Sheriff David Clarke plagiarized portions of his master's thesis on homeland security  —  Controversial Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, who this week announced he will be joining Donald Trump's administration as assistant secretary in the Department of Homeland Security …

Fired FBI Director James Comey to Testify in Public  —  Former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to testify publicly in Congress, capping a week that may shape President Donald Trump's administration for months, or even years, and prompting White House aides to rethink how they operate in this new political and legal environment.

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.

House Inquiry Turns Attention to Trump Campaign Worker With Russia Ties  —  Michael Caputo, who served as a communications adviser to the Trump campaign, has been asked by the House committee investigating Russian election meddling to submit to a voluntary interview and to provide any documents …

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.

Here comes the GOP bloodbath  —  Erick Erickson is editor of the Resurgent.  —  Republicans like to point out how disastrous President Barack Obama's tenure was for the Democratic Party.  During his presidency, Democrats reached new lows in state legislative, gubernatorial and congressional seats.

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.

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

“Clock boy” discrimination lawsuit dismissed by federal judge  —  A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit brought by the family a Muslim student who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that officials believed to be a bomb, saying the student's attorneys failed …

For Democrats, special elections may be preview of 2018 campaigns  —  Democrats are heading into the homestretch of three special elections over the next month amid a national frenzy over the investigation into the possible connections of President Trump's 2016 campaign and Russian interference in the election.