Giuliani was in talks to be paid by Ukraine's top prosecutor as they together sought damaging information on Democrats  —  President Trump's personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, negotiated earlier this year to represent Ukraine's top prosecutor for at least $200,000 during the same months …

Multiple Women Recall Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation by Gordon Sondland  —  Three women recall Sondland made unwanted sexual contact in business settings.  One says he exposed himself.  All recall professional retaliation after they rejected him.  Sondland denies the allegations.

ICE arrests 90 more students at fake university in Michigan  —  (Photo: Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press)  —  About 90 additional foreign students of a fake university in metro Detroit created by the Department of Homeland Security have been arrested in recent months.

Russia Inquiry Review Is Expected to Undercut Trump Claim of F.B.I. Spying  —  The F.B.I. never tried to place undercover agents or informants inside the Trump campaign, a highly anticipated inspector general's report is expected to find.  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general found …

Trump Tax Records Reveal New Inconsistencies — This Time for Trump Tower  —  Documents show the president's company reported different numbers — higher ones to lenders, lower ones to tax officials — for Trump's signature building.  Last month, ProPublica revealed a similar pattern in two other Trump buildings.

CNN Poll: Biden leads nationally as Buttigieg rises  —  Panelist: Biden does best when he isn't in public  —  (CNN)Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead the newly expanded field of contenders for the Democratic nomination for president, with Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts …

William Ruckelshaus, Who Quit in ‘Saturday Night Massacre,’ Dies at 87  —  As deputy attorney general he refused Nixon's order to fire the special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the Watergate scandal.  He was earlier the E.P.A.'s first leader.  —  William D. Ruckelshaus …

Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands  —  Apple has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on its apps.  —  Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, in a move that was condemned by most of the global community.

Riaboshapka fires top Ukrainian prosecutor who backed Biden conspiracy  —  Kostyantyn Kulik, a former top prosecutor accused of corruption.  —  Prosecutor General Ruslan Riaboshapka on Nov. 25 fired Kostyantyn Kulyk, a controversial top prosecutor accused of corruption and fabricating political cases.

Democrat seeking to unseat Nunes saw huge spike in campaign contributions, he says  —  The House Intelligence Committee's two weeks of public hearings put several Republican lawmakers in the spotlight, including the panel's ranking member, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).

Trump vows not to change the name of Thanksgiving despite cries from the ‘radical left’  —  President Trump told supporters at a rally held in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday that he wouldn't allow the “radical left” to change the name of Thanksgiving.  —  The president, who recently switched …

An alien comet from another star is soaring through our solar system  —  SEWANEE, Tenn. — Something strange is sailing toward us.  Something small and cold and extraordinarily fast.  No one knows where it came from, or where it is going.  But it's not from around here.

Deutsche Bank Executive Who Signed Off On Trump Loans Kills Self At Age 55  —  Thomas Bowers, a former Deutsche Bank executive and head of the American wealth-management division, killed himself in Malibu, California on Tuesday, November 19th, according to the coronor's initial report.

Trump administration to cut its financial contribution to NATO  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration has moved to substantially cut its contribution to NATO's collective budget according to several US and NATO officials, a symbolic move that comes as many continue to question President …

Opponents of Elizabeth Warren spread a doctored photo on Twitter.  Her campaign couldn't stop its spread.  —  The reaction to the tweet, viewed hundreds of times, offers a hard lesson: Homespun disinformation campaigns on social media represent a rising threat

The Town Hall That Impeachment Blew Up  —  Moderate Democrat Mikie Sherrill returned to her district — and a wave of anger.  —  WHIPPANY, N.J.—One of Representative Mikie Sherrill's district directors began the town hall in a filled community center Monday night with her customary call for civility.

Kemp criticizes ‘ridiculous’ conservative pushback to Senate favorite  —  ‘The attacks and games are absolutely absurd.’  —  Gov. Brian Kemp rejected the “ridiculous” mounting conservative pushback against his favorite for an open U.S. Senate seat, adding on Wednesday that he would only tap …

They Voted Democratic.  Now They Support Trump.  —  Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year.  —  Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope …

Facebook's only Dutch factchecker quits over political ad exemption  —  ‘Final straw’ was refusal to allow partner to mark dubious claims by far-right parties  —  Facebook's only Dutch factchecker has quit over the social network's refusal to allow them to highlight political lies as being false.

PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Name Judy Woodruff, Tim Alberta, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor Co-Moderators for December Debate  —  The PBS NewsHour & POLITICO Democratic Debate will take place on  —  Washington, D.C. - PBS NewsHour and POLITICO today announce that PBS NewsHour anchor …

'There's something terribly wrong': Americans are dying young at alarming rates  —  Death rates from suicide, drug overdoses, liver disease and dozens of other causes have been rising over the past decade for young and middle-aged adults, driving down overall life expectancy in the United States …

Buttigieg returns donations from lawyers who represented Brett Kavanaugh  —  Following Guardian queries, 2020 hopeful says Kavanaugh should never have been placed on supreme court  —  Pete Buttigieg's 2020 campaign is returning thousands of dollars in donations from two top Washington lawyers …

‘Anonymous’ vows to unveil identity as 2020 heats up  —  “Trump will hear from me, in my own name,” said the mysterious author of the famous op-ed and new book in a Reddit AMA.  —  Copies of “A Warning” by Anonymous.  Scott Olson/Getty Images  —  The anonymous Trump administration official …

Op-ed: Navy corruption and the Gallagher case  —  By: Sean Gallagher   14 hours ago  —  In this partisan environment, people were quick to judge President Donald J. Trump's reinstatement of anchors to my brother, Special Warfare Operator Chief Edward “Eddie” Gallagher.

Netanyahu unleashes populist fury over indictments as party members back away  —  JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was struggling to both stoke and contain a popular backlash against prosecutors as some of his supporters distanced themselves from the bellicose rhetoric …

MRP election poll: Boris Johnson heads for big majority  —  Only survey to forecast hung parliament in last election predicts Tories will win 359 seats — with Labour down to 211  —  Boris Johnson is on course for a comfortable majority, according to a polling model that accurately predicted the election outcome two years ago.