Mueller report will be ‘devastating’ for the president: Frequent Trump defender  —  Alan Dershowitz, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said special counsel Robert Mueller's report will be “devastating” for the president.  —  The Harvard Law professor emeritus told ABC News Chief …

Migrants march toward US border in show of force  —  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Several hundred Central American migrants on Sunday pushed past a blockade of Mexican police standing guard near the international border crossing between Tijuana and California to pressure the U.S to hear their asylum claims.

Ex-Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos must report to prison Monday, judge orders  —  A federal judge on Sunday ruled that George Papadopoulos must report to prison as scheduled on Monday, rejecting a bid from the former Trump campaign adviser to delay the start of his prison sentence …

Congressmen who've seen classified intel dispute Trump on Khashoggi killing  —  Senators Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) all disagree with President Trump's assertion that the CIA has not concluded that crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Trump demands action to reduce deficit, pushes new deficit spending  —  President Trump is demanding top advisers craft a plan to reduce the country's ballooning budget deficits, but the president has flummoxed his own aides by repeatedly seeking new spending while ruling out measures needed to address the country's unbalanced budget.

Russia opens fire on Ukrainian boats in Azov Sea; Poroshenko convenes military cabinet (DEVELOPING)  —  The Ukrainian Navy has reported that Russian coast guard boats opened fire on three Ukrainian boats in the Azov Sea on the evening of Nov. 25.  Ukraine's small armored artillery boats Berdyansk …

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 …

Andrea Long Chu's Fake Vagina  —  Sit down and read this essay in The New York Times by Andrea Long Chu.  It is, inadvertently, an icon of our radically disordered culture.  Here's how it starts: … Could there possibly be a more succinct statement of our very particular cultural madness?

Major League Baseball donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith  —  Over the past week, seven major corporations have asked for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) to refund their contributions.  Earlier this month, Hyde-Smith told a crowd at a campaign event that she would be willing to attend a “public hanging.”

Democrats' Senate losses jeopardize national spotlight for possible 2020 hopeful  —  Senate Democrats' midterm losses have created a dilemma for the party's leadership over a key committee seat held by Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.), a prospective 2020 presidential contender who is at risk …

Generators, Coors and canned food.  How these ‘mountain boys’ are surviving in Paradise  —  PARADISE  —  Brad Weldon has lived in Paradise his entire life, and wasn't about to leave his home or his blind, 90-year-old mother behind when the Camp Fire hit.  —  And he's not going to leave …

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.

Cummings: Asylum-seekers should be allowed in U.S.  —  Rep. Elijah Cummings on Sunday called on Congress to stand up against a proposed deal between Mexico and President Donald Trump that will keep those seeking asylum out of the United States.  —  Cummings (D-Md.) in an interview on NBC's …