Kushner's Relationship With Trump Tested as Russia Accusations Swirl  —  WASHINGTON — The most successful deal of Jared Kushner's short and consequential career in real estate and politics involves one highly leveraged acquisition: a pair of adjoining offices a few penny-loafer paces from his father-in-law's desk in the White House.

Golfer Tiger Woods arrested on DUI charges in Jupiter  —  JUPITER, Fla. - Golfer Tiger Woods was arrested on charges of driving under the influence early Monday morning in Jupiter.  —  More celebrity mugshots  —  Woods, a Jupiter Island resident, was taken into custody at 3 a.m. on Military Trail South of Indian Creek Parkway.

Vladimir Putin a bigger threat than Islamic State, John McCain says  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State group, US senator John McCain has told the ABC.  —  The Republican also admitted in an exclusive interview with 7.30 …

How Trump Is Torturing Capitol Hill  —  The speaker of the House strode to his lectern on a recent Thursday to confront another totally normal day on Capitol Hill: health care, tax reform, a president under investigation, rumblings of impeachment.  —  “Morning, everybody!”  Paul Ryan chirped.

Manchester attacks: MI5 probes bomber ‘warnings’  —  MI5 is to hold an inquiry into the way it dealt with warnings from the public that the Manchester suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was a potential threat.  —  The security service, which was alerted to Abedi's extremist views three times prior …

President Trump Turned International Diplomacy Into A Fistfight—And Lost … During his inaugural international trip as the leader of the free world, President Donald Trump learned the problem with first impressions—you only get to make one.  —  After indulging the royals of Saudi Arabia …

‘Netanyahu no longer supports two-state solution’  —  Senior Likud official and Netanyahu ally says Prime Minister no longer believes in two-state solution laid out in 2009 Bar Ilan address.  —  Binyamin Netanyahu and Tzachi Hanegbi  —  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu no longer supports …

Liberals Are Shocked To Find We're Starting To Hate Them Right Back  —  I know it's theoretically wrong for a Republican candidate to smack around an annoying liberal journalist, but that still doesn't mean that I care.  Our ability to care is a finite resource, and, in the vast scheme of things …

The Groundhog Day War in Afghanistan  —  It's hard not to feel a disquieting, even disheartening, sense of déjà vu as the Pentagon presses its request to increase the American forces in Afghanistan.  That is where the United States has spent 16 years fighting the longest war …

Trump calls Portland stabbings ‘unacceptable’  — The nature of the Portland attack led many to call on Trump to denounce the attack and others like it  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump condemned the racially charged Portland, Oregon, train stabbings on Monday, tweeting that they were “unacceptable.”

GOP's Proposed Tax Changes Are No Match for Status Quo  —  Republicans are scouring the tax code, searching for breaks to eliminate so they can offset the deep rate cuts they desire.  But the biggest tax breaks are surviving and the boldest ideas for change are on political life support or already dead.