Trump to Travel to Texas With Torrential Rain Still in the Forecast  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday announced plans to travel to Texas on Tuesday, as millions of people there continued to battle catastrophic flooding and torrential rain that was expected to last for several more days.

Trump's business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president  —  Donald Trump during a 2005 visit to Colorado to speak at a business convention.  At his right is Felix Sater, a Russian-born real estate developer.  (Cyrus McCrimmon/The Denver Post)

Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right wing demonstrators in Berkeley  —  Their faces hidden behind black bandannas and hoodies, about a 100 anarchists and antifa — “anti-fascist” — barreled into a protest Sunday afternoon in Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park.

Exclusive: Trump vents in Oval Office, “I want tariffs.  Bring me some tariffs!”  —  The following is a rare account of President Trump in a small Oval Office meeting, venting at senior staff for sometimes resisting his hawkish trade agenda.  —  This account — confirmed by sources …

Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington's Elite  —  “What is off-putting about them,” one political veteran told me, “is they do not grasp their essential irrelevance.  They think they are special.”  —  I. AIR FORCE ONE

Fascism, American Style  —  As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination.  His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges.

Team Trump turns to Rove playbook to juice 2018 turnout  —  Donald Trump's White House may take a page from the Karl Rove playbook.  —  The administration has been in talks to put conservative initiatives on the ballot in 2018 midterm battleground states in hopes of energizing base voters dispirited …

Scoop: Trump frustration with Tillerson rising fast  —  There's a ticking problem with Rex Tillerson, and it's growing louder by the day, according to officials inside and close to the White House.  —  President Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with his Secretary of State.

It's Time: Congress Needs to Open a Formal Impeachment Inquiry  —  President Donald Trump at Liberty University on May 13, 2017.  (Shealah Craighead/White House)  —  Last Tuesday, the New York Times published a foggy story noting that Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell …

Conservatism Is Not A Suicide Pact  —  The whiny wailing and rending of garments (mostly bow ties) by the True Cons over President Trump pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio brings to mind another president's choice when a loyal supporter was the victim of a liberal witch hunt.

Trump expected to lift ban on military gear to local police forces  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to lift a controversial ban on the transfer of some surplus military equipment to police departments whose battlefield-style response to rioting in a St. Louis suburb three years ago prompted a halt to the program.

Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will be offered the job as Uber's new CEO  —  The “truce” choice is likely to take it — though no one from the board of the car-hailing company has told him as yet!  —  The board of Uber has voted and wants Expedia Dara Khosrowshahi to be its next CEO.