Trump officials tell Russia to drop its support for Syria's Assad  —  Officials in the Trump administration on Sunday demanded Russia stop supporting the Syrian government or face a further deterioration in its relations with the United States.  —  Signaling the focus of talks Secretary …

Trump's Shadow Is Looming Over This Special Election  —  SANDY SPRINGS, Georgia — Amy King, an accountant in this Atlanta suburb, said she's always been a Republican.  —  But when a Republican, Judson Hill — the first candidate to enter the first competitive congressional race …

McFarland to Exit White House as McMaster Consolidates Power  —  Former Fox News commentator will become envoy to Singapore  —  Trump's second national security advisor making his mark  —  K. T. McFarland has been asked to step down as deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald …

Korea crisis deepens as the US dispatches the Carl Vinson strike group to the region  —  The head of all U.S. forces in the Pacific canceled a planned carrier exercises and port visits in Australia and redirected the Carl Vinson carrier strike group to the waters off the Korean Peninsula …

Can Bill O'Reilly Keep His Scold's Perch?  —  In 2000, cable news's transformational star — a telegenic scold who knew wrong from right as sure as he knew that a break from “traditional values” would be this nation's ruination — wrote the following words in his book “The O'Reilly Factor”:

Man-spreading dispute over seats on J train leads to hammer attack and large brawl  —  An argument over man-spreading on a Lower East Side subway train ended in an all-out brawl with one man attacking another with a hammer, officials said Saturday.  —  The 30-year-old hammer victim …

Le Cinq, Four Seasons Hôtel George V, 31 avenue George V, 75008 Paris (00 331 49 52 71 54).  Meal for two, including service and modest wine: €600 (£520)  —  There is only one thing worse than being served a terrible meal: being served a terrible meal by earnest waiters …

Russian computer programmer arrested in Spain: embassy  —  A Russian computer programmer, Pyotr Levashov, has been arrested in the Spanish city of Barcelona, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Madrid said on Sunday.  —  It was unclear why Levashov was arrested.

Trump Administration's House Veterans Struggle to Rally Support in Chamber  —  Former congressmen Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney and Tom Price finding it difficult to persuade on GOP health bill  —  WASHINGTON—They had 30 years of combined service in the House of Representatives …

How Bannon's multimedia machine drove a movement and paid him millions  —  Stephen K. Bannon could barely finish his sentences as he implored the listeners of his Breitbart News radio show to see the new movie “Clinton Cash.”  —  It was July 20, the homestretch of the 2016 presidential campaign …

Walker wants Wisconsin to be first state to stop dictating how much time kids should go to school  —  If Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has his way, the Badger State will become the first to stop requiring students in public schools to spend a minimum number of hours in class.

Nearly $1 billion in side deals by Gov. Brown and Democratic leaders cemented the legislative vote to raise the gas tax  —  Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount), left, Gov. Jerry Brown and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) were the forces pushing for a new transportation funding bill.

Blasts at Christian churches in Egypt kill dozens on Palm Sunday  —  (CNN)Bombs targeted two Coptic churches in Egypt as the Christian faithful observed Palm Sunday, one of the most important days on the religion's calendar.  —  A powerful blast rippled through a Palm Sunday service …

Dems winning fight over wall  —  Democrats are winning the war over the wall.  —  Despite President Trump's request for more than $1 billion to fund the Mexican border wall this year, GOP leaders are expected to exclude the money in the spending bill being prepared to keep the government open beyond April 28.