Trump Defends McMaster as Conservatives Seek His Dismissal  —  President Trump defended Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, his embattled national security adviser, on Friday in the face of a full-bore campaign by the nationalist wing of his political coalition accusing him of undermining the president's agenda and calling for his dismissal.

Fox News Host Sent Unsolicited Lewd Text Messages To Colleagues, Sources Say  —  Eric Bolling, a co-host of “The Specialists,” said through an attorney that he “does not believe he sent any such communications.”  —  Eric Bolling, a longtime Fox News host, sent an unsolicited photo …

Mueller Seeks White House Documents on Flynn  —  Investigators working for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, recently asked the White House for documents related to former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, and have questioned witnesses about whether he was secretly paid …

Exclusive: FBI tracked ‘fake news’ believed to be from Russia on Election Day  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI monitored social media on Election Day last year in an effort to track a suspected Russian disinformation campaign utilizing “fake news,” CNN has learned.

Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump  —  Legal scholar Alan Dershowitz exclusively tells WABC Radio Host Rita Cosby that the new D.C. grand jury impaneled by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is bad news for President Trump …

Martin Shkreli Is Found Guilty of Fraud  —  Martin Shkreli, accused of defrauding his hedge fund investors and a pharmaceutical company, was convicted on three of eight counts on Friday, after a five-week trial in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn.  —  He faces as much as 20 years in prison.

Kelly's Rules for Trump's West Wing: Stop Bickering, Get in Early, Make an Appointment  —  New Chief of Staff John Kelly moves quickly to bring order and discipline to a West Wing riven by conflict  —  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly with Donald Trump's son-in-law and Senior Advisor Jared Kushner at the White House on Thursday.

Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns  —  Party loyalty is often cited as the reason that GOP leaders have not been more outspoken in their criticism of President Donald Trump and his refusal to condemn Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Would you even care if he was guilty?  —  **Want FOX News Halftime Report in your inbox every day?  Sign up here.  Continue Reading Below … WOULD YOU EVEN CARE IF HE WAS GUILTY?  —  The stock market is up, unemployment is down and the economy seems to be picking up some steam.

Cuomo May Face a Primary Hurdle in 2018  —  An actress, an upstate mayor and a former state senator are three potential democratic contenders  —  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill in July.

Murder conviction in Blackwater case thrown out, other sentences overturned  —  A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out the first-degree murder conviction of a former Blackwater Worldwide security guard sentenced to life in prison in the killings of 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians in a Baghdad traffic circle in 2007.

As Mueller Closes In, Republicans Turn Away from Trump  —  Even G.O.P. senators are moving to prevent the president from impeding the F.B.I. investigation.  —  Hours after news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller had impaneled a grand jury in the Justice Department's investigation …

Republican donor from Virginia Beach sues GOP, accusing the party of fraud over failed Obamacare repeal  —  A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn't repeal the Affordable Care Act he's suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.

Keep deleting, morons: Everyone who thinks Dana Loesch said ‘fist’ owes her an apology  —  A bunch of blue-checkmarked journalists are busy deleting tweets right now after wrongly accusing NRA spox Dana Loesch of saying she and the NRA were going to “fist” the New York Times over the paper's horrible coverage of guns in the past.

Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’  —  The Russian lawyer who reportedly met with Donald Trump Jr. to offer him compromising material on Hillary Clinton, told state television she wanted to “ask him for help.”  —  “It was a private meeting,” …

Why Professional Cuddling Is Booming Under Trump  —  In the wake of Donald Trump's election, people struggled to figure out how to cope - and some found the answer was as simple as human touch  —  On a Saturday night in Venice, California, light spills from an open door on an otherwise dark street.

Paul Ryan: Intel leaks ‘the problem of the leaker, not the journalist’  —  (R-Wis.) defended journalists Friday, saying that while intelligence leaks compromise national security, it's “the problem of the leaker, not the journalist.”  —  “Leaks are concerning because leaks …

DOJ Document Dump to ACLJ on Clinton Lynch Meeting: Comey FBI Lied, Media Collusion, Spin, and Illegality  —  We have just obtained hundreds of pages in our ongoing investigation and federal lawsuit on former Attorney General Loretta Lynch's tarmac meeting with former President Bill Clinton …

Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties  —  Intel is said to supply modem that works with cell networks  —  Apple plans to begin selling new smartwatch by end of year  —  Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year …

There's no such thing as a Trump Democrat  —  Do you believe in mermaids, unicorns and fairies?  —  If so, you may have taken interest in a new mythical creature that appeared during the 2016 election: the Trump Democrat.  —  It has become an article of faith that an unusually large number …

Legal-Weed States Tell Jeff Sessions Their Programs Are Working.  He Might Crack Down Anyway.  —  The attorney general personally opposes marijuana, and seems willing to ignore evidence.  Bummer.  —  Marijuana legalization is going smoothly in Colorado and Oregon, state officials recently told …

Kamala Harris is one of the most progressive (and attacked) leaders in America  —  Please let's not do this again.  Do not preemptively attack a rising bonafide star in the Democratic Party who happens to be an imperfect human being who shares a gender with Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  No politician is perfect.

American Airlines ‘unable to substantiate’ Lena Dunham's allegations of transphobic employees at NYC airport  —  Lena Dunham took to Twitter on Thursday to complain about two American Airlines employees she claimed to have overheard engaging in “transphobic talk” — but the airline has since stated …

Trump may host visiting leaders at his N.J. golf club during upcoming U.N. gathering  —  President Trump is planning to host foreign leaders at his New Jersey golf club when he attends the annual U.N. General Assembly session next month, breaking decades of precedent for U.S. presidents …