Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump … Top lawyers with at least four major law firms rebuffed White House overtures to represent President Trump in the Russia investigations, in part over concerns that the president would be unwilling to listen to their advice …

How Donald Trump Shifted Kids-Cancer Charity Money Into His Business  —  LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, sponsored Cadillacs, Ferraris and Maseratis descend on the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, in September for the Eric Trump Foundation golf invitational.

Exclusive: Comey will stop short of saying Trump obstructed justice in Flynn probe, source says  —  There will be much in former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming congressional testimony that will make the White House uncomfortable, but he will stop short of saying the president interfered …

FIRST ON CNN: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis  —  Washington (CNN)US investigators believe Russian hackers breached Qatar's state news agency and planted a fake news report that contributed to a crisis among the US' closest Gulf allies, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.

Sen. Mark Warner: More state election systems were targeted by Russians  —  WASHINGTON — The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Russian attacks on election systems were broader and targeted more states than those detailed in an explosive intelligence report leaked …

McConnell whips Senate GOP back in line on Obamacare repeal  —  For a day at least, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has his party's beleaguered efforts to repeal Obamacare back on track.  —  After two weeks of increasingly dour assessments from Republicans on the party's stalled healthcare efforts …

Kids Are Quoting Trump To Bully Their Classmates And Teachers Don't Know What To Do About It  —  BuzzFeed News reviewed more than 50 reports of school bullying since the election and found that kids nationwide are using Trump's words to taunt their classmates.  If the president can say those things, why can't they?

Trump pitched Republican leaders on a solar-paneled border wall  —  In the meeting at the White House today with Republican Congressional leaders, President Trump spent some time talking up his latest idea for the border wall.  According to 3 people with direct knowledge of the meeting …

Nevada's legislature just passed a radical plan to let anybody sign up for Medicaid  —  Nevada, with little fanfare or notice, is inching toward a massive health insurance expansion — one that would give the state's 2.8 million residents access to a public health insurance option.

Knight Institute Demands That President Unblock Critics on Twitter  —  NEW YORK — In a letter sent today to President Trump, the Knight First Amendment Institute asked the President to unblock the Twitter accounts of individuals denied access to his account after they criticized or disagreed with him …

The 27 Words Trump Wouldn't Say  —  It was a simple sentence.  Just 27 words.  —  “We face many threats, but I stand here before you with a clear message: the U.S. commitment to the NATO alliance and to Article 5 is unwavering.”  —  This was what President Donald Trump was supposed …

Uber Fires 20 Amid Investigation Into Workplace Culture  —  Uber has fired more than 20 employees in conjunction with an internal investigation into its workplace culture, according to a current Uber employee.  —  The company disclosed the move at an all-hands meeting at its San Francisco headquarters …

It's the Hypocrisy, Stupid  —  Progressives go the full Jimmy Swaggart.  —  Some concerned Democrats are worried that their party may have lost the key blue-wall states because of its elitism, manifested as disdain for Americans between the coasts.  —  Perhaps emblematic of their worry …

We Found Mike Flynn's Secret Twitter Account … Retired three-star lieutenant general and former national security advisor Michael Flynn has a special counsel and grand jury exploring his dealings with Turkey, and he may have something else: a secret alt-Twitter account with just a single follower.

Senators Stab Trump to Death in Central Park Performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar … Shakespeare in the Park, an annual summer program by The Public Theater that puts on plays by William Shakespeare in Central Park, kicked off May 23 with a performance of Julius Caesar.

Russian jet fighter intercepts U.S. bomber over Baltic Sea  —  Russia scrambled a fighter jet on Tuesday to intercept a nuclear-capable U.S. B-52 strategic bomber it said was flying over the Baltic Sea near its border, in an incident that had echoes of the Cold War.