Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Charge in Mueller Investigation  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, who pleaded guilty in August to breaking campaign finance laws, made a surprise appearance in a Manhattan courtroom on Thursday morning to plead guilty to a new criminal charge …

Trump's night-owl calls to Roger Stone in 2016 draw scrutiny in Mueller probe  —  The calls almost always came deep into the night.  —  Caller ID labeled them “unknown,” but Roger Stone said he knew to pick up quickly during those harried months of the 2016 presidential campaign.

Trump slams special counsel after retweeting image of Rosenstein behind bars … WASHINGTON - It was no accident that President Trump Wednesday retweeted an image of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein locked up.  —  When asked during an interview with The Post: “Why do you think he belongs behind bars?”

Deutsche Bank Offices Are Searched in Money Laundering Investigation  —  One hundred seventy officers searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and five other sites in the area early Thursday as part of a money-laundering investigation involving hundreds of millions of euros, prosecutors in Frankfurt said.

Stormy Daniels: Michael Avenatti Sued Trump For Defamation Against My Wishes  —  The porn star also says her lawyer refused to give her information about how her crowdfunding money was being spent, and launched a second crowdfund without her knowledge.  —  Michael Avenatti sued Donald Trump …

How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood  —  From boasting about the size of his penis on national television to releasing records of his high testosterone levels, President Trump's rhetoric and behavior exude machismo.  His behavior also seems to have struck a chord with some male voters.

U.S. life expectancy declines again, a dismal trend not seen since World War I  —  Life expectancy in the United States declined again in 2017, the government said Thursday in a bleak series of reports that showed a nation still in the grip of escalating drug and suicide crises.

Kremlin says Trump, Putin have agreed to meet at G-20 summit on Saturday  —  MOSCOW — The Kremlin said Thursday that Washington has confirmed a one-on-one meeting between President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladi­mir Putin at noon on Dec. 1 at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina.

Investigators are probing a letter that claims George Papadopoulos said he was pursuing a lucrative Russian business deal for himself and Trump after the election  — Trump-Russia investigators are reportedly looking into an uncorroborated letter that claims George Papadopoulos was pursuing …

Veterans Affairs Dept. tells Capitol Hill it won't repay underpaid GI Bill benefits recipients  —  The news conflicts with a promise VA officials made to a House committee earlier this month that it would reimburse those veterans who received less than the full amount they were due.

ADL Responds to CNN Commentator Calling for a ‘Free Palestine from the River to the Sea’  —  The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called CNN political commentator and Temple University Professor Marc Lamont Hill's call for a “free Palestine from the river to sea” on Wednesday “divisive” and “destructive” in an email to the Journal.

Sen. Jeff Flake's Nauseating Obstructionism Over Protect Mueller Bill Delayed 21 Trump Judicial Nominations  —  Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MI) won her runoff election last night over Democrat Mike Espy in Mississippi, so Republicans have a solid 53-47 majority.

What Is Chuck Schumer Thinking?  —  When the 116th Congress begins in just over a month, President Donald Trump's dream of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border will be all but dead.  Massive gains in the midterm elections will give Democrats a sizable majority in the House of Representatives …

More American children are uninsured despite strong economy  —  See the consequences of a town divided by healthcare  —  New York (CNN)For the first time in nearly a decade, the number of uninsured children in America has grown.  —  The reversal is unprecedented, particularly given …

Holocaust scholar at Teachers College, Columbia University finds swastikas spray-painted on her office wall  —  A Jewish professor and Holocaust scholar at Columbia Teacher's College said she found two swastikas and an anti-Semitic slur spray-painted on her office wall Wednesday.

Pelosi shuts down critics in tense meeting  —  Nancy Pelosi was having none of it.  —  A trio of her fiercest Democratic critics — lawmakers trying to bar her from reclaiming the speaker's gavel — were trying to pin her down on exactly when she planned to relinquish power.

'If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser  —  A trove of text messages details a plan by Mr. Moonves and a faded Hollywood manager to bury a sexual assault allegation.  Instead, the scheme helped sink the CBS chief, and may cost him $120 million.

Suicide rate up 33% in less than 20 years, yet funding lags behind other top killers  —  Suicide rates are up 33% in the U.S., yet funding lags behind that of all other top causes of death — leaving suicide research in its “infancy.”  —  More than 47,000 Americans killed themselves in 2017 …

U.N. ambassador hunt drags on as top candidate fades  —  The hunt for a new United Nations ambassador — a job for which State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert was once considered a lock but is now out of contention — has faced repeated delays and is running up against Nikki Haley's end-of-year departure date.

Hakeem Jeffries Emerges as New Face of House Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — At a leadership table of septuagenarians, Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York has just emerged as the Democrats' face of generational change.  —  Mr. Jeffries, a 48-year-old Brooklynite with a golden tongue …

TJ Cox beats Republican Rep. David Valadao to give Democrats gain of 40 House seats, seven in California  —  TJ Cox defeated three-term Republican Rep. David Valadao on Wednesday, giving Democrats a gain of seven House seats in California and 40 nationwide — the party's strongest midterm showing since …