Exclusive: Emails of top NRCC officials stolen in major 2018 hack  —  The House GOP campaign arm suffered a major hack during the 2018 election, exposing thousands of sensitive emails to an outside intruder, according to three senior party officials.  —  The email accounts of four senior aides …

GOP senators come out and say it: The Trump administration is covering up Khashoggi's killing  —  Republican senators emerged from a briefing Tuesday about journalist Jamal Khashoggi's killing and essentially accused the Trump administration of misleading the country about it — and even covering it up for Saudi Arabia.

U.S. Stocks Battered by Trade, Yield Concerns: Markets Wrap  — Thirty-year bonds lead rise in Treasuries after inversion  — Pound erases gain as push to avoid hard Brexit may be at risk  —  U.S. stocks plunged, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling more than 800 points …

Mueller Is Laying Siege to the Trump Presidency  —  “Today is the first day I actually thought Donald Trump might not finish his term in office,” said the legal commentator Jeffrey Toobin on CNN last Thursday.  —  “This is the beginning of the end for Trump,” declared Neal Katyal, a former acting solicitor general, on MSNBC.

Jeffrey Epstein, sexual abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes.  Now what?  —  A trial that could have allowed the victims of serial molester Jeffrey Epstein to finally tell their stories from a witness stand was aborted Tuesday when it was announced in court that the case had been settled.

Pompeo Questions the Value of International Groups Like U.N. and E.U.  —  BRUSSELS — In a major speech on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tried to explain one of the abiding conundrums of the Trump administration: How does a nationalist lead on the international stage?

Trump handles Bush's death with abnormal normality  —  A taboo-busting president who has often trashed the Bush clan observes traditional norms of etiquette after its patriarch's passing.  —  For President Donald Trump, there was once no worse insult than being “a Bushie.”

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Get this b***h under control!’  Joy Behar tears into Meghan McCain off-air after the conservative host lashed out at her for throwing shade on President Trump during The View's tribute to George H. W. Bush  — Whoopi Goldberg was forced to cut to commercial break during another …

'Damn Right, I'm a White Nationalist' Declares Texas GOP Platform Committee Member  —  At the Texas Republican Party's 2018 convention, Ray Myers was a part of a select group of activists charged with crafting the platform for the biggest and most influential state party in the country.

Republicans plan vote Tuesday on curbing powers of Gov.-elect Tony Evers, limiting early voting  —  MADISON - Wisconsin lawmakers are set to take up plans Tuesday to diminish the powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general that brought opponents to the state Capitol this week …

Democrats could refuse to seat North Carolina Republican, Hoyer says  —  The incoming House majority leader said Democrats might refuse to seat a North Carolina Republican next year unless and until “substantial” questions about the integrity of his election are resolved.

2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, IRS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Internal Revenue Service and dozens of other entities as part …

More Than 400 Justice Department Alumni Said They're “Disturbed” By Matthew Whitaker's Appointment  —  WASHINGTON — More than 400 former Justice Department officials and attorneys have signed a statement saying they're “disturbed” by President Donald Trump's appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.

Is This It?:  A Trump-Hater's Guide to Mueller Skepticism  —  Mueller's comportment suggests a man who's fallen prey to the same state of mind that warped Ken Starr—namely disgust over the people you're investigating and a desire to justify the sunk capital.

Student organizers boot SNL writer from stage during standup routine for jokes deemed offensive  —  Patel, 32, was the first Indian-American writer for SNL, and has since been nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing.  —  Saturday Night Live writer and comedian Nimesh Patel …

Black Man Killed by Police in Alabama Was Shot From Behind, Autopsy Shows  —  A black man killed by the police in an Alabama mall in November was shot three times from behind, according to a forensic examination commissioned by the man's family.  —  The finding, announced in a news conference on Monday …

Born in Philadelphia, U.S. citizen says he was held for deportation to Jamaica at ICE's request  —  When Peter Sean Brown turned himself in to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in April, he expected to be back to work in no time at Fogarty's, a laid-back restaurant in Key West, Fla., where diners flock for the Cajun chicken.

Joe Biden believes he is the “most qualified person in the country to be president”  —  Biden: We must reset our nation's moral compass  —  (CNN)During a stop for his book tour in Missoula, Montana, Monday night, former Vice President Joe Biden discussed his 2020 prospects …

I Served in Congress Longer Than Anyone.  Here's How to Fix It.  —  In my six decades in public service, I've seen many changes in our nation and its institutions.  Yet the most profound change I've witnessed is also the saddest.  It is the complete collapse in respect for virtually every institution …

‘Who is Scott Free?’  A search for meaning after Trump's misuse of a medieval idiom.  —  From the moment he tweeted “covfefe” in the middle of the night, President Trump has been perplexing his millions of Twitter followers with cryptic messages ranging from vague threats to North Korea …

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's $21 trillion mistake  —  “$21 TRILLION of Pentagon financial transactions ‘could not be traced, documented, or explained.’ $21T in Pentagon accounting errors.  Medicare for All costs ~$32T.  That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon.”

Wary of repeating 2016 mistakes, Democrats prepare to shake up 2020 presidential debate plan  —  The Democratic National Committee is close to finalizing a 2020 primary debate plan that would give lesser-known candidates a chance to share the same stage as the party's front-runners …

BREAKING: Bannon “unavailable,” Missoula debate cancelled  —  Steve Bannon will no longer be speaking at a UM, the latest and third event to be canceled following the announcement he would be a keynote speaker at a joint conference on sex robots this month.  —  An email sent to people registered …

The Guardian offered a bombshell story about Paul Manafort.  It still hasn't detonated.  —  It seemed to be another bombshell story amid all the revelations about the investigation of the Trump campaign's ties to Russia.  —  The Guardian newspaper reported last week that Paul Manafort …

The Reason Many Ultrarich People Aren't Satisfied With Their Wealth  —  As the number of millionaires and billionaires in the world climbs ever higher, there are a growing number of people who possess more money than they could ever reasonably spend on even the lushest goods.

End to Manafort plea deal could put Palm Beach Gardens home at risk  —  Paul Manafort's efforts to make sure his wife could continue living in the couple's Palm Beach Gardens home should he go to prison fizzled after special counsel Robert Mueller III filed court papers last week asking a judge …

It's Almost Impossible to Be a Mom in Television News  —  It was the only time I had cried in front of one of my bosses at CBS News.  —  As we sat in my office, door closed, I was struggling to explain why I was uncertain whether to sign a new three-year contract with the network.

Netflix Will Keep ‘Friends’ Through Next Year in a $100 Million Agreement  —  Are Netflix and “Friends” on a break?  —  The answer is no — for now.  Reruns of Joey's thespian trials, Chandler's hapless sarcasm, Monica's compulsive cleanliness, Phoebe's feline riffs, and the seemingly permanent courtship …

‘A kind of dark realism’: Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve  —  In the daunting math of climate action, individual choices and government policies aren't adding up.  —  Solar panels are being nailed to rooftops, colossal wind turbines bestride the plains and oceans …

Treasury proposes postal changes after Trump attacks on Amazon  —  President Donald Trump's task force scrutinizing U.S. Postal Service operations is proposing an overhaul of the financially distressed agency, including changes to how it prices packages shipped by retailers like Amazon, a frequent target of the president's attacks.