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.

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.

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.

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 …

National security adviser attempts to reconcile Trump's competing impulses on Afghanistan  —  In meeting after meeting with his national security adviser, H.R. McMaster, this spring and summer, President Trump angrily hammered home two questions:  —  He wanted to know why the U.S. military …

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 …

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.

This Trump real estate deal looks awfully like criminal tax fraud  —  Two tax lawyers break down the president's sale of two condos to his son. … President Trump clearly doesn't want to release his income tax returns to the public.  Members of the public and commentators …

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

Amid Washington dysfunction, lack of accomplishments, Trumps clings to his shrinking support  — As political and legal troubles mount, President Donald Trump holds ever tighter onto a base of support that grows ever smaller.  — Trump has placed cultivation of intensity within his base …

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.

Forget scenic traditions — Trump vacations in the land of spray tans  —  WASHINGTON — There's been an unspoken norm among presidents that their vacations are glamorous, or at the very least, scenic.  —  In election years, they tend to bow more to the masses.  But most other years are set aside for mixing with elites.

The Lost Cause Rides Again  —  HBO's prospective series Confederate will offer an alternative history of post-Civil War America.  It will ask the question, according to co-creator David Benioff, “What would the world have looked like ... if the South had won?”

In the key 2018 battlegrounds, Trump's support is as high as ever  —  Why Democrats can't really crow about the president's declining approval numbers.  —  Ever since Inauguration Day, the public's faith in the president has been eroding.  According to the latest Gallup surveys …

TRUMP, AMERICA'S BOY KING: GOLF AND TELEVISION WON'T MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN  —  Now that he's president, Trump frequently departs the White House and spends the weekend golfing at either his South Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, or his country club in the New Jersey suburb of Bedminster.

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.

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 …

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 …

Hunt for Trump dossier author inflames Russia probe  —  Two Republican House Intelligence Committee staffers traveled to London earlier this summer to track down the former British intelligence operative who compiled a controversial dossier on President Donald Trump and Russia, according to three people familiar with the matter.

Keep the Trump Leaks Coming  —  The president is too incompetent to serve, and Congress must be pressured into removing him.  —  Both in content and in context, the official transcripts of Donald Trump's January phone calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull …