WORLDNETDAILY — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election seem to be shapeshifting into a probe over collusion with WikiLeaks. Author Jerome Corsi is now rejecting a plea deal he says was offered to him by Mueller because it would force him to lie about his alleged inside information pertaining to WikiLeaks leaks and his relationship with founder Julian Assange.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — The legacy media on Tuesday was reporting former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, who pleaded guilty to banking charges, met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and also broke his plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller by lying to investigators.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump accused special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday of being a "conflicted prosecutor gone rogue" and mistreating witnesses that don't cooperate. "Wait until it comes out how horribly & viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie," Mr. Trump posted in a morning Twitter storm. "He is doing TREMENDOUS damage to our Criminal Justice System, where he is only looking at one side and not the other."... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — She's not a senator, but Cynthia Nance plays an enormous role in shaping the debate over some of President Trump's judicial picks. Ms. Nance, former dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law, handles the American Bar Association's judicial ratings for nominees to federal courts in North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas, which make up the federal 8th Circuit.... (more)

PHILIP KLEIN — Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's victory in the Mississippi run-off election on Tuesday night will provide Republicans with 53 Senate seats, in effect giving Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., three votes to spare when it comes to confirming President Trump's judges.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Pressure is building on Senate Republican leaders to approve major reductions to federal criminal sentences before the end of the year, though some key lawmakers in the party say they are not eager to reward criminals with less prison time. All sides agree on some changes, such as promoting the use of halfway houses, expanding the prison industries program and boosting in-prison mentoring. But things get more complicated when sentencing changes for drug offenders are added.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. fell to its lowest level in more than a decade, according to a new Pew Research Center study. Based on government data, the study estimates that there were 10.7 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. in 2016, down from a high point of 12.2 million in 2007 and the lowest since 2004.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The same tear-gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently -- including more than once a month during the later years of President Barack Obama's administration, according to Homeland Security data.... (more)

WES VERNON — Last week, CNN's Carl Bernstein, of Watergate fame, said news networks should "start editing" President Trump's "propagandist" press briefings instead of letting them air in their entirety. In his remarks on CNN's Reliable Sources, the partisan commentator intoned that "We [in the media] need to start thinking of a different way to cover [Trump's] press conferences and briefings" – and added, "I don't think we should be taking them live all the time and just pasting them up on the air."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Mexico's Interior Ministry announced it will deport some 500 migrants who attempted to storm the U.S. border, the BBC reported on Sunday. The migrants were captured after trying to cross the border "violently" and "illegally" near the city of Tijuana, the ministry said, adding that all those who attempted to cross the border would be deported immediately.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Homeland Security shut down a key border crossing Sunday amid the first signs of violence from the migrant caravans camped out on the Mexican side of the border, as politicians in Washington sparred over whether they should be admitted.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump's agenda is being stymied in an attempt to delegitimize his administration, according to a new book "Trump's Enemies" written by two Republican operatives close to the president, The Washington Post reported.... (more)

ABC NEWS — A newly released report issued by 13 federal agencies on Friday explains in great depth the potential consequences of climate change on the United States and warns that neglecting to take action could drastically impede economic growth over the next century.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Former President Barack Obama paid failed Texas Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke the ultimate compliment: Comparison to himself. Mr. Obama was reacting to a report that a top Democratic bundler had said of the Texan that "he's Barack Obama, but white."... (more)

SKY NEWS — Russia has opened fire on Ukrainian ships and captured three vessels in a major escalation of tensions off the coast of Crimea. Three sailors have been wounded after the Ukrainian navy said two artillery boats were hit by the strikes in the Black Sea.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Immigrants seeking asylum in the United States by entering through Mexico could be required to wait south of the border while U.S. courts assess their cases, a member of the incoming Mexican government said in an interview published Saturday. Andres Manuel López Obrador, Mexico's president-elect, plans to implement a policy known as "Remain in Mexico" after taking office next month, his top domestic policy official told The Washington Post.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Border Patrol reported the first major instance of migrant caravan-related violence Saturday, saying a Honduran man threw rocks at agents to try to keep from being arrested Friday in Arizona. The 31-year-old, whom authorities didn't name, had climbed a tree to try to avoid capture, then lit the tree afire and began to throw rocks at the agents as well as a helicopter called in to help track him.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — John Kerry warns against mass immigration during an interview with The Guardian this week: "Look at Europe! Europe's already crushed under this transformation that's taken place because of immigration."... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — A prominent columnist, lawyer and political analyst contends the European Court of Human Rights has surrendered to Islam. Judith Bergman, senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, wrote that Islamic blasphemy laws "have now been elevated to the law of the land in Europe."... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — CNN reporter Jim Acosta and Infowars publisher Alex Jones could both lob questions at President Trump's press secretary if petitioners succeed in an effort pending on the White House website. A publicly-created petition recently posted on the "We the People" section of the official White House site calls on the Trump administration to grant press credentials to the right-wing Infowars publisher and assign him a seat him alongside CNN's chief White House correspondent.... (more)

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY — Inconvenient Science: NASA data show that global temperatures dropped sharply over the past two years. Not that you'd know it, since that wasn't deemed news. Does that make NASA a global warming denier? Writing in Real Clear Markets, Aaron Brown looked at the official NASA global temperature data and noticed something surprising. From February 2016 to February 2018, "global average temperatures dropped by 0.56 degrees Celsius." That, he notes, is the biggest two-year drop in the past century.... (more)

CURTIS DAHLGREN — Grandpa, tell us again about the bad old days. Well, Ismail, the 21st century started out really, really sad, but . . . Did people really get run over by trucks, and kids get shot in church? I'm afraid so, Ismail. WHY? Well, to get the context, you have to start at the beginning. Back in those days both the clergy and the Crown had to tell lies to stay in power, and the truth was irrelevant.... (more)

JOSEPH FARAH — Wow! Want something to be exceptionally thankful for this weekend? Be thankful Barack Obama is not your president -- and that Donald Trump is. If you don't feel that way today, try this: Watch his clip from his appearance at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago where he stumbled through an incoherent talk on climate change (I think, you decide), doing what he does best -- criticizing others for carrying around too much "hate, anger, racism" and, after stumbling around for the right word of phrase, coming up with "mommy issues."... (more)

SELWYN DUKE — Truly great disasters come like a thief in the night. How many foresaw Rome's sacking in 410 A.D., her collapse 66 years later, WWI or WWII? As for today, how many see that the United States is at what some call a tipping point, what others may call a Fourth Turning? Whatever you call it, the American republic is in its last days. This is too scary for many to contemplate, but there's something far scarier: playing ostrich and not being prepared for things to come.... (more)

BILL FEDERER — The Pilgrims fled England because of religious persecution and lived in Leiden, Holland from 1609 to 1620. Each October, Leiden, Holland, celebrated an annual day of thanksgiving for the end of the bloody pillaging, called "Spanish Furies" committed by Spain's "Iron Duke" from 1572 to 1589.... (more)