Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo  —  Engineer wrote memo blasting “politically correct monoculture”  —  CEO Pichai said Google employee violated Code of Conduct  —  Alphabet Inc.'s Google has fired an employee who wrote an internal memo blasting …

Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval …

Trump, Blumenthal exchange jabs on Twitter  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal called President Donald Trump out on Twitter for “bullying” after a Twitter attack from the President accused the senator of lying and being a “phony Vietnam con artist.”

Trump at 200 days: Declining approval amid widespread mistrust  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Six months into his presidency, Donald Trump's overall approval rating stands at its lowest point in CNN polling, while three-quarters of Americans say they can't trust most of what they hear from the White House.

The curious case of Nicole Mincey, the Trump fan who may actually be a Russian bot  —  President Trump walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington at the start of a 17-day vacation in Bedminster, N.J. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)

The Man Who Wrote Those Password Rules Has a New Tip: N3v$r M1^d!  —  Bill Burr's 2003 report recommended using numbers, obscure characters and capital letters and updating regularly—he regrets the error  —  The man who wrote the book on password management has a confession to make: He blew it.

North Korea Says It Would Use Nukes Only Against U.S.  —  Pyongyang threatened it will use its nuclear weapons against U.S. if provoked militarily  —  Defying pressure from new United Nations sanctions, North Korea threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. if militarily provoked and said it would …

Trump Made Up His Story About the 21 Club Renovation, Former Owner and CEO Say  —  Last week, it was reported that President Donald Trump compared an Afghanistan policy review to the renovation of upper-crust restaurant the 21 Club.  In typical Trumpian fashion, it turns out that the morality tale …

Stephen Miller blasted a reporter as ‘cosmopolitan.’ But he lives in a $1 million CityCenter condo.  —  White House senior adviser Stephen Miller famously used the adjective “cosmopolitan” to insult CNN's Jim Acosta during an exchange in the White House briefing room last week …

‘May you die in pain’: Northern California GOP congressman gets an earful at town hall  —  “May you die in pain.”  —  That was the nastiest moment of Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa's early morning town hall in Chico on Monday.  —  The wish was uttered by an older man who criticized LaMalfa …

Trump bashes the media but still loves good press  —  The White House pays a staffer $89,000 a year to spot and distribute positive stories from the mainstream media.  —  Media bashing has become one of the organizing principles of Donald Trump's presidency.

U.S. May Begin Airstrikes Against ISIS in Philippines  —  The Pentagon is considering a plan that allows the U.S. military to conduct airstrikes on ISIS in the Philippines, two defense officials told NBC News.  —  The authority to strike ISIS targets as part of collective self-defense …

Bakers refused to make pro-Trump birthday cake for 9-year-old boy: Report  —  A boy whose letter to President Trump made national headlines last month reportedly wanted a pro-Trump cake for his birthday party, but his mother was unable to find a baker willing to fulfill the order.

Here, heroin spares no one, not even the sheriff's wife  —  Video by Jeff Simon, Haley Draznin and Zach Wasser, CNN  —  (CNN)Robert Leahy was sitting on his couch, watching TV, when his wife, Gretchen, walked through the front door.  —  It was about 10 p.m. She'd left for the grocery store hours earlier.

Mastering the Art of Home Restoration: A Julia Child Sequel  —  WASHINGTON — The house on Olive Street here was Julia Child's “little jewel,” the first home she owned, the space where she filled the pages of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.”  To enter, visitors swing a mold-covered door knocker …

NETANYAHU: I WON'T BE TOPPLED, I HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects charges against him, slams the press and accuses Israel Katz of undermining leadership.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected criminal suspicions leveled against him in recent days …

Sanders ‘litmus test’ alarms Democrats  —  House and Senate Democrats have wondered for months whether Bernie Sanders' supporters might choose to focus their energy on launching primary challenges to party moderates in 2018.  They're about to get an answer.

We analyzed 17 months of Fox & Friends transcripts.  It's far weirder than state-run media.  —  How the Fox morning show evolved into Donald Trump's posse.  —  It was 6 am, just a few weeks after Donald Trump had moved into the White House — and there was a light on in the East Wing.

Lara Trump ‘Running the Show’ at ‘Trump TV’ … President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law is “running the show” at his Trump TV project funded by his reelection campaign, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.  —  When the Trump campaign unveiled a new Trump-friendly news product on social media last week …

De Blasio naps on his office couch after workouts: sources  —  Between workouts and naps, it's a wonder he has any time to try and raise taxes. … Mayor de Blasio's daily exercise routine at a Brooklyn gym often leaves him too tuckered out to stay awake at City Hall, where he catches …

U.S. Is Sending More Marines to Afghanistan  —  The U.S. is sending dozens more Marines to Afghanistan, according to three U.S. defense officials.  —  Task Force Southwest, based in Helmand Province in southwestern Afghanistan, requested the additional Marines to help with internal force protection, the officials said.