Trump's lawyers seek to undercut Mueller's Russia investigation  —  Some of President Trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia investigation, building a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest and discussing …

Trump expected to make Scaramucci communications director  —  President Trump is expected to announce that Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci will be White House communications director, according to two sources familiar with the planning.  —  Trump has left the role open since Mike Dubke resigned …

Trump 101: How to speak his language  —  One of the more elusive skills in this White House is the ability to communicate effectively with President Trump.  It's no secret he likes things short, simple, graphical.  — Someone who was doing it all wrong (although better lately) …

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 …

Fox News turns to Hillary Clinton amid negative news for Trump  —  Bernstein: ‘We are in a cold civil war’  —  As a cloud of negative news hangs over President Donald Trump and his administration, a familiar face has been all over the airwaves on Fox News: Hillary Clinton.

Teens filmed, mocked drowning man, Cocoa police say  —  COCOA - Police and prosecutors say little can be done legally after the revelation that a group of teens filmed the dying moments of a 32-year-old disabled man last week, with the teens mocking, cursing and laughing while the man drowned in a fenced-off pond.

Russia's Lavrov Says Trump May Have Met Putin More Times  —  MOSCOW — President Donald Trump may have held more meetings with Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit earlier this month, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday — but he shrugged off the importance of the encounters.

These Americans Hated the Health Law.  Until the Idea of Repeal Sank In.  —  DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — Five years ago, the Affordable Care Act had yet to begin its expansion of health insurance to millions of Americans, but Jeff Brahin was already stewing about it.  —  “It's going to cost a fortune,” he said in an interview at the time.

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” …

Under fire for opposing health bill, Mike Lee hits back  —  Mike Lee hears the chorus of critics, with blame from the establishment wing of the GOP cascading on the Utah senator for being the Republican that stopped Obamacare repeal.  And he's ready to respond.

America's Media Meltdown  —  Between 2008 and 2016, the media were unapologetic about their adoration of President Barack Obama.  Now, they are energized by their thorough loathing of President Donald Trump.  In tragic fashion, the hubris of deifying Obama has now come full circle to the nemesis of demonizing Trump.

North Korea tourism: US ‘to ban Americans from visiting’  —  The US is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there.  —  Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said the ban would be announced on 27 July to come into effect 30 days later.

‘America First’: Who Really Wins?  —  When Donald Trump raised the roof at his raucous rallies with pledges to put “America First,” he hit a political nerve.  The long-mothballed phrase, revived from another era of American history, became shorthand for rethinking our whole relationship to the world.

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 …

Katie Couric says fake news is ‘tearing’ America ‘apart at the seams’  —  Katie Couric has (almost) seen it all.  —  Still, little has prepared the world-famous journalist for the phenomenon she says is currently “tearing [America] apart at the seams”: fake news.

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.

Ben Carson: HUD will ‘reinterpret’ Obama housing discrimination rule … Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that his agency will “reinterpret” the landmark Obama housing rule meant to address housing discrimination, a regulation that conservatives have criticized as tantamount to a national zoning board.

Trump Made Several Misleading Claims in Times Interview  —  WASHINGTON — In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, President Trump made a number of misleading and false claims, including statements on health insurance, the biography of his deputy attorney general and French history.

Protests greet House Speaker Paul Ryan in Lawrence  —  LAWRENCE — US House Speaker Paul D. Ryan pitched the outlines of his tax reform package at a sneaker factory Thursday, promising congressional Republicans are more united on that issue than over their ailing health care plan.