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 …

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.

The Trump Administration Just Asked The Supreme Court To Let It Enforce Its Transgender Military Ban  —  The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to take up three cases challenging the administration's repeated efforts to bar transgender people from serving in the military.

How Early Voting Could Turn the Democratic 2020 Race on Its Head  —  Don't be shocked when presidential hopefuls' usual Des Moines-to-Manchester route adds a few stops in Los Angeles, Austin, and Chicago this time around.  —  That's because when next year's Democratic primary process gets started …

Ex-CIA, NSA chief Hayden suffers stroke  —  (CNN)Michael Hayden, a former director of the CIA and National Security Agency, suffered a stroke earlier this week, his family said Friday.  —  In a statement, the family said Hayden, 73, suffered the stroke at his home and was hospitalized …

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.

Humans didn't cause mass animal extinctions in Africa, like previously thought, study says  —  A new study disagrees with a longstanding view that humans wiped out large animals that previously occupied Africa.  —  In research published in the journal Science on Friday …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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” …

ESPN Loses Two Million More Subscribers In Fiscal 2018  —  Yesterday Disney announced in its yearly 10K filing that ESPN lost another two million subscribers in fiscal year 2018.  —  ESPN now has 86 million subscribers, down from over 100 million subscribers in 2011.

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.

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.

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.