U.S. May Launch Strike If North Korea Reaches For Nuclear Trigger  —  The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

First on CNN: US drops largest non-nuclear bomb in Afghanistan  —  Washington (CNN)The US military has dropped an enormous bomb in Afghanistan, according to four US military officials with direct knowledge of the mission.  —  A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, nicknamed MOAB …

'People's hopes are dashed': Ex-Breitbart writer says Trump's nationalist fanbase is in despair  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump has gone through some major reversals over the past week, including his decision to attack the government of Bashar al-Assad …

Trump's got a new favorite Steve  —  President Donald Trump once affectionately called them “my two Steves,” a reference not only to their ideological kinship but to their central role in his administration.  —  But while Steve Bannon is on the ropes in Trump's fractious White House …

British intelligence passed Trump associates' communications with Russians on to US counterparts  —  Watch Trump's stunning U-turns on key issues  —  Washington (CNN)British and other European intelligence agencies intercepted communications between associates of Donald Trump and Russian officials …

Detroit emergency room doctor charged with child genital mutilation  —  (WXYZ) - A Henry Ford Hospital emergency room doctor has been arrested and charged in connection to performing female genital mutilation on young girls.  —  Jumana Nagarwala, 44, of Northville Michigan is accused …

Syrian First Lady Asma Assad's social media posts reflect ‘alternate reality,’ critics say  —  The Instagram account of Bashar Assad's wife is adorned with tender snapshots: Asma Assad reading to Syrian children; holding an infant inside a maternity hospital in Damascus …

Mélenchon: Far-leftist surges in French polls, shocking the frontrunners  —  In a presidential campaign with more twists than a French braid, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's sudden play to become France's third man — or better — is shaking up the race.  —  With ten days to go before April 23's …

Sexual Abuse at Choate Went On for Decades, School Acknowledges  —  Choate Rosemary Hall, an elite boarding school in Wallingford, Conn., acknowledged decades of sexual abuse by former teachers against the students entrusted to their care in a report on Thursday.

Trump privately signs anti-Planned Parenthood law  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump privately signed a bill on Thursday that allows states to withhold federal money from organizations that provide abortion services, including Planned Parenthood, a group frequently targeted by Republicans.

Spicer refuses to say if Trump was in Situation Room for Afghanistan strike, flees amid questions  —  The United States dropped a GBU-43 bomb, the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in our arsenal, on what has been described as an “ISIS tunnel complex” in Afghanistan.

How many American atheists are there really?  —  “There's a lot of atheists in the closet” — why most polls on religious belief are probably wrong.  —  Here's a simple question: How many Americans don't believe in God?  —  Pew and Gallup — two of the most reputable polling firms in America — both come to a similar figure.

Trump Said No to Troops in Syria.  His Aides Aren't So Sure.  —  Listening to his campaign rhetoric, the last thing you would expect Donald Trump to do as president would be to escalate a ground war in the Middle East.  He won the Republican nomination last year by campaigning …

Overseas Adoptions by Americans Continue to Decline  —  They have spent thousands of dollars in fees, scaled a mountain of paperwork and waited nearly five years, but Caroline and Jason Lankford have yet to be matched with the Ethiopian child they long to adopt.

US sending ‘dozens’ more troops to Somalia  —  U.S. strike kills 150 Al Qaeda backed terrorists  —  (CNN)The US is sending “dozens” of additional troops to Somalia to train and equip the Somali National Army and the forces participating in the African Union Mission in Somalia there, a US military official confirmed Thursday.

In its last year, the Obama administration had its eyes on burnishing the outgoing president's legacy — and ignored the threat from an old foe.  —  No one from  —  the Obama administration seems to remember when they figured out they were falling victim to one of the greatest intelligence operations in history.

Trump Nominates Salesman To Run Military Draft  —  Don Benton has a long record of controversies, but no record of military service.  —  Late Monday night, when many Americans were in bed, President Donald Trump quietly announced his intention to nominate former Washington state senator Don Benton …

NASA: Nearby ocean worlds could be best bet for life beyond Earth  — It's possible Europa or Enceladus, two moons in our solar system, could support life, NASA announced  —  (CNN)NASA has new evidence that the most likely places to find life beyond Earth are Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Maxine Waters has called for Trump's impeachment 22 times — and she's just getting started  —  There have been many Democratic legislators who have engaged in effective resistance of Donald Trump, but no one has cut to the chase like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), who simply will not be pushed around.