Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post  —  Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.

Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care”  —  “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”

The Philando Castile Verdict Was a Miscarriage of Justice  —  Yesterday, a Minnesota jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez of second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting of Philando Castile.  In considering the rightness of the verdict, pay close attention to the transcript of the fatal encounter.

Knives are out for theaters that bear the name ‘Shakespeare’  —  The messages started pouring in earlier this week.  —  “Your play depicting the murder of our President is nothing but pure hatred,” read one of the tamer ones.  —  “[H]ope you all who did this play about Trump are the first do …

Trump's Business Ties in the Gulf Raise Questions About His Allegiances  —  LONDON — President Trump has done business with royals from Saudi Arabia for at least 20 years, since he sold the Plaza Hotel to a partnership formed by a Saudi prince.  Mr. Trump has earned millions of dollars …

Bill Cosby's Sexual Assault Case Ends in a Mistrial  —  The judge in the sexual assault trial of Bill Cosby declared a mistrial Saturday after jurors reported being hopelessly deadlocked after six days of deliberations, bringing an inconclusive end to this phase of one of the highest-profile cases in recent history.

Senate Democrats weigh blockade to protest GOP health care plan  —  Don't know what's in the Senate health care bill?  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)Senate Democrats are weighing whether to bring the chamber's business to a halt next week in an effort to voice their objections to the GOP health care push …

Trump's silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon  —  Democrats say Trump has yet to express public concern about the underlying issue with striking implications for America's democracy.  —  Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn't care.

Al Franken and Olivia Wilde: Calling a Lie a Lie  —  Twenty years before Kellyanne Conway seized the news cycle with “alternative facts” about President Trump's inaugural crowd size, Al Franken (now, Senator Al Franken) began a satirical cottage industry to expose the seemingly loose grasp …

Trump's tough-talking outside counsel Mark Kasowitz may do him more harm than good  —  Marc Kasowitz, whom President Trump tapped last month as his outside counsel to help defend him against the rapidly escalating federal Russia probe, describes himself on his firm's website as …

Megyn Kelly and Alex Jones: NBC News under fire for ‘botched’ rollout of Kelly on eve of interview  —  NBC's storied news division is coming under heavy fire for what its critics say is a botched handling of its new hire Megyn Kelly's interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …

If fireproofing is a waste for the poor, it is also a waste for the rich  —  Megan McArdle has this piece about the London fire in which she argues that it could be that installing sprinklers and other fireproofing will actually kill more people than it saves:

If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College  —  Michael Moynihan finds students scared to express “nuanced” ideas, a progressive professor demonized as a racist, protesters mocking “free speech,” and a college president …

Hospital says Scalise showing ‘signs of improvement’ after additional surgery  —  Majority Whip Steve Scalise is showing “signs of improvement” and is “speaking with his loved ones” following an additional surgery, according to an update provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center on Saturday.

Cerebral Palsy Didn't Stop This College Junior.  Obamacare Repeal Might.  —  Here's what cutting Medicaid could mean for people with disabilities.  —  HILLIARD, Ohio Justin Martin, 21, is in many respects a typical junior at Kenyon College.  He lives in an off-campus apartment, which he shares with six other guys.

Trump Reveals Flat Revenue at Controversial Washington Hotel  —  Discloses at least $528.9 million in total revenue and income  —  Hotel lost $1.2 million in first weeks, lawmakers say  —  President Donald Trump's latest financial disclosure indicates that his Washington, D.C. …