Trump: I'm willing to testify under oath about Comey claims  —  Washington (CNN)A defiant President Donald Trump said Friday he was willing to testify under oath about his conversations with James Comey, further fueling the swirling controversy ignited by the fired FBI director's bombshell testimony before the Senate on Thursday.

CNN Drops Reza Aslan Following Anti-Trump Tweets  —  CNN no longer believes in “Believer,” the non-fiction series it launched earlier this year with Reza Aslan, the Iranian-American author and religious scholar.  —  “CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series 'Believer …

Kirsten Gillibrand drops f-bomb during speech on democracy  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's message about helping the public took on a bold tone Friday morning when she told a crowd at a conference on technology and democracy, “If we are not helping people, we should go the f— home.”

Trump Discovers Article 5 After Disastrous NATO Visit  —  Trump's public performance in Brussels was a disaster.  Behind closed doors, it was even worse.  —  At long last, U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed NATO's bedrock collective defense clause, Article 5, in a press conference Friday.

Trump Team's Shifts Jolt Some Allies and Soothe Others  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump scrambled American diplomacy on two fronts on Friday, delivering a stinging rebuke of Qatar at the very moment his secretary of state was trying to mend fences in the Persian Gulf, while at the same …

The GOP still champions Trump, but that might not last  —  “I travel this state every day,” a Republican senator declared recently, “and I haven't yet had anybody come up to me and say they're worried about Russia messing with our elections.”  —  Comments like that, from Sen. Luther Strange of Alabama …

Trump Can Accept Payments From Foreign Governments, U.S. Argues  —  Government says emoluments clause doesn't bar Trump businesses  —  Watchdog group sued president over payments to his companies  —  Donald Trump isn't violating a U.S. Constitution provision that bars federal officials …

Trump Treasury nominee misrepresented Dartmouth degree  —  President Trump's nominee to run a U.S. regulator office has been misrepresenting his college degree, Bloomberg News reported Friday.  —  Joseph Otting, Trump's pick to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency …

Republicans are predicting the beginning of the end of the tea party in Kansas  —  OVERLAND PARK, Kans. - Kansas was at the heart of the tea-party revolution, a red state where, six years ago, a deeply conservative group of Republicans took the state for a hard right turn.

Trump's theory on Comey defense  —  President Trump's combative press conference this afternoon, in which he declared his “100 percent” willingness to rebut Jim Comey under oath, reflects the White House's new take-no-prisoners war footing.  — The Trump theory: The best way to defend is to attack.

Trump's lawyer in Russia probe has clients with Kremlin ties  —  The hard-charging New York lawyer President Trump chose to represent him in the Russia investigation has prominent clients with ties to the Kremlin, a striking pick for a president trying to escape the persistent cloud that has trailed his administration.

Feds Succeed In Delaying Lawsuit Where Key Travel Ban Memo Is At Issue  —  The Justice Department has scored a rare win for President Trump's travel ban.  —  On Friday afternoon, a federal judge temporarily halted a lawsuit where the government has been strongly fighting to keep …

Jeb Bush backs president, but says ‘who cares what I think?’  —  Former Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush said he doesn't think President Trump obstructed justice when he fired former FBI director James B. Comey.  —  When Bush, who spoke yesterday to a standing-room …

New York Attorney General Looking Into Eric Trump Foundation  —  The New York attorney general, which has been investigating the Donald J. Trump Foundation for months, is now looking into the Eric Trump Foundation, after a report in Forbes exposed practices that seem to violate state laws.

Feds: Trump's Twitter Guru Violated the Law … Dan Scavino, the director of social media for President Donald Trump, was found to have violated a federal law prohibiting certain government employees from using their position to engage in some forms of political activity.

AJC poll: Ossoff opens lead over Handel in Georgia's 6th  —  An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Friday shows Democrat Jon Ossoff has a 7-point edge over Republican Karen Handel in the nationally watched race to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District.

Florida governor signs bolstered ‘stand your ground’ law  —  Florida Governor Rick Scott signed amended “stand your ground” legislation on Friday, making it easier for defendants in the state to successfully claim they were protecting themselves when they commit violence.

My Adventures at the Segregated ‘Wonder Woman’ Screening  —  I didn't know what to expect showing up to an advertised all women's screening of Wonder Woman where radical outrage mongers on Twitter were offering bounties to either mace me in the face or dump soda on my head.

Mnuchin Says U.S. Can Cope If Debt Ceiling Not Raised by August  —  Government has ‘backup plans’ if limit not lifted in time  —  Critical not to disrupt financial markets, Treasury chief says  —  The U.S. government has “backup plans” for funding itself if Congress doesn't raise …