James O'Keefe tweeted about his ‘confrontation’ with a Post reporter.  Here's what really happened.  —  The Washington Post on Monday published a report about a woman who falsely claimed Roy Moore sexually assaulted her as a teenager — and who appeared to work with Project Veritas …

Second ex-staffer accuses Conyers of sexual harassment  —  A former staffer of U.S. Rep. John Conyers said the veteran lawmaker made unwanted sexual advances toward her, including inappropriate touching, adding to allegations by other unnamed former employees that have prompted a congressional investigation.

Moore Opens Up 49-44 Lead in Alabama; Just 9% of Trump Voters Believe Allegations Against Moore  —  Alabama Republican Roy Moore has reopened a 49-44 lead over Democrat Doug Jones in the race for U.S. Senate.  In Change Research's third poll since the sexual misconduct allegations against Moore …

Here's the deal with Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)From “Lyin' Ted” Cruz and “Lil' Marco” Rubio to “Crooked Hillary” Clinton, Donald Trump has consistently conjured up demeaning nicknames for his campaign foes.  —  Which brings us to Elizabeth Warren.

The Senate tax bill's “seesaw” trap  —  With administration and leadership aides frantically negotiating with holdout senators, the Senate's tax vote scheduled for late this week could lapse into next week.  — That would raise everyone's blood pressure: Everything is fragile.

Dismantling the Foreign Service  —  The Foreign Service, our country's irreplaceable asset for understanding and interacting with a complex and dangerous world, is facing perhaps its greatest crisis.  President Trump's draconian budget cuts for the State Department and his dismissive attitude toward …

Roy Moore campaign staff push, shove Fox News camera crew at rally  —  Campaign staffers for Senate candidate Roy Moore late Monday night got into a scuffle with two Fox News camera crews prior to a rally in the town of Henagar, Ala.  —  Organizers told the media that Moore was expected …

Odds Are, Russia Owns Trump  —  Three months ago, The Washington Post reported that even as Donald Trump ran for president, he pursued plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.  The next day, The New York Times published excerpts from emails between Felix Sater, a felon with ties to Russian organized crime …

The Latest: Dems pullout of WH meeting after Trump's tweet  —  The Latest on President Trump's discussions with lawmakers on taxes and the budget (all times local):  —  Top Democratic leaders in Congress have abruptly pulled out of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump after he attacked them on Twitter.

How Far Will Sean Hannity Go?  —  The Fox News host is willing to defend Trump at all costs — and is reaching more than 13 million people a day.  —  When he finally went to bed early in the morning on Oct. 2, Sean Hannity had a good sense, as he typically does, of how he would structure that night's Fox News Channel broadcast.

Manafort Bankers, Associates Summoned to Talk to Manhattan D.A.  —  Investigators want to know how Manafort used money from loans  —  Ex-Trump campaign chairman already charged in separate probe  —  Manhattan prosecutors investigating Paul Manafort's New York business activities …

Franken's apology fails the full candor test  —  He seems to be saying, 'I'm sorry for what you think I did.'  —  U.S. Sen. Al Franken broke his self-imposed silence over the weekend, submitting to a series of media interviews on the sexual misconduct allegations against him, professing his shame and embarrassment.

Rick Scott Consultant Denies He Used Ice Penis to Hump Mannequin … Joshua Cooper, a Tallahassee political consultant paid more than $500,000 by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to dig up dirt on Scott's enemies over the years, swears the photo above was simply a snapshot taken at an unfortunate angle.

Trump Paid Over $1 Million in Labor Settlement, Documents Reveal  —  In 1980, under pressure to begin construction on what would become his signature project, Donald J. Trump employed a crew of 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked in 12-hour shifts, without gloves, hard hats or masks …

The Limits of ‘Believe All Women’  —  Ever since Eve gave Adam that forbidden fruit, demonizing and disbelieving women has been the planet-wide policy.  You don't need to reach back to the Pleistocene to see the truth of that.  —  “You're just a child,” Roy Moore is accused of saying …

Rep. Green issues unprompted statement on ‘settled’ allegations  —  Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) issued an unprompted joint statement with a female former staffer who years ago made and later dropped allegations of sexual assault, with the two on Monday calling the matter “absolutely resolved.”

Woman feels she was profiled after being mistaken for human trafficking victim on Delta flight  —  Stephanie Ung says she and a friend were greeted by federal agents after stepping off the plane from vacation, and made to feel more like criminals than victims of sex trafficking.

Angela Lansbury: attractive women ‘must sometimes take the blame’ for sexual harassment  —  Women must accept some blame for sexual harassment and abuse because they “go out of their way to make themselves attractive” to men, Dame Angela Lansbury has said.  —  While other Hollywood actresses …

America is in crisis.  The Republican tax plan will make that worse  —  The plan would comfort the already very comfortable and further afflict many of the afflicted - all while causing the national debt to soar  —  hen Donald Trump was sworn in as president last January, the nation faced several domestic crises.

Rep. Raul M. Grijalva quietly arranged a “severance package” in 2015 for one of his top staffers who threatened a lawsuit claiming the Arizona Democrat was frequently drunk and created a hostile workplace environment, revealing yet another way that lawmakers can use taxpayer dollars to hide their misbehavior on Capitol Hill.

Why are Republicans in such a rush to pass tax reform?  To outrun the truth.  —  There are lots of pressing issues Congress could be focusing on right now.  —  Lawmakers could work on reauthorizing the Children's Health Insurance Program, which expired Sept. 30 , leaving the 9 million kids who depend on it in limbo.

Feds Flip Turkish Crook; Did He Rat on Michael Flynn? … Reza Zarrab, a Turkish businessman accused of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran, pleaded guilty and will testify against his co-defendant, a federal court heard Tuesday.  Zarrab's cooperation with federal prosecutors could have implications …