Obama Warned Trump Against Hiring Mike Flynn, Say Officials  —  Former President Obama warned President Donald Trump against hiring Mike Flynn as his national security adviser, three former Obama administration officials tell NBC News.  —  The warning, which has not been previously reported …

E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members of a major scientific review board, the latest signal of what critics call a campaign by the Trump administration to shrink the agency's regulatory reach …

Why We Must Support Human Rights  —  Washington, D.C. — SOME years ago, I heard Natan Sharansky, the human rights icon, recount how he and his fellow refuseniks in the Soviet Union took renewed courage from statements made on their behalf by President Ronald Reagan.

Bill Clinton and James Patterson co-writing a thriller  —  In this combination photo, former President Bill Clinton, left, appears at a political event at Upper Moreland High School in Willow Grove, Pa. on April 12, 2012, and author James Patterson appears at a photo session in New York on Aug. 30, 2016.

George Will joins MSNBC  —  Washington Post columnist George Will has joined MSNBC and NBC News as a contributor.  —  Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, was most recently a contributor at Fox News, though he became a free agent in January when Fox declined to renew his contract.

Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen are fake populists: Sen. Sherrod Brown  —  True populism unites.  A true populist tells people the truth.  Our president divides with falsehoods.  —  CONNECT  —  Donald Trump is a populist.  So are Marine Le Pen and Steven Bannon.  —  Really?

A Hidden Hand in the Trump-Russia Drama Owns a Ramen Shop.  No, Seriously. … One of the better-connected, more knowledgeable people on the ties between the Kremlin and Trump Tower—other than the investigators currently working full-time on the topic—is a ramen shop owner named Jeff Jetton.

We Could Have Been Canada  —  Was the American Revolution such a good idea?  —  And what if it was a mistake from the start?  The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the creation of the United States of America—what if all this was a terrible idea, and what if the injustices …

EXCLUSIVE - Tiffany Trump goes to Washington: First Daughter will attend law school at Georgetown, joining her dad Donald and big sister Ivanka in the nation's capital  — Tiffany Trump will be attending law school at Georgetown University in the fall a spokesperson for the family revealed to DailyMail.com

Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees  —  WASHINGTON — Having filled a Supreme Court vacancy, President Trump is turning his attention to the more than 120 openings on the lower federal courts.  On Monday, he will announce a slate of 10 nominees to those courts …

Republicans Party Like It's 1984  —  There have been many bad laws in U.S. history.  Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses.  Some were all of the above.  —  But has there ever been anything like Trumpcare, the health legislation Republicans rammed through the House last week?

The Billionaire and the Flood: How a Tragedy Transformed the Greenbrier Resort and the Blue-Collar Town that Depended on It  —  One year ago this June, a historic flood lashed West Virginia, killing 23 people and crumpling homes.  It also exposed the complicated relationship between a resort …

Coming soon: The fiscal cliff to end all fiscal cliffs  —  If President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress think they've been under pressure to produce lately, just wait a few months.  —  Over the next several months, Republicans will have to figure out how to cut deals with Democrats …

It sure sounds like John Kasich might primary President Trump in 2020  —  When it comes to challenging President Trump in a 2020 primary, John Kasich seems to have moved from “no” to “unlikely” to “who knows what'll happen?”  —  During a March appearance on CNN's “State of the Union,” …

Why did Trump win?  More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.  —  Why did Trump win — and Clinton lose — the 2016 U.S. presidential election?  That's been debated widely, to understate the case.  Nominees include each campaign's ground game, messaging, FBI Director James B. Comey's …

Port Authority says nearby construction caused Oculus leak  —  Workers cleaning up after a water leak at the Oculus.  —  William Farrington  —  Port Authority officials and developers are trying to slip ‘n’ slide away from blame for water leaks inside Ground Zero's $4 billion transit hub …

Students Hit President Trump's Face On Piñata, Teacher Suspended  —  By Dillon Thomas  —  JOHNSTOWN, Colo. (CBS4) - A teacher was placed on paid administrative leave after the Johnstown Milliken School District said he allowed students to hit a piñata with President Donald Trump's face on it.

35 of 37 economists said Trump was wrong.  The other two misread the question.  —  President Trump's administration says his tax cut will pay for itself.  It turns out it's really hard to find an economist who agrees.  —  The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business regularly polls economists on controversial questions.

‘Pepe the Frog’ creator kills off cartoon that became alt-right meme  —  The creator of the “Pepe The Frog” character has laid his popular Internet meme to rest.  —  In a special strip for Free Comic Book Day, artist Matt Furie drew a one-page special edition of his famous comic, “Pepe The Frog,” in a casket at his funeral.

Trump Backer Mercer Sued By Employee Who Was Fired After Speaking Out  —  David Magerman says co-CEO went on racist rant in January call  —  Daughter called research scientist ‘pond scum’ at poker event  —  Robert Mercer, the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Renaissance Technologies LLC …