‘These children are barefoot.  In diapers.  Choking on tear gas.’  —  A little girl from Honduras stares into the camera, her young features contorted in anguish.  She's barefoot, dusty, and clad only in a diaper and T-shirt.  And she's just had to run from clouds of choking tear gas fired across the border by U.S. agents.

How a Liberal Couple Became Two of N.Y.'s Biggest Trump Supporters  —  In some ways, they are a typical political power couple seeking to “Make America Great Again.”  —  They are throwing a $5 million fund-raiser for President Trump this winter, and are quick to make it known …

'We don't want an Alabama': Hyde-Smith has Republicans holding their breath  —  Republicans think Cindy Hyde-Smith will ultimately pull out a win in Mississippi's special Senate election on Tuesday.  But they say the race has tightened — and after what happened in Alabama last year, they're on edge.

Flashback: Despite Twitter's Protests, The Stifling of Conservative Speech On The Platform Is Real.  —  UPDATE: People seem to want more, and although there's nothing duller than posting a screed on why you're quitting a platform, here's the gist: I've never liked Twitter even though I've used it.

In the United States, right-wing violence is on the rise  —  As a Republican, Mitchell Adkins complained of feeling like an outcast at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky. “Hardcore liberals” made fun of him, he wrote, and he faced “discrimination on a daily basis.”  He soon dropped out and enrolled in trade school.

Majority of Americans want Congress to cut arms sales to Saudi Arabia over Yemen war, survey finds  —  Survey also finds widespread ignorance about the conflict  — {{#singleComment}}{{total}} comment{{/singleComment}}{{^singleComme nt}}{{total}} comments{{/singleComment}}

AP Exclusive: First gene-edited babies claimed in China  —  HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.

Franken scandal haunts Gillibrand's 2020 chances  —  Just a month after Al Franken formally resigned from the Senate amid sexual misconduct allegations, the former senator met with an intimate group of Bay Area supporters at the home of major Democratic Party financiers Mary and Steve Swig.

White House lacks lawyers to deal with empowered Democrats  —  The White House counsel's office is down to a skeletal staff, potentially leaving them unprepared to deal with a flood of subpoenas for documents and witnesses when Democrats take control of the House.

The Monopolization of America  —  In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show.  —  The popular telling of the Boston Tea Party gets something wrong.  The colonists were not responding to a tax increase.

The chaos behind Donald Trump's policy of family separation at the border  —  A 60 Minutes investigation has found the separations that dominated headlines this summer began earlier and were greater in number than the Trump administration admits  —  This past week, a federal judge struck down the president's latest immigration order.

Russia reopens Kerch Strait after Ukrainian confrontation: report  —  Russia has reopened the Kerch Strait, which links the Azov Sea with the Black Sea, to civilian shipping Monday, the country's TASS news agency reported.  —  The move came after Russia on Sunday opened fire …

“It Makes Sense Now”: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Tie the Knot in a Secret Washington D.C. Ceremony  —  The Morning Joe co-hosts made it official during an intimate Saturday ceremony at the National Archives, in front of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, officiated by Rep. Elijah Cummings.

When we hurt migrants, we hurt Americans [Opinion]  —  I was standing in a trailer in South Texas, anxiously sipping from a Styrofoam coffee cup, when the lawyer rushed in.  “Can you help?” she said.  “There's a 9-year-old who will not stop crying.”  —  It was a relief to face a problem I might be able to fix.

Trump Ramped Up Drone Strikes in America's Shadow Wars  —  In his first two years, Donald Trump launched 238 drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia—way beyond what the ‘Drone President’ Barack Obama did.  —  The U.S. president inherited a remotely piloted weapon of death from his predecessor.

Why Hollywood's new attack on Cheney is a boost for Trump … It was only a matter of time before Hollywood unleashed a big-budget hit job on the former vice president known half-jokingly as Darth Vader.  The $60 million Dick Cheney biopic “Vice” opens on Christmas Day, and its director …

Anti-Pelosi effort raises questions for Moulton  —  Sixteen representatives and representatives-elect, led in their opposition by U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, signed a letter Monday pledging not to support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for another term as speaker of the House.