Ken Cuccinelli walked into a bar.  And Martin O'Malley lit into him.  —  A liberal ex-governor walks into a bar, followed by a conservative Trump administration official.  —  Instead of a punchline, what followed, one witness said, was a “shame-invoking tirade” by Martin O'Malley …

Donald Trump Jr., Debut Author, Sees Sales Bolstered by G.O.P. Allies  —  Boxes began arriving in early November at the Phoenix headquarters of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group with ties to the Trump family.  —  They contained copies of the new book by Donald Trump Jr. …

Boris Johnson Is Threatening To Review Channel 4's Broadcasting Licence After They Replaced Him With An Ice Sculpture At Thursday's Debate  —  A Conservative source told BuzzFeed News that if they win the coming election they will reassess the channel's public service broadcasting licence.

Exclusive: Daphne murder accused details plot to kill for 150,000 euros  —  VALLETTA (Reuters) - One day in the summer of 2017, Vince Muscat dropped his friend Alfred Degiorgio at the Busy Bee, a harbour-front café near Malta's capital renowned for its pastries stuffed with ricotta cheese.

I was fired as Navy secretary.  Here's what I've learned because of it.  —  Richard Spencer is the former secretary of the Navy.  —  The case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was charged with multiple war crimes before being convicted of a single lesser charge earlier this year …

Furious, China summons US ambassador over Hong Kong bills  —  1 of 9  —  BEIJING (AP) — China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump's signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador to protest and warning the move would undermine cooperation with Washington.

Trump official who promoted fringe conspiracy theories now senior adviser at State Department  —  (CNN)A former naval intelligence officer and conservative talk radio host who promoted fringe conspiracy theories in radio appearances is now a senior adviser at the State Department Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance.

After Mitch McConnell Named WholeFoods Magazine's Man of the Year, Twitter Users Call for Boycott of Supermarket Company  —  WholeFoods Magazine has named Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as its Man of the Year for championing a hemp growing project in his home state of Kentucky.

How money laundering is poisoning American democracy  —  After winning the cold war, the US sought to export the rule of law to other countries.  That flow has gone into reverse.  Today it is importing some of the worst corruption from abroad.  America's largest law firms …

Mikhail Gorbachev's Pizza Hut Thanksgiving Miracle … It's dangerous for leaders to outlive their countries.  Whether they move on or become obsessed with returning to power, they cannot escape their role as symbols of a vanished world—a condition fraught with both nostalgia and danger.

Time Is Running Out for Trump's North Korean Diplomacy, Analysts Say  —  Analysts fear a looming crisis as North Korea warns of a Dec. 31 deadline for a new proposal from the United States on denuclearization.  —  SEOUL, South Korea — The clock is ticking.

The Nobel Prize, a Rape Camp in Bosnia, and Peter Handke  —  What does it mean to spend a night at the Vilina Vlas hotel?  —  The answer to this seemingly odd question reveals the moral and intellectual collapse of the Swedish Academy, which last month bestowed on Peter Handke the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature.

Most people are bad at arguing.  These 2 techniques will make you better.  —  Argue better — with science.  —  Anyone who has argued with an opinionated relative or friend about immigration or gun control knows it is often impossible to sway someone with strong views.

Witness testimony and records raise questions about account of Trump's ‘no quid pro quo’ call  —  President Trump was cranky when they spoke on the phone in September, Ambassador Gordon Sondland told members of Congress, but his words were clear: Trump wanted no quid pro quo with Ukraine.

How to shut down your Trump-supporting family member at Thanksgiving dinner  —  Today hundreds of millions of Americans will sit down with close friends and family over heaping portions of turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.  After the usual small talk about chilly weather and the day's football matchups …

How Much Did Russian Spy Agencies Rely On Bitcoin?  New Hints In Leaked Recordings  —  When it was seized by U.S. law enforcement in 2017, BTC-e was described as “one of the world's largest and most widely used digital-currency exchanges.”  It was also one of the most notorious.

The precipitous fall of America's mayor  —  (CNN)For the last three years, Rudy Giuliani seemed to roam the world with impunity as a kind of rogue ambassador to President Donald Trump, swatting aside concerns from US national security aides and diplomats as he carried out the President's bidding.

Trump Has Spent $115 Million On Golf Trips ― Or 287 Years Of Presidential Salary  —  Trump often boasts of donating his White House pay, but taxpayers are shelling out much larger sums for his hobby.  —  With his Thanksgiving vacation, President Donald Trump's golf hobby has now cost Americans …

Inside 'America's Got Talent': Ousted Judges Had Complained of Toxic Culture (EXCLUSIVE)  —  In April of this year, former late night host Jay Leno visited NBCUniversal in Los Angeles to appear as a guest judge on the network's unscripted program “America's Got Talent,” a variety show that seeks …

The Horrible History of Thanksgiving  —  Before you fill your plate, please remember why we mark this day.  —  When I was a child, Thanksgiving was simple.  It was about turkey and dressing, love and laughter, a time for the family to gather around a feast and be thankful for the year …