Mueller Expands Probe to Trump Business Transactions  —  Special counsel examines dealings of Kushner, Manafort, Trump  —  Trump has warned Mueller against going beyond Russia in probe  —  The U.S. special counsel investigating possible ties between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia …

Trump's blast of Sessions has ‘chilling’ effect inside West Wing  —  Trump: ‘I love getting even with people’ (1992)  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)For President Donald Trump, loyalty in Washington is a one-way street.  —  Trump's trashing of several of his administration's …

Senate GOP's latest health care push sputters  —  A harsh reality is setting in among Senate Republicans: They're extremely unlikely to repeal Obamacare in the coming days.  —  Republicans felt somewhat buoyed by Wednesday's White House meeting and late-night senators-only gathering …

Exclusive: Jared Kushner's White House connection still being used to lure Chinese investors  —  Jared Kushner's status as a top aide to President Donald Trump was used to lure Chinese investors to his family's New Jersey development, even after his family's company apologized for mentioning …

During ‘Made in America Week,’ President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club applies to hire 70 foreign workers  —  President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida has asked permission to hire 70 foreign workers this fall, attesting — in the middle of the White House's “Made in America Week” …

Linkin Park Singer Chester Bennington Dead, Commits Suicide by Hanging (UPDATE)  —  12:32 PM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bennington was home alone at the time of the suicide.  We're told his family was out of town and he was found upstairs by an employee.

H.R. 1628, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017: An Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute  —  CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce federal deficits by $420 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 22 million in 2026 relative to the number under current law.

Team Trump Used Obamacare Money to Run PR Effort Against It … The Trump administration has spent taxpayer money meant to encourage enrollment in the Affordable Care Act on a public relations campaign aimed at methodically strangling it.  —  The effort, which involves a multi-pronged social media push …

Kamala Harris and Rand Paul: To Shrink Jails, Let's Reform Bail  —  Kalief Browder, a 16-year-old New Yorker, was arrested on charges of stealing a backpack in 2010.  To ensure he would show up for trial, and because of a previous offense, the judge set bail at $3,000.  But his family could not afford to pay.

NYC law that makes dog-sitting illegal without kennel license triggers rage from pet lovers  —  Pet lovers are barking mad over a little-known city rule that makes dog-sitting illegal in New York.  —  Health Department rules ban anyone from taking money to care for an animal outside a licensed kennel …

Billionaire GOP donor out of politics calls Trump ‘abortion of a human’  —  TALLAHASSEE — Billionaire health care mogul and GOP megadonor Mike Fernandez has one message to Republicans who don't stand up to President Donald Trump: Grow a pair.  —  “All the Republicans who hide behind the flag …

Interior Dept. ordered Glacier park chief, other climate expert pulled from Zuckerberg tour  —  Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg flew to Glacier National Park on Saturday to tour the melting ice fields that have become the poster child for climate change's effects on Montana's northern Rockies.

BREAKING: UC Berkeley will host Ben Shapiro event, pay fees after College Republicans accuse university of censorship  —  The University of California, Berkeley has confirmed to FIRE it will host an on-campus event sponsored by the Berkeley College Republicans featuring conservative commentator Ben Shapiro …

Louise Mensch's Destructive Fantasies  —  Mensch, a former British MP, is now the purveyor of fantastical conspiracy theories about Donald Trump and Russia.  —  A few years back, my father and I voluntarily submitted ourselves to an episode of Question Time, a long-running program on the BBC …

White County Inmates Given Reduced Jail Time If They Get A Vasectomy  —  Inmates in White County, Tennessee have been given credit for their jail time if they voluntarily agree to have a vasectomy or birth control implant, a popular new program that is being called “unconstitutional” by the ACLU.

Youngstown State students say late-night chicken is homophobic  — A petition is demanding that Youngstown State University the Chick-fil-A on campus, saying access to late-night chicken “adds to the negative experience of LGBT students.”  — Despite acknowledging that it is the only restaurant …

Lawyer blasts court ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old who was raped  —  Lawyer slams ruling allowing abortion for 12-year-old rape victim  —  A former state court official and a counselor for pregnant women today criticized an Alabama court ruling allowing a 12-year-old girl who was raped …

Hill investigators, Trump staff look to Facebook for critical answers in Russia probe  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Top Democrats on the House and Senate Russia investigations and a top digital staffer from the campaign of President Donald Trump split sharply on whether the campaign colluded with Russia …

Two of six African teens who went missing from robotics competition are in Canada, D.C. police say … Two of the six teenage members of the Burundi robotics team who went missing from Washington this week have crossed into Canada and are safe, D.C. police said on Thursday.

Help!  My 3-Year-Old Is Obsessed With Trump  —  My 3-year-old daughter is obsessed with Donald Trump.  —  This is a problem if 1) you live in New York City, 2) you are liberal, 3) your friends are liberal, 4) your daughter attends a liberal school and 5) your relatives are affected by the Trump administration's travel ban.

Column Bill Nye on the terrifying ascendancy of American ‘dingbatitude’  —  From the Emmy-winning “science guy on” the PBS children's television program to the lab-coat crusader who “saves the world” on Netflix, Bill Nye is a longtime science-is-entertaining educator, a onetime mechanical engineer and a perpetual science lover.

IQ costs Oregon parents their kids, but is that fair?  (Column)  —  Gallery: Redmond couple fights for custody of their children  —  The nursery in Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler's home is filled with unread children's books and unworn baby clothes.  A Winnie the Pooh blanket lies untouched inside …