Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee  —  Ivanka Trump, the elder daughter of President Trump, is becoming an official government employee, joining her husband in serving as an unpaid adviser to her father in the White House.  —  Ms. Trump already has an office in the West Wing …

Devin Nunes Is Dangerous  —  Representative Devin Nunes obviously fancies himself Jason Bourne.  To sneak onto the White House grounds for that rendezvous with an unnamed source last week, he switched cars and ditched aides, vanishing into the night.  —  But Senator Lindsey Graham looks at him and sees a different character.

Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump  —  Voter perceptions of President Donald Trump's job performance have eroded following the failure of a long-promised health care bill through Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.  —  Trump's approval rating dropped …

State Department Employee Arrested and Charged With Concealing Extensive Contacts With Foreign Agents  —  A federal complaint was unsealed today charging Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, of Washington, D.C., and an employee of the U.S. Department of State, with obstructing an official proceeding …

PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S POLITICAL CRONIES FILE DISCREDITED CHARGES AGAINST DAVID DALEIDEN  —  The bogus charges from Planned Parenthood's political cronies are fake news.  They tried the same collusion with corrupt officials in Houston, TX and failed: both the charges and the DA were thrown out.

The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them  —  They betrayed you for chump change  —  Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data.  Lawmakers provided no credible reason …

North Korea Flips Out After McCain Calls Kim Jong-Un A ‘Crazy Fat Kid’  —  GOP Sen. John McCain managed to get a rise out of the North Korean regime by calling their Supreme Leader a “crazy fat kid” earlier in March on TV.  —  The Korean Central News Agency accused the senator on Tuesday …

Beto O'Rourke to challenge Ted Cruz in Texas' 2018 Senate race  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat and ex-punk rocker who pulled a stunning upset to win his House seat six years ago, plans to declare his candidacy on Friday for the Senate seat held by Ted Cruz, according to Democratic sources in Texas.

Interior secretary hints border wall could be on Mexican land  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday said America can't give away the Rio Grande to Mexico in the process of building President Trump's signature border wall, implying the structure could wind up standing partially on Mexican land.

What George W. Bush Really Thought of Donald Trump's Inauguration  —  The inauguration of Donald Trump was a surreal experience for pretty much everyone who witnessed it, whether or not they were at the event and regardless of who they supported in the election.

Dems Could Take House in 2018  —  GOP majority looks shaky with Trump deeply unpopular, Democrats highly energized, and vulnerable Republicans facing tough votes.  —  The de­feat of the Re­pub­lic­ans' health care over­haul was a pain­ful re­mind­er …

House GOP Weighing Another Try on Obamacare Vote Next Week  —  Two Republicans say leaders discussing new vote after setback  —  Trump and Ryan pulled the bill last week, citing lack of votes  —  House Republicans are considering making another run next week at passing the health-care bill …

Chelsea Clinton: ‘I Am Not Running for Public Office’ (EXCLUSIVE) … Since the election, there's been endless chatter that Chelsea Clinton might follow in her parents' footsteps.  But in an interview with Variety, she quashed those rumors.  —  “I am not running for public office,” Clinton said.

How to lose friends and ‘exfoliate’ people — Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is caught between 2 worlds, and his friends are cutting ties  —  Signing up to carry out Donald Trump's vision of America has come at a cost to many of the president's closest allies.

Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’  —  A supervisor at the Energy Department's international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases “climate change,” “emissions reduction” or “Paris Agreement” in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO.

After pledging to solve opioid crisis, Trump's strategy underwhelms  —  As a candidate, Donald Trump promised rural towns and states hit hard by opioid addiction that he'd solve the epidemic ravaging their communities.  “We will give people struggling with addiction access to the help they need,” Trump vowed in October.

Trump not concerned about Mar-a-lago costs, criticism  —  President Trump isn't concerned about the rising costs associated with his regular trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., the White House press secretary said Wednesday.  —  Sean Spicer addressed the topic during his briefing …

A former Trump administration appointee who left without signing ethics pledge is now a lobbyist  —  He is the second known Trump appointee who left the administration without signing a pledge to limit his lobbying activities.

Jeff Bezos Is Now the World's Second Richest Person  —  Amazon's founder adds $10.2 billion to his net worth this year  —  Warren Buffett falls $4.7 billion from peak during Trump rally  —  Jeff Bezos has leapt past Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett to become the world's second-richest person.

New Huma Abedin Emails Reveal Additional Instances of Clinton Sending Classified Information through Unsecured Emails, Special Favors for Clinton Donors  —  Classified Document on Unsecured Email Included Discussion of Request for ‘Various Classified Intelligence Documents’ Concerning Guantanamo Terrorist Detainee Binyam Mohamed

Christian student is suspended for ‘threatening’ his Muslim professor after he ‘confronted her for saying the Crucifixion was a hoax and Jesus’ disciples didn't believe he was God'  — Marshall Polston, 20, was suspended from Rollins College on March 24, after his Middle Eastern humanities professor filed a police report about him

Indonesian man found dead in belly of 7m-long python  —  An Indonesian man has been found dead inside the belly of a seven-meter-long python, a local media reports.  —  Akbar Salubiro had not been seen since setting off to harvest palm oil in a remote village on the island of Sulawesi.

Trump's U.S. Census proposes, immediately cuts LGBT survey questions  —  The inclusion of LGBT categories in the Planned Subjects for the 2020 Census Report unveiled on Tuesday must have been music to the ears of LGBT advocates seeking to include sexual orientation and gender identity in federal surveys.