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 …

New York state judge rejects Trump claim that he can't be sued because he's president  — A New York Supreme Court judge on Friday denied a request from President Donald Trump and his family members to dismiss a lawsuit against them and the Trump Foundation.

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.

Trump Expresses Dissatisfaction With Treasury Secretary  —  President faults Steven Mnuchin for backing Jerome Powell as Fed chief and for stock-market volatility  —  President Trump is expressing dissatisfaction with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, blaming him for the appointment …

Pastor who railed against ‘gun-free zones’ shot woman in the head after she refused sex with him: police  —  A one-time pastor in Missouri known for going on social media rants against “gun-free zones” this week was arrested after he allegedly tried forcing three women to have sex with him …

Hyde-Smith Attended All-White ‘Seg Academy’ to Avoid Integration … JACKSON, Miss. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith attended and graduated from a segregation academy that were set up so that white parents could avoid having to send their children to schools with black students, a yearbook reveals.

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 …

How the Khashoggi killing ruinously defined Trump  —  Sometimes a middling foreign policy crisis produces a presidential decision of far more consequence.  It clarifies and crystallizes the executive's core instincts, thereby establishing a road map for managing the United States that countries around the world then follow.

Republicans Hit Rock Bottom in New York.  Can They Bounce Back?  —  ALBANY — It is the party of Theodore Roosevelt, Nelson A. Rockefeller and, yes, President Trump.  It led the New York State Senate for almost all of the last 75 years.  And its backers include such deep-pocketed …

Romney's first duty in Washington?  Fundraising  —  Senator-elect Mitt Romney is already collecting chits, hosting a donor event Tuesday evening in Washington for his Believe in America PAC.  —  Utah Republican Mitt Romney hasn't yet been sworn in to the Senate, but he's already flexing his fundraising muscle.

Trying to Fight, Not Spread, Fear and Lies  —  How can the media avoid the misinformation trap?  —  Something continues to nag at me about the midterm elections.  —  It's the way we in the news media too often allowed ourselves to be manipulated by President Trump to heighten fears …

Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 103  —  Olivia Hooker called it “The Catastrophe,” the notorious 48 hours of fire and death that leveled “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa.  She was 6 at the time of the Tulsa Race Massacre, which erupted on May 31 …

F.B.I. Training Instructors Punish Women, Not Men, for Mistakes, Complaint Says  —  WASHINGTON — Danielle Snider was sailing through her training to be an F.B.I. agent last year, passing her fitness, academic and firearms tests.  Then came the last phase: training on tactics like entering a house and confronting an armed attacker.

Bill Shine's Massive Fox News Severance Package Revealed  —  The White House communications chief got an $8.4 million package and will receive $3.5 million from 21st Century Fox this year and next.  —  Bill Shine received an $8.4 million severance package upon leaving his post as co-president …