacities, forever.  I quit.  —  I was told to use the term “stepping down” but I refused because that makes no sense.  I was never the leader, only the founder.

The head of Russia's GRU spy agency is reported dead ‘after a long and serious illness’  —  Igor Korobov, the head of Russia's Military Intelligence Directorate (GRU), died “after a long and serious illness,” a Defense Ministry spokesperson told the news agency RIA Novosti early on November 22.

House Intelligence Panel Hiring Money-Laundering Sleuths  —  One of President's biggest foes is taking steps to chase the Trump-Russia money trail.  —  The House intelligence committee's incoming Democratic majority is taking its first steps to follow Donald Trump's money, The Daily Beast has learned.

White House approves use of force, some law enforcement roles for border troops  —  The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.

Twitter Bans Far-Right Activist Laura Loomer  —  Twitter kicked Laura Loomer off its platform permanently Wednesday, making her the latest conservative media figure to be banned from the site.  “This is not going to be the end of Laura Loomer,” the far-right activist told The Daily Beast.

Duke library houses letter penned by Alexander Hamilton, the main character of popular musical  —  “Hamilton” the musical is the hottest ticket in town at the Durham Performing Arts Center, but you can truly touch the past when you visit Duke University's Rubenstein Library.

American Reportedly Killed In Flurry Of Arrows As Tribe Defends Its Island Off India  —  They are hunter-gatherers who live on a remote, forested island in the Indian Ocean.  They do not use money.  They resist contact with the outside world — and have been known to sling arrows at outsiders who approach their shores.

Trump plan would force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed, a major break with current policy  —  Central Americans who arrive at U.S. border crossings seeking asylum in the United States will have to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed under sweeping new measures …

EU and China break ultimate trade taboo to hit back at Trump  —  Anger over U.S. President Donald Trump's steel tariffs is pushing Europe and China to rip up one of the most sacrosanct unwritten rules in international trade policy: Don't question national security.

Tax returns reveal one six-figure donor accounts for entirety of “dark money” funding Whitaker's nonprofit  —  A single six-figure donor accounted for 100 percent of funding raised by a nonprofit run by acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker before he became Jeff Sessions' chief of staff last year …

These Five Women Were Bridesmaids in Each Other's Weddings — Now They're All State Senators  —  They are longtime friends who have been bridesmaids in each other's weddings, worked for and with each other for years, and supported one another with daily text chains and phone calls.

MI6 battling to stop Donald Trump releasing classified Russia probe documents  —  MI6 chiefs are secretly battling Donald Trump to stop him publishing classified information linked to the Russian election meddling investigation.  —  The UK is warning that the US president …

Trump to thank troops by teleconference, says war zone visit ‘being planned’  —  President Donald Trump will begin his Thanksgiving holiday, as he did last year, with a teleconference with members of the military from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.  —  But as Trump approaches the two-year mark …

It has cost $72 million so far to deploy active-duty troops to the border, Pentagon says  —  After weeks of questions about the cost of the U.S. deployment of forces to the border, the Pentagon revealed late Tuesday that the barbed wire, transportation and housing for about 5,900 active-duty troops to date has cost $72 million.

Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wednesday.  He was 106.  —  Chavez, who had been battling pneumonia …

Democrats won House popular vote by largest midterm margin since Watergate  —  Nationally, Democrats have 53.1 percent of all votes counted while Republicans took 45.2 percent.  —  Not since the Watergate scandal have Democrats run up such a large margin of victory in midterm House races, NBC News data showed.

Rep. Brian Higgins, in a reversal, will back Nancy Pelosi for speaker  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Brian Higgins of Buffalo reversed course Wednesday and said he will support Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to be the speaker of the House, delivering a devastating blow to a weakening rebellion …