Stone associate Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel, according to a person with knowledge of the talks  —  Conservative writer and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, according to a person with knowledge of the talks.

Democrats must hold Trump accountable on Saudi Arabia.  Adam Schiff explains how.  —  President Trump has again brushed off the horrifying murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, blithely claiming that the Saudi crown prince “vehemently denied” any role in the killing.

Major Trump administration climate report says damages are ‘intensifying across the country’  —  Scientists are more certain than ever that climate change is already impacting the United States — and that it is going to be very expensive.  —  The federal government on Friday released …

Bernie Sanders: Lion of the Left, but Not the Only One Roaring  —  Bernie Sanders can still get a crowd.  —  At rallies across the country before the midterms, from South Carolina to Michigan to Nevada, people came to see the Brooklyn-timbred senator from Vermont.

Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid  —  Donald Trump insists the GOP's midterm election shellacking had nothing to do with him.  Things will be different, he says, when his name is actually on the ballot in 2020.  —  While it's true that most presidents who see their party suffer major losses …

Migrant caravan: Tijuana declares humanitarian crisis, asks for international help  —  The mayor of Tijuana declared an international humanitarian crisis on Thursday over the arrival of more than 5,000 mostly Central American migrants traveling in a caravan.

Financial disclosure form for top Trump communications advisor Bill Shine shows $15.4 million in severance and bonuses from Fox News  — Bill Shine, the former Fox News executive and current top communications official under President Trump, received $8.4 million in severance pay …

Sherrod Brown sets his sights on Trump in 2020  —  Democrat Sherrod Brown just won reelection resoundingly in a Trump state running on Trump's issues — taking a hard line on trade and helping blue-collar workers.  —  Now the Ohio senator is talking increasingly like he's prepared to take on the president himself.

National Enquirer editor writing book about ‘Trump and his women’ … The National Enquirer's long-held secrets about Donald Trump may be about to get substantially less secret.  —  Page Six is told that the longtime executive editor of the tabloid, Barry Levine, is penning a book for Hachette about the president.

Young, rich and loyal: Nick Ayers could be Trump's next chief of staff  —  Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence prepared to gather for their weekly lunch in August 2017, the President told his staff to add two more plates.  —  Both men had just welcomed …

When Mike Pence met Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping  —  Vice President Pence was not planning to meet with the leaders of Russia or China during his Asia trip last week, but they sought him out anyway.  In several conversations with Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang …

US media must ‘get smarter’ to tackle Trump, says Hillary Clinton  —  Exclusive: former presidential candidate criticises media for failing to challenge Trump  —  Hillary Clinton has criticised the US media over its coverage of Donald Trump, calling on the press to “get smarter” …

What's up with all those black men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia governor's race?  —  About US is a new initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States.  Sign up for the newsletter.  —  White female voters in Georgia showed little interest …

Impeach the president?  House Democrats saying not so fast  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Whatever happened to trying to impeach President Donald Trump?  —  As House Democrats begin laying out the vision for their new majority, that item is noticeably missing from the to-do list and firmly on the margins.

‘We are not robots’: Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe are striking on Black Friday over warehouse working conditions  — Thousands of Amazon workers across Europe were striking and protesting on Black Friday in anger at the company's warehouse working conditions.

After that thorough rout, Democrats have all the power and all the responsibility  —  No matter what happens, change is on the horizon.  —  Having decimated the Colorado Republican party in the midterm elections, Democrats are now firmly in control of every branch of state government.

Judge Jeanine Ghosted on Old Campaign Debt and Ignored Feds' Demands for Financial Records  —  PayDirt found that ‘Judge’ Jeanine still owes nearly $600,000 to vendors and stopped filing required updates to the FEC years ago.  —  “Judge” Jeanine Pirro is the voice of law-and-order …

Is a Recession Coming?  —  In December 2007, Larry Kudlow, then a talking head for the business network CNBC, proclaimed, “There's no recession coming.  It's not going to happen.”  That same month, the economy plunged into the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

To Placate Trump, Saudis Mull Clandestine Cuts To OPEC Production  —  The cartel is considering a production cut that doesn't look like a production cut  —  Saudi Arabia and OPEC are inching toward a compromise between pleasing the U.S. with policies that won't lead to price spikes …

Israeli named by Trump Russia probe convict dismisses ‘absurd’ spy allegations  —  After George Papadopoulos, the first Trump official to plead guilty in Mueller probe, dragged him into the headlines, businessman Charles Tawil gives his side of the story  —  DUBAI — Israeli businessman Charles Tawil …

One of Syria's most famous activists killed by assassins in rebel stronghold  —  BEIRUT — One of Syria's most famous activists was assassinated by gunmen, according to associates, underscoring the mortal threats facing a dwindling pool of dissidents who still openly oppose government and extremist forces there.