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 …

Key Mueller witness: I lied and I'm ready to die in jail  —  In a blockbuster interview, key Mueller witness and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi admits to MSNBC's Ari Melber that he lied to Congress, that he tried to get stolen Clinton emails back to the Trump campaign in 2016, that he …

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.

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.

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.

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 …

At the White House, Even the Holidays Are Met With Grievances  —  Starting with the blood-red trees, it became abundantly clear this week that not even the frothiest of White House holiday events would be carried without the requisite Trump-era criticisms and presidential complaints.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

'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.

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.

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.

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 …