EXCLUSIVE: Nazi-Allied Group Claims Top Trump Aide Sebastian Gorka As Sworn Member  —  Sebastian Gorka, President Trump's top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right group that is listed by the U.S. State Department as having been “under the direction …

Spicer says Trump ‘stands by’ unproven allegation that Obama ordered wiretapping of Trump Tower  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that President Trump “stands by” his allegation that former president Barack Obama ordered wiretapping surveillance of Trump Tower last fall …

Mike Flynn Worked for Several Russian Companies, Was Paid More Than $50,000, Documents Show  —  Former Trump national security adviser had business connections with Russia beyond RT that hadn't been previously known  —  President Trump's former national security adviser, Mike Flynn …

Trump federal budget 2018: Massive cuts to the arts, science and the poor  —  President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens …

Mulvaney justifies budget: We can't ask a coal miner to pay for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting  —  As they fleshed out the budget blueprint released Thursday morning by the White House, Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney said officials from the administration …

Chelsea Clinton announces new picture book, She Persisted  —  Count Chelsea Clinton among the many people whom Elizabeth Warren inspired when she refused to be silenced in the Senate.  —  Clinton, the daughter of former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former U.S. President Bill Clinton …

Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams  —  Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.  —  The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity.  The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”

Lack of Oxford Comma Costs Maine Company Millions in Overtime Dispute  —  A class-action lawsuit about overtime pay for truck drivers hinged entirely on a debate that has bitterly divided friends, families and foes: The dreaded — or totally necessary — Oxford comma, perhaps the most polarizing of punctuation marks.

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McDonald's tweets to Trump: ‘You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President’  —  McDonald's' in a tweet on its corporate account called President Trump “a disgusting excuse of a President” on Thursday morning.  —  The tweet, which was briefly pinned to the top of the account before being deleted …

Trump's attacks on judges who don't agree with him might be alienating the judges who do  —  Even judges who think the travel ban is constitutional are horrified by Trump.  —  President Donald Trump's travel ban has some defenders on the federal bench.  President Trump himself does not.

Secret Service Agents Under Investigation for Taking Photos of Donald Trump's Sleeping Grandson  —  A source with knowledge of the information tells Mother Jones that two Secret Service agents who were assigned to protect Donald Trump III, President Donald Trump's grandson, took selfies with the eight year old while he was sleeping.

Rand Paul Responds to John McCain: Senator From Arizona Is “Unhinged” and “Past His Prime”  —  Sen. Rand Paul responds to attacks from Sen. John McCain on this morning's ‘Morning Joe.’  —  ON Thursday, Paul released this statement: “Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries …

Why I'm Moving Home  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In recent months, I've frequently found myself in places hit hard by manufacturing job losses, speaking to people affected in various ways.  Sometimes, the conversation turns to the conflict people feel between the love of their home and the desire to leave in search of better work.

Stephen Bannon Is a Fan of a French Philosopher...Who Was an Anti-Semite and a Nazi Supporter  —  Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief strategist, recently spoke approvingly of the ideas of an anti-Semitic French intellectual who was sentenced to life in prison for cooperating with the Nazis during World War II.

Humpback whales are organizing in huge numbers, and no one knows why  —  It flies in the face of typical humpback behavior  —  The world is ending and only the whales know.  At least, that's one explanation.  Humpback whales are normally pretty solitary—scientists used to call groups of 10 to 20 “large.”

Debt ceiling returns, creating new headache for GOP  —  The legal limit on how much the United States government can borrow returns on Thursday, potentially setting up an intense political battle in Congress.  —  Lawmakers will have until sometime this autumn to raise the debt ceiling …