Manafort's Lawyer Said to Brief Trump Attorneys on What He Told Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the president's onetime campaign chairman, repeatedly briefed President Trump's lawyers on his client's discussions with federal investigators after Mr. Manafort agreed …

MSNBC declines to allow Sarah Sanders to dictate its programming  —  It had been nearly a month since Sarah Sanders had held what was once known as a “daily” briefing.  So when the White House press secretary — along with White House officials Larry Kudlow and John Bolton …

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 …

Exclusive: Ivanka Trump defends use of private email, brushes aside Mueller probe  —  Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter and a senior adviser to President Donald Trump, defended her use of a private email account while transitioning to an administration job, insisting to ABC News …

Trump: 'I don't do anything ... just for political gain.'  —  For the last two years, congressional Republicans have persuaded President Donald Trump to delay the fight to fund his border wall, convincing him he would pay a steep political price for such a high-stakes legislative brawl.

Please Enjoy This Enormous Australian Cow  —  What you're looking at here is a cow named Knickers, a Holstein Friesian that lives on a farm in Western Australia with a bunch of other regulation-size cows that honestly look laughably small—like a child's toys, like a dull child's stupid playthings—in comparison.

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 …

Trump trashed new Pompeo aide as ‘major loser’  —  Mary Kissel often took a dim view of President Donald Trump's foreign policy.  As a Wall Street Journal editorial writer, she tweeted about his “frightening ignorance,” criticized his approach on Syria and China, and said Putin …

The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi family feud  —  Behind the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi lies a power struggle within the Saudi royal family that helped feed the paranoia and recklessness of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.  Eventually, this rage in the royal court led …

With McCain's replacement likely to leave, GOP is split over appointing this year's loser in Senate race  —  Days after the midterm election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey spoke privately about a sensitive topic with far-reaching implications …

NRA's fortunes fell as gun-control groups gained power  —  Revenue at the National Rifle Association fell by $54 million in 2017, a 15 percent decline that coincided with a record number of mass shootings in the U.S. and a rise in spending by gun-control groups.

Obama World lovefest for O'Rourke is growing  —  Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) is inspiring aides and allies of former President Obama, who say they could support him if he decides to run for president in 2020.  —  The Obama allies are quick to point out similarities between O'Rourke, 46 …

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.

Donald Trump Is Destroying My Marriage  —  “Shortly after the election is when I became aware of it,” says Lois Brenner, a New York-based divorce attorney.  “People were thinking about splitting up their marriages because of political differences.”  She'd never encountered this before …

The Weird Dwight Howard Saga Shows the NBA Still Has a Problem With the Closet  —  Will Leitch's Games column runs weekly.  Email him at will.leitch@nymag.com.  —  This past September, it was seven years since I wrote, in this magazine, “The Last Closet,” a feature about the total insanity that …

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.

US waived FBI checks on staff at growing teen migrant camp  —  TORNILLO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration has put the safety of thousands of teens at a migrant detention camp at risk by waiving FBI fingerprint checks for their caregivers and short-staffing mental health workers …

‘A humiliation’: Outcry after Mexico president gives highest honour to Jared Kushner  —  Enrique Peña Nieto to hand Trump son-in-law the Order of the Aztec Eagle for trade work  —  Outgoing Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto has stunned the country by bestowing …

DOJ unseals charges in alleged massive online ad fraud  —  The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday unsealed charges against eight individuals in an alleged widespread digital advertising fraud that reportedly used botnets to give the appearance of billions of humans looking at online ads.

Russia to deploy new missiles to Crimea as Ukraine tensions rise  —  MOSCOW/KERCH, Crimea, (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it would send more of its advanced S-40 surface-to-air missile systems to Crimea and a Reuters reporter saw a Russian warship deploying nearby as tensions with Ukraine rose …

Commission may act on Italian budget earlier than expected  —  The European Commission could officially kick off as early as December 19 the disciplinary action it has proposed against Italy for breaching the EU's fiscal rules.  —  Two EU officials familiar with the situation told POLITICO …

Linda Sarsour uses the blood of murdered Jews to line her pockets  —  In Linda Sarsour's recent statement of nonapology to the public, she defended her anti-Semitic embrace of Louis Farrakhan and the BDS, or boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement, by mentioning that her organization …