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 …

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.

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 …

US spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to patrol boat  —  Despite the United States' insistence that North Korea halt its missile tests, U.S. spy agencies detected the rogue communist regime loading two anti-ship cruise missiles on a patrol boat on the country's east coast just days ago.

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.”

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.

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)

Nevada senator faces pro-Trump challenge in GOP primary  —  Republican Danny Tarkanian is running against Nevada Sen. Dean Heller in the 2018 GOP primary.  —  The bid by the 55-year-old Las Vegas businessman, who aligns himself with President Donald Trump, makes good on conservatives' threats …

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were war crimes.  Full stop.  —  Seventy-two years ago this week the United States committed war crimes against the Japanese people on a scale that was previously unimaginable in human history.  —  It is almost impossible to utter this truism …

Pat Robertson Weighs in On Eric Bolling — And It's as Bad as You Think … Occasionally we are reminded that Pat Robertson is still alive.  —  The the televangelist ex-presidential candidate and founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network weighed in last night on the Eric Bolling imbroglio …

Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart … Higher Income Lower Income … Note: Inflation-adjusted annual average growth using post-tax income. … Many Americans can't remember anything other than an economy with skyrocketing inequality, in which living standards for most Americans are stagnating and the rich are pulling away.

‘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 …

Mueller Can Avoid an Iran-Contra Repeat  —  He should proceed quickly to get the facts out.  So should congressional investigators.  —  Will Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation morph into an open-ended inquisition?  Independent and special counsel investigations of the executive branch since Watergate often have.

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 …

Trump White House quietly courts Democrats for tax overhaul  —  The Trump White House is quietly courting a few dozen House Democrats on tax reform — eager to avoid the fate of the GOP's straight party-line attempt to jam through a repeal of Obamacare.  —  Even as congressional GOP leaders …

Ethics Hipsters are the new Puritans  — An Austin Texas psyche rock band, Dream Machine, is deported from its label because its lead singer, a refugee from Bosnia, makes supportive remarks about legal immigration.  (Here is a link to an interview I did with the band: https://vimeo.com/225709341)

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 …

NH Poll: Kasich leads Trump among likely GOP primary voters  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich leads President Trump in a hypothetical New Hampshire Republican presidential primary matchup, according to a new poll.  —  An American Research Group poll found that if the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary …

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 …

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 …

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.

What Real Tax Reform Could Be  —  After their protracted failure to repeal Obamacare, congressional Republicans have indicated that taxes will be next on their agenda.  It's a misnomer to call their plans “tax reform,” though, because they have proposed little more than the same deep cuts …