Trump Data Guru: I Tried to Team Up With Julian Assange … Alexander Nix, who heads a controversial data analytics firm that worked for President Donald Trump's campaign, wrote in an email last year that he reached out to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange about Hillary Clinton's missing 33,000 emails.

Key Russia Probe Splinters as Grassley, Feinstein Set Own Paths  —  Judiciary chairman, top Democrat launch separate inquiries  —  Grassley looking into Hillary Clinton emails, uranium case  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee's bipartisan Russia probe has fractured, with Chairman Chuck Grassley …

Former US president George HW Bush apologises after actress claims he ‘sexually assaulted’ her from his WHEELCHAIR in this photograph - with his wife Barbara standing by his side  — Actress Heather Lind made allegations Tuesday claiming when she met former President George H.W. Bush, 93 …

YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi … Something had set Lane Davis off, but that wasn't unusual.  —  It was a clear summer afternoon on July 14, on Samish Island—a small, idyllic community off the northwest coast of Washington state—where Lane …

Why Joe Biden Didn't Run . . . And Why He's Not Ruling Out 2020  —  In a cruel twist, Joe Biden's planned 2016 presidential campaign was upended by the death of its foremost booster, his 46-year-old son, Beau, from brain cancer.  Will the former vice president make a run in 2020?

Fox News Poll: Storms erode Trump's ratings  —  Was it the tweet storms or the hurricanes?  Something hit President Trump's numbers.  His personal ratings have deteriorated and his job approval has hit a low.  —  Thirty-eight percent of voters approve of the job Trump is doing in a new Fox News poll, down from 42 percent last month.

Tax Cuts Are the Glue Holding a Fractured Republican Party Together  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican tax plan is a bit like having a baby to save a failing marriage.  —  With divisions roiling the party, the prospect of a once-in-a-generation bill to cut taxes on businesses …

Trump: ‘I went to an Ivy league college’  —  President Trump on Wednesday cited his Ivy League education in pushing back at the notion that he is an uncivil leader.  —  “You know people don't understand, I went to an Ivy League college,” he told reporters at the White House.  “I was a nice student.

Las Vegas shooter's laptop missing its hard drive  —  A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed …

NAACP Issues National Travel Advisory for American Airlines  —  Calls for Meeting with Airlines to Discuss Troublesome Issues  —  (October 24, 2017) - The NAACP, the nation's original and largest social justice advocacy organization, has released the following statement today announcing …

House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump's promise not to change 401(k) rules  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady on Wednesday suggested a tax bill he is preparing to introduce could force changes to 401(k) plans and other retirement accounts, potentially bucking …

Four Quitters Walk Into a Bar...  I have met Trump haters before, lots of them, the kind who seize upon every conspiracy theory and refuse to give him any benefit of any doubt.  The four people I recently spent the morning with at Solly's Tavern in D.C. (sans booze, don't worry) were not Trump haters.

US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over ‘cultural misunderstanding’  —  U.S Ambassador Scott Brown explains his conduct during a Peace Corps function in Samoa.  —  US Ambassador Scott Brown has fronted over mounting “innuendo and rumour” about a State Department investigation into his behaviour.

Judge sides with Trump in dispute over ACA payments  —  The Trump administration does not need to resume paying the Affordable Care Act's cost-sharing subsidies, a federal judge ruled today.  The court said the administration “appears initially” to have “the stronger legal argument” over its decision to terminate the payments.

North Korean official: Take hydrogen bomb threat ‘literally’  —  Pyongyang (CNN)A senior North Korean official has issued a stern warning to the world that it should take “literally” his country's threat to test a nuclear weapon above ground.  —  The official, Ri Yong Pil …

Black customer terrified by locksmith's racist text message  —  SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) - A Southfield woman in need of a locksmith was shocked after getting a glimpse of a text conversation the worker had about her.  —  The message may have been a joke but that woman was not laughing - instead she was pretty shaken up.

Record-High Support for Legalizing Marijuana Use in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans continue to warm to legalizing marijuana, with 64% now saying its use should be made legal.  This is the highest level of public support Gallup has found for the proposal in nearly a half-century of measurement.

With business booming under Trump, private prison giant gathers at president's resort  —  DORAL, Fla. — In recent years, the private prison company GEO Group has held its annual leadership conference at venues near its Boca Raton headquarters.  But this year, the company moved its gathering …

The Hill's flimsy Russia-uranium story lands with maximum effect  —  The Hill is having an impact day.  In a news conference Tuesday, House Republicans announced that two panels — the House Intelligence Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee …

Clovis student who participated in racist messages is beat up at school  —  Buchanan High School students are reporting that a student who participated in a racist Snapchat conversation was beat up last week upon his return to school.  —  A video circulating on social media shows …

‘Smoking gun’ email reveals Obama DOJ blocked conservative groups from settlement funds, GOP lawmaker says  —  The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee claims he obtained a “smoking gun” email that proves the Obama Justice Department prevented settlement payouts from going to conservative …

With my husband deployed, covering the news hits home  —  Gen. Kelly speaks at White House (full remarks)  — A CNN correspondent whose husband is on his sixth deployment anchors a show and struggles to keep it together as the White House briefing turns to military deaths

Rosie O'Donnell Breaks Her Silence on Donald Trump: “I Seriously Worry Whether I Will Be Able to Live Through His Presidency”  —  As someone who's always been outspoken and especially so about her politics, it's been an unexpectedly quiet year for Rosie O'Donnell.

Who Is Yashar?  —  Yashar appearing on AM Joy on November 25th, 2016  —  His reporting has touched on major news story after major news story, from the Russia investigation to the Fox News sexual harassment scandal to the Harvey Weinstein saga.  For Twitter junkies, he's a constant presence blasting …