Trump holds VA meeting at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night  —  SATURDAY UPDATE: The White House said President Donald Trump held a meeting to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs while at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night.  —  “This evening President Trump had another meeting, including dinner …

What the Senate Should Ask Judge Gorsuch  —  When Judge Neil Gorsuch faces the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, will we see a series of crisp, clear exchanges on the nature of the Constitution, the role of precedent, the limits of Presidential power?  Or will see what one legal scholar called …

Graham keeping the heat on Trump's wiretapping claims  —  (R-S.C.) says he still plans to “to get to the bottom” of President Trump's claims that Trump Tower was wiretapped by the Obama administration during the 2016 election.  —  “We owe it to [Trump]; we owe it to the American people …

Jimmy Breslin, Legendary New York City Newspaper Columnist, Dies at 88  —  Jimmy Breslin, the New York City newspaper columnist and best-selling author who leveled the powerful and elevated the powerless for more than 50 years with brick-hard words and a jagged-glass wit, died on Sunday.

George W. Bush Gave Us Donald Trump.  Now He Wants To Be Forgiven.  —  But Americans shouldn't forget so easily.  —  We've all seen the picture.  It's the opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, and George W. Bush is sharing a brief snuggle with Michelle Obama.

Chuck Berry, Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneer, Dies at 90  —  Chuck Berry, who with his indelible guitar licks, brash self-confidence and memorable songs about cars, girls and wild dance parties did as much as anyone to define rock ‘n’ roll's potential and attitude in its early years, died on Saturday.

Trump, Working-Class Zero  —  It's not unknown, of course.  —  In ancient Egypt, there was the symbol of the ouroboros, the snake that eats its own tail.  Nerve-addled octopuses sometimes consume their own arms.  —  But we've never watched a president so hungrily devour his own presidency.

Philly Cinco de Mayo celebration canceled over immigration crackdown fears  —  El Carnaval de Puebla, a major Cinco De Mayo celebration in Philadelphia, has been canceled following recent federal immigration crackdowns, organizers said.  —  Edgar Ramirez told a local NBC affiliate …

Former dairy farmer leads Trump-Russia investigation  —  Devin Nunes once said all he wanted to do was work on a dairy farm.  —  Now the man from the rural Central Valley of California is running one of the most scrutinized, complex and politically fraught congressional investigations in recent memory.

Bidding Process for U.S. Border-Wall Construction Begins  —  Requests for proposals are latest steps in push to fulfill campaign promise—despite significant legal, logistical challenges  —  LOS ANGELES—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officially opened the process to accept bids to design …

In One Rocky Week, Trump's Self-Inflicted Chaos on Vivid Display  —  WASHINGTON — Minutes before President Trump was to take the stage in Nashville last week to make his case for the health care overhaul he had promised, he received some unwelcome news that shifted his script.

Outrage on Wheels  —  The story that Trump's budget would kill the Meals on Wheels program was too good to check.  But it was false.  —  It made for great copy — irresistibly clickable and compulsively shareable.  “Trump's Budget Would Kill a Program That Feeds 2.4 Million Senior Citizens,” blared Time's headline.

Fear, hope and deportations  —  VALLEY VIEW, Tex. — At 4:30 a.m. on a windy Monday, Tamara Estes swallows vitamin B12 for energy and krill oil for her arthritic fingers.  Even with her nightly Ambien, she is always up before the sun, getting ready for a job that reminds her of what infuriates her about America.

Tomi Lahren Likely On Her Way Out At The Blaze  —  You'll Never Guess Who This Trump Dossier Source Met With  —  Two High School Students Charged In Rape Of 14-Year-Old Girl  —  Both recently arrived in the U.S.  —  30 Countries Are Refusing To Take Back Illegal Immigrants Convicted Of Serious Crimes

Paris Orly airport shooting: Attacker was ‘radicalised Muslim’ man known to French intelligence services  —  Paris prosecutor says Ziyed Ben Belgacem yelled he wanted to die in the name of Allah and that ‘whatever happens, there will be deaths’  —  Sturgeon urges rest of UK to move to Scotland to escape May's Brexit

Kurt Eichenwald: ‘Spineless’ GOP so scared of Trump they won't criticize ‘Nazis in the White House’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A panel discussion on MSNBC's AmJoy, discussing Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) racist comments about America needing more white babies turned …