Republican leaders ‘visibly annoyed’ after Ivanka Trump enters Oval Office during debt ceiling talks  —  Negotiations between Republican and Democratic congressional leaders and President Trump broke down when first daughter Ivanka Trump entered the Oval Office to say hello during the Wednesday meeting …

An Update On Information Operations On Facebook  —  There have been a lot of questions since the 2016 US election about Russian interference in the electoral process.  In April we published a white paper that outlined our understanding of organized attempts to misuse our platform.

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Caribbean with Florida at center of projected path  —  Hurricane Irma — with its ferocious 185 mph winds — made landfall in the Caribbean early Wednesday, slamming into Barbuda and Antigua as it headed for Puerto Rico, with Florida now directly in the center of the projected path by the weekend.

Steve King: Dreamers Can ‘Live in the Shadows’ After DACA Ends  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a conservative firebrand with a history of making incendiary remarks about immigrants and culture, said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's decision to wind down DACA …

Trump is reportedly unlikely to pick Gary Cohn as next Fed chair  — President Donald Trump is unlikely to pick Gary Cohn to lead the Federal Reserve, according to The Wall Street Journal.  — Cohn's chances reportedly went down after he criticized the president's response to violence at a white supremacist rally last month.

Celebrity polling firm rates Spicer 13 out of 100  —  After a beleaguered six-month run as White House press secretary, Sean Spicer has been shopping his brand for television, book and speaking deals in recent weeks.  The latest findings of a celebrity-popularity poll, however, may show why he is a tough sell.

Hackers Gain Direct Access to US Power Grid Controls  —  IN AN ERA of hacker attacks on critical infrastructure, even a run-of-the-mill malware infection on an electric utility's network is enough to raise alarm bells.  But the latest collection of power grid penetrations went far deeper …

Amazon Warehouse Employees Are the Most Important Workers in America  —  The future is not completely unpredictable.  Many of the most powerful economic and political trends in this country can be found inside an Amazon warehouse.  And what happens to the workers there will say a lot about our collective future.

Trump gets millions from golf members.  CEOs and lobbyists get access to president  —  Dozens of lobbyists, contractors and others who make their living influencing the government pay President Trump's companies for membership in his private golf clubs, a status that can put them in close contact …

Top Trump lawyer in private email exchange: ‘Me and Kelly’ are the ‘adults in the room’  —  White House special counsel Ty Cobb engaged in a lengthy email exchange in which he defended his decision to join President Donald Trump's legal team and appeared to refer to himself and White House Chief …

McCain backs Graham-Cassidy ObamaCare repeal effort  —  (R-Ariz.) said Wednesday that he supports a newer version of an ObamaCare repeal-and-replace bill, throwing some support behind the last-ditch effort.  —  McCain said he backs a bill from Sens. Lindsey Graham  —  (R-S.C.) and Bill Cassidy

Bipartisan Blitz May Save DACA From Trump … The outline of a deal to formally codify the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration policy began to emerge Wednesday, just a day after President Donald Trump announced he was rescinding the program with a six-month phase-out.

Holocaust Museum Pulls Study Absolving Obama Administration for Inaction in Face of Syrian Genocide  —  A major United States Holocaust Memorial Museum study of the Obama Administration's Syria policy was put on hold last night after portions of the study given to Tablet were greeted with shock …

Under the Bus … Cory Booker voted against the Taylor Force Act.  The Taylor Force Act has earned broad, bipartisan support to end the decades-old travesty of US aid to the Palestinian Authority being used to support payments to convicted terrorists and their families, including those with American blood on their hands.