Release of JFK Assassination File Is Delayed as Deadline Looms  —  The U.S. government was in danger Thursday of missing the deadline to release a trove of previously classified records from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, adding an unexpected twist to a saga already rife with rumors and conspiracies.

'I don't want to sit on your lap,' she thought.  But, she alleges, Mark Halperin insisted.  —  Dianna Goldberg was a young researcher at ABC News in 1994 when she asked a colleague, Mark Halperin, for some information about a story.  He readily agreed to help her and asked her to come to his office.

The Very Busy, Very Unproductive Life of Leon Wieseltier  —  New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier is the egghead boy toy of such glamorous powers as Barbra Streisand, Shirley MacLaine, and Tipper Gore.  But has he abandoned the life of the mind to be the life of the party?

The Coming Russia Bombshells  —  A judge may order Fusion GPS to give House investigators its bank records.  —  The confirmation this week that Hillary Clinton's campaign and the Democratic National Committee paid an opposition-research firm for a “dossier” on Donald Trump is bombshell news.

Car drives into immigration protesters outside Rep. Ed Royce's office  —  A vehicle drove into a group of protesters outside of GOP Rep. Ed Royce's office in Brea on Thursday afternoon, but no injuries have been reported to police so far.  —  A vehicle drove into a group of protesters outside …

George H.W. Bush Groped Me, Too  —  It was during an April 2014 photo op, and later I was asked to “be discreet.”  —  In April of 2014, I was invited to Houston as a guest author for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy fundraiser, along with two well-known male authors …

Trump DOJ settles lawsuits over Tea Party targeting by Obama IRS  —  The Trump administration, after years of litigation, has settled lawsuits with Tea Party and other conservative groups who say they were unfairly targeted by the IRS under the Obama administration.

State Department Scraps Sanctions Office  —  The Trump administration is three weeks late on Russia sanctions.  But it's killed the office that coordinates them.  —  The State Department shuttered an office that oversees sanctions policy, even as the Donald Trump administration faces criticism …

Gillespie's ads are poisonous to Virginia and the nation  —  (Pete Marovich/For The Washington Post)  —  SINCE 2001, when he was convicted of a sex offense and served a brief prison term, and early this year, when he was convicted on child-pornography charges, Virginia resident John Bowen …

The (Ir)relevance of the Trump “Dossier”  —  Much has been made this week of reports that the Clinton campaign paid for the so-called “dossier” about Trump that was compiled by a former British intelligence agent.  One important point is sometimes lost in the discussion.

Nurses returning from Puerto Rico accuse the federal government of leaving people to die  —  “We cannot be silent while millions of people continue to endure these conditions.”  —  The nation's largest nurses union condemned the federal government's emergency response in Puerto Rico on Thursday for …

Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams Share Their Stories of James Toback's Sexual Harassment  —  Both women encountered the director early in their careers.  Both describe remarkably similar experiences of his targeting and humiliation of young actresses.  —  A week after The New York Times …

U.S. Soldiers Were Separated From Unit in Niger Ambush, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — In the chaotic moments after an Army Special Forces team and 30 Nigerien troops were ambushed by militants in a remote corner of West Africa three weeks ago, four of the Americans were separated from the larger group.

Trump: “Really great advertising” will keep kids off drugs  —  President Trump declared a “nationwide public-health emergency” on the opioid crisis today from the White House.  Although the declaration doesn't open up new funds (which some estimate would exceed $9.3 billion), Trump argued that …

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Ryan: FBI will hand over documents related to Trump-Russia dossier  —  The FBI has pledged to hand over documents related to a controversial dossier linking President Trump to Russia, House Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.) said on Thursday.  —  The House Intelligence Committee has been seeking …

APNewsBreak: Georgia election server wiped after suit filed  —  https://apnews.com/877ee1015f1c43f1965f 63538b035d3f  —  Link copied!  —  A computer server crucial to a lawsuit against Georgia election officials was quietly wiped clean by its custodians just after the suit was filed, The Associated Press has learned.

CVS Makes Blockbuster Aetna Bid  —  Sources say CVS Health has proposed to buy Aetna for more than $200 a share, or $66 billion  —  CVS Health Corp. CVS -2.94% is in talks to buy Aetna Inc. AET 11.54% for more than $66 billion as the drugstore giant scrambles to fortify itself …

The Midterms and Mueller  —  By now it's become pretty obvious that while many Republican members of Congress may be privately cheering for Sens. Bob Corker and Jeff Flake, they aren't going to follow their lead and publicly break with the president or their party.  —  Politics is not all that complicated.

EXCLUSIVE: O'Reilly ‘Commencing Legal Action’ Against NJ Pol Accusing Him of Harassment  —  Former Fox News host and best-selling author Bill O'Reilly has revealed to Mediaite what he says are plans to commence legal action against Michael Panter, a small business owner and former …

Duterte bothered by ‘fake news’ on drug war, extrajudicial killings … President Duterte said he has been “demonized” by “fake news” about the alleged extrajudicial killings linked to his war on illegal drugs.  —  The President accused his political opponents of spreading such false information …

Republicans spoil for a fight over Russia probe budget  —  Republicans trying to hobble Robert Mueller's sprawling probe into President Donald Trump and Russia matters are about to get a new weapon: the special counsel's budget.  —  Lawmakers haven't yet seen the Russia investigator's first spending report …