Steve Bannon Is Out of Trump's Doghouse and Leading the Charge Against Mueller  —  Why does Trump double-down every time it seems like he should retreat?  Because Steve Bannon is back in his boss's good graces.  —  On May 22, just as a strange photo of President Trump, Saudi king Salman …

Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions  —  Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S.  —  Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation's leading institutions - including the news media …

Comey's private memos on Trump conversations contained classified material  —  More than half of the memos former FBI chief James Comey wrote as personal recollections of his conversations with President Trump about the Russia investigation have been determined to contain classified information …

Senate GOP aims to release new health bill by week's end  —  Senate Republicans are hoping to unveil a revamped draft of their legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare by the end of this week, though there are major questions about how it will address roiling GOP disagreement over a proposal touted by conservative senators.

Jared Kushner Tried and Failed to Get a Half-Billion Dollar Bailout From Qatar  —  Not long before a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner's real estate company had unsuccessfully sought …

When Will the Planet Be Too Hot For Humans?  Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.  —  Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. … It is, I promise, worse than you think.  If your anxiety about global warming is dominated …

Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  New Jersey  —  Choice Words for “Beachgate”  —  Most think state is now worse off because of Gov. Christie  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The past few weeks have been no day at the beach for New Jersey's governor... except for that day at the beach, of course.

President Trump's enemies list  —  Donald Trump is less than six months into his presidency, yet one of the organizing principles of his political operation is already becoming clear: payback.  —  In private, Trump has spoken of spending $10 million of his own money to defeat an incumbent senator …

Lena Dunham selling the dress she wore the night Trump won  —  Lena Dunham is selling the dress she says she cried in on election night last year, when President Trump defeated Hillary Clinton  —  The Kenzo ruffle-accented printed dress is one of more than a hundred items up for grabs from the former …

Federal prosecutors step up probe of land deal pushed by wife of Bernie Sanders  —  A federal investigation into a land deal led by Jane Sanders, the wife and political adviser of Sen. Bernie Sanders, has accelerated in recent months — with prosecutors hauling off more than a dozen boxes …

Trump's Trolls Are Waging War on America's Civil Servants  —  Alt-right bloggers are singling out government employees deemed hostile to the president's agenda.  —  On June 11, alt-right blogger Mike Cernovich published an article attacking an assistant to National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster …

Tory MP Anne Marie Morris Recorded Saying Brexit No Deal Is A ‘N***** In A Woodpile’  —  No reaction from other Tory MPs on the panel.  —  Deputy Political Editor, HuffPost UK  —  A Tory Brexiteer has described the UK leaving the EU without a deal as a “real n*****r in the woodpile” at a meeting of eurosceptics in Central London.

Iraqi Prime Minister Declares ‘Total Victory’ Over Islamic State In Mosul  —  MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory Monday evening over the Islamic State in Mosul after nearly nine months of grueling combat to drive the militants out of Iraq's second-largest city.

Does Trump Have a Point About Obama and Russia?  —  Did President Barack Obama “choke,” as his successor has now taken to claiming, by failing to respond more aggressively to the Russian hacking of the 2016 elections?  —  For President Donald Trump to say so carries more than a whiff …

Howard Dean: ‘Criminal enterprise’ running the country now  —  Former Democratic National Committee Chairman (DNC) Howard Dean on Sunday blasted President Trump, saying the U.S. is now being run by “a criminal enterprise.”  —  “I think at this point, Trump is Trump.  He's going to lie.