Cherokee Nation: Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test Is 'Inappropriate'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) responded to President Donald Trump’s relentless ridicule on Monday by releasing the results of a DNA test that she says proves she has Native American ancestry. Warren’s critics first raised doubts about her claim of Native American ancestry during her 2012 Senate campaign. Trump has kept the controversy alive by repeatedly calling the senator “Pocahontas” in his appearances across the country.

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  Trump denies pledging $1 million to charity if Warren proves Native American heritage

  Yahoo News Video
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  The dark history of Pocahontas, whose name Trump has evoked to slam Elizabeth Warren

  Business Insider

Jamie Dimon Joins Growing List Of Business Leaders Skipping Saudi Conference

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, and Bill Ford, chairman of the Ford Motor Co., are the latest business leaders to drop out of an investment conference in Saudi Arabia in the wake of the disappearance and presumed murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Saudi reporter and columnist for The Washington Post, has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month.

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  The weekend in the US-Saudi fight over Jamal Khashoggi, explained

  Vox
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  WEF balks at 'Davos in the Desert' tag for Saudi meet

  AFP

Bernie Sanders is not a fan of ‘disruptive and rude’ Democratic protesters

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said he’s not thrilled by liberal protesters disrupting conservative activities or being rude. The former presidential candidate told Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he strongly supports mobilizing the American people to stand up for economic, social, racial and environmental justice but that there are more and less effective ways to go about this. “I am not a great fan of being rude or disrupting activities,” Sanders said.

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  Midterm elections: Voter enthusiasm soars among young people, Democrats and minorities, says new poll

  The Independent
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  The 5 major scandals that should have destroyed the Republican Party for good

  Salon.com

Best Bites: Brie and cheddar apple beer soup

Welcome to Best Bites, a twice-weekly video series that aims to satisfy your never-ending craving for food content through quick, beautiful videos for the at-home foodie. This hearty soup combines all of the essential fall flavors! Learn how to make this

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  This holiday season, why not make a pumpkin jelly roll cake?

  Associated Press
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  Our turkey meatloaf offers a lighter take on the classic

  Associated Press

Proud Boys Street Gang Had A Weekend Of Coast-To-Coast Violence

For one weekend, a violent misogynistic and homophobic street gang of proto-fascists ran amok on the East Coast and West Coast, seeking out and then assaulting protesters in Portland, Oregon, and New York City. The Proud Boys ― a pro-Trump fraternity known for acts of violence ― started their outburst of violence on Friday night, immediately after members left an event headlined by their leader, Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, at the Metropolitan Republican Club, the GOP’s headquarters in New York City.

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  New York police looking for 9 people involved in 'Proud Boys' brawl

  msnbc.com
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  NYPD Release Footage of Proud Boys, Antifa Confrontation

  Storyful

Flash floods tear through southwestern France

Flash floods tore through towns in southwest France, turning waterways into raging torrents that killed at least 13 people, nine of them in just one town, authorities said Monday. The rains that swept in from the Mediterranean killed nine people there, Interior Ministry spokesman Frederic de Lanouvelle said. He told BFMTV that the floods in the Aude region also killed four other people in other locations, left one person missing and seriously injured five others.

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  WATCH: Death toll rises in France flash floods

  News 24 South Africa
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  French government official says that floods have killed 5 people in southwest France

  San Francisco Chronicle

Deadline passes for Syria's Idlib buffer without jihadists leaving

A deadline passed Monday without jihadists leaving a planned buffer zone around Syria's last major rebel bastion of Idlib as set out under a Russian-Turkish deal. The radical fighters were supposed to withdraw from the buffer as a final condition to implementing a Russian-Turkish deal to stave off a regime offensive on the northwestern region of Idlib. Just hours before the cut-off time, Idlib's dominant jihadist group vowed to continue to fight but did not give a clear position on the deal reached in the Russia resort of Sochi.

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  No jihadists seen exiting Syria buffer on eve of deadline: monitor

  AFP
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  Buffer zone brings fragile calm to Syria's rebel-held Idlib

  Associated Press

GM Adds Optional Extended Warranty That Lasts Up to Six Years

General Motors is now offering an extra two years on its factory warranty at a relatively modest upcharge. GM’s extended warranty upgrades Chevrolet and GMC vehicles to five-year/60,000-mile coverage, up from the standard three-year/36,000-mile warranty. Current GM service contracts, whether written by third-party companies (such as dealerships) or the factory, reimburse payments an owner has already made and come with deductibles.

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  GM will extend your car's bumper-to-bumper warranty for not a lot of cash

  CNET
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  GM offering factory-backed extended warranty for Chevys, GMCs, Buicks and Cadillacs

  Autoblog

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Calls Man-Made Climate Change A 'Point Of View'

The co-hosts of “Fox & Friends” predictably were full of praise Monday for President Donald Trump following his wide-ranging ― and eyebrow-raising ― interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” which aired Sunday. “I don’t think the president has ever been more confident that he can do the job than he is today,” co-host Brian Kilmeade declared. Kilmeade complained that Stahl injected her “point of view” when asking Trump whether he still believes climate change is “a hoax,” and grilling him for dismissing the mountain of scientific evidence that proves otherwise.

• Trump says climate change not a hoax, not sure of its source

  WSAV
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  Climate Change Could Cause A Global Beer Shortage

  Yahoo View

Idaho Fish And Game Official Under Fire Over African Hunting Trip

Blake Fischer likes to kill lots of African wildlife. Fischer, in his email, said his wife “wanted to watch me and ‘get a feel’ for Africa... so I shot a whole family of baboons. Former Idaho Fish and Game Commissioner Fred Trevey was among those who were upset by Fischer’s conduct and urged him to resign.

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  Idaho Fish and Game exec under fire for hunting pics

  KOIN
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  Idaho wildlife commissioner faces backlash for photos of African hunting trip

  ctvnews.ca

We Must Use the Global Magnitsky Act to Punish the Killers of Jamal Khashoggi

As details emerge of what happened to Jamal Khashoggi, one can’t help but be truly terrified. Khashoggi, a Saudi citizen who was an outspoken critic of his government, went to his country’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct.2 to pick up a document showing he was divorced so he could marry his fiancée. Little has been independently confirmed, but the Turkish government claims Saudi agents tortured, killed, and dismembered Khashoggi, and fled the country, carrying his remains.

• John Oliver on Missing Journalist, Trump’s ‘Bromance’ With Saudi Leader ‘MBS’

  Rolling Stone
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  Trump Says Saudi King Told Him He 'Denies Any Knowledge' of Missing Journalist's Fate

  Time

Suspicious letter sent to Sen. Susan Collins home

A hazardous materials team was called Monday to investigate a suspicious letter sent to the home of Republican Sen. Susan Collins, officials said. Police and fire vehicles were parked outside her home, and several people in hazmat suits were seen entering the home. The senator's husband, Thomas Daffron, was at home, but Collins wasn't there at the time.

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  The Latest: Collins OK'd to stay in home after ricin scare

  San Francisco Chronicle
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  Suspicious envelope causes ricin scare at Sen. Collins' home

  HoustonChronicle.com

Pope canonises murdered Salvadoran Archbishop and Pope who enshrined Church opposition to contraception

Pope Francis has canonised Pope Paul VI and Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero, two of the most contested figures of the Catholic Church in the 20th century, who both had a powerful influence over his papacy.   In a ceremony on Sunday that drew more

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  “Assassination of a Saint”: Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero Is Canonized as Murder Remains Unsolved

  Democracy Now!
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  Slain Salvadoran bishop Romero and Pope Paul VI become saints

  Reuters

Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder, Dead At 65

Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trailblazers sports teams, has died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his family has confirmed. “My brother was a remarkable individual on every level,” Paul’s sister, Jody, said in a statement. “While most knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend.

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  Elliot Harrison explains how owner Paul Allen kept the Seahawks in Seattle

  NFL Highlights
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  'Our world has lost a force for good': Community reacts to Paul Allen death

  KHOU 11 Houston

France says it could help North Korea denuclearize if it sees real commitment

France is ready to help in North Korea's denuclearization efforts, but Pyongyang must first show some detailed commitments and real desire to dismantle its nuclear and ballistic arsenal, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. France, a nuclear power and permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, is not directly involved in talks between North Korea, South Korea and the United States to work toward the region's denuclearization.

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  How is North Korea evading sanctions?

  BBC News
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  Will Trump and Kim Make History?

  The National Interest

UK PM says still believes Brexit deal is 'achievable'

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday she still believes a Brexit deal is "achievable", despite talks with the European Union becoming deadlocked on the issue of the Irish border. "I continue to believe that a negotiated deal is the best outcome for the UK and for the EU. The sticking point is how to keep open the land border between Northern Ireland and EU member Ireland after Britain leaves the bloc's single market and customs union.

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  Brexit deal 'not possible' this week, warn EU ministers

  Yahoo Finance UK
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  University and college union members overwhelmingly back calls for referendum on final Brexit deal

  The Independent

Th Air Force Plans to Arm Stealth F-22s and F-35s with the Ultimate Weapon

In particular, the Mitchell Institute paper mentions that ever since B-2 and F-22 production were cut well short of the initial intent years ago – the Air Force has since been forced to operate with insufficient air assets. The Air Force and DARPA are now testing new hardware and software configured to enable 4th-Generation aircraft to command drones from the cockpit in the air, bringing new levels of autonomy, more attack options and a host of new reconnaissance advantages to air warfare. Working with BAE Systems at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Air Force test pilots are combing ground-based simulators with airborne leer jets to demonstrate how 4th generation cockpit avionics can direct drones from the air, BAE Systems developers said.

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  The moment a Belgian mechanic accidentally destroys an F-16 fighter jet with cannon

  The Telegraph
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  Pentagon clears most of grounded F-35 jet fleet to fly following crash

  msnbc.com

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Are Going Down Under. Here’s What to Know About Britain's Tangled Role in the Region

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived in Sydney on Monday to begin their first major foreign tour as a married couple. The pair, who wed in May, will spend two weeks touring Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, countries that are all members of the Commonwealth, the association of territories formerly ruled by the British Empire, for most of whom Queen Elizabeth II is head of state.

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  Every Clue You May Have Missed That Meghan Markle Really Was Pregnant

  Women's Health
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  Meghan Markle’s Mother Doria Ragland Releases Statement on Her Daughter’s Pregnancy

  Entertainment Tonight

Marco Rubio Urges Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin To Scrap Saudi Arabia Trip

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is calling on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to cancel his planned appearance at an economic summit in Saudi Arabia later this month following the disappearance and suspected murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi, a Washington-based Saudi reporter who has been writing opinion columns for The Washington Post, went missing after he was captured on video entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey earlier this month. “He walked into that consulate and he never came out,” Rubio said on CNN.

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  Saudis reject US threats over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warn oil could skyrocket

  Channel 8 San Diego
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  Rubio Says U.S. Must Skip Saudi Investment Event Over Khashoggi

  Bloomberg

The Senate Judiciary Committee's Only 4 Women Reflect On Kavanaugh's Confirmation

Hirono, along with Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) ― the only women among the committee’s 21 members ― reflected on the controversial confirmation of Kavanaugh after Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey Ford accused the judge of attempting to rape her in when the two were in high school.

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  North Dakota Democrat Heitkamp scrambles to catch Cramer

  Associated Press
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  Trump defends mocking sexual assault victim Christine Blasey Ford: 'It doesn't matter. We won'

  The Independent

Bavarian voters punish Merkel allies in state election

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative allies lost their absolute majority in Bavaria's state parliament by a wide margin in a regional election Sunday, a result that could cause more turbulence within the national government. It was the party's worst performance since 1950 in a state vote in Bavaria, which it has traditionally dominated. Constant squabbling in Merkel's national government and a power struggle at home have weighed on the CSU.

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  Germany's Merkel vows to restore trust after Bavaria election losses

  Reuters
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  Germany's Merkel suffers humiliating election defeat in Bavaria as fringe parties win big

  Business Insider

Google launches Motorbike Mode navigation in Kenya, first for Africa

Google, said on Monday it would offer Motorbike Mode on Google Maps in Kenya, offering the voice navigation service for bike riders in Africa for the first time. Google, part of the U.S. firm Alphabet Inc, already provides the service in Asian nations, such as India. "For over a million Kenyans, boda bodas are a convenient and affordable way to move and transport goods from one place to another," Google said in a statement.