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 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 …

Fox host to Trump: ‘Fake news media’ isn't the issue, it's you  —  Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Tuesday hit President Trump for his criticism of media outlets' coverage of his Twitter habits.  —  “Mr. President, it's not the fake news media that's your problem,” he said on Fox.  “It's you.

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.

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.”

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

The Mayors of Pittsburgh and Paris: We Have Our Own Climate Deal  —  Last week, President Donald Trump tried to pit our two cities against each other when he announced, in pulling out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.”

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.

They're on Obamacare, they voted for Trump, and they're already disappointed  —  But they're still voting Republican.  —  CORBIN, Kentucky — There have been no marches against the Republican bill to repeal and replace Obamacare here.  No raucous town halls.  There was only one protest rally anywhere in the region.

Protesters get more than they bargain for when Andrew Bolt bashes back  —  CONTROVERSIAL columnist and TV personality Andrew Bolt has “clobbered” a group of masked protesters who set upon him in Melbourne yesterday.  —  On his TV program last night, Bolt explained how he was about to launch …

U.S. Oil Exports Double, Reshaping Vast Global Markets  —  American oil exports are emerging as a disruptive new force in global markets, making their way to more than 30 countries since a ban on them was lifted in 2015.