Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy  —  Exclusive: Trump ally met WikiLeaks founder months before emails hacked by Russia were published  —  Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort held secret talks with Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London …

White House prevents Gina Haspel from briefing Senate on Khashoggi murder  —  Mike Pompeo and James Mattis are due to give a briefing on US relations with Saudi Arabia to Senate on Wednesday  —  The White House is preventing the CIA director, Gina Haspel, or any other intelligence official …

Trump slams Fed chair, questions climate change and threatens to cancel Putin meeting in wide-ranging interview with The Post  —  President Trump placed responsibility for recent stock market declines and this week's General Motors plant closures and layoffs on the Federal Reserve during an interview Tuesday …

‘Fox & Friends’ Fed Interview Script to Trump's EPA Chief, Emails Show  —  The president's favorite cable-news show shared its interview scripts and its oh-so-hard-hitting questions in advance with an embattled Trump official.  —  Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt …

Trump says he's considering a Plan B if Congress rejects his demand for $5 billion in border wall funding  —  President Trump said he is considering a backup plan if Congress rejects his demand for $5 billion in funding for his border wall, potentially including the continued use of troops …

The NRA Just Reported Losing $55 Million in Income  —  The gun-rights group has its biggest champion in the White House.  But its financial situation has worsened in the age of Trump  —  The nation's leading gun-rights organization saw its income drop by $55 million last year …

Mississippi runoff: Race and Trump weigh on contest between Espy and Hyde-Smith  —  JACKSON, Miss. - A surprisingly competitive U.S. Senate runoff election was set to come to a conclusion Tuesday, after becoming a referendum on the state of racial politics, on whether pride in the confederacy …

A Shadow Over Europe  —  Anti-Semitic stereotypes are alive and well in Europe, while the memory of the Holocaust is starting to fade, a sweeping new survey by CNN reveals.  More than a quarter of Europeans polled believe Jews have too much influence in business and finance.

Christine Blasey Ford says some good came out of her ‘terrifying’ testimony against Kavanaugh  —  Months after publicly accusing Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her three decades ago, Christine Blasey Ford said that speaking out was “terrifying,” but she knew it was her “civic duty.”

A Business With No End … Part I: Zooming Out  —  Recently, one of my students at Stanford told me a strange story.  His parents, who live in Palo Alto, Calif., had been receiving mysterious packages at their house.  The packages were all different shapes and sizes but each was addressed to …

‘I Always Respect Subpoenas’: Comey Says His Legal Team Is Looking At His Options  —  Former FBI Director James Comey said he won't ignore the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena compelling him to testify behind closed doors about his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails …

Tear gas used once a month at border under Obama  —  DHS data shows deployments dating back years  —  The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently — including more than once a month during …

Trump's rage-tweets and spin over General Motors layoffs ring hollow  —  When White House counselor Kellyanne Conway tried Tuesday to respond to the news that General Motors will eliminate thousands of jobs, her usual talent for effortlessly shameless spinning seemed to have deserted her.

Russia probe: House Democrats aim to unmask Trump Jr.'s blocked call  —  WASHINGTON - A blocked number in Donald Trump Jr.'s phone records may be among the first targets for Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee in January as they investigate possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

The Chevy Volt Is A Dream Car And Now GM Is Killing It  —  Even some of America's best engineering couldn't save it.  —  General Motors just killed the best car you've never owned.  —  I am talking about the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid GM has been producing since 2010.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Hiring, Looking for ‘Passionate, Creative Thinkers’  —  New York Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is looking for some 13 staffers to fill her office.  —  Her team is seeking passionate, talented and creative thinkers to fight for “social …

The Latest: US nixed FBI checks for teen migrant camp staff  —  TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a desert detention camp for migrant children (all times local):  —  A new government watchdog memo says the Trump administration waived rigorous background checks for all staff working …

Maybe They're Just Bad People  —  Not all Trump support is ideological.  —  Seven years ago, a former aide to Ralph Reed — who also worked, briefly, for Paul Manafort — published a tawdry, shallow memoir that is also one of the more revealing political books I've ever read.

NC elections board refuses to certify 9th District race, leaving it in limbo  —  The state board of elections Tuesday declined to certify the results of the 9th Congressional District election after one board member cited what he called “unfortunate activities” in the eastern part of the district.

‘Siberian unicorn’ walked Earth with humans  —  A giant rhino that may have been the origin of the unicorn myth survived until at least 39,000 years ago - much longer than previously thought.  —  Known as the Siberian unicorn, the animal had a long horn on its nose, and roamed the grasslands of Eurasia.

Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows vying to defend Trump on key committees  —  An intense behind-the-scenes power struggle over who will become Donald Trump's top congressional defender is coming to a head as two Freedom Caucus leaders and their allies pressure senior Republicans to give them two top committee posts.

Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed  —  Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents.  The explanation?  They're protecting kids from criminal dads and moms.  Immigration advocates say it's zero tolerance by another name.