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.

President Trump, Melting Under Criticism  —  Maybe we should all take a moment to feel a little sorry for Donald Trump, who reacted to criticism on Thursday by tweeting a stream of coarse insults at the television journalist Mika Brzezinski.  —  After all, he so clearly lacks the toughness …

The Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Isn't as Dead as It Seems  —  The Senate bill is in trouble, but insiders warn against underestimating Mitch McConnell.  —  With the July Fourth recess looming, Mitch McConnell and Republican leadership spent Thursday scrambling to cobble together …

Trump goes after states on voter data: ‘What are they trying to hide?’  —  President Trump on Saturday blasted the more than two dozen states refusing to comply with his election integrity commission's request for voter data, asking “What are they trying to hide?”

25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror  —  At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said.  —  One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …

Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud … The ever-execrable Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezenski are basking in the glory of mud of their own making; they think they are heroes of a kind because Trump tweeted something crass about them.  Indeed he did.  But it was well-deserved.

Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart  —  WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.

GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.

Wombs for men: Astonishing prospect as fertility doctors back operations on NHS so transgender women born as boys can have babies  —  Transgender women who were born male should be given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.

CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.”  —  We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast.  —  Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …

Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage  —  Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.

Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs  —  During President Trump's first 100 days, the national conversation turned on big ideas: whether it was right to bar refugees, whether Obamacare was worth keeping, and more.  Over the past several weeks …

‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery.  Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.

Escaped elephant takes a stroll through Wisconsin neighborhood  —  Jaime Lynn, a Baraboo, Wisconsin resident, saw this elephant outside her house Friday morning after it escaped from the nearby circus.  Lynn said she heard a dog barking and a neighbor scream, so she looked outside to see what was going on.

Lewandowski: Trump is the ‘Hemingway of Twitter’  —  President Trump's former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski called Trump the “Hemingway of Twitter,” this week, following his tweets about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski.  —  “He's the Ernest Hemingway of Twitter,” Lewandowski said discussing Trump's recent Twitter attacks on Fox News.

Carl Bernstein calls for ‘different kind of reporting’ to take on ‘malignant presidency’  —  Carl Bernstein is calling on journalists to commit to a “different kind of reporting” in response to a “malignant presidency” unlike any the country has seen before.  —  “We're in foreign territory,” Bernstein said Friday on CNN's “New Day.”

Obama in Indonesia Takes Swipe at Trump on Paris Climate Accord  —  Former president delivers speech at congress in Jakarta  —  Obama, holidaying in his childhood home, praises Jokowi  —  Former U.S. President Barack Obama has pointed to the importance of the Paris climate accord …

Salford student union president calls for Islamic takeover  —  A Muslim student union leader has claimed she would like to ‘oppress white people’ and has suggested there would be an Islamic takeover if more people read the Koran.  —  Zamzam Ibrahim, who was elected President …

Tillerson argued with a second White House aide  —  The secretary of state, who blew up at Trump's personnel chief over the slow pace of filling political posts, also had a West Wing dispute with senior aide Stephen Miller.  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson argued with senior White House …

Statehouse showdown: Kasich vetoes lawmakers' Medicaid freeze  —  Gov. John Kasich is welcoming a showdown with fellow Republicans in the General Assembly over his decision to expand Medicaid health-care coverage to low-income Ohioans.  —  Kasich used his line-item veto late Friday to kill …