Despite Reports, Fmr Fox Guest Now Claims She Was Never Sexually Harassed by Sean Hannity  —  Debbie Schlussel, a former Fox News guest, appeared on a local radio show on Friday and recounted an incident where Sean Hannity purportedly asked her to a hotel, and when she rebuffed his advances …

Trump Will Provoke a Crisis or Be Humiliated This Week  —  The president has miscalculated the politics of government funding.  —  It's hard to imagine a better metaphor for Donald Trump's presidency than if, backed by a Republican-controlled Congress, he celebrates his 100th day in office by shutting down his own government.

Bow-tie Wearing Dog Vigorously Contests Mark Halperin's Version of Events  —  Charlie, the adorable bow-tie-wearing dog who landed at the center of a national controversy on Friday night when NBC News Senior Political Analyst Mark Halperin tweeted a photo that many took to mean he was unhappy …

Obama's hidden Iran deal giveaway  —  When President Barack Obama announced the “one-time gesture” of releasing Iranian-born prisoners who “were not charged with terrorism or any violent offenses” last year, his administration presented the move as a modest trade-off for the greater …

Removal of the first of four New Orleans Confederate monuments begins with Liberty Place  —  Gallery: Supporters of Confederate monuments watch as one is torn down  —  Efforts to remove four Confederate monuments commenced early Monday morning (April 24), as crews and police gathered around …

How Hollywood Remembers Steve Bannon … Stephen K. Bannon, who maintains a precarious hold over the nativist wing of the Trump White House, honed his skills in the art of conservative persuasion in the most liberal precinct of the American imagination, Hollywood.  He became himself in the byways of the movie business.

What ‘Snowflakes’ Get Right About Free Speech  —  At one of the premieres of his landmark Holocaust documentary, “Shoah” (1985), the filmmaker Claude Lanzmann was challenged by a member of the audience, a woman who identified herself as a Holocaust survivor.

Senate Russia probe flounders amid partisan bickering  —  More than three months after the Senate Intelligence Committee launched its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election — including allegations of collusion by associates of President Trump — the panel has made little progress …

US sanctions Syria for chemical weapons attack  —  The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack earlier this month that Western officials have said was ordered by Syrian President Bashar Assad, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Monday.

First 100 Days  —  It's the start of a presidency like no other.  We talked to historians, activists, and White House veterans to evaluate President Trump's progress at his first major benchmark.  —  Words BENJY SARLIN Photographs JIM LO SCALZO/EPA  —  FIRST 100 DAYS ARE HARD.  Just ask Bill Clinton.

French Presidential Runoff Heralds New Political Era  —  Advance of EU advocate Emmanuel Macron and euroskeptic Marine Le Pen makes Europe, globalism defining issues of election  —  PARIS—Centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right politician Marine Le Pen led the first round of voting …

Amidst Backlash, Ivanka Trump Clothing Is Secretly Relabelled as Adrienne Vittadini  —  BoF has learned that G-III, the company that licenses Ivanka Trump ready-to-wear, has relabelled inventory without the knowledge of the brand and sold it to discount chain Stein Mart.

Republicans sound alarm on Trump's troubles ahead of 2018  —  Republicans say President Donald Trump needs to turn things around fast — or the GOP could pay dearly in 2018.  —  With the party preparing to defend its congressional majorities in next year's midterms, senior Republicans …

Trump disses the United Nations as an ‘underperformer’  —  With the ambassadors to the United Nations Security Council gathered around him in the White House Monday, President Donald Trump labeled the UN “an underperformer” and appeared to both heavily praise and jokingly jab at his U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley.

No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car  —  This isn't science fiction.  A number of start-ups as well as big aerospace firms are trying to build personal aircraft you could fly around town.  —  CLEARLAKE, Calif. — On a recent afternoon, an aerospace engineer working …

Who Does the Anne Frank Center Represent?  —  Sean Spicer was in trouble.  In a press conference addressing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons against his own people, the White House press secretary had fallen into one of his signature slow-moving train-wrecks of an analogy …

Report: Kellogg's Spent Millions to Fund Research Undermining Warnings About Sugar in Cereals  —  Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Mason Boycott-Owen report in The Sunday Times that cereal giant Kellogg's has been funding studies that undermine official government warnings about the link between sugary cereals and obesity.

In midst of custody battle, Alex Jones reveals that at 16, 'I'd already had over 150 women.'  —  Good Monday Austin:  —  On Saturday afternoon Alex Jones tweeted this.  —  LIVE: Alex Jones Responds to Sandy Hook Vampire http://www.infowars.com/... #tcot pic.twitter.com/1WjBb6Cboo — Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) April 22, 2017

The End of Foreign Aid As We Know It  —  Trump budget would gut development assistance and fold USAID into State.  —  President Donald Trump's vow to put “America first” includes a plan to drastically cut assistance to developing countries and merge the State Department with USAID, according to an internal budget document and sources.