Top intelligence official told associates Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey on FBI Russia probe  —  The nation's top intelligence official told associates in March that President Trump asked him if he could intervene with then-FBI Director James B. Comey to get the bureau …

President Trump is violating my constitutional rights by blocking me on Twitter  —  The president can unblock me, or see me in court.  —  The president of the United States, the leader of the free world, has blocked me and others who are critical of him on Twitter.  —  Did I make death threats against him?

Iran Assails Saudi Arabia After Pair of Deadly Terrorist Attacks  —  Iran's revolutionary guard lashed out at Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, hours after 12 people were killed and 42 others were wounded in devastating attacks on two potent symbols: Iran's Parliament and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

President Trump Nominates Chris Wray for FBI Director  —  This morning President Trump announced that he would nominate Chris Wray as the next Director of the FBI.  I worked with Wray in the Justice Department.  He was the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division …

Lawmakers override Brownback veto of tax increases, rolling back 2012 cuts  —  TOPEKA  —  Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback's signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday night, forcing into law tax increases to fix a budget shortfall and provide more money for schools.

Michael Flynn Had a Plan to Work With Russia's Military.  It Wasn't Exactly Legal. … Donald Trump's first national security adviser pushed so hard for the Pentagon to cooperate with the Russian military that his initiative would likely have broken the law if it had ever been enacted.

How Ivanka Trump Influences Her Father Donald Trump  —  She got it from her mama.  At just 5 years old, Arabella Kushner already has mom Ivanka Trump's defining characteristic, the former Trump Organization VP revealed in a September interview with Harper's Bazaar: “She knows exactly what to say to get what she wants.”

White House Staff, Congress Blindsided by FBI Pick Announcement … A number of senior Trump officials learned of the president's pick to lead the FBI the same way everyone else did: on Twitter.  —  President Donald Trump's top communications staff, and much of his senior White House team …

I Bake New Neighbors Bread To Welcome Them, And They Never Say Hello to Me Again  —  Let me tell you about my Southern California neighborhood.  I have lived in this one for 22 years.  I don't know anyone, but it's not for lack of trying.  Each time a new neighbor moves in I bake a loaf of bread and take it to them.

Sessions allies angry about Spicer refusing to defend him  —  Jeff Sessions' close allies in the administration are infuriated that Press Secretary Sean Spicer declined to publicly voice confidence in the Attorney General from the podium.  During Tuesday's White House press briefing …

How Russian Propaganda Spread From a Parody Website to Fox News  —  Made up Russian attack on U.S. ship Invented a quote from a U.S. Air Force general Reprinted article with only hints of skepticism  —  Parody website Made up Russian attack on U.S. ship  —  Invented a quote from a U.S. Air Force

Female nursery worker is stabbed by three women in London  —  A nursery worker was stabbed by three women as they chanted ‘Allah will get you’.  —  Karrien Stevens, who runs Little Diamonds nursery in Hermon Hill, London confirmed that a member of staff, aged in her 30s …

He was an ardent WikiLeaks supporter.  Then he got to know Julian Assange.  —  A conversation with British journalist Andrew O'Hagan, former ghostwriter for Assange.  —  Andrew O'Hagan was an ardent supporter of WikiLeaks, or at least the romanticized idea of it, when he began ghostwriting …

Eric Trump: Dems ‘not even people’  —  President Trump's son Eric Trump on Tuesday said Democrats are “not even people” to him after their obstruction of his father's agenda.  —  “I've never seen hatred like this,” he said on Fox News's “Hannity” Tuesday night.  “To me, they're not even people.

A top Uber executive, who obtained the medical records of a customer who was a rape victim, is fired  —  Sources say Eric Alexander carried around for a year confidential information about a woman who was assaulted during a ride in India in 2014.  —  A top Uber executive obtained medical records …

Sessions Declines to Testify Before Oversight Committee  —  Will Not Send Other DOJ Officials or Answer Any Written Questions  —  The Department of Justice has informed the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not testify at today's hearing …

Donald Trump's alleged Russia links will dwarf Watergate scandal, says James Clapper  —  The man privy to America's darkest intelligence secrets for the past six years has predicted Russian links to the Trump administration will dwarf the 1970s Watergate scandal which sunk the Nixon presidency.

Breitbart News seems to be cleaning house after readers and advertisers drift away  —  The clarion of the far right seems to be having second thoughts with how far right it wants to go.  —  Faced with an advertiser boycott and plummeting readership, Breitbart News has lately been trimming …