What Really Happened Between Donald Trump, the Hosts of Morning Joe, and the National Enquirer  —  As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump used his close alliance with the National Enquirer to attack his enemies.  Now that he's President, he's continuing to benefit from the tabloid's support.

The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians  —  View of the Kremlin from the Bolshoy Kammeny Bridge (Alexander Gusev)  —  I read the Wall Street Journal's article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest.

Kobach: Kansas won't give Social Security info to Kobach-led voter commission at this time  —  Multiple states plan to buck Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's request for personal information on voters on behalf of a presidential commission.  —  Kobach said Friday that Kansas …

Trump's Voter Fraud Endgame  —  His “election integrity” investigation is a pretext to repeal the National Voter Registration Act.  It won't work.  —  Donald Trump's attempt at voter suppression through his “election integrity” commission is a voting rights nightmare that is being enacted so clumsily it just might backfire.

3 Doctors Shot Inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center  —  At least three doctors were shot inside Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx on Friday afternoon, according to a Fire Department official.  —  Shortly before 4 p.m., J. Peter Donald …

White House releases salaries of top Trump staffers  —  The White House on Friday released a list of salary information for nearly 400 employees of President Trump's executive office.  —  The 16-page document details the annual salaries of top staffers and advisors to the president.

Manhattan Prosecutor Joins Inquiry Into Russian Meddling in Election  —  One federal prosecutor in Manhattan is being promoted to become the new chief of the public corruption unit, while another is departing to join Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the investigation …

Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support  —  For months, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have privately counseled their more militant members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump …

Women in Tech Speak Frankly on Culture of Harassment  —  Their stories came out slowly, even hesitantly, at first.  Then in a rush.  —  One female entrepreneur recounted how she had been propositioned by a Silicon Valley venture capitalist while seeking a job with him, which she did not land after rebuffing him.

After the president's tweet, I must withdraw my support for everything but his agenda  —  I stand with my colleagues in Congress to say: The president's tweet is beneath the dignity of the office.  —  This is not making America great.  —  The president has at last done the unthinkable …

Denied: Afghanistan's All-Girl Robotics Team Can't Get Visas To The US  —  Their robot may have permission to travel, but six teenage Afghan inventors are staying put this summer.  —  They've been rejected for a one-week travel visa to escort their robot to the inaugural FIRST Global Challenge …

First on CNN: Kamala Harris maneuvers to help 2018 Democrats — and build a national profile  —  Senator interrupted by chair in two hearings  — The fundraising and travel comes after a quick star turn for the freshman senator, who took office in January

Trump Backers ‘Furious’ That Senator Stood Against Health Care Bill  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Dean Heller's biting denunciation of the Republican health care bill last week infuriated the White House and helped unravel his party's attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act days before a vote was expected in the Senate.

Joy Behar Insists: ‘Jesus Would Have Made the Cake’  —  Joy Behar may not understand the ins and outs of the legal battles surrounding gay wedding cakes, but she certainly claimed to know how Jesus would handle such situations.  —  On Friday, the co-hosts of The View welcomed Colorado baker Jack Phillips …

Trumpcare Will Probably Kill Thousands Each Year  —  And it is neither alarmist nor uncivil to say so.  —  As it is currently written, the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act would increase the ranks of the uninsured by 22 million.  At least that is the best estimate of the Congressional Budget Office.

White House spokeswoman: Chicago crime ‘driven by morality’  —  Emanuel: Chicago adding cops to stem violence  —  Washington (CNN)White House deputy press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Friday crime in Chicago is “driven by morality more than anything else.”

How Liberal Portland Became America's Most Politically Violent City  —  And it's about to get worse, say protesters on both sides.  —  On a cloudy day in early November 1979, a caravan of Nazi and Ku Klux Klan members careened into Greensboro, North Carolina, winding toward …

A Handmaid's Tale of Protest  —  In state capitals and street protests, women's rights activists have been wearing red robes and white bonnets based on “The Handmaid's Tale,” the 1985 novel that is now a series on Hulu.  —  Silent, heads bowed, the activists in crimson robes and white bonnets …

CNN producer on new O'Keefe video: Voters are ‘stupid,’ Trump is ‘crazy’  —  Conservative provocateur and Project Veritas founder James O'Keefe released a fourth secretly recorded video early Friday morning that shows a CNN associate producer calling American voters “stupid as s—” …