France's Macron campaign emails appear to be leaked online  —  A large trove of emails from the campaign of French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was posted online late on Friday, 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose the country's next president in a run-off against far-right rival Marine Le Pen.

Trump and Bannon ‘Personally Intervened’ to Save Seb Gorka … When the White House backed off its efforts to dump Sebastian Gorka on another federal agency, the controversial counterterrorism advisor had the president himself to thank, The Daily Beast has learned.

G.O.P. House Candidate in Montana Is Caught on Tape Praising Health Bill  —  WASHINGTON — When Greg Gianforte, the Republican running for an open House seat in Montana, was asked on Thursday whether he would have supported the bill repealing the Affordable Care Act that passed the House that day, he declined to answer.

No, the AHCA Doesn't Make Rape a Preexisting Condition  —  The latest less-than-truthful meme about Republicans' American Health Care Act (AHCA), passed by the U.S. House on Thursday, is that it makes rape a “preexisting condition” for health-insurance purposes.

Flynn was warned by Trump transition officials about contacts with Russian ambassador  —  Former national security adviser Michael Flynn was warned by senior members of then President-elect Donald Trump's transition team about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador weeks …

Trump's 2nd Nominee for Army Secretary Withdraws  —  WASHINGTON — Mark E. Green, President's Trump's second nominee to be secretary of the Army, withdrew from consideration on Friday.  In a statement, Mr. Green said his nomination had become a distraction because of “false and misleading attacks against me.”

Republicans defend having no women in health care group  —  Cassidy: Health bill should pass Kimmel test  —  Washington (CNN)Just hours after House Republicans managed to pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Senate is signaling it will write its own proposal …

FCC to investigate, ‘take appropriate action’ on Colbert's Trump rant  —  Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert's controversial joke about President Trump drew the attention of the Federal Communications Commission.  The agency received “a number” of complaints about Colbert's commentary earlier …

CNN's Hughes demands apology from ‘bully’ Sam Bee for mocking her ‘mazel tov cocktail’ defense of Trump  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN contributor and Donald Trump booster Scottie Nell Hughes thinks comedian Samantha Bee “bullied” her last weekend during the …

This Teen's Dad Told Her She Was Dead To Him For Going To Prom With A Black Friend  —  Anna Hayes is a high school senior from a small town in southern Arkansas called Lake Village.  She told BuzzFeed News that racism is a big issue in her community. … Unfortunately, Anna said that bigotry extends to her own family.

Venezuela Is Starving  —  Once Latin America's richest country, Venezuela can no longer feed its people, hobbled by the nationalization of farms as well as price and currency controls.  The resulting hunger and malnutrition are an unfolding tragedy.

White House fires its chief usher — the first woman in that job  —  The White House has fired its chief usher, Angella Reid, the first woman and second African American to hold the position.  —  When the White House residence staff arrived at work Friday morning, they were told that Reid …

Trump: ‘Everybody’ has better healthcare than US  —  President Trump said Friday that “everybody” has better healthcare than the United States.  —  “Of course the Australians have better healthcare than we do —everybody does.  ObamaCare is dead!  But our healthcare will soon be great,” Trump tweeted.

Georgia Can't Block New Voters From Registering in the Ossoff-Handel Runoff  —  In a big win for voting rights, a federal court overturns the state's 90-day registration deadline  —  On March 22, 2017, Jill Boyd Myers moved from Atlanta to Sandy Springs, Georgia, relocating from the Fifth Congressional District to the Sixth.

A Government Official Said The Trump Administration Ordered All Their Agency's TVs To Display Fox News  —  Staffers at the Food and Drug Administration were told that office TVs were switched from CNN to Fox News by order of the “current administration,” according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News.

Statement by President Donald J. Trump on Signing H.R. 244 into Law  —  Today I have signed into law H.R. 244, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, which authorizes appropriations that fund the operation of the Federal Government through September 30, 2017.

George Soros battles $10B lawsuit, familiar charges of wielding political influence  —  A $10 billion suit against George Soros accuses the self-styled humanitarian of meddling in the politics of a poor African country in order to settle his own scores, a charge the billionaire's critics say reflects his longtime modus operandi.