Comey to testify publicly about Trump confrontations  —  (CNN)Fired FBI director James Comey plans to testify publicly in the Senate as early as next week to confirm bombshell accusations that President Donald Trump pressured him to end his investigation into a top Trump aide's ties to Russia, a source close to the issue said Wednesday.

Scoop: Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal  —  President Trump has made his decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the decision.  Details on how the withdrawal will be executed are being worked out by a small team including EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

The White House Mess  —  A shakeup needs to start with some self-reflection at the top.

The New York Times Is Eliminating The Public Editor Role  —  The accountability position was created in the wake of a 2003 plagiarism scandal.  —  The New York Times is eliminating the position of public editor, an accountability role the paper created in 2003 in the wake …

THOUGHT BEHEADED IMAGE WAS HIS DAD  —  Barron Trump was watching television Tuesday at home with Melania when Kathy Griffin's photo appeared on the screen, and his initial reaction was that something terrible happened to his father.  —  Trump family sources tell us Barron was in front …

CNN Fires Kathy Griffin From New Year's Show After Donald Trump Beheading Stunt  —  CNN has fired Kathy Griffin from their annual New Year's Eve program, which she cohosted with anchor Anderson Cooper.  —  The network made the announcement via Twitter Wednesday morning.

The Campus Mob Came for Me—and You, Professor, Could Be Next  —  Whites were asked to leave for a ‘Day of Absence.’ I objected.  Then 50 yelling students crashed my class.

Poll: Support for Trump impeachment rises  —  An increasing percentage of voters want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump — even if they don't think Trump has committed the “high crimes and misdemeanors” the Constitution requires.  —  Forty-three percent of voters want Congress …

Philippines president Duterte hits back at Chelsea Clinton  —  ‘What was your reaction when your father was f***ing Monica Lewinsky?’  Philippines president Duterte hits back at Chelsea Clinton after she criticised his ‘joke’ about troops raping women  —  Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte angrily hit …

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll- May 2017: The AHCA's Proposed Changes to Health Care  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Liz Hamel, Elise Sugarman, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — With Congress currently discussing the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a plan that would repeal …

Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Trump is His Own Worst Spokesperson; Spicer, Conway Not Much Better  —  VP Pence does best job representing his boss  —  West Long Branch, NJ - President Trump may not be well-served by his primary spokespeople, but he is probably his own worst mouthpiece …

Leaked Internal Documents Show UberPool Was A Cash-Burning Machine  —  In late 2015, UberPool was losing its home market of San Francisco to Lyft Line.  Here's what Uber did to win it back, according to internal company documents.  —  In summer 2015, about a year after Uber launched …

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Boehner: Trump is not a ‘disaster’  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — FORMER SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER: TRUMP IS NOT A ‘DISASTER’ — John Boehner got a lot of attention last week when he said the president has been a “complete disaster.”  The president himself wasn't too happy with Boehner …

Leaked regulation: Trump plans to roll back Obamacare birth control mandate  —  The administration is mulling broad exemptions from the health law requirement.  —  The Trump administration is apparently preparing to overhaul Obamacare's birth control mandate, purportedly allowing any employer …

Top Defense Contractor Left Sensitive Pentagon Files on Amazon Server With No Password  —  Sensitive files tied to a US military project were leaked by a multi-billion dollar firm once described as the world's most profitable spy operation, Gizmodo has confirmed.

L.A. Home Vandalized With N-Word Graffiti  —  ... Hate Crime  —  An L.A. home owned by LeBron James was the target of a hate crime — someone spray painted the n-word on the front gate and detectives are now investigating, cops tell TMZ Sports.  —  Here's what we know …

Portland train suspect: ‘I hope everyone I stabbed died’  —  Portland, Oregon (CNN)After his arrest, Jeremy Joseph Christian sat in the back of a police car and said: “I stabbed the two (expletives) in the neck and I'm happy now.”  —  The police car, equipped with audio and video recording devices …

What's a ‘Covfefe’?  Trump Tweet Unites a Bewildered Nation  —  WASHINGTON — And on the 132nd day, just after midnight, President Trump had at last delivered the nation to something approaching unity — in bewilderment, if nothing else.  —  The state of our union was ... covfefe.