N Korea missile launch fails, says South Korea  —  North Korea has attempted to launch a missile on its east coast which is believed to have failed, South Korea's military says.  —  It comes a day after the state warned the US that it was “ready to hit back with nuclear attacks” amid mounting tension in the region.

Berkeley braces for another pro-Trump rally, counter protests  —  Pro-Trump supporters and counter-protesters clash in Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley in March.  (Dan Honda / East Bay Times)  —  Berkeley officials are bracing for a “Patriots Day” rally Saturday …

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: Pillars of Family-Driven West Wing  —  WASHINGTON — One has an office down the hall from the president in the White House; the other just moved into an office a floor up.  One recently visited war-torn Iraq as the president's emissary; the other will soon head …

Maxine Waters rallies Tax March crowd for Trump's impeachment  —  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) renewed her call for impeaching President Trump during Saturday's Tax March in Washington.  —  “I don't respect this president.  I don't trust this president.  He's not working in the best interests of the American people,” Waters said.

Twenty-One People Arrested as Clashes Break Out at Opposing Rallies in Berkeley  —  In what has become an eerily familiar scene in Berkeley, supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump on Saturday exchanged blows, burned flags, and set off fireworks at opposing rallies, resulting in at least 21 arrests, police said.

Hiring Anti-Trump Conservative Is Part Of New York Times' Effort To Expand Opinion  —  Bret Stephens won over progressive critics of the president, but his climate change views have sparked backlash.  —  The New York Times' decision to hire Bret Stephens, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Wall Street …

Trump demands gold-plated welcome  —  President insists on a carriage journey down The Mall to Buckingham Palace  —  Donald Trump waving from the Queen's royal carriage is not a scenario many would have foreseen a year ago, but it has become a very real prospect, forcing security services to plan an unprecedented lockdown.

Privacy group sues IRS for not disclosing Trump's taxes  —  A privacy group is suing the IRS for not disclosing President Trump's tax returns.  —  The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Saturday, as rallies around the country …

French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen has criticised the Pope for pressuring Western countries to open their borders to migrants, accusing him of asking states to disregard their own citizens.  —  In an interview with La Croix International, the leader of the Front National chided Pope Francis …

Electric Grid Study Ordered by U.S. Energy Chief to Boost Coal  —  Review to consider how renewable subsidies affect electric mix  —  Keeping the lights on even when the wind isn't blowing  —  U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is ordering a study of the U.S. electric grid …

With Trump Appointees, a Raft of Potential Conflicts and ‘No Transparency’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is populating the White House and federal agencies with former lobbyists, lawyers and consultants who in many cases are helping to craft new policies for the same industries in which they recently earned a paycheck.

O'Reilly's Behavior Said to Have Helped Drive Megyn Kelly Out at Fox  —  Last fall, in the weeks after 21st Century Fox struck settlements with two women who said that Bill O'Reilly had sexually harassed them, the Fox News host went on morning television and offered a harsh assessment of women …