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 …

CNN's Chalian: Trump ‘looked like a third-grader’ in Fox interview  —  President Trump “looked like a third grader” trying to “squirm out of a lie” when asked about his wiretapping claims during a Fox News interview, CNN's political director said Thursday.  —  David Chalian …

MEALS ON WHEELS AMERICA STATEMENT ON BUDGET BLUEPRINT  —  Today, the President sent his Budget Blueprint, also known as the “skinny budget,” to Congress with a plan to release further details in the coming months.  This blueprint focuses on discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Year 2018 …

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.”

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 …

Internal Trump administration data undercuts travel ban  —  At least two sets of internal data that have been available to the Trump administration — but which have never been publicized — appear to undercut the government's argument for a travel ban that it had hoped would take effect Thursday …

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 …

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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.

Pro-Trump radio host Michael Savage claims he was assaulted while having dinner with his toy poodle Teddy  — Savage, 74, says he was having dinner in Tiburon, California, with his 12-year-old pooch when a man began taunting him by saying, ‘weener, weener’

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.

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 fiddles while Earth burns: Our view  —  New administration disrupts programs to curb greenhouse gas emissions.  —  Seemingly every month provides alarming new evidence of human-caused climate disruption.  Last month was the hottest February on record globally, shattering the previous record …

Trump's Steep Cuts Face Rebuff in Congress Even With GOP Control  —  President's deep domestic cuts get few takers on Capitol Hill  —  Budget plan ‘cannot pass the Senate,’ John McCain says  —  Donald Trump is offering an audacious budget with steep cuts to nearly every domestic department …

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.

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.

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 …

Nervous GOP senators rooting for Ryan to fail  —  A growing number of GOP senators are hoping the House fails to pass its bill to repeal and replace ­ObamaCare so they won't be blamed for killing it in the upper chamber.  —  Support for the House legislation has “disintegrated” …

New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being  —  After 140 years of negotiation, Māori tribe wins recognition for Whanganui river, meaning it must be treated as a living entity  —  In a world-first a New Zealand river has been granted the same legal rights as a human being.

Google adds tool to flag ‘offensive’ search results  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Google is trying to improve the quality of its search results by directing review teams to flag content that might come across as upsetting or offensive.  —  With the change, content with racial slurs could now get flagged under …