Mueller Now Investigating Democratic Lobbyist Tony Podesta  —  WASHINGTON — Tony Podesta and the Podesta Group are now the subjects of a federal investigation being led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, three sources with knowledge of the matter told NBC News.

Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson has ‘nothing to say’ to Trump after controversial condolence call  —  Nineteen days after her husband's death and two days after his wrenching burial, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson said she has “nothing to say” to President Trump, whose condolence call pulled …

Montini: John McCain mocks Donald Trump's deferment ‘bone spurs’ (without naming him)  —  Sen. John McCain doesn't have to speak President Donald Trump's name to excoriate him.  —  He doesn't exactly call the president a draft dodger.  But... in a way... he does.

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Bill O'Reilly Goes on the Record  —  “It's horrible what I went through, horrible what my family went through,” Bill O'Reilly said of the sexual harassment allegations that cost him his job at Fox News.  —  Mr. O'Reilly spoke on the record to my colleagues Emily Steel …

Is tone of Trump-Russia probe changing?  —  Have you noticed?  In recent public comments, the lawmakers investigating the Trump-Russia affair, along with some of the commentators who dissect its every development, seem to be focusing more on the facts of Russia's attempts to interfere …

Chris Christie's Last Fight  —  This wasn't how he figured it would end.  A year after being steamrolled by Donald Trump, Chris Christie is hobbling out of office as the most unpopular governor in the history of New Jersey—a casualty of scandal and hubris, and a guy freed up to quietly pursue the toughest job of his life.

EXCLUSIVE: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert  —  If the order comes, the B-52s will return to a ready-to-fly posture not seen since the Cold War.  —  BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert …

Democrats' early money haul stuns GOP  —  Democratic candidates are reporting historic early fundraising totals, alarming GOP strategists and raising the prospect that 2018 could feature the most expansive House battlefield in years.  —  Animated by opposition to President Donald Trump …

The Misguided Student Crusade Against ‘Fascism’  —  This month, a handful of student protesters at the University of Oregon blocked me from delivering my state-of-the-university speech, one of my jobs as president.  I had planned to announce a $50 million gift that would fund several new programs.

America's Forever Wars  —  The United States has been at war continuously since the attacks of 9/11 and now has just over 240,000 active-duty and reserve troops in at least 172 countries and territories.  While the number of men and women deployed overseas has shrunk considerably over the past 60 years, the military's reach has not.

FBI watched, then acted as Russian spy moved closer to Hillary Clinton  —  was beginning her job as President Obama's chief diplomat, federal agents observed as multiple arms of Vladimir Putin's machine unleashed an influence campaign designed to win access to the new secretary of State, her husband Bill Clinton

Why Is Bill Browder Banned from America?  —  Vladimir Putin keeps putting William Browder on Interpol's wanted list, or trying to.  As far as I'm concerned, these attempts are the equivalent of medals of freedom.  —  Remember who Browder is: He is the financier whose lawyer was Sergei Magnitsky …

The great dealmaker?  Lawmakers find Trump to be an untrustworthy negotiator.  —  President Trump campaigned as one of the world's greatest dealmakers, but after nine months of struggling to broker agreements, lawmakers in both parties increasingly consider him an untrustworthy …

Trump's Boogeymen?  Women!  —  Donald Trump has a particular taste for the degradation of racial, ethnic and religious minorities and women — and God forbid those identities should overlap — as a way a playing out his personal sense of racial, sexist, and patriarchal entitlement.

Jimmy Carter: Media ‘harder’ on Trump than other presidents  —  Former President Jimmy Carter in a new interview defended President Trump for facing a harsher media environment than his predecessors.  —  “I think the media have been harder on Trump than any other president certainly that I've known about …