‘He has moved incredibly quickly’: Mueller nears Trump endgame  —  A new urgency surrounds the Russia investigation, with Donald Trump Jr and longtime Trump ally Roger Stone in legal peril  —  Donald Trump only has himself to blame for Robert Mueller's return to public life.

Parliament seizes cache of Facebook internal papers  —  Parliament has used its legal powers to seize internal Facebook documents in an extraordinary attempt to hold the US social media giant to account after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly refused to answer MPs' questions.

Alabama GOP: Sessions not guaranteed to win back his old seat  —  Republicans are certain they can win back the Alabama Senate seat they lost in spectacular fashion last year.  They just aren't sure whether Jeff Sessions is the one to do it.  —  Sessions' name surfaced as a potential candidate immediately …

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pushed resolution praising Confederate soldier's effort to ‘defend his homeland’  —  Photo surfaces of Senator with Confederate artifacts  —  (CNN)Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith once promoted a measure that praised a Confederate soldier's effort to …

Migrant caravan: Mexican officials deny US border deal  —  Mexico's incoming foreign minister has said discussions on how to deal with migrants travelling to the United States are continuing despite reports a deal has been reached.  —  Marcelo Ebrard denied reaching an agreement …

New Hampshire political legend falls prey to Trump effect  —  Secretary of State Bill Gardner has had a decades-long run as the legendary, hard-nosed guardian of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary.  But he may not make it through the Trump era.  —  Gardner, a fixture …

‘Never Trump’ Republicans went Democrat in 2018.  Are they gone for good?  —  Mocked as irrelevant after President Trump's election, voters who leaned Republican in prior races handed Democrats huge wins in suburban districts.  —  WASHINGTON — Kristin Olsen, who until 2016 led …

Senior Saudi prince says CIA cannot be trusted on Khashoggi conclusion  —  ABU DHABI (Reuters) - A senior Saudi prince cast doubt upon the reported CIA finding that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month …

EU leaders agree UK's Brexit deal at Brussels summit  —  EU leaders have approved an agreement on the UK's withdrawal and future relations - insisting it is the “best and only deal possible”.  —  After 20 months of negotiations, the 27 leaders gave the deal their blessing after less than an hour's discussion.

When it comes to undermining faith in democracy, another low point  —  For more than two years, voters have heard Democrats accuse Republicans of trying to undermine confidence in the American democratic system.  —  The charge was thrown about repeatedly in the 2016 presidential election …

New book by Trump advisers alleges that the president has ‘embedded enemies’  —  Two of the president's longest-serving advisers allege in a new book that scores of officials inside the White House, Congress, the Justice Department and intelligence agencies are “embedded enemies of President Trump” …

Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Robbins gets to work at 8:15 each morning and unlocks the door to his office suite.  He switches on the lights and the TV news, brews a pot of coffee and pulls out the first files of the day to review.

Students Who Made Apparent Nazi Salute in Photo Won't Be Punished  —  The Wisconsin students who appeared to make a Nazi salute in a widely criticized photo will not be punished, the school's superintendent said this week in a letter to parents.  —  The superintendent, Lori Mueller …

Black Man Killed by Officer in Alabama Mall Shooting Was Not the Gunman, Police Now Say  —  The police in Alabama said an officer fatally shot a 21-year-old black man on Thursday night who they said shot at least one person at a mall near Birmingham, turning a Thanksgiving holiday shopping scene into chaos.

A Little Free Library honored Michelle Obama.  Vandals tagged it 'Trump's'.  —  The Little Free Library went up a week after the inauguration, its wooden walls painted to evoke the White House eight blocks away.  But if the book box coincided with President Trump taking office, its tiny plaque pined for the previous administration.