Trump Says Dollar ‘Getting Too Strong,’ Won't Label China a Currency Manipulator  —  President leaves open possibility of renominating Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Wednesday the U.S. dollar “is getting too strong” and he would prefer the Federal Reserve keep interest rates low.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

GOP Pours Money Into Montana House Race  —  Close call in Kansas special election fires up Republicans  —  WASHINGTON—Republican leaders may have been caught off guard by the weakness of their candidate in the Kansas special election, but they won't let it happen again in Montana, where another House election will be held May 25.

I was wrong about Jeff Sessions  —  An apology for a tweet about the attorney general that has gone viral  —  Full disclosure: The hard-working staff here at Spoiler Alerts does not like Attorney General Jeff Sessions.  Not one little bit.  —  I didn't like him when he was the first Senator to endorse Donald Trump.

Burger King ‘O.K. Google’ Ad Doesn't Seem O.K. With Google  —  Google appeared to stymie a marketing stunt on Wednesday by Burger King, which had introduced a television ad intended to prompt voice-activated Google devices to describe its burgers.  —  A video from a Burger King marketing agency showed …

Trump's budget director on what's on, and off, the table for cuts  —  As President Donald Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney sits in the center of the storm.  —  He is drafting a White House budget that members of both parties call dead on arrival.  He's still trying to help bridge …

Court Approved Wiretap on Trump Campaign Aide Over Russia Ties  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department obtained a secret court-approved wiretap last summer on Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign, based on evidence that he was operating as a Russian agent …

‘I Screwed Up’: Sean Spicer Apologizes for Holocaust Comments  —  In a 2014 speech at his old high school in Rhode Island, Sean Spicer laid out his personal guidelines for success.  Rule No. 4: Take responsibility when you mess up, and you will be rewarded.

Kim Jong-Un ‘orders IMMEDIATE EVACUATION of Pyongyang’ as tensions with US escalate  —  NORTH Korea leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered residents of the country's capital Pyongyang to leave the city immediately, sparking fears he may be preparing for war.  —  GETTY

United CEO feels ‘shame,’ passengers will be compensated  —  Oscar Munoz, the CEO of United Airlines, today said he felt “shame” when he saw viral video of airport police dragging a bloodied passenger from one of his airline's flights Sunday night.  —  “This will never happen again,” …

President Trump's thoroughly confusing Fox Business interview, annotated  —  President Trump spoke with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo in an interview airing Wednesday morning, and it was par for the course for Trump.  —  By which I mean he rewrote history (on his views of attacking Syria) …

Fast and Furious scandal: Suspected triggerman in border agent's murder arrested  —  EXCLUSIVE - The cartel member suspected of shooting and killing Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 with a gun supplied by the U.S. government was arrested in Mexico Wednesday, senior law enforcement …

Tillerson and Putin Find Little More Than Disagreement in Meeting  —  MOSCOW — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for nearly two hours Wednesday, but the two men appeared unable to agree on the facts involving the deadly chemical weapons assault …

Bret Stephens leaves Wall Street Journal for New York Times  —  One of the loudest voices against President Donald Trump from The Wall Street Journal's editorial pages is decamping for the competitor across town.  —  Bret Stephens, the Journal's deputy editorial page editor …

David Souter Killed the Filibuster  —  The death of the judicial filibuster last week was overshadowed by Syrian airstrikes and White House turmoil, but the moment's significance was also diminished by its inevitability.  Senators made pious noises and partisans bemoaned the state of the republic …