Trump's Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton  —  President Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …

WikiLeaks proposes Assange to lead Trump's US-Russia cyber security unit  —  WikiLeaks suggested on Sunday that its founder, Julian Assange, should lead the U.S.-Russian cyber security unit after President Trump announced the idea on Twitter.  —  “Why not put @JulianAssange in charge of it?

BRUTAL: Australian Journalist Sums Up Trump's G20 Visit In 2 Minutes  —  This is the most brutal and succinct analysis of Donald Trump, the man and the scripted, fake President*, I have seen since election day.  Take 2 minutes and watch this.  Then, pick your jaw up and wipe your tears.

Outgoing ethics chief accuses Reince Priebus of making ‘explicit threat’ to silence his complaints about Trump  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Outgoing Director of the Office of Government Ethics Walter Shaub Jr. accused White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus of making a …

Senate GOP returns from break no closer to Obamacare deal  —  Senate Republicans appear miles away from their long-sought repeal of Obamacare, returning to Washington on Monday with just a few weeks to put the pieces back together before they could be forced to abandon their partisan attempts at a health care overhaul altogether.

At Private Dinners, Pence Quietly Courts Big Donors and Corporate Executives  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Mike Pence has been courting scores of the country's most influential donors, corporate executives and conservative political leaders over the past several months in a series of private gatherings and one-on-one conversations.

‘Grandstanding’ or truth teller?  CNN's Acosta walks a fine line with Trump.  —  These are times that try a White House reporter's soul.  Jim Acosta hasn't kept quiet about what's been troubling his.  —  CNN's senior White House reporter has been frustrated by many things …

The Foolishness of Never Trumpers  —  Note: On January 22, 2017 I wrote a column that made clear that the claim 17 intelligence agencies agreed that Russia was responsible for the interference in the election was a lie.  Last week, both the NYT and AP retracted their statements and stated …

Germany's Newest Intellectual Antihero  —  After the German historian Rolf Peter Sieferle took his own life last September at age 67, Süddeutsche Zeitung, the country's progressive paper of record, called his erudition “breathtaking.”  For three decades Mr. Sieferle had applied …

Pope Francis: US-Russia alliance ‘dangerous’  —  Pope Francis issued a stark warning against “dangerous” international alliances, including between the U.S. and Russia, on Saturday.  —  The Pope said that he was afraid of “very dangerous alliances among [foreign] powers that have a distorted vision …

Glum House leaders begin search for fallbacks  —  House Republican leaders are beginning to give significant thought to what their exit-for-August bills look like if they don't have healthcare to leave on.  — What we're hearing: House members are super-anxious about health care …

Senate Cancel August Recess Alabama GOP Asks Leaders ObamaCare Tax Work  —  A freshman Republican senator said he sent a letter to GOP leadership asking them to cancel the annual August recess because there is a lot left to do on Capitol Hill.  —  “We need to work as hard as President Trump is working …

Britain's first pregnant man gives birth to girl  —  Hayden Cross, who has been legally male for three years, paused his gender reassignment to have a child  —  Britain's first pregnant man has given birth to a girl.  —  Hayden Cross, 21, made headlines around the world when he announced …

Trudeau should be charged with treason: Morris  —  Layne Morris admits the “sneakiness” of the Canadian government to shield Omar Khadr from having his sweet cash settlement being exposed to an American court order felt like another terror attack.  —  “Like a punch in the face,” Morris said.

The Congressional War on Expertise  —  Talk about a lousy recess.  —  Even as members of Congress were sprinting out of town for the July 4th holiday, the hard-working nerds at the Congressional Budget Office were handed the number-crunching equivalent of a colonoscopy …

Iraqi Prime Minister Arrives in Mosul to Declare Victory Over ISIS  —  MOSUL, Iraq — Dressed in a military uniform, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived here in Mosul on Sunday to congratulate Iraq's armed forces on its victory over the Islamic State and mark the formal end of a bloody campaign …

Hillary Clinton looks for her role in midterms  —  wants to play a role in next year's midterm elections.  It's just not clear yet what that role will be.  —  Clinton has already launched a PAC aimed at helping congressional Democratic candidates in 2018, signaling the former first lady …