The Danger of President Pence  —  Trump's critics yearn for his exit.  But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks.  —  On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans …

Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship.  Now she's running for Congress.  —  WASHINGTON  —  Florida has a U.S. senator who once flew aboard the Space Shuttle.  —  A congressional candidate from Miami can go one better: Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera says she's been aboard a spaceship too.

Roger Goodell Killed the Goose that Laid the Golden Egg  —  Y.A. Tittle died last week.  A Hall of Fame quarterback for the New York Giants, he is best known for the taking a knee on a football field.  Actually, it was two knees.  —  In September 1964, the Giants were facing the Pittsburgh Steelers at old Pitt Stadium.

Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress  —  Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities — knowing that people were dying — and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it

The Mystery Of Wilbur Ross' Missing Billions  —  Dressed in a blue suit and red tie, Donald Trump's 79-year-old pick for Secretary of Commerce sat before a panel of senators for nearly four hours in January, deflecting dozens of questions with relative ease.

Bowe Bergdahl, Called a ‘Traitor’ by President Trump, Pleads Guilty  —  FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who walked off his base in Afghanistan in 2009, setting off a military manhunt and political furor, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy on Monday before a military judge in Fort Bragg, N.C.

‘Today’ editor fired over Lawrence O'Donnell meltdown leak … NBC has tracked down and fired the staffer who leaked the infamous — and wildly entertaining — tape of Lawrence O'Donnell's meltdown during which he swore at his crew because of “insanity in my earpiece.”

Trump renews attacks on high drug prices  —  President Donald Trump took two swings at drugmakers over the high cost of medicines on Monday, bringing attention back to an administration priority that he has largely ignored for the past few months.  —  Trump reiterated his desire to get the cost …

Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran's health issues raise questions  —  Sen. Thad Cochran's extended absence from Congress has brought renewed questions as to whether the Mississippi Republican and Appropriations chairman is healthy enough to continue to serve.

Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist  —  Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’  —  The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta was killed on Monday in a car bomb near her home.

You Need To Read This  —  The following is a rush transcript of President Trump's comments a few moments ago on Obamacare.  There may be small textual errors.  But it will give you a broad sense of what he said.  It's important to read.  —  Health care is moving along.

Inside the ‘adult day-care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump  —  President Trump listens as officials heap praise on him at a Cabinet meeting June 12.  From left, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.

Kushner Plan for Fifth Avenue Tower Is Being Blocked by Partner  —  Vornado wants modest renovation and to rent out offices  —  The building has been losing money since it was bought in 2007  —  An ambitious plan by Jared Kushner's family to recast its indebted Fifth Avenue office building …

Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment  —  (CNN)Top White House aides, lawmakers, donors and political consultants are privately asking whether President Donald Trump realizes that losing the House next year could put his presidency in peril.

Hill Russia investigators probe GOP operative who sought Clinton emails  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)House and Senate investigators are turning their attention to a Republican operative's hunt for Hillary Clinton's private emails from Russian hackers — and his possible connections to senior members of the Trump campaign.

Efforts to pry loose Trump tax returns hit a wall  —  LOS ANGELES — Efforts to pry loose President Donald Trump's tax returns at the state level have hit a wall, stalling in statehouses across the country including in California, a hotbed of anti-Trump resistance.

Judge's ruling deals blow to Menendez  —  Here are the highlights from Monday's proceedings in the federal corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez.  —  Menendez, a Democrat and New Jersey's senior senator, is charged with doing official favors for his friend and co-defendant …

An ex St. Petersburg ‘troll’ speaks out Russian independent TV network interviews former troll at the Internet Research Agency  —  Dozhd calls him “Maxim,” but that's not his real name.  The TV network says Max's employment records confirm that he spent 18 months at 55 Savushkina in St. Petersburg …

Jerry Brown Sides with Betsy DeVos on Title IX  —  Referencing a previously enacted California law imposing an “affirmative consent” standard for hookups ("Yes means yes," along with a “preponderance of evidence” standard for making judgments), Brown today says this:

Here's the Memo the Kremlin-Linked Lawyer Took to the Meeting With Donald Trump Jr.  —  No dirt on Clinton, a passing mention of adoptions, and a lot on Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act.  —  Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya arrived at a June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. armed …

Democrat Bredesen confirms interest in Tennessee Senate race  —  https://apnews.com/db95e881595c47538824 d44c5bdc3559  —  Link copied!  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen, the last Democrat to win a statewide race in Tennessee, is considering a bid to succeed retiring Republican Bob Corker in the U.S. Senate.

WPA2 security flaw puts almost every Wi-Fi device at risk of hijack, eavesdropping  —  Security experts have said the bug is a total breakdown of the WPA2 security protocol.  —  A security protocol at the heart of most modern Wi-Fi devices, including computers, phones, and routers …

Cyrus Vance and the Myth of the Progressive Prosecutor  —  ATLANTA — This month, it was reported that the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., chose not to prosecute Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. for fraud when he had the chance in 2012.  Similarly, Mr. Vance declined …