Trump backs off fiscal pledges and adopts centrist policies that he once fought  —  President Trump is abandoning a number of his key campaign promises on economic policy, adopting instead many of the centrist positions he railed against while campaigning as a populist.

Judge washes up dead along the Hudson River  —  Medical examiners remove Abdus-Salaam's body.  —  Robert Miller  —  A pioneering judge, who became the first Muslim woman in US history to serve on the bench, was found dead Wednesday — washed up on the Manhattan side of the Hudson River, sources said.

Inside Bannon's struggle: From ‘shadow president’ to Trump's marked man  —  When Stephen K. Bannon reported for work Wednesday, he did not act like a man who had just been publicly humiliated by his boss.  —  The chief White House strategist cycled in and out of the Oval Office for meetings …

Undercooled meat.  Dangerous fish.  Health inspectors zing Trump's Mar-a-Lago kitchen  —  Just days before the state visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's Palm Beach private club, Florida restaurant inspectors found potentially dangerous raw fish …

Trump Threatens to Withhold Payments to Insurers to Press Democrats on Health Bill  —  Almost three weeks after canceling a vote on his health-care package over infighting among his fellow Republicans and the opposition of the Democrats, President Donald Trump dug back into the fight …

NC lawmaker calls Abraham Lincoln a ‘tyrant’ like Hitler  —  A day after setting off one firestorm, a Cabarrus County lawmaker set off another Wednesday by calling Abraham Lincoln “the same sort (of) tyrant” as Adolf Hitler.  —  Republican Rep. Larry Pittman of Cabarrus County made the comparison …

Graham: Time for Congress to pass Russia sanctions  —  (R-S.C.) is urging his colleagues to pass tougher sanctions against Moscow after Russia blocked a United Nations resolution condemning last week's chemical attack in Syria.  —  “It is now time for Congress to pass sanctions …

Letter: I was on United flight 3411.  Here's what I saw.  —  This video posted on social media shows a passenger on an April 9, 2017, United Airlines flight from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louisville being removed by security.  (Jayse D. Anspach)

After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties  —  That morning, he stepped down from guiding Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, after a brief tenure during which Mr. Trump won the Republican nomination, Democrats' emails were hacked and the campaign's contacts with Russia came under scrutiny.

Carter Page: ‘Something may have come up in a conversation’ with Russians about lifting US sanctions  —  Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, said that when he was in Moscow last summer, “something may have come up in a conversation” with Russians about lifting U.S. sanctions.

Teen accidentally kills himself as friends watch on Instagram Live … “I heard a big boom.  I couldn't tell if it was a gun shot or what.”  —  Shaniqua Stephens had just watched her 13-year-old son take out the trash Monday evening when she heard a noise.  —  “I just knew that it was something that was wrong,” she said.

The Broken Supreme Court  —  When he was discussing military strategy or diplomacy, Gen. Colin Powell, the former secretary of state, liked to invoke what he called the Pottery Barn rule: “If you break it, you own it.”  —  Well, the Republicans broke the Supreme Court confirmation process.

Coffman pummeled at town hall over GOP Obamacare repeal  —  AURORA, Colo. — Nearly every other constituent brought up health care at a town hall here on the outskirts of Denver Wednesday night, in one of the most competitive House districts in the country.  —  But not a single one did it to thank …

Operation Normal: Trump goes -al  —  Operation Normal achieved supremacy yesterday — and a new phase of Trump's presidency begins.  —  Sound smart: conservatives should have seen this coming.  Trump goes where the applause is loudest.  If that means being a full-throated birther, fine!

Apple has a secret team working on the holy grail for treating diabetes  — Apple has a secret group of biomedical engineers developing sensors to monitor blood sugar levels, sources tell CNBC  — If successful, the advance could help millions of diabetes patients and turn devices like the Apple Watch into a must-have

Why I won't date hot women anymore  —  When it came to dating in New York as a 30-something executive in private equity, Dan Rochkind had no problem snagging the city's most beautiful women.  —  “I could have [anyone] I wanted,” says Rochkind, now 40 and an Upper West Sider with a muscular build and a full head of hair.

Foreign journalists in North Korea told to expect a ‘big and important event’  —  Foreign journalists in North Korea have reportedly been told to prepare for a “big and important event” on Thursday.  —  North North Korean officials provided no details about the nature of the event or its location, according to a report by Reuters.

Suburban G.O.P. Voters Sour on Party, Raising Republican Fears for 2018  —  ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A gray mood has settled over conservative-leaning voters in some of the country's most reliably Republican congressional districts, as the party's stumbles in Washington demoralize …