Rick Gates Testifies He Committed Crimes With Paul Manafort  —  ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Rick Gates, Paul Manafort's right-hand man for years, began testifying against his former boss on Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Va. He is considered the most important witness in Mr. Manafort's trial on tax and bank fraud charges.

Trump's Tweets May Actually Be His Undoing  —  The impulsive president has backed himself into a corner, and Robert Mueller knows it  —  President Trump's manic Twitter dysentery over the weekend contained more than a few nuggets that would have shamed, embarrassed or mortified normal presidents in a normal era.

Giuliani preparing letter to Mueller expressing ‘real reluctance’ over obstruction questions  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead attorney for the ongoing special counsel investigation, said Monday that Trump's legal team is planning to send a letter to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III …

Saudi Arabia's bold move has nothing to do with Canada  —  Bessma Momani is Professor at the University of Waterloo and Balsillie School of International Affairs.  She's a senior fellow at Centre for International Governance and Innovation and non-resident fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington.

West Hollywood City Council passes resolution to remove Trump Walk of Fame star  —  The West Hollywood City Council called Monday night for President Trump's star be removed from the Hollywood Walk of Fame, according to a tweet by the city's mayor.  —  “West Hollywood City council unanimously …

Only one other president has ever acted this desperate  —  William D. Ruckelshaus served as acting director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and as deputy attorney general in 1973.  He was also administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1970 to 1973 and 1983 to 1985.

In a strikingly ignorant tweet, Trump gets almost everything about California wildfires wrong  —  No one would mistake President Trump for an expert on climate change or water policy, but a tweet he issued late Sunday about California's wildfires deserves some sort of award for most glaring misstatements …

Mike Pence's moral case for removing a president from office  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence once argued the president of the United States should be held to the highest moral standards to determine whether he should resign or be removed from office.  —  Pence made the argument in two columns …

Jared Kushner Used To Personally Order The Deletion Of Stories At His Newspaper  —  Jared Kushner personally ordered a software developer at his newspaper to remove stories critical of his friends and real estate peers.  —  Now a senior White House adviser and son-in-law to President Trump …

West Virginia to introduce mobile phone voting for midterm elections  —  Why voting in the US is so hard  —  West Virginians serving overseas will be the first in the country to cast federal election ballots using a smartphone app, a move designed to make voting in November's election easier for troops living abroad.

Betsy DeVos's summer home deserves a special place in McMansion Hell  —  Kate Wagner dissects the shingle-style Michigan summer home of the education secretary.  —  Two weeks ago, somebody untied Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos's $40 million yacht from its mooring.

Sikh Man Attacked, Told To ‘Go Back To Your Country’ In Stanislaus County  —  KEYES (CBS13) - A well-known member of the Stanislaus County community was brutally beaten while placing campaign signs, and police are investigating it as a hate crime.  —  It was Tuesday night in Keyes …

The US Navy's top acquisition priority stumbles out of the gate  —  The U.S. Navy's $122.3 billion Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program is off to an inauspicious start after faulty welding was discovered in several missile tubes destined for both the Columbia and Virginia-class programs …

Dems launch lieutenant governors group to compete with GOP  —  Democratic lieutenant governors are forming a campaign group to rival the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association, the latest bid by Democrats to catch up to Republicans in down-ballot fundraising.

LeBron James to Create Showtime Doc Series Called Shut Up and Dribble  —  You'll recall, back in February, Laura Ingraham of Fox News calling on LeBron James to “shut up and dribble” — in other words, to stick to basketball and not opine on politics.  —  The new Los Angeles Lakers star has decided …

This is the Way Paul Ryan's Speakership Ends  —  The Republican leader is walking away.  Don't ask him about Trump anymore.  —  Paul Ryan has a thing about punctuality and routine.  They bring a sense of order to the chaos that he otherwise must try to maneuver through.

Someone Is Going to Get Killed  —  Before too long, a reporter will become a direct casualty of the Trump era.  —  With the ever-present caveat that predictions are worthless: an American journalist is going to get murdered as a direct result of our current political climate.

Escape At Dannemora (2018) |  Official Trailer |  SHOWTIME Series … Based on a prison break in upstate New York that spawned a massive manhunt.  Starring Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano and Benicio Del Toro.  Escape At Dannemora premieres Sunday, November 18 at 10pm ET/PT.  —  #EscapeAtDannemora

The Nation Magazine Betrays a Poet — and Itself  —  I was the magazine's poetry editor for 35 years.  Never once did we apologize for publishing a poem.  —  Ms. Schulman was poetry editor at The Nation from 1971 to 2006.  —  During the 35 years that I edited poetry for The Nation magazine …

Trump Supreme Court pick: Presidents can ignore laws they think are unconstitutional  —  Kavanaugh reveals views on Mueller probe  —  (CNN)Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2013 asserted that it's a “traditional exercise” of presidential power to ignore laws the White House views as unconstitutional …

Joe Arpaio on Sacha Baron Cohen: I ‘Never Agreed’ to Blow Job From Trump … Former sheriff and current GOP Senate candidate Joe Arpaio apparently has no idea that he accepted the hypothetical offer of an “amazing blow job” from President Donald Trump on the latest episode of Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?

Phone Calls From New York City Jails Will Soon Be Free  —  People who end up in jail in New York City will now be able to use the phones there for free, after Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a bill into law on Monday that will eliminate the charge.  —  The city had been collecting …

After Infowars is removed from various platforms, Alex Jones begs Donald Trump for help  —  Alex Jones: Trump must make “censorship” the top issue in the midterm elections or else he will be impeached  —  Loading the player reg...  ALEX JONES (HOST): Now, if you want to get into the real reason all this is happening.

Trump's Border Wall Could Waste Billions of Dollars, Report Says  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration could potentially waste billions of dollars on a border wall because it failed to fully account for factors like varying terrain and land ownership along the Southwest border, according to a new report.