Pres. Trump To Declare National Emergency A Signing Of Government Spending Bill; House Voting Tonight On Govt. Shutdown, Senate Has Approved Bill Former FBI Director ConfIrms Talks Inside Justice Dept. About Invoking 25th Amendment To Remove Trump From Office; Pres. Trump: McCabe A "Disgrace" To FBI, Country; via Knit

Judge Rules Manafort "Intentionally" Lied To The FBI, Special Counsel And Grand Jury; Unclear If Pres. Trump Will Sign Border Funds Deal, Says He's Wary of "Land Mines" In Legislation; High School Shooting Survivors Turned Into Activists, Inspired By New Gun Safety Laws; Source: Brother of Jeff Bezos' Mistress Tipped National Enquirer to Affair via Knit

Aides Caution Nothing Is Final Until The Bill Is Signed; Pres. Trump Likely To Sign Deal, But " Not Happy" And Weighing Options For Building Border Wall; Pres. Trump "Proud" Of What Shutdown Accomplished; Pres. Trump Claims He's Using Other Methods; In Rare Split, Top Dem On Senate Intel Rejects Chairman's Claim That Panel Found No Evidence Of Collusion With Russia; Sen. Klobuchar, Pres. Trump Trade Barbs Over Snow And Hair After Campaing Announcement; Sen. Klobuchar Latest To Join Democratic Presidential Race; Ex-Trump Aide Cliff Sims Sues President As Campaign Seeks To Enforce Non-Disclosure Agreement On Tell-All Book; via Knit

Pres. Trump Heading To El Paso To Rally For Border Wall, Potential 2020 Dem Challenger Beto O' Rourke Joins Nearby Competing Anti-Wall March; Rallies And Against The Border Wall In El Paso As Lawmakers Try To Reach Deal To Avoid Another Shutdown; Cliff Sims Sues Pres. Trump To Stop Him From "Silencing" The Ex-White House Aide As He Promotes His New Tell-All Book; via Knit

At House judiciary Hearing Acting AG Whitaker Says He Has Not Interfered With Mueller Investigation Or Talked To Pres. Trump About It; Whitaker Won't Answer Whether Mueller Investigation Is A "Witch Hunt"; 2nd Accuser Comes Forward, Says She Was Raped By Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax in 2000; After Physical, Pres. Trump's Doctor Says He Is "In Very Good Health"; Federal Prosecutors Reviewing National Enquirer's Handling Of Its Reporting On Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos; Negotiators Close In On Reduced Border Funding via Knit

Amazon's Bezos Claims Extortion & Blackmail, Publishes Emails, And Alleged Threat From National Enquirer's Parent Company; CNN: President Furious After House Intel Chair Hires Ex-White House Officials For Probe of Administration; House Dems Begin To Push To Get President's Taxes; via Knit

Dems Launch Sweeping Probe Of President's Finances And Russia; Pres. Trump Calls Widening Probe "Presidential Harassment"; Schiff: "I Can Understand Why The Idea of Meaningful Oversight Terrifies The President"; House Intel Votes To Release All Witness Transcripts From Its Russia Investigation To The DOJ, Mueller Team; Chaos In Virginia: LT. Gov Accuser Lays Out Alleged Assault, AG Admits To Using Blackface, Governor Refuses To Resign; Virginia Atty. General Apologizes For Blackface Incident In Latest Scandal Rocking State's Top Elected Democrats; Sen. Warren's New Problem; Hill Negotiators Briefed By Border Security Officials As Clock Ticks Toward Deadline To Make A Deal; Pelosi Says She Thinks Deal Can Be Reached By This Friday If WH Stays Out of Negotiations; Sen. Warren Apologizes For Calling Herself "American Indian" via Knit

Embattled VA Gov. Tells Cabinet He Won't Resign And Be Known As "A Racist For Life"; Sr. Advisor to VA Gov. Northam: He Is "Weighing His Options And Trying to Evaluate How "Effective" He'd Be If He Stays In Office; Sr. Advisor to VA Gov. Northam "The Situation Changes Hour By Hour And He is Taking Stock Of Everything"; KellyAnne Conway Defends The President's Schedule; Axios: Pres. Trump Spends 60% of Schedule In "Executive Time"; Wash. Post: Purge Of Undocumented Workers By Trump's Company Spread to At Least 5 Golf Courses; via Knit

Wash Post: McConnell Privately Cautions Trump About Emergency Declaration On Border Wall; Sherrod Brown: Howard Schultz Is An "Idiot"; Virginia GOP Calls For Governor To Resign In Racist Photo Scandal; Judge Warns Roger Stone: "This Is A Criminal Proceeding And Not A Public Relations Campaign"; via Knit

Pres. Trump Claims Intel Chiefs Were Misquoted During Public Testimony In Which They Clearly Contradicted Him; A Wall By Any Other Name; DHS Secretary Accused Of Perjury, Fights Back; Death Toll Rising In Widespread, Brutal Cold via Knit

Sources: Pres. Trump Seethed Watching Highlights Of Intel Chiefs Testimony, Singled Out Dan Coats For Comments On N. Korea; Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Says Democrats Are Too Far Left And Pres. Trump Shows "Weakness"; via Knit

Stone: "This Is A Legal Lynching Of Me"; . Trump Ally Stone Pleads Not Guilty To Charges In Mueller Probe; Inside The West Wing; Former Trump WH Aide Describes Pervasive Leaking, Scheming, And Backstabbing; Pres. Trump Repeatedly Claims Without Evidence, Women Are Bound, With Duct Tape Crossing Border via Knit

Acting Attorney General Reveals He's Been "Fully Briefed" On Mueller Investigation And It's "Close To Being Complete"; Pres. Trump: Odds Of Border Wall Deal "Less Than 50-50"; CBO: Economy Lost $11 Billion During Government Shutdown; Including A $3 Billion Loss; Democrats Fume As Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Mulls Independent Run, Argue It Would Help Pres. Trump ; Sen. Kamala Harris Enters Presidential Race; via Knit

Trump Adviser Calls Deal To End Shutdown "A Humiliating Loss"; Pres. Trump Caves On Wall, Agrees To Reopen Government; But President Tweets: "This Was No Way A Concession"; Pres. Trump: "In 21 Days, If No Deal Is Done; It's Off To The Races!"; Stone Calls Investigation Politically Motivated, Insists He Will Not Testify Against the President; Mueller Was Concerned Stoned Would Flee Or Destroy Evidence; Indictment: Stone Sought Stolen Emails From Wikileaks At The Direction Of "A Senior Trump Campaign Official"; via Knit

New Bipartisan Push Under Way For A Shutdown Compromise; Pres. Trump Seeks "Prorated Down Pay; CNN Exclusive: White House Preparing Draft National Emergency Order, Has Identified $7 Billion For Wall; Pres. Trump Says He'll Delay State Of The Union Until After The Shutdown; Kentucky Couple Whose Child Needs A Breathing Tube Concerned About Electricity Being Turned Off While Not Getting Paid; via Knit

Wash. Post: White House Seeks List Of Programs That Would Be Hurt If Shutdown Lasts Into March And April; WH Officials Wanted To Call Pelosi's Bluff On State of the Union Plans And Weren't Expecting Her To Formally Disinvite Pres. Trump; Source: Pres. Trump Considering Executive Action Again, Separate From Emergency Declaration; Michael Cohen Postpones Congressional Testimony Citing "Ongoing Threats Against His Family" By Pres. Trump & Giuliani; Former Trump Aide In New Book Accuses Kellyanne Conway of Leaking Tactics; via Knit

White House Moving Forward With State State Of The Union Plans; Student At Center Of Controversy In Washington Speaks Publicly For First Time After Viral Video; Defense Lawyer: American Arrested In Moscow Did Have Classified Material In His Possession When Arrested via Knit

After Quoting Trump That Moscow Project Was Discussed Until The "Day I Won," Giuliani Walks Back The Statement, Calls It Hypothetical; WH: Senate On Track To Introduce Pres. Trump's Shutdown Proposal Tomorrow, Democrats Say It's A Non-Starter; Pres. Trump Rep. Jeffries To Pres. Trump As A "Grand Wizard"; Sen. Sanders: We Have A President Who Is A "Racist"; Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris Hitting 2020 Trail; via Knit

Muller Spokesman: Buzzfeed "Characterization Of Documents And Testimony" In Report That Trump Directed Cohen To Lie Is "Not Accurate"; Buzzfeed: "We Are Continuing To Report And Determine What The Special Counsel Is Disputing. We Remain Confident In The Accuracy Of Our Report"; Buzzfeed Editor In Chief: "We Stand By Our Reporting...We Urge The Special Counsel To Make Clear What He's Disputing"; via Knit

WH Delegations Cancels Davos Trip After Trump Pulls Military Aircraft For Pelosi War-Zone Trip; Follows Her Request For Him To Move To State Of The Union; Cohen Says Trump Directed Him To Pay For Poll Rigging; WSJ: Computer Specialist Says Cohen Agreed To Pay Him $50k; Guiliani Contradicts Trump Team's "No Collusion" Claims; via Knit

Kremlin Aide Echoes Pres. Trump's Denial That He Ever Worked For Russia; Investigation Continues; Rep. Schiff: We Could Subpoena The Interpreter And The Notes But Are Looking At Method To Get That Information Involuntarily; House Speaker Calls On Pres. Trump To Reschedule State Of The Union Address, Citing Security During Shutdown; New House Judiciary Chair Nadler Skeptical Of Barr And Whitaker, Vows More Oversight Of DOJ; Diabetic Federal Worker Was Rationing Insulin During Shutdown via Knit

Mueller Team Cites Text Messages, Emails And Tax Records As Evidence That Manafort Lied; Attorney General Nominee: "I Will Not Be Bullied"; Barr Says He Doesn't Think Mueller Is On A "Witch Hunt"; Barr: "Vitally Important" That Mueller Completes His Investigation; In Rare Move House Takes More Action Against Rep. Steve King; 11 Senate Republicans Join Democrats To Advance Measure Stopping The Treasury Dept. From Relaxing Russia Sanctions; via Knit

GOP House Leaders Take Action To Punish Congressman For Racist Remarks; Dems Mull Subpoenas For Interpreters Amid Reports Of Secrecy About Trump-Putin Meetings; President Denies Working For Russia; California Utility Company PG&E Will File For Bankruptcy, Facing Billions Of Dollars In Claims Over Deadly Fires via Knit

Pres. Trump: No Emergency Declaration For Now; Federal Workers Miss First Paycheck As Government; Rep. Steve King May Face Possible Censure Motion In Wake Of Explosive NY Times Interview; via Knit

Border Wall Funds Could Be Diverted From Money Meant For Puerto Rico, Texas And Other Areas Hit By Disasters; WSJ: Kushner, Other WH Aides, Lobbying For Restraint On Declaring National Emergency To Get Border Wall; Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen To Testify Before House Oversight Committee; Atty. Gen. Nominee William Barr Says No Guarantee On Full Public Release of Mueller Probe via Knit

Pres. Trump Walks Out Of Shutdown Talks With Dems Who Won't Support Border Wall, Calls Talks "Total Waste Of Time"; Schumer: "Why Won't You Open The Government And Stop Hurting People?; Trump: "Because Then You Won't Give Me What I Want"; Source: Deputy AG Rosenstein Plans To Leave Justice Dept. Shortly After Barr Confirmed New Attorney General; Source: Manafort Intended For Polling Data To Go To Two Ukrainian Oligarchs Who Owed Him Millions; Wash. Post: Beefed-Up White House Legal Team Prepares Aggressive Executive Privilege Defense; via Knit

Source Close To President: Trump Has Been Told National Emergency Declaration "Probably Won't Work"; About 41% Of FDA Not Working Due To Shutdown; Some Agency Employees Worry About Public Safety; via Knit

President Trump Threatens To Bypass Congress To Build Wall; National Address And Border Visit Planned; WH Now: Not Pulling Out of Syria "Until ISIS Is Gone," Last Month: Our Troops Are "Coming Back Now"; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Spark Controversy, Attracts Supporters As Youngest House Member; via Knit

WSJ: Pres. Trump Told Lawmakers He Didn't Like The Word Shutdown And Preferred The Word "Strike"; WSJ: Tense Exchange Between House Speaker Pelosi, Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen At WH Meeting; Family's Personal Shutdown Crisis; Dem Congresswoman Speaks About Her Salty Words About President: "He Met His Match" via Knit

Democrats Begin Push To Investigate Pres. Trump After Taking Control of House; Schiff Preparing Vote To Send Intel Committee Transcripts To Mueller; Pelosi Won't Rule Out Indictment Of Pres. Trump; Russian News Site: Whelan Arrested With Flash Drive After Recruiting Russian For Info On Intel Agencies; via Knit

Sources: Pres. Trump Told Schumer He Would "Look" Foolish If He Accepted Dems Proposal To End Government Shutdown; No Breakthrough In New Talks With Congressional Leaders; Romney Blasts Pres. Trump For Not Rising To The "Mantle Of The Office," Doubles Down In New Interview; Pres. Trump: I Wish Romney Would Be A Team Player; Pres. Trump: Is Romney A "Flake"? I Hope Not; Pres. Trump I "Essentially" Fired Defense Secy. Mattis (He Resigned); Pres. Trump: "I Would've Been A Good General"; via Knit

Family of accused spy waits for U.S. officials to see him in Russia; Brother: detained American traveled to Moscow for wedding; Russia detains American after Russian pleads guilty in U.S.; Trump gives Pentagon 4 months for Syria troop withdrawal; CNN Sources: Trump invites hill leaders to WH to discuss wall; Dems vote Thursday on a plan to reopen government; Trump" Wall is "the biggest part" of border security; Trump attacks McChrystal after Ret. General calls him dishonest; Mother speaks after 7-yr-old daughter killed in drive-by; Police search for gunman who killed 7-year-old girl; Trump: NY Times: Trump gives Pentagon 4 months to withdraw troops; Kim Jong Un warns U.S.: do not test the North; Investors return to Wall Street with caution after brutal 2018; Will wall funding, trade war fears continue to spook investors? ; Baby rescued 35 hours after building collapsed in Russia; Five democrats who'll make life hard for Trump in 2019 via Knit

Warren On 2020 Race: "I'm In This Fight All The Way"; Trump Says Concrete Border Wall Was Never Abandoned; Trump Disputes Kelly's Claim WH Gave Up On Concrete Wall; Gen. Mattis Tells Staff To "Keep The Faith" On His Last Day; Sources: Trump Won't Sign Funding Bill With Just $1.3B In Border Security; U.S. MIlitary Tweets Unusual New Year's Eve Message, Saying U.S. Is "Ready To Drop" Bombs via Knit

Pres. Trump Threatens To Close Mexico Border Over Shutdown; Pres. Trump Cancels New Year's Travel Plans Due To Shutdown; Two GOP Leaders "There Has Been No Effort To Discredit The Work Of The Special Counsel," Make No Mention Of Trump's Claims Of Witch Hunt; Pres. Trump Threatens To Cut Aid To Central America; Flynn & Kushner Key Players In Transition Controversy; White House Veteran On Whether Trump Team Crossed The Line; via Knit

Guiliani: Trump Didn't Talk To Wikileaks, Don't Know If Others Did, "Hard To Understand What The Crime Would Be If They Did"; Reports: Donors & Decisions Under Scrutiny Long After Pres. Trump Sworn Into Office via Knit

Pres. Trump During Visit To U.S. Troops In Iraq: No Rush To Replace Mattis At Pentagon; Trump Defends Syria Pullout Plan During Surprise Iraq Trip; President Trump Meets With Troops In Germany; NY Times: Foot Doctor May Have Helped Keep Pres. Trump Of Of Vietnam As Favor To Father via Knit

Trump says he's confident in Mnuchin, while ripping Fed; Dem: some GOP Senators privately believe Trump is "nuts"; CNN: Trump makes national security decisions "on a whim"; Mattis' brother: don't assume Mattis service to U.S. will end; Trump: Dem oversight could lead to "presidential harassment"; "On the basis of sex" depicts early years of RBG's career; Top 8 political stories of 2018 via Knit

Trump's tweets, Mnuchin's calls send Dow plunging 650+ points; At least 373 killed amid fears of more deadly waves in Indonesia; Actor Kevin Spacey faces indecent assault charges; Report: For Trump, multiple wars waged increasingly alone; 8 in 2018: top sports stories via Knit

Government Will Shutdown Tonight At Midnight; Trump Now Blames Democrats For Shutdown After Saying Ten Days Ago He Would Own It And Wouldn't Blame Dems; Sources: Trump Recently Vented At Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker About The Michael Cohen Investigations; Is Mattis Resignation Tipping Point For Trump? via Knit

U.S. Official: Military Has Been Ordered To Plan Withdrawal Of Half The Troops In Afghanistan; Schumer: "There Is Chaos Now In This Administration"; Rep. John Garamendi On Mattis Resignation: "Oh SH**"; Pelosi On Mattis Resignation: "I'm Sad. I'm Shaken By It. I Had So Much Respect For Him"; Mattis Letter: Our Strength; Former Defense Secy. William Cohen: We Are Betraying Our Allies And The Security Of This Country; via Knit

Sr. Administration Official: Trump's Syria Decision Will Recklessly Put American Lives In Danger; Sr. Administration Official: Trump's Syria Withdrawal Decision Is "A Mistake Of Colossal Proportions"; Wash Post: Mueller Asked House Intelligence Committee For Official Transcript Of Roger Stone's Testimony; Last Week Trump Promised To Shut Down Government Over Wall; This Week He's Expected To Sign Bill Without Wall Funding; via Knit

Pres. Trump To Flynn: "Good Luck" Days After Calling Cohen A "Rat" For Talking To Mueller Team; WH: Flynn Was "Ambushed" By FBI; Guiliani On Dems Efforts To Get Trump's Tax Returns: "They Have To Have A Reason For Wanting Them And I Fail To See A Reason"; Trump Foundation Agrees To Dissolve Amid Ongoing Lawsuit Accusing It Of Operating Not As A Charity But A Trump Piggbyank; Senate Votes On Criminal Justice Reform via Knit

Comey: Pres. Trump "Lying About The FBI," Attacking "Rule of Law"; Says GOP's Refusal To Stand Up To Trump An "Everlasting Shame"; Trump Inaugural Team, Transition, Campaign, Administration, Organization And Foundation All Being Investigated; via Knit

Mueller's Team Would Like To Ask About His State Of Mind Regarding Actions Under Scrutiny In The Obstruction Probe; Trump Names Budget Director Mick Mulvaney Acting Chief Of Staff; Cohen: Trump Knew It Was Wrong To Make Hush Payments; Michael Cohen: Robert Mueller Has "Substantial Amount Of Information"; Cohen: "I Am Done Being Loyal To President Trump"; Special Counsel Slams Flynn's Criticism Of His FBI Interview, Says Flynn Made The Decision To Lie & Commit "False Story"; Mueller Rejects Flynn's Attempt To Portray Himself As Victim Of The FBI, Tells Judge Flynn Lied To Voluntarily On Purpose; Reporters Shooed Away; Floor Shut Down During Secret Mueller Hearing; Pres. Trump's John Edwards Defense Under Scrutiny via Knit

Source: Trump Was In The Room When Cohen And National Enquirer Publisher Discussed Hush Money Payments; via Knit

Pres. Trump Seething And Silent On Cohen Saying In Private Conversations: "He's A Liar"; National Enquirer Publisher Strikes Immunity Deal; Admits To Helping Kill "Damaging" Story About Trump "Before The 2016 Election"; Michael Cohen Sentenced To 3 Years After Implicating Pres. Trump In Hush Money Scandal; Meadows Out Of Running For Chief Of Staff; via Knit

Reuters: Pres. Trump Says He Relied On His Lawyer Michael Cohen, Who Was Supposed To Know What To Do; Pres. Trump To Reuters: Not Concerned He Will Be Impeached, "I Think That The People Would Revolt If That Happened"; Pres. Trump Declares "I Don't Mind" Owning Gov't Shutdown After Wild White House Showdown With Top Dems Over Border Wall; Judge Orders Stormy Daniels To Pay Nearly 500k In Legal Fees To Trump'S Attorneys In Defamation Case via Knit

Pres. Trump Tweets No "Smocking" Gun In Russia Probe As Dems Raise Prospect of Impeachment, Jail Time; Pres. Trump Calls Hush Money Payments: "A Simple Transaction"; Says It's "Lawyer's Liability If He Had Made A Mistake"; Source: Pres. Trump Has Expressed A Concern About Impeachment To Advisors As Dems Take Over House, Sees It As A "Real Possibility..."; CNN: Pres. Trump "Super Pissed" About Search For New Chief of Staff After Frontrunner Says No; Source: Accused Russian Spy Maria Butina Cooperating With Feds As Part Of Plea Deal; CNN: 16 Trump Associates Had Contact, Interactions With Russians; via Knit

Mueller: "Manafort Lied About His Contacts" With Administration Officials; Mueller: Cohen Has Contact With "A Russian National" As Far Back As 2015; Pres. Trump On Night Of Filings: "Totally Clears The President" (Keeping Them Honest: It Doesn't); Sources: Kelly To Resign In Coming Days; via Knit

Sources: Rosenstein, Top FBI Officials Felt Trump Needed To Be Reined In; Justice Official Strongly Disputed Rosenstein Sought To Curb The President; In Revolt Against Pres. Trump, GOP Senators Push BiPartisan Bill To Punsih Saudis For Murder Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi; Wild Wall Street Ride: Art Of The Deal?; Dow Falls Amid Trump Fears, Arrest Of Chinese Executive via Knit

Flynn Filing Leaves More Questions Than Answers; Flynn Gave "Substantial Assistance" To Special Counsel; Redactions Conceal Unknown Criminal Investigation; Flynn Offered "Firsthand Insight" Into Investigations; Wisconsin And Michigan GOP Lawmakers Move To Strip Democrats' Power; via Knit

Mueller: Flynn Has Given "Substantial" Assistance, Asking For No Prison Time; Special Counsel: Flynn Took Part In 19 Interviews; Flynn Assistance Includes Interactions Of Trump Transition Team And Russia; Ex-Trump Campaign Adviser Roger Stone Taking The Fifth; Atty.: Stone Was "Surprised" By Pres. Trump's Praise In Tweet ; Pres. Trump Ally Roger Stone Taking The Fifth In Senate Russia Probe (Trump Once Said "The Mob Takes The Fifth"; Mueller To Reveal How Flynn Cooperated, May Offer New Details On Trump-Russia Connections; After CIA Briefing, GOP Senators Say No Question Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Journalist's Murder; GOP Sen. Bob Corker: Jury Would Find Saudi Prince Guilty In 30 Minutes; GOP Sen. Graham On Saudi Crown Prince's Involvement: "There's Not A Smoking Gun, There's A Smoking Saw" via Knit

"...As Gentle A Passing As I Think You Could Ever Expect Anyone To Have"; Public Pays Respect To Pres. George H.W. Bush At Capitol; Pres. Trump's Tw . Pres. Trump Praises Roger Stone's "Guts," Slams Michael Cohen For Cooperating With Mueller; Pres. Trump's Nominee For New EPA Administration Has Close Ties To Big Coal, Chief Climate Denier in Senate; via Knit

Sources: People Close To President Previously Reached Out To Cohen To Say He Would Be Protected; via Knit

Source: Penthouse For Putin Considered AT Trump Tower Moscow, Reportedly Worth %50 Million; Awaiting Pres. Trump Arrival In Buenos Aires; Cohen In Court: I Lied To Congress About Trump Tower Project In Moscow Out Of Loyalty To The President; After Cohen Admits To Lying About Trump's Business In Russia; Trump Cancels Meeting With Putin Citing Situation With Ukraine; Source: Pres. Trump In "Terrible Mood," "Spooked and Completely Distracted" via Knit

CNN Exclusive: Trump Told Mueller In Writing That He Didn't Know About Wikileaks, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting With Russians; President Trump: On Rosenstein Jail Meme: "He Should Have Never Picked A Special Counsel"; Kremlin Expects Trump-Putin Meeting Will Happen; Pres. Trump: "Maybe I Won't Have The Meeting" With Putin; Secy. Mattis "We Have No Smoking Gun That The Crown Prince Was Involved"; Senators Briefed On Khashoggi Murder; Pompeo On Why CIA Director Wasn't At Briefing With Senators: "I Was Asked To Be Here, And Here I Am"; via Knit

WSJ: Giuliani Doesn't Rule Out Manafort Pardon; Wash Post: Pres. Trump Cites "High Levels Of Intelligence" For Why He Doesn't Believe In The Science Of Climate Change; Pres. Trump to Wash Post: "When You're Talking About An Atmosphere, Oceans Are Very Small"; Pres. Trump to Wash Post: "I Have A Gut, And My Gut Tells Me More Sometimes Than Anybody Else's Brain Can Ever Tell Me"; via Knit

Prosecutors: Manafort "Breached" Plea Agreement By Lying To FBI, Mueller's Team, Two Months After Cooperating In Russia Probe; via Knit

Trump asks Supreme Court to take up transgender troop ban; NBA star Steph Curry okay after multi-car accident; Climate change could slash the size of the U.S. economy by 10% by 2100 if nothing is done; Only 1 new GOP woman elected to U.S. House; Woman's march founder calls on co-chairs to step down; How will Trump's visit impact racially-charged runoff?; Mississippi Republican: "public hanging" remark "twisted"; Young, rich & loyal: the man who may become the next chief of staff; Vote now for your favorite CNN hero at cnnheroes.com.; Roger Stone responds to associate's plea talks via Knit

Trump politicizes call to troops to rip migrants, judges; Trump takes Saudi Crown Prince's word on journalist's murder; Saudi Arabia cites Trump's own words to undercut CIA; Trump whether Crown Prince did or didn't, he denies it; After close call, top U.S. commander spotted with assault rifle; Mueller uses Papadopoulos' tweets against him in court filing; Obama: "I don't buy" idea a woman or minority can't beat Trump; How to talk politics during Thanksgiving dinner; Cindy McCain on why she can't forgive President Trump; Cindy McCain says Trump did not call her after funeral; McCain's widow: I never considered filling John's Senate seat; Cindy McCain believes 2 of her children running for office; Meghan McCain posts Thanksgiving tribute to her dad via Knit

Chief Justice Roberts Defense Judiciary In Rare Statement After Trump Criticism; Pres. Trump Fires Back At Chief Justice Roberts In Fight Over Judicial Independence And Whether There Are "Obama Judges"; Guiliani: Pres. Answered Questions About 2016 Trump Tower Meeting; Asking Russia To Find Clinton's Emails; Trump Tweets "Thank You To Saudi Arabia" For Oil Prices A Day After Siding With Saudi Arabia On Journalist's Murder; Pres. Obama On Who Could Win In 2020 And Midterm Performance By Democrats; Obama: "I Don't Buy" That A Woman Or Person Of Color Can't Win In 2020; via Knit

Source: Pres. Trump On Multiple Occasions Asked Rosenstein & Whitaker Justice Dept. Was Making Progress In Investigating Clinton; Comey: Not Surprised By Pres. Trump's Lies, Just Another Example Of Him Interfering In The Justice Dept.; Zuckerberg: We Weren't Expecting The Russian Attack On Facebook; Zuckerberg On Russia: I Wish We Understood The Issue Sooner; Zuckerberg: Neither He Or Sheryl Sandberg Stepping Down; Pentagon Confirms $72M Price Tag For Border Troops via Knit

Pres. Trump Criticizes Bin Laden Raid Admiral; Pres. Trump: Pres. Clinton Famously Missed His Shot At Capturing Bin Laden; Pres. Trump Caves, Fully Restores Jim Acosta's Press Pass; Pres. Trump Attacks Likely Incoming House Intelligent Chair As "Little Adam Schitt"; Pres. Trump: "Probably" Won't Sit For Mueller Interview; Says "We've Wasted Enough Time...We're Finished"; Air Marshall Accused of More Than 200 Gun Mishaps; via Knit

Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration; Orders Jim Acosta's Press Pass To Be Returned; Source: Legal Team Takes Issues With Some Mueller Questions; Abrams Acknowledges Kemp Will Be Next Georgia Governor; Rep. Mia Love Now Leading Race (After Trump Mocked Her For Losing) via Knit

Washington Post: Pres. Trump Lawyer Says Some Mueller Questions "Created More Issues For Us Legally Than Others"; Giuliani To Wash Post: Some Mueller Team Questions For Pres. Trump "Unnecessary" Or "Possible Traps"; Democrats Flip Another House Seat, Now Have Picked Up At Least 33 Seats; Pres. Trump Attends Two Military Events While Facing Veterans Day Criticism; Pres. Trump Skits Veterans Day Events, Tweets Instead; Judge Postpones Decision Over Revoked Press Pass via Knit

Deputy National Security Adviser Forced Out Of The White House After First Lady Melania Trump Call For Her To Be Fired; Numerous Media Organizations Support CNN's Lawsuit Against Trump White House For Retribution Against Jim Acosta; Pres. Trump: Voters Wear Disguises To Vote Twice; Michael Avenatti Arrested On Domestic Violence Charge; He Calls The Allegations "Completely Bogus"; "Invasion" Talk Disappears Post Midterms; via Knit

CNN: Officials Predict Trump Could Ask DHS Chief To Resign; Maryland Challenges Trump's Whitaker Appointment As Unlawful; Embattled Boward Elections Chief May Step Down; Dem Senators Give Update On Florida Vote Count; FBI: Hate Crimes Up 17% In 2017; Cops Shoot Security Guard Who Stopped Suspected Gunman via Knit

New Lawsuit Demands Gov. Rick Scott's Recusal From FL Election Process; Associate Of Roger Stone Says He Expects To Be Indicted By Mueller; About 100 Million People Missing In California Wildfires; At Least 31 People Killed In California Wildfire; Pres. Trump Approves Major Disaster Declaration For California Due To Deadly Wildfires; President Trump Does Not Go To Arlington Cemetery After Controversial France Trip For WWI Commemoration; President of France Denounces Nationalism, Calls It A "Betrayal of Patriotism"; Southern Poverty Law Center: Pres. Trump's Nationalism Inspiring White Supremacists; via Knit

Iowa State Senator Says Whitaker Targeted Him; WSJ: Feds Gather Evidence Of Pres. Trump's Involvement In Payments That May Have "Violated Campaign-Finance Laws"; Whitaker Once Said He'd Only Support Religious Judges; WSJ: Pres. Trump Knew About Nearly All Steps In Hush Money Payments To Daniels And McDougal; Florida Recount Possible As Vote Count Tightens In Both Senate, Governor Races; Michelle Obama: I'll Never Forgive Trump For "Birther" Stunt; Pres. Trump On Why He'll Never Forgive Former Pres. Obama; Death Toll Rises In California Wildfire; One of 3 Major Blazes In State via Knit

Shooting Survivor Says Friend Saved Her Life; New Video From Inside Bar During Shooting; 12 People Killed In Massacre In California; New Acting AG Linked To "Scam" Company Shut Down By FTC; via Knit

Pres. Trump Fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions, New Acting AG Expected To Oversee Mueller Probe; New Acting Attorney General Has Suggested Starving Mueller Investigation Of Funds So It "Grinds To Almost A Halt"; Pres. Trump: "I'd Like To See Bipartisanship; I'd Like To See Unity"; via Knit

Fox: We Don't Condone Hannity's Campaign Appearance With Trump; CNN: Trump Getting Election Updates From WH Team Today; O'Rourke Vs Cruz: Voters Deciding Contentious Senate Race; Medicaid Expansion, Marijuana On Some State Ballots; via Knit

CNN Polling: 7 In 10 Voting To Send Message On Trump; Cruz Embraces Trump In Texas Race, Will It Work?; Pres. Trump: I Made Midterms Hot Again; Pres. Trump: You Can't Call Women "Beautiful" Anymore; Oprah On Racist Robocalls: I'm 100 % For Abrams, "Tomorrow Show Up And Show Out And Vote" via Knit

Trump, Obama Make Closing Arguments Ahead Of Midterms; With No Proof, Georgia's GOP Candidate for Gov. Claims Democrats Tried To Hack Voter Database; Purdue Says "Cotton Pickin" At Rally For Gillum's Opponent; Independent Voters In Florida Sound Off; via Knit

Cohen: Trump Said, "Black People Are Too Stupid To Vote"; Pres. Trump Acknowledges GOP Could Lose The House; Pres. Trump: Pipe Bombs, Synagogues Massacre Stopped "Tremendous Momentum" Of GOP Before Election Day; 97-Year Old Rose Mallinger Laid To Rest Today; via Knit

Pres. Trump Once Again Claims Migrant Caravan An "Invasion"; Pres. Trump Suggests Migrant Could Be Shot For Throwing Rocks; Pres. Trump To U.S. Caravan: "When They Throw Rocks Like They Did At The Mexico Military And Police...Considerate It A Rifle"; Pres. Trump On Migrant Caravan: "Women Don't Want Them In Our Country, Women Want Security; Pres. Trump: "When I Can, I Tell The Truth"; GOP Rep. Steve King Erupts At Comparison To Pittsburgh Suspect; Facing Closer Than Expected Midterm Race; via Knit

Pres. Trump Says Up To 15,000 Troops Could Be Sent To Border; Caravan Is Still Weeks Away From The United States; Pres. Trump Doubles Down On Birthright Citizenship False Claim; Pres. Trump: "I'm Not Fear Mongering At All"; Trump Supporters Sound Off On Sending Troops Of The Border And False Claim About Birthright Citizenship via Knit

Community Says Goodbye To Two Brothers; Protestors Denounce Pres. Trump's Visit; 2 Police Offers Wounded In Shooting; President Visits Patients, Family And Staff At Hospital; ADL: Public Anti-Semitism Rose By 57% in 2017; "Caravan" Is Weeks, If Not Months, From Reaching U.S. Border; HIV Patient Says Doctor Killed In Pittsburgh Attack Saved His Life; "You Will Be Remembered By Me Always" via Knit

Alleged Shooter Posted Online About Immigrant Aid Group; Pres. Trump Calls "Fake News Media" The True Enemy of The People" After Pittsburgh Attack; via Knit

Pres. Trump Calls For Civility, Then Accuses Media Of Using "Sinister Action of One Individual To Score Political Points" Against Him, GOP; FBI: Fingerprint, DNA Led To Suspect's Arrest; Pres. Trump Goes On The Attack After Calling For Unity via Knit

FBI Warns More Devices Possible As Three Additional Packages Discovered; Manhunt For Suspects Intensifying; Authori Police, Federal Investigators At Postal Facility Near Miami via Knit

Pres. The Media Must Stop The Endless Hostility, Constant Negative Oftentimes False Attacks; Pres. Trump: The Media Also Has A Responsibility To Set A Civil Tone; WH Officials Are Rejecting The Premise That Pres. Trump Should Tone Down His Rhetoric; FBI Handling Investigation As Domestic Terror; Bombs Appear To Have Sulfur Substance; via Knit

Pres. Trump Spreads Lies And Stokes Fears Ahead of Elections; Are Pres. Trump's Misstatements Helping GOP At Polls?; Pres. Trump On Khashoggi Murder: "Total Fiasco; Pres. Trump, Pres. Obama And Hillary Clinton All On The Campaign Trail For Key Races; Dems Weigh In On Hillary Clinton's Impact On Midterm Elections; Some Florida Democrats Say Hillary Clinton Should Stay Away From Midterm Elections; Trump Says He Will Probably Meet With Putin Next Month In Paris via Knit

Turkish Source: Surveillance Footage Shows Saudi "Body Double" In Khashoggi's Clothes After He Was Killed; ; Pres. Trump: "I Am Not Satisfied With What On Heard" On Khashoggi's Death; Kushner: We Want Transparency From The Saudis; CNN Poll of Polls: 52% Disapprove Of Pres. Trump; 44% Approve; Pres. Trump Now Calls Ted Cruz "Beautiful", Not "Lyin" via Knit

Target of Pres. Trump's Body Slam Comment Speaks Out; Pres. Trump: "No Regrets" After Praising Assault On Reporter; Pres. Trump Praised Congressman For Assaulting Reporter: "Any Guy Who Can Do A Body Slam...He's My Guy"; Saudis Confirm Death Of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Top Military Official Dismissed, 18 Saudis Detained; Saudis Admit Death Of Journalist As Pres. Trump's Allies Launch Smear Campaign Against Khashoggi; NY Times: Pres. Trump Believes He's Entitled To His Own Facts; Russian National Charged For Interfering With 2018 Midterm Elections; via Knit

Turkish Intel Officials Raced To Saudi Airplane; Tried To Find Out If Journalist Was Abducted Or Killed; Daily Beast: Pres. Trump Road-Tested "Horseface" Tweet Before Posting; Pres. Trump On Campaign Trail Throughout The Weekend; via Knit

CNN Source: Pompeo Was Stern With Saudi Crown Prince; But Earlier He Said "I Don't Want To Talk About Any Of The Facts"; CNN Source: Pompeo Told Saudi Crown Prince "Time Is Short; Saudis Must "Own" What Happened; CNN Source: Secretary of State Pompeo Stressed To Saudi Crown Prince His Future As King Is At Stake; Wash Post: Khashoggi's Op-Ed Captures His "Passion For Freedom In The Arab World, A Freedom He Apparently Gave His Life For"; CNN: Manafort And His Lawyers Have Visited Mueller's Office At Least 9 Times In Last Month; Mueller Team Busy Behind The Scenes; Possibility Of Indictments After Midterm Elections And Report Likely By End Of The Year; Wash Post: U.S. Intelligence Suggests A Brutal Killing, Saudi Crown Prince Wanted To Silence Khashoggi; Wash Post: Trump Admin, Saudi Royals Seek Mutually Agreeable Explanation For Khashoggi's Death That Won't Implicate Crown Prince; Wash Post: U.S. Intel Shows Crown Prince Ordered Operation To Lure Khashoggi Back To Saudi Arabia; Voter ID Rules Under Scrutiny; Secret Service Defends Agent Who Blocked Reporter via Knit

AP: Pres. Trump Says His Comment About Possible "Rogue Killers" Tied To Journalist's Disappearance Came From His Own "Feeling"; Saudi Officer Who Ran Istanbul Operation Worked For Crown Prince; AP: Trump Likens Saudi Arabia Being Blamed For Wash Post Columnist's Disappearance As Another Case Of "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"; Pres. Trump Assails Stormy Daniels In Derogatory Tweet; Pres. Trump Refuses To Back Down On Calling Stormy Daniels "Horseface," Says, "You Can Take It Any Way You Want"; Pres. Trump Assails Stormy Daniels In Tweet; Citing Details In Her Book via Knit

Countdown To Midterms; CNN Sources: Saudis Preparing To Change Story & Admit Journalist Was Killed, Claiming Khashoggi Died In Interrogation Gone Wrong; "Trump Doctrine" Under Scrutiny With Long History Of Believing Denials; Pres. Trump: "I Didn't Say That" (He Did); Pres. Trump: Defense Secy. Mattis Is "Sort Of A Democrat"; Mattis: I've Never Registered With A Political Party; Importance Of Presidential Approval Ratings And Midterm Election Results; via Knit

New CNN Poll: 54% Have Favorable Opinion Of Melania Trump; Melania Trump: The President's Alleged Infidelity Is "Not Concern And Focus Of Mine" via Knit

"Total Devastation" In Florida Beach Town; Despite Hurricane Devastation, President Trump Hosts Cursing, Ranting Kanye West In Oval Office via Knit

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Ivanka Trump Says She Won't Be Replacing Haley At U.N. After Her Father Suggests No One "More Competent In The World"; Sen. Heitkamp's No Vote On Kavanaugh Nomination Prompts Predictions Of Her November Defeat; Dems Have 13 Point Advantage With Voters In New CNN Poll; New CNN Poll Shows Very Wide Gender Gap With 63% Of Women Planning To Vote For Democrats; New Forecast: Hurricane Michael Intensifying Rapidly As It Churns Toward Florida's Gulf Coast; via Knit

Trump Apologizes To Kavanaugh's Family For "Terrible Pain And Suffering" You've Been Forced To Endure; Pres. Trump To Kavanaugh: "Under Historic Scrutiny You Were Proven Innocent"; Justice Kavanugh At Ceremony Swearing-In: "I Take This Office With Gratitude And No Bitterness"; Pres. Trump Weighs In On Saudi Journalist Seen Entering Consulate In Istanbul But Not Leaving via Knit

GOP Sen. Murkowski: We Must Do More To Help Victims Of Sexual Assault; GOP Sen. Murkowski On Battle Over Kavanaugh: "We Need A Level Of Respect" GOP Sen. Murkowski: "I'm Worried This Will Be Our New Normal" To Fight Like This; GOP Sen. Murkowski: "This Is Not Who We Should Be"; Ford's Attorneys: "I Don't Think She Has Any Regrets"; Ford's Lawyer oN Pres. Trump Mocking Her: "She Was Upset By It, It Was Very Hurtful"; Ford's Attorneys: She Doesn't Want Kavanaugh Impeached; via Knit

Kavanaugh Writes Op-Ed: "I Am An Independent, Impartial Judge"; Kavanaugh Writes Op-Ed: Yes I Was Emotional Last Thursday; I Hope Everyone Can Understand I Was There As A Son, Husband, And Dad"; Kavanaugh Writes Op-Ed: My Testimony Reflected 'My Deep Distress At The Unfairness of How This Allegation Has Been Handled"; Kavanaugh Writes Op-Ed: "I Have Been Known For My Courtesy On And Off The Bench, I Have Not Changed"; Kavanaugh Writes Op-Ed: I Testified Last Week To "Defend My Family, My Good Name And My Lifetime Of Public Service" via Knit

Kavanaugh's College Roommate: I Knew He Was Lying To Senators; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: He Was A "Notable Heavy Drinker"; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: Sometimes He Was Incoherent, Stumbling After Drinking; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: FBI Has Never Talked To Me, Now Or For Other Background Checks; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: He Had A Belligerent Demeanor Drinking, Yelling Loudly; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: I Saw Him For What I Thought Was A Blackout Drunk; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: How He, His Friends Acted With Women "Wasn't Cool"; Kavanaugh's College Roommate: I Saw Him Do Things He Said He Didn't Do Under Oath via Knit

Kirsten Powers: "I Was Sexually Assaulted And Thought It Was My Fault;" Pres. Trump: "It Is A Very Scary Time For Young White Men In America;" NY Times: Trump Used "Dubious Tax Schemes," "Outright Fraud" In 1990s To Grow The Fortune He Got From His Parents; WH Denies President Involved In Tax Schemes: "Many Decades Ago The IRS Reviewed And Signed Off On These Transaction;" Pres. Trump Mocks Christine Blasey Ford's Testimony; Pres. Trump Directed Attorney Michael Cohen, Son Eric Trump To Keep Stormy Daniels Quiet; Suspected Ricin In Mail Sent To Pres. Trump, Pentagon via Knit

Former College Classmate: I've Seen Kavanaugh "Quite Drunk"; Kavanaugh Yale Classmate: "There Were Omissions" In The Judge's Testimony About His College Drinking; NY Times: Kavanaugh Questioned By Police After 1985 Bar Fight, According To Police Report via Knit

Source: Pres. Trump Blames GOP Sen. Flake, Democrats For Senate Vote Delay, But "He's Behind Kavanaugh More Than Ever"; GOP Sen. Flake: "Everything" Impacted His Decision To Call For New FBI Investigation On Kavanaugh; Sen. Flake: "This Is Ripping The Country Apart, "It's Hard To See"; Sen. Flake: Don't Know If Votes Will Change After FBI Probe, At Least We Had A Process To Investigate Kavanaugh; GOP Sen. Flake Joins Dems In Calling For FBI Probe, Leads Pres. Trump To Order One; GOP Sen Flake On FBI Probe It's Limited In Time And Scope, Appropriate For A Lifetime Appointment To Supreme Court; via Knit

GOP Source: Vote On Kavanaugh Uncertain, "Definitely Close"; Key Senators Meet After Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing; Kavanaugh: Nomination Process A "National Disgrace"; Kavanaugh: My Family And My Name Have Been Totally And Permanently Destroyed"; Committee Vote On Kavanaugh Scheduled For Tomorrow, Floor Vote Saturday; GOP Sen. Graham Lashes Out During Hearing: "Most Unethical Sham Since I've Been In Politics"; via Knit

Pres. Trump Calls Kavanaugh Allegations "A Big Fat CNN Job" Amid New Accusations of Sexual Misconduct; Pres. Trump: "I Was Accused By Four or Five Women Who Got Paid A Lot Of Money To Make Up Stories About Me"; Pres. Trump: "I've Had A Lot Of False Charges Made Against Me"; Ford Written Testimony: "Both Brett And Mark Were Drunkenly Laughing During The Attack; Ford Written Testimony: "Brett's Assault On Me Drastically Altered My Life"; Ford Written Testimony: "I Believed I Was He Was Going To Rape Me"; Polygraph Examiner Who Tested Christine Blasey Ford Speaks; Pres. Trump: They Were Laughing With Me, Not At Me via Knit

Judiciary Committees Sets Vote On Kavanaugh Nomination For Friday At 9:30 AM, Less Than 24 Hours; Judiciary Committee; Attorney For Second Kavanaugh Accuser: Multiple Efforts Made To Talk To GOP Judiciary Cmte Majority On The Phone; Bill Cosby Sentenced To 3-10 Years For Sexual Assault; via Knit

Kavanaugh: "These Are Smears, Pure And Simple"; Kavanaugh: "I'm Not Going Anywhere"; Kavanaugh: "I've Never Sexually Assaulted Anyone" Admin. Official: Rosenstein Discussed Stepping Down With Chief Of Staff John Kelly And WH Counsel Don McGhan; NY Times: Kelly "Conflicted About Rosenstein's Fate" via Knit

Rosenstein Calls Report That Suggested Recording Trump , Discussed 25th Ammendment "Innacurate...Incorrect"; Trump Allies Call For Rosenstein Firing After Reports Deputy AG Discussed Secretly Recording Pres., Invoking 25th Ammendment; Pres. Trump: There's A "Lingering Stench" At The FBI And "We're Going to Get Rid Of" New Statement From Rosenstein: "I Never Pursued Or Authorized Recording The President"; Grassley: If There's No Testimony Agreement From Kavanaugh Accuser By 10pm Tonight ET, Committee Will Vote Monday via Knit

Ford Not Willing To Testify Monday, Concerns Over Safety; Source On Conference Call: Some Agreements, Disagreement On Conditions From Ford Team Source: All Sides Are Workting Toward Crafting An Agreement GOP Looking Into Having A Female Outside Counsel Question Ford; Sources: Ford Wants To Be Questioned By Senators, Not Outside Council; Source: Ford Doesn't Want To Be In Same Room As Kavanaugh; Wash Post: Ford Could Potentially Testify Thursday via Knit

New Statement From Attorney For Kavanaugh's Accuser: "Rush To Hearing Is Unnecessary"; Attorney For Kavanaugh's Accuser: Ford "Continues To Believe That A Full Non-Partisan Investigation" Is Needed; New Statement From Attorney For Kavanaugh's Accuser: "Multiple Witnesses" Should Be Included At Hearing; Pres. Trump: "I Don't Have An Attorney General" via Knit

Exclusive: Attorney For Kavanaugh's Accuser Says "FBI Investigation of The Incident Should Be The First Step"; Exclusive: Attorney For Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Talks About What They Want; Exclusive: Attorney For Christine Blasey Ford Says She Wants To "Cooperate" With Senators, Law Enforcement; Exclusive: Atty. For Kavanaugh Accuser Says She Has Faced Death Threats, "Vicious Harassment"; Exclusive: Attorney For Judge Kavanaugh's Accuser Says "This Is Not A Game" And This "Shouldn't Be Rushed"; Pres. Trump Decision To Declassify Certain Secret Documents In Russia Probe Causes Concern In Intelligence Community; via Knit

"She Should Not Be Ignored"; Kavanaugh Spent Nearly 9 Hours At WH Today, With Entire Focus On "Defending His Integrity"; Devastating Flood Waters Plague Parts Of NC; New Aerial Look At Florence Damage; via Knit

700,000 Customers Without Power In The Carolinas; Center of Florence Moves Into South Carolina; New Forecast: Storm Center Now In SC; Moving 3 MPH; Destruction, Dramatic Rescues As Florence Slams Carolinas; Mueller Cooperating In Mueller Investigation; Manafort Pleads Guilty, Agrees To Cooperate With Mueller Investigation; via Knit

Pres. Trump Falsely Claims "3,000 People Did Not Die" In Puerto Rico, Despite Study Showing 2,975 Deaths From Hurricane Maria via Knit

New Forecast: Storm Up To 13 Feet, Up To 40 Inches of Rain In Some Areas; New Forecast: Hurricane Florence On Track To Strike Carolinas, Packing Maximum Sustained Winds of 115 MPH Winds Right Now; Pres. Trump Already Boasts About "Tremendous Accolades"; For Florence; Stockpile Of Water in Puerto Rico Never Distributed, Despite Pres. Trump's Claim of "Incredible, Unsung Success" Woodward on "Nervous Breakdown" Of Executive Branch; Bob Woodward Responds To Eric Trump's Attack Interpreted Ad Some As Semitic Dog Whistle; Woodward: President Trump's Own Staff Trying To "Save" and "Protect" Country From Him; Woodward Dismisses Trump Officials' Non-Denial Denials; Woodward On How Many Interviews Were On Tape; Woodward: "Boxes Of Recordings And Documents" Support My Book; Trump Allies Keep Up Attacks; Woodward: Defense Secretary Mattis Had To Bluntly Explain To President About Preventing "World War III"; Woodward: Ex-Chief of Staff Reince Priebus Compared The Trump White House To A Nasty, Bloody Zoo Melee; Woodward: Pres. Trump's Lawyer joHN Down Concluded His Client Was A "F---ing Liar"; via Knit

Stronger Winds, Higher Storm Surge As Monster Hurricane Florence Aims At Carolinas; 20+ Million Could Be Impacted; "Catastrophic" Hurricane Florence Could Dump 20 to 30 Inches Of Rain On Parts Of North Carolina; Pres. Trump: Hurricane Response In Puerto Rico Was "An Incredible Unsung Success"; Nearly 3,000 People Died via Knit

The Tweet That Could Started A War; Ballot Error May Have Cost Georgia Rep. His Race;WH: DOJ "Should Look Into" Who Wrote Anonymous Op-Ed; Hurricane Florence Rapidly Intensifies Into Category 4 Storm, Threatens Carolinas; via Knit

Source: White House Has Narrowed Search For Anonymous Op-Ed Writer To A Few Suspects; Pres. Trump: "I Don't Want To Be Set Up With A Perjury Trap"; Obama: "What Happened To The Republican Party?" Convicted Ex-Trump Adviser Contradicts Sessions, Says He Was "Enthusiastic" About Trump-Putin Mtg. via Knit

Rand Paul Suggests Lie Detector Tests To Find Op-Ed Writer; Dems, GOP Star Over Document Release In Kavanaugh Hearing; Sen. Booker Pushes Kavanaugh On Whether He'd Recuse Himself From Cases Involving Pres. Trump And Mueller; Rounding Up The Possible Names Behind That Op-Ed; Sen. Booker Pushes Kavanaugh On Whether He'd Recuse Himself From Cases Involving Pres. Trump And Mueller; via Knit

Sr. Trump Admin. Official:There Is A Quiet Resistance Within The Administration Of People Choosing To Put Country First"; Sr. Trump Admin. Official: Many In Administration Are Working To "Frustrate Parts Of His Agenda And His Worst Inclinations"; Sr. Trump Admin. Official: There Were "Early Whispers Within The Cabinet Of Invoking The 25th Amendment" ; Sr. Trump Admin. Official:Pres. Trump Acts "In A Manner That Is Detrimental To The Health Of Our Republic" ; Pres. Trump On Op-Ed: "Gutless" And "Really A Disagree" "There Is A Quiet; Pres. Trump On Twitter: If Sr. Admin. Official In Op-Ed Exists, NY Times Must "Turn Him/Her Over To Government" via Knit

Bob Woodward Book: Kelly Describes Pres. Trump As An "Idiot"; Mattis Says Pres. Has Understanding of A "Fifth Or Sixth Grader"; Woodward Book: Pres. Trump Thought Charlottesville Clean-Up "Biggest F***ing Mistake I've Made"; Woodward Book: Chief Of Staff Kelly Said "This Is The Worst Job I've Ever Had"; Chief Of Staff Denies Ever Calling Pres. Trump An "Idiot"; Bob Woodward: Top Trump Aides Swiped Papers Off His Desk "To Protect The Country"; Woodward Book: Pres. Trump At Least A Dozen Former And Current White House Officials Confirm To CNN That They Spoke To Woodward Pres. Trump Suggest Political Motivation Behind Woodward Book: "Notice Timing?"; White House: Woodward Book Made Up "Fabricated Stories, Many By Former Disgruntled Employees"; Pres. Trump Called Woodward To Complain He Wasn't Interviewed Book; Woodward Says He Made Several Requests; Woodward Book: After Mock Mueller Interview, Trump's Lawyer Warned President He Would End Up In An "Orange Jump Suit" via Knit

GOP Sen. Ben Sasse Blasts Pres. Trump's New Attack Against AG Sessions: U.S. "Not Some Banana Republic" Trump Admin. Withholds 100,000+ Pages of Kavanaugh Doc; Sen. Schumer: Senate Just Given An Additional 42,000 Pages of Kavanaugh Documents Hours Before Hearings; via Knit

In Guilty Plea, Lobbyist With Russian And Ukrainian Ties Admits He Arranged Illegal Foreign Donation To Trump's Inauguration; Source: DOJ Official Bruce Ohr Testified That Dossier Author Told Him Russians Thoughts They Had Trump "Over A Barrel" Poll: Americans Split On Impeachment For President; Poll: Majority Shows President Should Not Fire Session; Star Power At Aretha Franklin's Funeral; via Knit

Bloomberg: Pres. Trump Views Mueller Probe As "Illegal Investigation"; Bloomberg: Pres. Trump Won't Say If He'd Comply With Bloomberg: Pres. Trump Says He'll Keep Sessions Until November Elections Despite "Illegal" Probe; via Knit

Pres. Trump Calls WH Counsel Don McGahn An "Excellent Guy" After Announcing His Imminent Departure On Twitter; Desantis: "The Last Thing We Need To Do Is Monkey This Thing Up By Trying To Embrace A Socialist Agenda"; A Day After Puerto Rico's Maria Death Toll Jumps From 64 To Nearly 3,000 Pres. Trump Say "We Did A Fantastic Job"; Mourners Pay Respects To McCain In Arizona State Capitol; Sen. McCain's Relationship With Russia; via Knit

Wash Post: Pres. Trump Talking To His Private Lawyers About Firing Sessions; Pres. Trump: Must Win Midterms Or "They Will Overturn Everything We've Done..Quickly And Violently...There Is Violence"; Legion Members Decry White House Flag Delay; via Knit

Pres. Trump Finally Issues Statement Mentioning McCain's Service After Ignoring Questions Multiple Time Today; After Day Of Questioning, Pres. Trump Says "We Very Much Appreciate Everything Senator McCain Has Done For Our Country"; Vietnam Vet Gives Cindy McCain His Medallion At Funeral Home; Senator Angus King Remembers His Friend And Mentor; White House Push And Pull On McCain Honors; Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush To Speak At McCain's Memorial Service At The National Cathedral Saturday; via Knit

Senator John McCain Chooses To Discontinue Treatment For Brain Cancer, Prayers Pour In; Prosecutors Grant Immunity To Longtime Trump Finance Chief; GOP Senator Warns Against Firing Sessions; Pres. Trump To Sessions: Go Investigate Dems And Critics; Manafort Juror Who Supports Trump Says She Wishes Manafort Was Convicted On All Counts; Storm Bringing "Catastrophic Flooding" To Hawaii via Knit

AG Sessions To Pres. Trump: "I Took Control Of The Department Of Justice The Day I Was Sworn In"; Pres. Trump Reacts To Cohen Plea, Manafort Verdict; Pres. Trump: Sessions "Never Took Control Of The Justice Department"; AP: National Enquirer's Safe Held Damaging Trump Stories; Pres. Trump: Flipping "Almost Ought To Be Outlawed"; Pres. Trump Sparks Angry Response From South African Government; Rep. Duncan Hunter, Wife Plead Not Guilty To Misusing Campaign Funds For Trips, Restaurants, Plane Ticket for Pet Rabbit via Knit

Trump Now Claims He Learned Of Hush Money "Later On"; Cohen Said, Under Oath, That Trump Directed Payments; Pres. Trump Falsely Suggests That Hush Money Payments Weren't A Crime Because They Weren't Paid By His Campaign; Davis: Cohen Took "Responsibility Under Oath"; White House: Pres. Trump "Did Nothing Wrong" Despite Ex-Lawyer Cohen Implicating Him In A Federal Crime; Davis: I Believe Cohen Is Now Telling The Truth; Vigil To Remember Mollie Tibbetts; via Knit

In Guilty Plea, Cohen Says He Acted "In Coordination And At The Direction Of A Candidate For Federal Office"; Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty To Eight Felonies Including Fraud And Campaign Finance Violations; Cohen Admits He And Trump Bought Silence Of Porn Star And Former Playboy Model To Influence Election; Former Trump Campaign Chair Paul Manafort Found Guilty On Eight Felony Counts Of Financial Crimes; Rep. Duncan Hunter Charged With Wire Fraud, Conspiracy, Falsifying Records In Alleged Misuse of $250K in Campaign Funds via Knit

Reuters: Pres. Trump Says Talking To Mueller Team Could Be A Perjury Trap: "Even If I Am Telling The Truth, That Makes Me A Liar"; Reuters: Pres. Trump Says He Hasn't Given A Lot Of Thought To Whether He'll Take Away Mueller's Security Clearance; More Former Intelligence Officials Join To Denounce Pres. Trump's Revocation Of Brennan Clearance; Man Charged In Deaths Of Pregnant Wife, 2 Daughters; Sources: Prosecutors Preparing Criminal Charges Against Cohen; Could Announce By End Of August; Manafort Jury Breaks For The Day, More Deliberations Tuesday via Knit

75 Former Intelligence Officials Criticize Pres. Trump for Pulling Ex-CIA Director Brennan's Security Clearance; Wash. Post: WH Drafts More Clearance Cancellations Demanded by Pres. Trump, Could be Released as Distractions to Unfavorable News; Pres. Trump Once Again Voices Support for Manafort as Criminal Trial Recesses for Week; Amid Jury Deliberations Pres. Trump Complains About "Sad" Manafort Trial, Calls Him "A Very Good Person;" Pres. Trump Claims Credit Cancelling Expensive Military Parade He Requested; Executive Editors of NY Times, Wash. Post Guests on the Axe Files, Sat. 7pmET on CNN; Special Counsel Seeking Prison Time, Fine for Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos, Who Pled Guilty to Lying to FBI via Knit

Wash. Post: Pres. Trump "Eager to Strip More Security Clearances;" Adm. McRaven: Revoke My Security Clearance, Too, Mr. President; Dept. of Defense Postpones Military Parade Pres. Trump Wanted; Omarosa Manigault Newman's Publisher Tells Trump Campaign: We "Will Not Be Intimidated;" Omarosa Manigault Newman Releases Secret Tape of Lara Trump Offering Her $15,000-A-Month Job; Nationwide Editorials Condemn Pres. Trump's Attacks on Media; Aretha Franklin: 1942-2018; via Knit

Higher Standard or Political Low?; Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Responds to President's Thinly Veiled Threat to Revoke His Security Clearance; Gen. Hayden: Revoking Security Clearances "Personal and Vindictive;"Gen: Hayden: WH Tells Intel Community Stand Up and Be Punished; Bruni: Trump Imitators Turn Their Teacher's Lessons Against Him; Questions About People Who Surround Pres. Trump; Jury Set to Begin Deliberations in Manafort Trial; Prosecution's Closing Argument to Jury: Manafort Lied; Four-Year-Old Adopted Girl Faces Possible Deportation via Knit

WH Cannot Guarantee Pres. Not on Tape Saying N-Word; EXCLUSIVE: Lynne Patton Responds to New Audio from Omarosa Manigault Newman; WH Falsely Claims Blanket Non-Disclosure Agreements Commonly Used By Past. Admins.;Stephen Miller's Uncle Calls Him an "Immigration Hypocrite" via Knit

Manigault Newman Releases Recordings of Conversations with White House Chief of Staff and President Trump; Trump Allies Slam Manigault Newman's Credibility and Character; Manigault Newsman Threatens to Release More WH Tapes; FBI Agent Peter Strzok Fired Over Anti-Trump Texts; We'll Leave the Gaslight on For You, Part 12; Giuliani's Shifting Stance on Alleged Trump-Comey Conversation; Pres. Trump Signs McCain Defense Measure, Doesn't Mention McCain; Pres. Trump Hits McCain on Health Care Vote, Again; White Supremacists Rally Again, Feel Emboldened By Pres. Trump; via Knit

Healing the Country or Deepening Wounds?; President Launches Broadside Against Protesting NFL Players as Charlottesville Anniversary Approaches; How Heather Heyer's Mother Honors Her Legacy; Special Council Focuses in on Former Trump Aide Roger Stone; Bank Testifies About Millions in Loans After Mystery Delay; Pres. Trump's Private Attorneys Repeat Insistence of No "Perjury Trap" For Their Client; Fires Burns as Arson Suspect Appears in Court; via Knit

Nunes: "We Have to Keep the Majority" to Protect Pres. Trump; Nunes: GOP "The Only Ones" WhoCan "Clear" Pres. Trump; Special Counsel's Office Cities "Ongoing Investigation" in Request to Keep Manafort Trial Discussion Secret; Mueller Request; Judge in Manafort Trials Tells Jurors He Was Wrong in Criticizing Prosecutors; First Lady's Parents Now U.S. Citizens, Use "Chain Migration" President Hates; Source: Rudy Giuliani Meeting With Pres. Trump at Golf Resort; Puerto Rico Govt. Admits Hurricane Maria Death Toll May Be Closer to 1,400; White Supremacists to March in Washington on Sunday; Spike Lee Connects Past to Present in New Film "BlacKkKlansman;" Lawmakers Asking for a Major Disaster Declaration via Knit

Rep. Collins Speaks After Insider Trading Charges; President's Legal Team Doesn't Want Questions it Considers a 'Perjury Trap;' Questions, Problems Around For Any Possible Pres. Trump Interview with Mueller; Manafort's Defense Hammers Away at Rick Gates' Credibility; One-on-One with Longtime Trump Ally Roger Stone; Roger Stone On the Manafort Trial and Mueller Investigation; Wikileaks: Senate Intel Wants to Question Julian Assange About Russia's Interference with 2016 Election; FBI Tells Jury Manafort Had More Than $65 Million in Foreign Accounts; Trump Admin. Imposing Sanctions on Russia for Nerve Attack on Former Russian Agent and Daughter in UK; 17 Wildfires Burn Across California; Marathon Algae Bloom Kills Marine Life in Southwest Florida; via Knit

Crucial Primary Races in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri and Washington State; Gates Admits to an Affair, Falsifying Documents in Manafort Trial; Manafort's Defense Tries to Destroy Gates' Credibility; Conflicting Advice About Whether Pres. Trump Should Be Interviewed By Robert Mueller; Trump Team Weighs Mueller Request to Interview the President; Largest Wildfire in California History Among 17 Now Burning via Knit

Rick Gates Takes The Stand As Star Witness For The Prosecution In Manafort Trial; Gates Testifies He Helped Manafort File False Tax Return; Gates Testifies He And Manafort Did Not Report 15 Foreign Accounts And Knew It Was Illegal; Source: President Urged to Stop Tweeting About Trump Tower Meeting; Pres. Trump Admits 2016 Tower Meeting Was to Get Dirt on Clinton; Pres. Trump Questions LeBron James' Intelligence; via Knit

Accountants: Manafort Doctored Financial Statements; CNN: Mueller Team Interviews "Manhattan Madam;" Mueller Team Zeroes in on Manafort's Alleged Tax, Bank Fraud; A Tale of Two White Houses, Part Two; Pres. Trump Slams Russia Probe as a "Hoax" Hours After Intel Chiefs Say Russia is Trying to Interfere in 2018 Elections; WH Unfazed by Criticism Over Disconnect Between Trump. Intelligence Chiefs on Russian Election Interference; Federal Judge Calls Govt. Proposal for ACLU to Track Down Deported Parents "Unacceptable;" TSA Official Discussing Even More Cost-Saving Measures; What It's Like to Depose Donald Trump; via Knit

Pres. Trump At Rally Tonight Again Calls Russia Probe A Hoax, Makes No Mention Of Russian Meddling Warning From His Spy Chiefs; Sources: Alleged Russia Spy Bragged About Her Ties To Russian Intelligence When Drunk; Mueller Seeks Interview With Russian Pop Star Who Encouraged Trump Tower Meeting; Police: 20-Year-Old Grudge Motive In Doctor's Murders via Knit

CNN Sources: Mueller Offered To Reduce Number Of Obstruction Questions, But Wants To Include Them In Face-To-Face Interview; Witnesses Testify That Former Trump Campaign Chairman Used International Wire Transfer To Pay Personal Bills; via Knit

Prosecutor's Opening Statement: "Paul Manafort Lied"; Manafort's Defense Team: He Put His "Trust In The Wrong Person" ; Manafort Jury Selected: 6 Men, 6 Women; WH Strategy: Downplay Paul Manafort Trial, But Pres. Trump Watching Coverage of Proceedings And Wants Frequent Updates; White House Holds Only 3 Briefings In July; Pres. Trump Hits Rally Road, Yearns For More Of Same; via Knit

White House Official: President's Press Team Not Coordinating With Giuliani On Message; Pres. Trump Brags About Putin Meeting Again; But Still Offers No Details On 2+ Hours Talks via Knit

CNN Sources: Cohen Claims Trump Knew Of 2016 Trump Tower Meeting In Advance via Knit

GOP Official On Trump ORG CFO Reportedly Being Subpoenaed: "It's Getting Closer And Closer To His Inner Circle"; WSJ: Trump ORG Finance Chief Subpoenaed in Cohen Case; CNN Sources: He Knows Where "The Financial Bodies Are Buried"; Trump Admin. Declares Family Reunification Complete But 711 Immigrant Children Still Separated From Families via Knit

Pres. Trump Dodges Questions About Secret Audio Recording After Blasting Michael Cohen On Twitter For Its Release; GOP Lawmakers Introduce Resolution Calling For Impeachment Of Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Who's Overseeing Russia Probe; Capitol Hill Reacts To Recording; Pres. Trump: Working Toward Zero Tariffs With E.U.; Pompeo Refuses To Share Details Of Trump-Putin Private Talks With Senators While Defending Controversial Summit; White House: Next Trump-Putin Meeting Delayed Until "After Russia Witch Hunt Is Over"; WH: Washington Meeting With Putin Won't Happen Until 2019 via Knit

It Was The Russians... With A Twist; Emails: Trump Admin. Hid Or Ignored Data Showing Some Environmental Protections Were Succeeding; New Polling Shows Most Voters Think Pres. Trump's Meeting Was A Success For Russia, Not The U.S., Veterans Speak Out About Pres. Trump's Meeting With Putin; Demi Lovato Hospitalized For Apparent Drug Overdose; Official: Demi Lovato Is Conscious And Breathing After Being Hospitalized ; Official: Demi Lovato In Stable Condition via Knit

White House: Pres. Trump May Revoke Security Clearances Of Six Former Intelligence And Law Enforcement Officials; Sr. Admin. Official: Pres. Trump "More Than Comfortable" With Security Clearance Discussion, Hasn't Decided To Go Through With It; Federal Prosecutors Have 12 Cohen Audio Recordings; Trump Attacks Iran's President On Twitter, Reluctant To Criticize Russian Leader; Survivor of Capsized Boat Lost Nine Family Members; via Knit

Trump's Ex-Attorney Michael Cohen Recorded Trump Discussing Payment To Silence Ex-Playboy Model; FBI Has It And Other Recordings; Source: WH Spoke With DNI Office Before Coats Speaking Event, Didn't Even Mention Putin Invite To U.S.; via Knit

WH: Discussions Underway For Putin To Come To DC This Fall; Intel Chief Surprised Of Plans For Second Trump-Putin Summit; Intel Chief: "Obviously, I Wished" Pres. Trump Had "Different" Comments At Summit With Putin; Intel Chief: I Don't Know What Happened In Trump-Putin Private Talks; New Poll: 68% Of Republicans Think Pres. Trump Did A Great Job At Summit With Putin, 8% for Dems via Knit

Pres. Trump: I Don't Want To Get Into Whether Putin Lied About Interfering In 2016 Election; Pres. Trump On Possible Sit-Down With Mueller: "I've Always Wanted To Do An Interview"; After WH Tries To Clean Up Pres. Trump's Remarks, He Says He Let Putin Know "We Can't Have Meddling"; Pres. Trump: I Think I Did Great At The Putin News Conference; Pres. Trump Now Says He Holds Putin Responsible For Election Meddling; via Knit

CNN: Pres. Trump Responsible For Crafting Clarification; UK Lawmaker: Facebook Data From Firm That Helped Get Pres. Trump Elected Was Accessed Within Russia via Knit

Putin Admits, "Yes, I Did" Want Trump To Win Election; DNI Hits Back After Pres. Trump Sides With Putin, Says Russian Interference "Ongoing And Pervasive"; WH Talking Point: Even At The Height Of The Cold War, Dialogue Between The U.S. And Russia Was Maintained; WH Talking Point: Pres. Trump Would Happily Take Political Risks To Pursue Peace Than Risk Peace To Pursue Politics; ; via Knit

Indictment: Goal Was To Impact Outcome of 2016 Election; Indictment: Russians Targeted More Than 300 People Connected To Clinton Campaign; White House Response To Indictment Doesn't Condemn Attack; White House Rejects Calls To Cancel Putin Summit; via Knit

Strzok On Being Removed From Russia Investigation: "It Is Not MY understanding That He Kicked Me Off Because Of Any Bias"; Gowdy: "I Don't Appreciate Having An FBI Agent With An Unprecedented Level of Animus Working On Two Major Investigations During 2016"; Gohmert to Strozk: How Many Times Did You Look So Innocent Into Your Wife's Eyes And Lie To Her About Lisa Page?"; Pres. Trump Makes False Claims About NATO Spending; SUN Newspaper: Pres. Trump Thinks The UK Is "Losing Its Culture" Because Of Immigration; Pres. Trump Claims Victory But Details In Dispute; NATO Summit Tensions Flare Ahead Of Trump-Putin Summit; via Knit

Sr. European Diplomat: It's Like The Whole World Has "Gone Crazy" This Morning. Trump's Performance Was Beyond Belief; Darla Shine, Wife of New White House Aide, Said On Radio Show Women In Military Should Expect To Be Harassed; Few Answers On When Children Will Be Reunited With Families; Trump Spiritual Adviser: Jesus Never Broke Immigration Law; via Knit

Trump Administration Not Meeting Today's Deadline To Reunite All Kids Under Five Who Were Separated From Their Parents; Source: Feeling At White House Is That Pompeo's North Korea Trip Went "As Badly As It Could Have Gone"; Democrats Rally Against Pres. Trump's Pick, Brett Kavanaugh; Kavanaugh in 2009: "We Should Not Burden A Sitting President With Civil Suits, Criminal Investigations, Or Criminal Prosecutions"; Sources: Michael Cohen's Team Feels There Is A Strong Parallel To Watergate's John Dean; via Knit

McConnell: "President Trump Has Made A Supreme Pick"; Kavanaugh To Meet With McConnell, Pence Tuesday Morning; Trump administration not Sure When About Half of The Children Will Be Reunited With Their Parents; Rescue Operation Resumes In Thailand; via Knit

Trump Administration Says It May Miss Deadline To Reunite The Children It Separated From Their Parents; Oxygen Levels Dropping In Cave Where Boys Are Trapped; Pres. Trump On Jim Jordan: "I Believe Him 100 Percent"; via Knit

Pres. Trump Makes #METOO Comment On Day FMR. Controversial Fox Exec Arrives On Staff; FEDS: "Under 3,000" Children Separated From Immigrant Parents; No Reunions Despite Court Order; Boys Trapped In Cave; Some Too Worn For Rescue; Inside A Cave In Utah With Expert Divers; via Knit

GOP's Jordan got emails from accuser, felt "bullied"; CNN: embattled EPA chief asked Trump to fire Sessions, hire him; Michael Cohen removes Trump reference in Twitter bio; GOP-led Senate panel: Putin attacked to help Trump win; Boys trapped in cave for 11 days: "we are healthy"; FAA refuses to regulate seat size, legroom on flights; FAA: our job is to make sure you're safe, not comfortable; Scarlett Johansson slammed for new role as transgender man via Knit

Trump: Without Me We'd Be At War With North Korea; Pres. Trump To NATO Countries: Pay More For Defense Or Else; Gender, Ivy League Credentials Reportedly Weigh On Pres. Trump As He Considers Potential Nominees; Pres. Trump Boasts Of Best-Selling Books And His Own Writing Ability, Despite Wide Knowledge Of Ghostwriter; Pres. Trump Unironically Includes Typo In A Tweet Blasting Media For Noticing His Twitter Typos; Rep. Jim Jordan Denies He Ignored Alleged Sex Abuse At Ohio State Univ. When He Was An Asst. Wrestling Coach; via Knit

White House: Pompeo Returning to North Korea This Week; CNN: U.S. Intel Agency Believes Kim Jung Un Won't Fully Denuclearize; Sources on Supreme court candidates interviewed today by pres. trump: Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Raymond Kethledge and Amul Thapar; Rescue Official: Trapped Soccer Team Will get 4-Month Supply of Food, Learn How to Dive via Knit

Pres. Trump: Down To About 5 Supreme Court Picks, 2 Are Women; Pres. Trump: "Don't Know" How Long Chief Of Staff Will Stick Around; Pres. Trump: Journalists Should Be Free From The Fear of Being Violently Attacked While Doing Their Job; Pres. Trump Says Journalists Should Be Free From Violent Attacks; Has Repeatedly Launched Verbal Assaults On The Media; Pres. Trump on Putin Summit: We Will Talk About Ukraine, Syria And Election Tampering; Comedian Pretends To Be U.S. Senator; Connects With Pres. Trump On Air Force One; via Knit

Police: Suspect Used A Shotgun; Police: This Was A Targeted Attack; Police: Threats Were Sent Over Social Media, We Are Trying to Determine Who Sent Them; via Knit

McConnell: Will Vote On Justice Kennedy's Successor This Fall; Senate Dems Urge Delay In Voting On Kennedy's Successor As GOP Refused To Consider Pres. Obama's Pick in 2016 election year; Dem Lawmaker: Expect A "Bare-Knuckle Brawl" Over Kennedy Replacement; Democratic Divide Bursts Wide Open With Shocking Primary Upset; VP Pence On Who Will Replace Kennedy; Plans Nearly Set For Trump-Putin Meeting In Europe; Source: Former Fox News Pres. Bill Shine Accepts Top White House Job; Dept. Of Defense Receives Request for Assistance From DHS To House And Care For 12,000 Migrants via Knit

Source: Sarah Sanders Expected to Receive Secret Service Protection via Knit

Part 7 Pentagon To Be Asked to Approve Plans To Potentially House Thousand of Unaccompanied Children, Families On Two Texas Bases; Dem. Rep. Waters: Confront WH Officials; Pres. Trump: "Low IQ" Rep. Waters: "Be Careful"; Trump Team, Supporters Confronted & Heckled In Public; Pres. Trump Tweets Again On False Claims That Obama Wiretapped Trump Tower Phones; Girl Heard On That Audio Recording Still Not Reunited With Her Mother; via Knit

NY Times: Tense Argument At The White House As Govt. Officials Clash Over How To Address Migrant Families; via Knit

A Mother Cries Out For Her Daughter; What Was The First Lady Saying...Or Thinking?; Former Homeland Security Secretary: Don't Blame Pres. Obama; via Knit

Despite Pres. Trump's Exec. Order, Practice of Separating Families Could Resume After 20 Days via Knit

Pres. Trump Meets With Republican Lawmakers Over His Policy Of Separating Families at Border; GOP Lawmaker: Meeting With President "Didn't Move The Ball"; Tearful Audio Tape Still Echoing Across Social Media; via Knit

Children Reportedly Heard Crying For Parents in New Audio Obtained by Detention Center; We'll Leave the Gaslight On For You, Part 5; McCain Calls on President Trump to Rescind Family Separation Policy; Stone Admits To 2016 Meeting With Russian For Clinton Dirt; via Knit

Giuliani Dangles Possible Pardons For Manafort, Others; Trump Team Weighs New Strategy As Legal Woes Mount; Pres. Trump Makes False Statements To Reporters; Michael Cohen Indicating Willingness to Cooperate With Federal Judge via Knit

Comey: "Nothing In The Inspector General's Report Makes Me Think We Did The Wrong Thing"; DOJ Watchdog: No Evidence Bias Impacted Clinton Probe, But Conduct By Some "Cast A Cloud" Over FBI; White House: DOJ Watchdog Report "Reaffirmed the President's Suspicions" of Comey; DOJ Report Reveals More Texts From FBI Officials Blasting Trump; NY AG Pres. Trump Used Charity Funds For Campaign, Business Interests; via Knit

Did Too Little Loyalty To President Doom GOP Lawmaker?; Secy. Pompeo Blasts Reporter For Question Verifying Denuclearization; Pres. Trump: Kim Jong Un Has Done Some Bad Things, But A Lot of Other People Have Done "Some Really Bad Things"; Trump's Legal Team Eager To Sit Down With Him, Anticipate's Meeting With Special Counselor Later This Week Or Next Week; via Knit

Trump's Pledge to Stop "Provocative" Military Exercises Provokes Alarm And Confusion in Seoul And Washington; Pres Trump to Senator Graham: We Had A Good Initial Meeting With Kim Jung Un; President Trump on Kim Jung Un: "His Country Does Love Him" via Knit

Pres. Trump, Kim Jong Un Arrive At Summit Site; Trump Tweets That Larry Kudlow Has Suffered A Heart Attack, Is In Walter Reed Medical Center via Knit

CNN Remembers the Life of Anthony Bourdain via Knit

Pres. Trump on NK Summit: "I Don't Think I Have To Prepare Very Much"; Another Key Republican Says No Indication of Conspiracy In Trump Campaign; Politico: Jeanine Pirro Wants to Be Attorney General; Pres. Trump Has Discussed Jobs With Her via Knit

Pres. Trump Has Prepared the Pardoning Paperwork For At Least 30 People; Col Peters: Fox News Has Become A "Propaganda Machine"; 3 More Republicans Today Break With Pres. Trump on "Spy" Claims; Speaker Ryan, Sen. Burr, And Rep. Rooney; New Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Alleges Her Ex-Lawyer, Trump Atty. Michael Cohen "Colluded" to Manipulate Her, Benefit Trump; WH Aide Who Sen. John McCain May Get New Job in Trump Admin. via Knit

White House Accuses Eagles of "Political Stunt" for Offering "Tiny Handful" of Representatives to Ceremony; White House Says Eagles Players Decided to Abandon Their Fans; White House Still Stonewalling On Air Force One Memo; Manafort Could Soon Be Jailed for Violating Bail; Special Counsel's Team Alleges Witness Tampering; Devos: School Safety Commission Formed After Stoneman Douglas Shooting Won't Look at Role of Guns; Wash Post: Pruitt Enlisted EPA Aide To Help His Wife Inquire About Getting A Chick-Fil-A Franchise; Designer Kate Spade Found Dead at 55 via Knit

Tweeting Doesn't Make It So, Pt. 4; WH Won't Explain Contradictory Comments About Pres. Trump's Role in Dictating Trump Tower Meeting Response; Pres. Trump: "The Appointment of the Special Counsel is Totally Unconstitutional!"; Mueller's Office Accusing Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering, Asking Court To Revoke Bond/House Arrest; via Knit

The Envelope Please; June 12 Summit Kim Jong Un Is Back On; Denuclearization Apparently No Longer A Priority ; President Condemns Samantha Bee, Fumes About "Double Standard" But Remains Silent On Roseanne; MSNBC Anchor Joy Reid Apologizes for Blog Posts; Network Says Some Were "Obviously Hateful and Hurtful"; WSJ: U.S. In Early Talks For Possible Trump-Putin Summit; Children Separated From Their Moms After Crossing the Border; Inside An Immigration Detention Center Where Mothers Desperately Want To Be Reunited With Their Children; via Knit

Pres. Trump Pardons Conservative Pundit, May Pardon Martha Stewart And Former Illinois Gov. Rob Blagojevich; Pres. Trump's Newest Pardon May Send Message to Mueller Witnesses; Wash Post: Prosecutors Interview Comey As They Investigate Whether His Former Deputy McCabe Should Be Charged; Pres. Trump Doubles Down, Doesn't Denounce Racist Tweet; Survey: 4,600+ Deaths in Puerto Rico; But Govt. Says 64 via Knit

(Not) Enough About Me; NY Times: Former Acting FBI Director Feared Rosenstein Gave Trump Cover Story for Comey Firing, Wrote Memo About It via Knit

Awaiting Trump Rally In Nashville And Whether He Will Address Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet; Monitoring Trump Rally In Nashville And Whether He Will Address Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet; NY Times: "Taxi King" Gets Better Plea Deal After Raid On Trump's Lawyer; via Knit

Trump Lauds His Performance in Tweet About Fallen Soldiers; Chelsea Clinton: Trump "Degrades What It Means To Be An American"; Trump Administration Defends Separating Children From Parents; via Knit

President Leaves Door Open To June 12 Talks With Kim; CNN Source: Kelly And Flood Asked To Leave Classified Briefing As President Escalates Misinformation Campaign Against FBI; President Waffles on Canceling North Korea Summit; Man Hit By Lava Bomb While Trying To Protect Homes; via Knit

Umm, Who Invited This Guy?; Giuliani To CNN: Knowing About This Confidential Source Is A Prerequisite For Any Mueller Interview With The President; Giuliani: Pres. Trump Ordered Emmet Flood To Attend Briefings; Giuliani: Appropriate For WH Lawyer To Attend Source Briefings; North Korea On Trump's Decision To Cancel Summit: "We Are Willing To Sit Face To Face At Any Time"; N. Korea On Decision To Cancel Summit: "Not In Line With The Wishes" Of Those Who Hope For "Peace And Stability"; Sources: Roger Stone's Finances Examined By Special Counsel; via Knit

WH: DOJ-House GOP Meeting Will Go On As Planned Tomorrow, Bipartisan Meeting Slated For After Memorial Day Recess; Jared Kushner's Security Clearance Restored, Met With Mueller Team A Second Time For 7 Hours; Lawyer To CNN: Jared Kushner Questioned by Special Counsel For 7 Hours About Russian Collusion, Foreign Contacts, Comey Firing; Man Defending Home From Volcano Is Hit By Flaming "Lava Bomb"; Trump Admin, Wants More High-Level Talks, Assurances From Kim Jong Un Before Planned Summit Next Month;State-Run TV: North Koren Official Calls Vice Pres. Pence A "political Dummy", Says U.S. Risks "Nuclear To Nuclear Showdown" via Knit

NY Times: Business Partner of Trump's Lawyer Reaches Plea Deal; Agrees to Cooperate With Investigators; CNN: Trump Lawyers Make Offer For Mueller to Interview the President, Want to Limit or Eliminate Obstruction Questions; Soon: Carter Page Speaks Out on Confidential FBI Source; Saying "Spy" Doesn't Make It So; Page: Nothing Unusual During My Talks With Confidential FBI Source; You Forgot Something; Incoming NRA Pres. Oliver North: "Culture of Violence" To Blame for Mass Shootings; Pres. Trump: "Disgrace to This Country" If FBI Placed "Spies" In His Campaign; Boston Globe: Some Presidential Tweets, Mistakes and All, Are Written By Staff Adept at Copying Pres. Trump Style via Knit

Pres. Trump Meets With FBI Dir., Deputy AG Rosenstein On FBI Source; Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before; White House Says Justice Dept. Inspector General Will investigate President's Claims FBI Spied On His Campaign; Pres. Trump's DOJ Demand Threatens To Become Constitutional Crisis; WH: Justice Dept. And FBI Will Allow Congressional Leaders To See "Highly Classified" Information Related To Trump's Spying Claim; via Knit

Ten Killed, Ten Wounded in Texas High School Shooting; Shooting Suspect Being Held In Solitary Confinement; Shooting Suspect Makes First Court Appearance; via Knit

Giuliani To PBS: A Mueller-Pres. Trump Interview "Looks More Hopeful"; Giuliani To Politico: Mueller's Team, Pres. Trump's Lawyers Working Together To Narrow Questions For Possible Interview; Giuliani To PBS: Mueller Has Told Us He Wouldn't Indict Pres. Trump, If He Did He Would Be Breaking His Word; Sources: Manafort's Son-In-Law Pleads Guilty Under Deal; Must Cooperate With Mueller Probe, Other Investigations; Giuliani To Politico: Pres. Trump Will Prepare For Mueller Interview Over 2 Or 3 Weeks This Summer; Man In New York Doesn't Want To Hear Spanish; Anti-Immigration Candidates Campaign In Georgia; via Knit

Giuliani: Mueller Tells Trump Team He Will Follow DOJ Guidance That A President Cannot Be Indicted; Giuliani Admits Reason He Said Trump Repaid Michael Cohen For Stormy Daniels Payment Was To Get Ahead Of Disclosure; Pres. Trump Discloses Payment To Cohen, Possibly To Cover Stormy Daniels Hush Money; Ethics Office Refers To Justice Department; NY TimesL New Details Revealed About Origins Of Investigation into Trump Campaign, Code Name "Crossfire Hurricane"; Pres. Trump: "We'll Have To See" If North Korea Summit Happens; via Knit

Aides: WH Caught Off Guard When North Korea Threatens To Skip U.S. Summit; Upset U.S. South Korea Military Drills; Federal Judge: Manafort Trail Can Proceed; Different Judge Earlier Assailed Mueller Probe; Judge Rejects Manafort Attempt To Dismiss Criminal Case; Who''s Sorry Now? Still Not The White House; For Pres. Trump, Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word;No Evidence Of A Crime In Border Patrol Agent's Death; Pres. Trump: The First Lady Remains In Good Spirits, Will Leave Walter Reed Medical Ctr. In 2 Or 3 Days; TMZ: Meghan Markle's Father Now Says He Can't Attend Royal Wedding Due To Heart Surgery; via Knit

Melania Trump Undergoes Kidney Procedure At Walter Reed; Melania Trump; Who's Sorry Now? Still Not The White House. WH On McCain Comment: "This Is An Internal Matter"; Evangelical Pastors Invited To Jerusalem Embassy Ceremony Have Controversial Past Attacking Non-Christian Religions; Report: Meghan Markle's Father Won;'t Attend Royal Wedding After Admitting Staging Photos For The Paparazzi, Getting Paid; via Knit

Who's Sorry Now (Not the White House); WH Won't Apologize for Aides' Cruel McCain Joke; WH Doesn't Deny Trump Aide Made Insulting McCain Joke as Calls Grow for Aide to be Fired; Kelly: Undocumented Immigrants Lack Skills to Assimilate; Senate Intel Committee Requesting All Communication Between Ex-Trump Aide Same Nurnberg and Roger Stone; The Trump Cabinet: The Long List of Who Threatened to Quit or Did; EPA Chief Pruitt's Pricey Dinner with Accused Cardinal Under Scrutiny; "Parts Unknown" in Newfoundland Airs Sunday 9PM; via Knit