Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner wanted secret communications channel with Kremlin  —  Jared Kushner and Russia's ambassador to Washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between Trump's transition team and the Kremlin …

The attack occurred in the Hollywood District.  “He said, 'Get off the bus, and get out of the country because you don't pay taxes here.'”  —  A man riding the MAX in Northeast Portland fatally stabbed two passengers who tried to stop him from hurling racial and anti-Muslim insults at women on the train …

Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, Dies at 89  —  Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish strategic theorist who was national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter in the tumultuous years of the Iran hostage crisis and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the late 1970s …

Russian Once Tied to Trump Aide Seeks Immunity to Testify Before Congress  —  Oleg V. Deripaska, a Russian oligarch once close to President Trump's former campaign manager, has offered to cooperate with congressional committees investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election …

Trump Pushing Big White House Changes as Russia Crisis Grows  —  President Trump is actively discussing major changes, including a shakeup of his senior team, after spending much of his free time during his overseas trip weighing the Russia investigation and the political crisis it poses for him.

Inside Hillary Clinton's Surreal Post-Election Life  —  The surreal post-election life of the woman who would have been president.  —  When I walk into the Chappaqua dining room in which Hillary Clinton is spending her days working on her new book, I am greeted by a vision from the past.

U.S. will be the lone G7 holdout on supporting Paris climate deal  —  TAORMINA, Sicily — The U.S. will be the lone holdout on endorsing the Paris accord on climate change when leaders of the G7 will issue their 2017 declaration Saturday, officials said.  —  President Donald …

Sources: Comey acted on Russian intelligence he knew was fake  —  Washington (CNN)Then-FBI Director James Comey knew that a critical piece of information relating to the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email was fake — created by Russian intelligence — but he feared that if it became public …

U.S. Quietly Lifts Limit on Number of Refugees Allowed In  —  WASHINGTON — Despite repeated efforts by President Trump to curtail refugee resettlements, the State Department this week quietly lifted the department's restriction on the number of refugees allowed to enter the United States.

White House correspondent bolts Sputnik over the obvious  —  Andrew Feinberg, a correspondent for Sputnik, has announced on Twitter that he's no longer working for the Russian “global wire, radio and digital news service.”  And he's intent upon doing so with as much detail as possible:

White House Backs Down on Keeping Ethics Waivers Secret  —  WASHINGTON — The White House unexpectedly backed down Friday in a confrontation with the government's top ethics officer, announcing it will publicly disclose waivers that have been quietly handed out since January to let certain former lobbyists work in the administration.

Stop Making Excuses for Greg Gianforte's Assaulting a Reporter  —  Greg Gianforte in a March campaign ad (via YouTube)  —  None of this is a gray area.  —  The first question you have to wonder about concerning the assault and battery allegedly committed by Montana congressional candidate Greg Gianforte …

Philippines' Duterte makes rape joke for martial law troops  —  Toggle share menu  —  All Sections  —  Search Term Search Term Clear search input Search  —  MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte joked Friday that soldiers could rape up to three women, as he reassured …

Exclusive: Manchester suicide bomber used student loan and benefits to fund terror plot  —  The Manchester suicide bomber used taxpayer-funded student loans and benefits to bankroll the terror plot, police believe.  —  Salman Abedi is understood to have received thousands of pounds …

Professor told he's not safe on campus after college protests  —  A faculty member at the Evergreen State College had been told he's not safe on campus.  He's been called a racist during two days of protest at the college in Olympia. … As a biology professor for 15 years at Olympia's …

Charges filed against Tim Kaine's son, others who crashed MN Capitol Trump rally  —  The chaos that some counter-protesters brought into the Minnesota Capitol in March during a rally in support of President Donald Trump included smoke bombs, mace in people's faces and fireworks …

Suddenly There's Another Littoral Ship in Trump's Budget Plans  —  White House, Navy rush to add an extra ship and funding for it  —  Adding a ship would guarantee one each for Lockheed, Austal  —  The White House budget office and the Navy are rushing to find an extra $600 million to buy …

Exclusive: Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years.

De Blasio employee arrested for child pornography … A leading young Democrat and de Blasio administration employee has a secret taste for sickening kiddie porn that involves baby girls as young as 6 months old, court papers revealed Friday.  —  Jacob Schwartz, 29, was busted for allegedly keeping …

Rural America Is the New ‘Inner City’  —  A Wall Street Journal analysis shows that since the 1990s, sparsely populated counties have replaced large cities as America's most troubled areas by key measures of socioeconomic well-being—a decline that's accelerating.