Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation  —  (CNN)Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2014 against accepting foreign payments as he entered retirement, according to new documents obtained by the House oversight committee.

Exclusive interview: Trump ‘absolutely’ looking at breaking up 9th Circuit  —  President Trump said Wednesday that he has “absolutely” considered proposals that would split up the 9th Circuit, where judges have blocked two of his executive actions.  —  “There are many people that want to break up the 9th Circuit.

The education of Donald Trump  —  The 70-year-old leader of the free world sat behind his desk in the Oval Office last Friday afternoon, doing what he's done for years: selling himself.  His 100th day in office was approaching, and Trump was eager to reshape the hardening narrative of a White House veering off course.

Trump's Tax Plan Is a Reckoning for Republican Deficit Hawks  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump's top economic advisers faced a barrage of questions on Wednesday about the tax plan they had just unfurled, there was one that they struggled most to answer: how to keep the “massive tax cuts” …

Fox News' Jesse Watters takes abrupt vacation after controversial remarks about Ivanka Trump  —  Fox News' Jesse Watters reportedly is taking a vacation, one day after making what some saw as suggestive remarks about Ivanka Trump.  —  CNN's Brian Stelter and the CNNMoney media team reported …

Hawaii threatened by North Korea now, U.S. commander tells Congress  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Pentagon needs to consider deploying new anti-ballistic missile systems and a defensive radar to Hawaii to protect against a growing threat from North Korea, the top U.S. military officer in the Pacific told Congress on Wednesday.

Portlandia: City of the Petty, Bankrupt, Vindictive Left  —  One of the staples of Portland, Oregon—"Portlandia" to TV viewers— is the annual Rose Festival, now in its 82nd year, and it has for several years now featured a kickoff parade, akin to the Rose Parade in Pasadena on January 1 every year.

Urgent trip to restroom gets man kicked off Delta flight  —  The way Kima Hamilton sees it, his urgent need to visit the restroom as a Milwaukee-bound Delta jet awaited takeoff was a misunderstanding blown all out of proportion.  —  In fellow passenger Krista Rosolino's view …

And Then There Was Hannity  —  Bill O'Reilly.  Roger Ailes.  Megyn Kelly.  One by one, the biggest personalities at Fox News have left the building.  —  From Subscribe Reprints  —  During commercial breaks on his Fox News program, Sean Hannity likes to wing around a football with anyone in the vicinity of his desk.

Troll This Politician And He Just Might Call Your Grandma — Literally  —  Don't mess with Rep. Brian Sims  —  When Pennsylvania House Rep. Brian Sims (D-PA) woke up Wednesday morning, he followed his usual morning routine: checking the news, and then deleting the hate speech left on his Facebook by trolls overnight.

‘My rights as a mom have been violated.’: Mother is asked to find private room while breast-feeding in church  —  Annie Peguero was trying to soothe her agitated 19-month-old baby in church on Sunday when she did what she often does — she nursed her.  But her efforts to calm her daughter caused …

School district slams sixth grader with suspension over haircut  —  BAYTOWN, Texas - Xavier Davis had no idea his hair could cause him so much trouble.  —  Xavier is a sixth grader at Cedar Bayou Junior High School in Baytown.  —  When he walked into class last Thursday, he said he was promptly sent to the office.

2 US service members killed in Afghanistan  —  (CNN)Two US Special Operations Forces soldiers were killed Thursday while conducting a joint US-Afghan raid in the Achin District in Nangarhar Province, according to a US official.  —  One additional soldier was wounded, the official said.

The Hungarian Rise And Fall Of Sebastian Gorka  —  Before Sebastian Gorka was an adviser to President Donald Trump, he was a man with a dream to rise to the top of Hungarian politics.  It didn't quite work out.  —  Reporting From  —  Budapest  —  BUDAPEST — Sebastian Gorka …

Lawyers sue Times, CNN, Fox News for racial discrimination  —  Three of nation's largest media organizations are being sued — two by the same lawyer — for ­racial discrimination.  —  A half-dozen people have filed suits against The New York Times and Fox News, while as many as 175 current …

Dems threaten to oppose short-term spending bill if GOP pushes healthcare vote  —  House Democrats will oppose a short-term spending bill if Republican leaders attempt to expedite an ObamaCare repeal bill this week, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) warned Thursday.  —  Hoyer, the Democratic whip …

Center for Politics Poll Takes Temperature of Trump Voters at 100-Day Mark  —  A new University of Virginia Center for Politics poll of Trump voters shows his approval rating at 93% with these voters, though just 42% “strongly approve” while 51% “somewhat approve.”

Rand Paul will teach a class at GWU — and it's not a politics course  —  Professor Rand Paul will teach an English class next fall at George Washington University.  —  That is not a proofreading error.  —  A representative for GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences tells Red Alert …

Revival of unpopular health care plan divides GOP  —  For all of the talk that this might finally be House Republicans' chance to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, the big picture is that there's still a bitter divide within the party — though it's now separating the moderates from everyone else …

>> Get all updates on Israel and the United States: Download our free App, and Subscribe >>  —  Sharing is caring.  Spread the word  —  Netanyahu issued an ultimatum to Gabriel, saying that he will not meet with the German foreign minister if he does not cancel his meetings with the left-wing groups.

Democrats are still rushing to extremes … You would think that after losing over 1,000 elected positions at the federal, state and local levels since 2010, Democratic Party leaders — now out of power in the White House and both houses of Congress — might be hard at work crafting a message …

Justices Alarmed by Government's Hard-Line Stance in Citizenship Case  —  WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. tried to test the limits of the government's position at a Supreme Court argument on Wednesday by confessing to a criminal offense.  —  “Some time ago, outside the statute …

I Am a Victim of Your Hateful Hate Crimes, You Hate-Criminals  —  As a person of absolutely no color who embodies an intersectional reality that includes my utter lack of genderfluidity and my unemployment-questioning, differently-veteraned, and non-pagan experiences, I am totally oppressed by progressivism's hegemonic power structure.

House panel seeks charges for company in Clinton email case  —  A congressional committee on Thursday asked the Justice Department to consider criminally prosecuting a technology services company that was involved in maintaining a private email server for Hillary Clinton.

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin can't guarantee middle class wouldn't pay more under tax plan  —  Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin today declined to guarantee that middle-class families wouldn't pay more under President Trump's sweeping tax overhaul plan.  —  “I can't make any guarantees until …

UN contacted Trump administration on ObamaCare repeal: report  —  The United Nations contacted the Trump administration earlier this year about its efforts to repeal ObamaCare, according to a new report.  —  The U.N.'s “urgent appeal” asked whether scrapping ObamaCare without a suitable replacement …

Energy Revolutions Hidden In Plain Sight: Part 1 of 3 — Shale Crushes Solar  —  Michael Smith/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP, file  —  A note about this three-part series: … The Promethean task of supplying energy to the U.S. economy and the rest of the world involves scales that are truly difficult to visualize.