POLITICO Playbook: Did Trump just threaten a shutdown over impeachment?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP just made this month much more ... interesting.  Speaking on the South Lawn on Sunday, the president left the door open to a government shutdown in 17 days.

Trump threatens to cut US funding for California wildfires  —  LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is threatening to cut U.S. funding to California for aid during wildfires that have burned across the state during dry winds this fall.  —  Trump tweeted Sunday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has done a …

4 White House officials slated for depositions in impeachment inquiry not expected to show up  —  Four White House officials slated for closed-door depositions Monday are not expected to show up on Capitol Hill despite the threat of subpoena from the committees leading the growing impeachment inquiry …

One Year From Election, Trump Trails Biden but Leads Warren in Battlegrounds  —  Signs that the president's advantage in the Electoral College has persisted or even increased since 2016.  —  Despite low national approval ratings and the specter of impeachment, President Trump remains highly competitive …

Behind the scenes: How Trump still gets his NYT and WaPo fix  —  If you were skeptical that President Trump would give up his lifelong habit of reading the New York Times, you were right to be.  —  Driving the news: Sources familiar with the president's iPhone told Axios that the president maintains …

How an impeached Trump wins  —  President Trump is showing how he could be impeached, survive and still win re-election, something never done before in American history.  —  Between the lines: Trump officials think two things must unfold for this to happen: Republicans must stay unified …

Manafort Spread Ukraine Conspiracy Theory Months Before 2016 Election  —  Documents from the special counsel's inquiry show that President Trump's former campaign chairman shared the theory shortly after stolen Democratic emails were published that June.  —  WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort …

In China, every day is Kristallnacht  —  In China, every day is Kristallnacht.  —  Eighty-one years ago this week, in what is also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” hundreds of synagogues and Jewish cemeteries in Nazi Germany were damaged or destroyed, along with thousands of Jewish-owned businesses.

Trump's Syria pullout follows years of Kurdish struggle  —  “They really did feel that this time, they should not be abandoned and betrayed,” political analyst Shivan Fazil said.  —  The Kurdish expression “No friends but the mountains” has become more painfully true in recent weeks.

India air pollution at ‘unbearable levels’, Delhi minister says  —  Air pollution in the north of India has “reached unbearable levels,” the capital Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says.  —  In many areas of Delhi air quality deteriorated into the “hazardous” category on Sunday with the potential to cause respiratory illnesses.

Here's How the KGB Knew You'd Be a Traitor: an Exclusive Look at Its Recruitment Manual  —  The bottom line for spy recruitment comes down to this: look for the losers, especially the ones who want to think they are winners because they hang on to important positions.  —  BEAST INSIDE

Fox News Poll results October 27-30, 2019  —  Full Fox News Poll results from October 27-30, 2019.

U.S. embassy takeover anniversary: Iranians chant “death to America”  —  Thousands of Iranians chanted “death to America” as Iran marked the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover and ensuing hostage crisis in Tehran with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declaring the two countries “implacable foes,” Reuters reports.

Norway arrests US white supremacist ahead of far-right conference  —  (CNN)Norwegian authorities have arrested a high-profile American white supremacist, hours before he was due to give a speech at a far-right conference in Oslo on Saturday.  —  The detained American, Greg Johnson …

Inside the Republican Plan to Deep-Six the Trump Impeachment Hearings  —  Trump allies plan to call for witnesses who could bolster their narrative and hammer away at the anonymous whistleblower whose account launched the inquiry in the first place.  —  As House Democrats ramp up their impeachment push …

Maria Butina: The Russian accused of trying to influence U.S. policies for the Kremlin  —  In an interview while she was incarcerated in a Florida federal prison, Marina Butina was defiant and resentful talking about charges that she worked as a Russian agent in the United States

As Warren Gains in Race, Wall Street Sounds the Alarm  —  With a populist message that promises to rein in corporate excess, Ms. Warren has been facing more hostility from the finance industry than any other candidate.  —  Julia Roberts was making the rounds at Blackstone …