Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert S. Mueller III, says report prepared for Senate  —  Months after President Trump took office, Russia's disinformation teams trained their sites on a new target: special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.  Having worked to help get Trump into the White House …

Michael Flynn Is Owed an Apology  —  One year after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, there is still no evidence that he is a traitor.  —  Remember when Michael Flynn was a traitor?  It was early 2017.  Democrats were still stinging from their defeat at the hands of Donald Trump.

Roger Stone Admits Spreading Lies on InfoWars  —  Trump adviser made the admission in settling a defamation suit brought against him by an exiled Chinese businessman  —  As questions swirl about his credibility, former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone settled a defamation suit seeking $100 million …

Mueller Ready to Pounce on Trumpworld Concessions to Moscow  —  New court filings by Mueller's office could answer a central question of the Russia investigation: What did the Kremlin hope to get from its political machinations?  —  For more than a year, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office …

As Tucker Carlson Insults Immigrants, Here's a List of His Advertisers  —  Last week, Tucker Carlson made a statement on his Fox News show which has led one advertiser to head for the doors. … Carlson then proceeded to refer to members of the Central American caravan as “cynical shakedown artists”.

Trump launches unprecedented reelection machine  —  President Donald Trump is planning to roll out an unprecedented structure for his 2020 reelection, a streamlined organization that incorporates the Republican National Committee and the president's campaign into a single entity.

Wall Street Hits New 2018 Lows as Fed Decision Looms Over Markets  —  Stocks on Wall Street notched a new low for the year on Monday, as worries about the economy continued to dog investors ahead of a crucial Federal Reserve decision on interest rates later this week.

Trump School-Safety Panel Targets Obama Policy on Race and Discipline  —  Commission urges end of guideline seeking fairness in student punishments, avoids gun-control issue  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's commission on school safety has recommended revoking a federal guideline directing schools …

POLITICO Playbook: No deal in sight ... yet  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WE THOUGHT WE WERE SOMEWHERE, but in fact, we are nowhere.  Yesterday afternoon, we started hearing that SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL was going to file a so-called minibus spending bill — seven bills wrapped into one — with an increase in border spending.

The stock market is on pace for its worst December since the Great Depression  —  Two benchmark U.S. stock indexes are careening toward a historically bad December.  —  Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 are on pace for their worst December performance since 1931 …

Rudy Giuliani says Trump may give Mueller more written answers  —  President Trump's lawyers are negotiating with Robert Mueller's team over whether to provide additional written answers, Rudy Giuliani tells me.  —  The backdrop: Giuliani said that when Trump lawyers were determining the rules …

A child occupies the White House — and the world knows it  —  Patti Davis is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Earth Breaks in Colors” and the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan.  —  Lately, I've been looking at home movies and photographs of my childhood years …

Female politicians and journalists abused every 30 seconds on Twitter  —  Female politicians and journalists were abused on Twitter every 30 seconds in 2017, according to the largest-ever study into how women are targeted with hate speech online.  —  Researchers from Amnesty International and Element AI …

“Men for Others, My Ass”: After Kavanaugh, Inside Georgetown Prep's Culture of Omertà  —  For generations, the renowned Jesuit prep school groomed its students to live up to the mantra “men for others.”  But after Christine Blasey Ford's testimony, the school and its alumni are contending with other demons.

The Bible-Thumping Tech CEO Who's Proud Of Keeping Neo-Nazis Online  —  Rob Monster claims he helped resurrect Gab because of his commitment to free speech.  He also has a lot to say about Jews.  —  Most tech CEOs who provide safe spaces for neo-Nazis to organize, propagandize, and terrorize do so as quietly as possible.

Top Republicans struggle to persuade Trump not to shut down the government  —  Congressional Republicans struggled Monday to find a way to persuade President Trump to back off a public threat to shut down the government over border wall money, staying largely in the dark over the impasse …

Donald Trump Awarded ‘Golden Idiot’ Prize by German TV Show as Much of the World Laughs at U.S. President  —  President Donald Trump has publicly called for authorities to investigate primetime comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live over its humorous depictions of his presidency …

Playing The Waiting Game: Beto Is In No Rush To Decide His 2020 Move  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — If the deep field of potential Democratic presidential contenders is on pins and needles as Beto O'Rourke decides his next move, it could be a long wait.  —  The outgoing Texas congressman's team …

CROSSED THE LINE Controversial Playboy model Marisa Papen is arrested for nude photos of her being crucified on a cross at the Vatican  —  Papen was held for 10 hours before being released and has made headlines in the past for her controversial photoshoots  —  CONTROVERSIAL Playboy model Marisa Papen …

Tulsi Gabbard Is Moving Toward An Unconventional Presidential Campaign.  Her Fans See “Bernie 2.0.”  —  Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic member of Congress from Hawaii, is known — insofar as she is known — for bucking her party.  She criticized President Barack Obama's handling of ISIS.

Would Human Extinction Be a Tragedy?  —  Our species possesses inherent value, but we are devastating the earth and causing unimaginable animal suffering.  —  Mr. May is a professor of philosophy at Clemson University.  —  There are stirrings of discussion these days in philosophical circles about the prospect of human extinction.

Death of The Weekly Standard Signals Rebirth of the Right  —  Neoconservatism is dead, long live American conservatism.  That's what I thought when I learned The Weekly Standard would be shuttered by longtime owner Clarity Media.  The Standard was a creature of a particular time and place …

After Bloodbath, The National Zoo's Naked Mole-Rats Finally Choose Their Queen  —  At last, we've reached the conclusion of this scintillating drama: the National Zoo's naked mole-rat colony has chosen its queen.  —  In case you've been living under a rock, let us catch you up …