Top Obama Adviser Sought Names of Trump Associates in Intel  —  White House lawyers last month discovered that the former national security adviser Susan Rice requested the identities of U.S. persons in raw intelligence reports on dozens of occasions that connect to the Donald Trump transition and campaign …

Mitch McConnell's Nuclear Trigger Finger  —  In the 1944 noir film “Gaslight,” a villain hides his crimes by convincing his innocent wife she's insane, feeding her barely perceptible lies and altering small aspects of her environment until she doubts her own instincts and observations.

Our Dishonest President … It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters.  The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.”

Jared Kushner Visits Iraq on Invitation From Joint Chiefs Chairman  —  Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, made a trip to Iraq over the weekend, visiting the country as the American military is aiding Iraqi forces in their brutal fight to retake Mosul from the Islamic State.

North Korean Defector Tells Lester Holt ‘World Should be Ready’  —  SEOUL, South Korea — A senior North Korean defector has told NBC News that the country's “desperate” dictator is prepared to use nuclear weapons to strike the United States and its allies.  —  Thae Yong Ho is the most high …

BREAKING NEWS: Two nail bombs on St Petersburg metro rip through carriages, killing at least 10 as Putin visits city for meeting  —  Two nail bombs on the metro in St Petersburg ripped through train carriages killing at least 10 people today.  —  The incident occurred at two separate locations …

Trump Supporter Labeled ‘Fake News’ By ‘60 Minutes’ Beats Everyone To Susan Rice Scoop  —  Mike Cernovich, a journalist who has promoted conspiracy theories and was deemed “fake news” by “60 Minutes,” was the first to break the news that Obama's former national security advisor Susan Rice …

Trump Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants — Without Ever Telling Us  —  When President Donald Trump placed his businesses in a trust upon entering the White House, he put his sons in charge and claimed to distance himself from his sprawling empire.

Why Isn't Hillary Clinton in Jail?  —  She feels safe enough to “come out of the woods,” exactly the time for a Trump administration special prosecutor to launch a broadside.  —  Mentally strong people don't need five months to overcome setbacks.  Thomas Edison famously said: “I have not failed 10,000 times. ...

How to Lose a Majority  —  The very public intra-party fight between President Trump and the Freedom Caucus is just the latest twist in the ongoing fight over the philosophical, strategic and ideological direction of the Republican party.  As has been his mode of operation since his candidate days …

Chaffetz: Oversight Committee looking into Flynn payments from foreign governments  —  (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Monday his committee is looking into payments that former national security adviser Michael Flynn received from foreign governments.

Tucker Carlson's Fighting Words  —  On Fox News, an unlikely star thrives in the tumult of Trump-era politics.  —  Tucker Carlson started wearing a bow tie in 1984, when he was in tenth grade at St. George's, a Rhode Island prep school with a dress code.  He stopped wearing a bow tie on April 11 …

White House Releases Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump  —  The White House is announcing the release of the first official portrait of First Lady Melania Trump, taken in her new residence at the White House.  —  “I am honored to serve in the role of First Lady …

Records show deep ties between FBI and Best Buy computer technicians looking for child porn  —  Technicians for Best Buy's “Geek Squad City” computer repair facility had a long, close relationship with the FBI in “a joint venture to ferret out child porn,” according to claims in new federal court documents …

The Russiagate Scam Will Blow Up In The Democrats' Smug Faces  —  If you're stressed out about this whole Russian nonsense, relax - Donald Trump didn't do anything wrong, and he's not going be impeached, arrested, or ritually disemboweled.  When the truth comes out and it explodes in the Democrats' soft …