Trump Says He'd Meet With North Korea's Kim If Situation's Right  —  ‘I would be honored to do it’ under the right circumstances  —  North Korea has become Trump's top foreign policy challenge  —  President Donald Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions …

Why did Trump win?  New research by Democrats offers a worrisome answer.  —  As the Democratic Party rebuilds itself for the 2018 and 2020 elections, Democratic strategists have been preoccupied with a pressing question: Why did so many voters who backed Barack Obama in 2012 switch …

Trump on Obama surveillance claims: 'I don't stand by anything'  —  President Donald Trump said his allegation that he was illegally surveilled by former President Barack Obama has “been proven very strongly” and that that surveillance has negated the relatively warm relationship …

Trump Wants Health-Care Bill to Protect Pre-Existing Conditions  —  President says it will be ‘every bit as good’ as Obamacare  —  GOP leaders mulling vote on health bill later this week  —  President Donald Trump said Monday the Republican health-care bill being negotiated in Congress ultimately …

Trump Says He's Considering Moves to Break Up Wall Street Banks  —  President says in interview he is weighing revival of 1933 law  —  Top administration officials back return of Glass-Steagall Act  —  President Donald Trump said he is actively considering breaking up giant Wall Street banks …

Trump Defends Invite to Philippines' Duterte Amid Drug War Toll  —  Country is important ‘strategically and militarily’: Trump  —  Trump invited Duterte to White House during weekend call  —  U.S. President Donald Trump underscored his eagerness to meet with Philippines President Rodrigo …

First on CNN: Trump administration ending Michelle Obama's girls education program  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is discontinuing a signature girls education initiative championed by former first lady Michelle Obama, according to officials.  —  The “Let Girls Learn” program …

Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’  —  President Trump during an interview that airs Monday questioned why the country had a Civil War and suggested former President Andrew Jackson could have prevented it had he served later.  —  “I mean had Andrew Jackson been a little bit later you wouldn't have had the Civil War.

The NY Times Sold Subscriptions On Opposing “Alternative Facts.”  Then It Published Bret Stephens.  —  The New York Times finds itself mired in controversy after newly-minted op-ed columnist Bret Stephens devoted his first piece to preaching a “teach the controversy” approach to climate change.

Trump Open to Raising Gas Tax and Negotiating Tax Overhaul Plan  —  Truckers back higher gas levy for highways, Trump says  —  President calls his tax plan starting point in interview  —  President Donald Trump said he's willing to raise the U.S. gas tax to fund infrastructure development …

Ethics Office pushed White House to hire Ivanka Trump amid concerns about her being informal adviser  —  The Office of Government Ethics encouraged the White House to hire Ivanka Trump as a government employee amid concerns that as an informal adviser she would not be bound by the standards …

How Trump Could Get Fired … Hours after Donald Trump's Inauguration, a post appeared on the official White House petitions page, demanding that he release his tax returns.  In only a few days, it gathered more signatures than any previous White House petition.

Deal on Government Funding Reached, Averting Shutdown  —  A deal has been reached on a $1 trillion-plus bill to fund the government for the final five months of this fiscal year, an agreement that is likely to avert a government shutdown.  —  Congressional negotiators had been working through …

Macron PLUMMETS in the polls as Marine Le Pen enjoys boost a WEEK AWAY from election vote  —  EMMANUEL Macron's lead over Marine Le Pen has taken a heavy hit as France prepares to vote in the final round of the election on Sunday.  —  Recent moves by Ms Le Pen to appeal to a wider audience seem …

A black teen was shot and killed by police near Dallas.  His death has just been ruled a homicide.  —  A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed by police in a Dallas suburb was shot in the head by a rifle, Dallas County Medical Examiner's office said.  —  The medical examiner's office said Monday …

I write on the internet.  I'm sorry.  —  Try to pinpoint the last time you took a purposeless walk through the late spring breeze, when there was no itch in your hand to reach for a mobile device, and you felt like the wind and sky around you had nothing to disclose to you other than the vast …

Reunited with news, and it feels so good.  —  Friends - I wanted to share an update on my Facebook adventures so far and what I'll be doing next.  As some of you know, I left The New York Times last summer after a decade leading the mobile and news product teams.

Seven shot, gunman dead at University City apartment complex  —  At least five people were shot and injured Sunday when a gunman opened fire near a swimming pool at an apartment complex in University City.  —  Seven adults were shot, one woman fatally, when a gunman who witnesses said never left …

Gay-Conversion Therapy Ban Survives as Supreme Court Rejects Appeal  —  The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a California law that bans licensed therapists from working with children to change their sexual orientation from gay to straight, rejecting an appeal that said the measure violates religious rights.