Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas  —  The secretary of state's decision most likely ends Republicans' hopes of securing a potentially dominant candidate for the open seat in Kansas, his home state.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told Mitch McConnell …

Stampede kills 32 at funeral for Iran general killed by US  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, killing 32 people and injuring 190 others, state television reported.

Why Trump should fear Sanders much more than Warren in 2020  —  It is conventional political wisdom that President Trump stands his best chance in 2020 if Democrats nominate a far left candidate like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.  That is half right.  I have witnessed both of these candidates …

Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump  —  The defense secretary acknowledged that “the laws of armed conflict” prohibited attacking antiquities and said the military had no plans to do so, even though the president declared them targets.

Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump's economic threat  —  No decision has been made on whether to implement the penalties, but aides scrambled following presidential warning to Baghdad  —  Senior administration officials have begun drafting sanctions …

Trump Administration Blocks Iran's Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council  —  Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani.  —  The Trump administration is barring Iran's top diplomat from entering …

The 57-Page PowerPoint Harvey Weinstein's Team Is Sending Reporters  —  As New York prepared to publish this week's look at the coming trial of Harvey Weinstein, along with a portfolio of women who have made allegations against him, I reached out to his current publicist, Juda Engelmayer, for comment.

How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way  —  The senator once enjoyed respect on both sides of the aisle.  Why has he become a blind loyalist to Trump?  —  Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump were born nine years and one month apart.  Trump came first, but when they appear side by side …

Iranian-Americans Questioned at the Border: 'My Kids Shouldn't Experience Such Things'  —  Up to 200 people were held by border agents, with some of them reportedly asked to share their opinions about the situation in Iran and Iraq.  —  SEATTLE — Arriving at the United States border …

ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group  —  A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area.

A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn Building  —  There are just 700 Seke speakers left in the world, and 100 live in New York — half of them in one building.  —  The apartment building, in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, is a hive of nationalities.

Trump says Zuckerberg told him he's Facebook's ‘number one’  —  Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is “number one” on the global social media platform.  —  “I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he …

FBI seeks Apple's help unlocking phones of suspected Pensacola naval station gunman  —  Phones thought to belong to the Saudi air force member accused in the deadly attack are password-protected.  —  The FBI is asking Apple Inc. to help unlock two iPhones that investigators think were owned …

Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a ‘mistake’  —  Washington (CNN)The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters “that's not what's happening.”

Number Of Animals Feared Dead In Australia's Wildfires Soars To Over 1 Billion  —  Ecologists at the University of Sydney and WWF Australia estimate that a billion is a conservative figure.  —  SYDNEY ― The number of wildlife estimated to have died in Australia's wildfire catastrophe has skyrocketed to more than 1 billion.

Facebook to ban deepfakes, sources say, but new policy may not cover controversial Pelosi video  —  Facebook plans to issue new rules as soon as Tuesday that would ban users from posting computer-generated, highly manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, seeking to stop the spread of a novel form …

Pompeo Explains the Iran Policy  —  And he promises to focus on competition with China and better relations with Russia.  —  Washington  —  Last year's conventional wisdom was that when it came to Iran, President Trump was all bark and no bite.  His aversion to war, especially in the Middle East …

Come clean, CNN  —  Ninth in a series on the media's handling of the Steele dossier.  Please see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.  —  “We stand by our reporting.”  That phrase is a go-to in media industry public relations, unleashed when events appear to debunk an outlet's precious scoop.