“You Can't Go Any Lower”: Inside the West Wing, Trump Is Apoplectic as Allies Fear Impeachment  —  After Monday's indictments, the president blamed Jared Kushner in a call to Steve Bannon, while others are urging him to take off the gloves with Robert Mueller.

Trump and allies gin up a new culprit for New York terrorist attack: Chuck Schumer  —  President Trump and some of his allies on the extreme right have found a new culprit in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in Manhattan: Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).

Trump didn't dismiss idea when foreign policy adviser suggested setting up Putin meeting  —  Washington (CNN)Candidate Donald Trump did not dismiss the idea of arranging a meeting with Russia's president when it was suggested in a meeting with his campaign foreign policy advisers last year, according to a person in the room.

In Call With Times Reporter, Trump Projects Air of Calm Over Charges  —  President Trump projected an air of calm on Wednesday after charges against his former campaign chief and a foreign policy aide roiled Washington, insisting to The New York Times that he was not “angry at anybody” …

‘The Cut Cut Cut Act’: Trump, Hill leaders differ on tax reform bill name  —  President Donald Trump has told senior congressional leadership that he wants to name the forthcoming tax reform bill the “The Cut Cut Cut Act,” a senior administration official tells ABC News.

Six women accuse filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment or misconduct  —  Natasha Henstridge was watching a movie on Brett Ratner's couch when she fell asleep.  She was a 19-year-old fashion model; he was an up-and-coming music video director in his early 20s.

Awaiting Trump's coal comeback, miners reject retraining  —  Your browser doesn't support HTML5 video  —  (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.

White House says it considers suspect in New York City attack an ‘enemy combatant’  —  Trump told reporters earlier Wednesday that he would ‘certainly consider’ sending Saipov to the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay.  —  The White House on Wednesday said it considers a man suspected …

Five Books to Make You Less Stupid About the Civil War  —  On Monday, the retired four-star general and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly asserted that “the lack of an ability to compromise lead to the Civil War.”  This was an incredibly stupid thing to say.

The social media ads Russia wanted Americans to see  —  Russian accounts bought thousands of social media ads on hot-button U.S. issues ranging from Black Lives Matter to illegal immigration, according to a batch of the ads released Wednesday by members of the House intelligence panel.

Dustin Hoffman Sexually Harassed Me When I Was 17 (Guest Column)  —  The author, who slapped away the star's butt grabs and laughed off his vulgar language on the set of 1985 TV film ‘Death of a Salesman,’ still feels conflicted: “I loved the attention.  Until I didn't.”

Gitmo judge sends Marine general lawyer to 21 days confinement for disobeying orders  —  GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, CUBA  —  The USS Cole case judge Wednesday found the Marine general in charge of war court defense teams guilty of contempt for refusing to follow the judge's and sentenced …

Thousands Of New Yorkers Took To The Streets In Anti-Trump March Promoted By Russia-Linked Account  —  BlackMattersUS, a social media campaign believed to be Russians meddling in the US politics, promoted a large anti-Trump march in New York City in the days after the election.

Twitter Offered Russian TV Network 15% Of Its Total Share Of US Elections Advertising  —  Twitter wanted RT to spend big ahead of the 2016 US election, offering a significant portion of its election-related ad inventory in return.  The social media company offered the Russian state-owned television network …

Man, woman caught having sex on flight to Detroit after meeting on plane  —  Officials say 48-year-old woman, 28-year-old man were strangers before flight  —  DETROIT - The dangerous quest to join what's known as the “Mile High Club” has landed two more people in hot water.

Papa John's says anthem protests are hurting deal with NFL  —  Executives from Papa John's, the official pizza company of the NFL, expressed disappointment on a conference call Wednesday about the league's ongoing player protests during the national anthem.  —  “The NFL has hurt us,” company founder and CEO John Schnatter said.

Trump to Tap Jerome Powell as Next Fed Chairman  —  The president is expected to announce his decision Thursday  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has notified Federal Reserve governor Jerome Powell that President Donald Trump intends to nominate him as the next chairman of the central bank …

‘Concerned’ conservatives, aiming to build a Trump resistance, call for GOP to protect Mueller  —  In February, with the shock of President Trump's victory still fresh, a small group of libertarians and conservatives began meeting every two weeks to discuss their next moves.

Feds: A Small Town Police Chief Said Black People Were ‘Like ISIS’ And Wished He Could 'Mow ‘Em Down’  —  Frank Nucera Jr., a former New Jersey police chief, is facing federal charges in connection with a racially-motivated attack.  —  WASHINGTON A former police chief of a predominately white small town …

In Their Reaction to Mueller Investigation, Fox News Has Officially ‘Jumped the Shark’  —  Like a lot of conservatives who have always been distrusting of the old “mainstream media,” I once rejoiced at the existence of Fox News Channel.  I viewed their extremely important mission as being a source …

GOP senator: Millionaires deserve the tax breaks because poor people “create nothing”  —  The Republican tax scheme to give handouts to billionaires and corporations at the expense of millions of working families is increasingly unpopular — so much so that the GOP delayed the release of their draft bill.

Five old friends from Argentina reunited in New York.  They died together in a terrorist attack.  —  photo provided by the Trevisan family shows from left to right: Hernan Ferruchi, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij, Ivan Brajckovic, Juan Pablo Trevisan, Hernan Mendoza, Diego Angelini and Ariel Benvenuto.