First on CNN: Comey now believes Trump was trying to influence him, source says  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey now believes that President Donald Trump was trying to influence his judgment about the Russia probe, a person familiar with his thinking says …

Conservative media coverage gap on Trump, Obama bows  —  When Trump received The Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace in Saudi Arabia, he bowed ever so slightly to the Saudi leader presenting it to him.  —  In 2009, when Obama greeted the Saudi King with a bow …

EXCLUSIVE: Judiciary Committee Considering Articles of Impeachment  —  Multiple sources close to the intelligence, justice and law enforcement communities say that the House Judiciary Committee is considering Articles of Impeachment against the President of the United States.

Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Stifled U.S. Spying  —  WASHINGTON — The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.

‘The Internet Is Broken’: @ev Is Trying to Salvage It  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Evan Williams is the guy who opened up Pandora's box.  Until he came along, people had few places to go with their overflowing emotions and wild opinions, other than writing a letter to the newspaper or haranguing the neighbors.

‘Penises Cause Climate Change’; Progressives Fooled by Peer-Reviewed Hoax Study  —  Gender studies is a fake academic industry populated by charlatans, deranged activists and gullible idiots.  —  Now, a pair of enterprising hoaxers has proved it scientifically by persuading an academic journal …

The Arctic Doomsday Seed Vault Flooded.  Thanks, Global Warming  —  It was designed as an impregnable deep-freeze to protect the world's most precious seeds from any global disaster and ensure humanity's food supply forever.  But the Global Seed Vault, buried in a mountain deep inside the Arctic circle …

Anderson Cooper ‘genuinely sorry’ for ‘crude’ remark directed at Jeffrey Lord  —  15k Shares  —  CNN host Anderson Cooper apologized for a “crude” remark directed at President Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord during his show on Friday, calling his comment “unprofessional.”

West Wing aides brace for big attorney bills  —  President Donald Trump has deep pockets to pay for personal lawyers to defend him from the evolving federal investigation into his campaign's contacts with Russian officials.  It's a very different story for his staff.

Black voters say they're already losing under Trump  —  Conversations with Virginian voters help explain that dreadful 12-per-cent approval rating with a community he pledged to make a priority.  —  PETERSBURG, VA.—A struggling post-industrial town.  A Christian factory worker praying “constantly” for Donald Trump.

OKC's Enes Kanter detained in Romania  —  Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter is being detained in Romania after his passport was “canceled” by the Turkish embassy on Saturday morning, he said in a video posted to Twitter.  —  Kanter, who arrived in Bucharest from Jakarta, Indonesia …

Roger Ailes: The Man Who Wrecked Conservatism  —  Friends and colleagues who knew Roger Ailes better than I did attest that he was a nicer and more considerate man than most liberal obituarists will ever give him credit for.  They add (and the same obituarists concede) that the creator …

GOP talks of narrowing ‘blue-slip’ rule for judges  —  GOP senators are talking about changing an obscure Senate tradition to make it more difficult for Democrats to block certain judges from advancing to a confirmation hearing.  —  The change to the “blue-slip rule” would involve preventing …