The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch  —  Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects of politicians whose policies help his business interests.

Sean Spicer ambushed while shopping at the Apple Store  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accosted while shopping at an Apple store in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.  —  “How does it feel to work for a fascist?  Have you helped with the Russia stuff?  Are you a criminal as well?

Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign  —  ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.

Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.  —  In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.

Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce  —  President Trump's budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.

The risks Republicans are taking with Trumpcare  —  It was never a secret that Republicans would take a risk by repealing Obamacare, as unpopular as it was, and taking ownership of what happens next.  But it's striking just how many political dangers they're putting themselves in — and how they're ignoring pretty much all of them.

My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home  —  Campaigning against FGM around the world gets Leyla Hussein into some interesting situations.  But she didn't expect to be so affected by going ‘home’  —  muggling vulva-decorated cupcakes into the Somali region of Ethiopia …

Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen  —  Elements of Donald Trump's presidential style are already emerging and they must be discouraging to his critics.  —  It's easy to miss things that do not happen.  But perhaps you too have noticed a decline of trivial Trump tweets …

Scoop: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago  —  President Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the gold-plated Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next month for a lowering-the-temperature summit with vast economic and security implications, Axios has learned.

Steve King Says Civilization Can't Be Restored With 'Somebody Else's Babies'  —  Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa who has a history of making inflammatory statements viewed by many as insensitive or outright racist, was roundly criticized on Sunday for his apparent endorsement of white nationalism.

Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan  —  Sen. Dean Heller panned House Speaker Paul Ryan's bill to repeal and replace Obamacare during a closed meeting with constituents on Saturday, according to audio obtained by POLITICO.  —  The remarks by Heller …

Want to Keep the President at Bay?  Two Consultants Have an Inside Track  —  For a fee, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's pugilistic former campaign manager, and Barry Bennett, a former Trump senior adviser, will protect you from “tweet risk” — what happens to the stock price and reputation …

House investigators on a Trump-Russia ‘collision course’  —  Adam Schiff says Russia's effort to sway the election for President Donald Trump is one of the most serious issues of our time.  Devin Nunes isn't even convinced Russia tried to help Trump.  —  As Nunes and Schiff …

Trump's Skeletal Crew  —  The administration needs to pick up the pace of hiring.  —  President Trump and his allies have lots of complaints about Democrats' holding up White House appointees.  “Their underlying goal is to allow remaining Obama-appointed bureaucrats to do as much damage …

Trump's budget director claims Obama was ‘manipulating’ jobs data  —  President Trump's budget director claims the Obama administration was “manipulating” jobs data.  —  Mick Mulvaney told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday that he has long thought the previous administration framed data …