Russia investigation expands to include Donald Trump's personal attorney  —  One of President Donald Trump's closest confidants, his personal lawyer Michael Cohen, has now become a focus of the expanding Congressional investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 campaign.

Scott Pelley out of ‘CBS Evening News’ … Scott Pelley is out at “CBS Evening News,” Page Six has exclusively learned.  —  Sources tell us that 'Poison Pelley's' office was being cleared out on Tuesday while the anchor was away on an assignment for the network's news magazine “60 Minutes.”

Kathy Griffin Beheads Donald Trump in Shocking Photo Shoot (PHOTO + VIDEO)  —  Kathy Griffin wants Donald Trump's head ... but she wants it bloody and detached from his body.  —  The comedian posed for the gory shot during a photo session with famed photog Tyler Shields, who's known for edgy, shocking pics.

No One Wants The Big White House Job That Just Opened Up  —  “Hell no,” one Republican said when asked about the communications director job in President Trump's administration.  “That would be career suicide.”  —  By Henry J. Gomez (BuzzFeed News Reporter) Tarini Parti (BuzzFeed News Reporter) …

Spicer's ‘middle finger’ to the press  —  The hardest job in Washington is getting only harder.  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer is once again expected to take on the additional role of communications director with the resignation of Michael Dubke, meaning he'll juggle the two jobs …

GOP taps anti-Clinton strategy to damage Elizabeth Warren early  —  BOSTON  —  Republicans are getting a jump on Elizabeth Warren's 2020 presidential campaign.  —  The Massachusetts Democrat is preparing to run for re-election to the Senate in 2018 and hasn't said yet whether she'll …

Huma Abedin has invited Anthony Weiner back home  —  Just when you thought Huma Abedin finally had enough, the Hillary Clinton aide has invited her admitted sex offender hubby back home again, The Post has learned.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Anthony Weiner's long-suffering wife filed for divorce earlier this month …

Stabbing victim Micah Fletcher: 'I'm just trying to heal and recover' … PORTLAND, Ore. — During an emotional interview Tuesday morning with KGW, Micah Fletcher, one of three men stabbed during last week's racist attack on a MAX train, said he's having a hard time processing what happened to him.

Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump  —  Trump is too far from their ideal leader for some conservatives to support him.  —  When people you know well and admire, and who share your values, do something you strongly oppose, you have two options:  —  (1) Cease admiring them or (2) try to understand them and change their minds.

Trump, home all alone  — Instead of celebrating a victory lap after his trip, Trump returns to a raging controversy over Russia, writes Gloria Borger  —  (CNN)It's not that President Trump was excited about his first foreign trip.  He complained to friends beforehand it was going to be too long …

Guardian's Ben Jacobs gets new glasses after assault by Montana congressman … Guardian reporter Ben Jacobs replaced his glasses on Tuesday, after they were broken when he was assaulted by Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte.  —  Gianforte was charged with misdemeanor assault …

Men probing Ivanka Trump brands in China arrested, missing  —  A man investigating working conditions at a Chinese company that produces Ivanka Trump-brand shoes has been arrested and two others are missing, the arrested man's wife and an advocacy group said Tuesday.

The Scandal Hiding In Plain Sight  —  There is a deep irony in the fact that Democrats are hysterically demanding investigations of President Trump and his campaign team, and in fact multiple investigations are now in progress, even though there is zero evidence that anyone associated with the president has done anything wrong.

The Loneliness of Donald Trump  —  ON THE CORROSIVE PRIVILEGE OF THE MOST MOCKED MAN IN THE WORLD  —  Once upon a time, a child was born into wealth and wanted for nothing, but he was possessed by bottomless, endless, grating, grasping wanting, and wanted more, and got it, and more after that, and always more.

America First Doesn't Mean America Alone  —  We are asking a lot of our allies and partners.  But in return the U.S. will once again be a true friend.

Schmucks Like Us  —  Before you laugh at Tiger Woods . . .  Before you get too distracted mocking Tiger Woods and his problems, ask yourself: Would you pass the Iverson test?  —  I don't think I would.  —  I was for some years professionally obliged to follow the career and life of Allen Iverson …

Fox News: New York Times boycotted Obama surveillance story.  Fox News: Oops, maybe not.  —  Conservatives last week devoured a story by John Solomon and Sara Carter at Circa with this title, “Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years.”

Armed man at Orlando airport in custody and ‘everyone safe,’ police say  —  Law enforcement officials are responding after reporting that an armed man is at Orlando International Airport.  —  Privacy Policy  —  An armed man who went to Orlando International Airport the rental car area inside …

How the Self-Esteem Craze Took Over America  —  And why the hype was irresistible.  —  In 1991, a children's book called The Lovables in the Kingdom of Self-Esteem was published.  Written by Diane Loomans and illustrated by Kim Howard, The Lovables imparts a simple, nurturing message …

Trump Administration Moves To Roll Back Birth Control Coverage  —  Nancy Pelosi called the draft of a new rule “sickening.”  —  WASHINGTON The Trump administration is on the verge of rolling back a federal rule that requires most employers to cover birth control in their health insurance plans at no cost to women.

Pissed-off artist adds statue of urinating dog next to ‘Fearless Girl’  —  Artist Alex Gardega put his own “Pissing Pug” next to Wall Street's “Fearless Girl.”  —  Gabriella Bass  —  Gee whiz, artists are so sensitive!  —  City sculptor Alex Gardega — seething over the “Fearless Girl” …

Blame Obamacare and Congress for the coming drought of doctors … When you go to the Internet or phone book today, there are hundreds of physicians listed in most urban areas.  But in the next two decades, you can expect more difficulty finding a physician in your hometown …

Elitism Is Liberalism's Biggest Problem  —  There are plenty of non-deplorables in middle America.  The Democrats need to learn how to embrace them.  —  So here we are, finally past the hundred-day mark.  What we've learned about the president is self-evident—that the weight of the office …

Trump's window for scoring early legislative victories is shrinking  —  President Trump faces an increasingly narrow path to win major legislative victories before the looming August recess, with only two months left to revive his health-care or tax initiatives before Congress departs for a long break.

Republican US Rep. Lance contrasts with Trump, gets applause  —  Republican U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance told his constituents, at times to applause, that he opposes President Donald Trump's budget proposal, rejects the GOP-led House's health care overhaul and strongly supports NATO.

A federal appeals court just reached a huge decision for transgender rights.  Seriously, it's big.  —  The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals just sided with a transgender student in a landmark decision.  —  A single student's case has turned into a massive legal decision for all transgender Americans.