Michael Flynn's Immunity Request Rejected By Senate Intelligence Committee  —  The Senate Intelligence Committee turned down the request by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn's lawyer for a grant of immunity in exchange for his testimony, two congressional sources told NBC News.

1 big thing: Trump, baffled and brooding  —  Trump, during an opioid and drug abuse listening session Wednesday n the Cabinet Room with Chris Christie, Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos / AP's Evan Vucci  —  President Trump brought his chaos …

Diplomats instructed to ‘avoid eye contact’ with Tillerson: report  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has remained relatively removed from President Trump's administration and his own department, a new report by The Washington Post says, adding that many diplomats have yet to meet him and some have been told to avoid eye contact.

Vice President Pence's “never dine alone with a woman” rule isn't honorable.  It's probably illegal.  —  An employment lawyer weighs in.  —  “I don't work with women.  If they're attractive, I'm too tempted.  And if they're not attractive, what's the point?”

Gorsuch: Good for Corporations, Bad for Working People  —  This is a really difficult decision for me.  I am not comfortable with either choice.  While I have come to the conclusion that I can't support Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court—and will vote no on the procedural vote and his confirmation …

1 in 3 voters give President Trump a grade F  —  WASHINGTON  —  After more than two months in office, America's new president, Republican Donald Trump, got a grade of F from 1 in 3 voters, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll.  —  By contrast, the same number graded predecessor Democrat …

GOP lawmaker: The Bible says ‘if a man will not work, he shall not eat’  —  One lawmaker is citing a godly reference to justify changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Tex.) recently quoted the New Testament to question the strength of current work requirements.

The road to single-payer health care  —  Repeal-and-replace (for Obamacare) is not quite dead.  It has been declared so, but what that means is that, for now, the president has (apparently) washed his hands of it and the House Republicans appear unable to reconcile their differences.

Obama Officials Made List of Secret Russia Probe Documents To Protect Them … LATEST POSTS FROM INTEL DESK  —  Obama administration officials were so concerned about what would happen to key classified documents related to the Russia probe once President Trump took office that they created …

The Prince of Oversight  —  When Donald Trump's now-notorious Access Hollywood tape first leaked in October last year, Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz reacted to the news the way he usually does—he got himself in front of a camera, and fast.  —  Within hours after the story broke …

ICE Arrests Green Card Applicants In Lawrence, Signaling Shift In Priorities  —  Federal immigration officers arrested five people in Lawrence on Wednesday when they showed up for scheduled appointments at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office.

D.C. is among the first in nation to require child-care workers to get college degrees  —  Debbie James-Dean graduated from high school in 1979 and has spent much of her career working in child care.  She was anxious when her director at Kids Are Us Learning Center in Southeast Washington told her she needed to go back to school.

Mistakes, He's Made a Few Too Many  —  Crisis will inevitably strike, so America needs stability and strength.  Will Trump be ready?  —  Near the end of the campaign I wrote a column called “Imagine a Sane Donald Trump,” lamenting that I believed he was crazy, and too bad.

Verizon Said to Plan Online TV Package for Summer Launch  —  Phone giant is obtaining online rights to television networks  —  Service follows similar offerings from Dish, AT&T's DirecTV  —  Verizon Communications Inc. has been securing streaming rights from television network owners …

New App Alerts Illegal Immigrants to ICE Raids  —  A new app hopes to combat raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.  —  The app, named Notifica, was designed as tool that illegal immigrants can use to alert others if they are caught during ICE raids, according to Fox News Tech.

Judge approves $25 million Trump University settlement  —  A federal judge has approved a $25 million settlement President Donald Trump agreed to late last year in a bid to head off a civil fraud trial over his Trump University real estate seminar program.  —  U.S. District Court Judge …

Jerry Brown on running for president: 'Don't rule it out'  —  California Gov. Jerry Brown isn't ruling out out running for president in 2020.  —  Brown opened up about his possible future in elected office during a Thursday press conference about his plan to fix California's infrastructure, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Do Millennial Men Want Stay-at-Home Wives?  —  Millennials, generally defined as people born between 1982 and 2000, were supposed to be the generation that forged what has been called “a new national consensus” in favor of gender equality.  Indeed, in February the prominent Columbia professor …

Trump Says CNN Is Fake News — But That's Where He Wants Surrogates  —  In tweets and tirades, President Donald Trump has made clear his opinion of CNN: “fake news.”  But privately — to surrogates that boost his message across television networks — the president has an additional position: Get yourself some CNN airtime.