“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.

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” …

Terrorist Requested ISIS Flag for His Hospital Room, FBI Says  —  Sayfullo Saipov requested an ISIS flag to display in his hospital room after he killed eight people in a terrorist attack, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.  Saipov waived his Miranda rights, the FBI said …

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.

‘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.

NY publicist says Manafort wanted to pay him for Ukraine work via offshore accounts — to make ‘way more money’  — A prominent New York publicist says Paul Manafort and Rick Gates approached him in 2012 and asked whether they could pay him for Ukraine lobbying work via offshore accounts …

Russian ads, now publicly released, show sophistication of influence campaign  —  Lawmakers on Wednesday released a trove of ads that Russian operatives bought on Facebook, providing the fullest picture yet of how foreign actors sought to promote Republican Donald Trump …

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.

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.

April Ryan to Huckabee Sanders: Does administration ‘think slavery is wrong?’  —  CNN contributor and American Urban Radio Networks reporter April Ryan on Tuesday asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders if the administration believed “slavery is wrong.”

GOP senators fear bill will be cast as gift to rich  —  Some Senate Republicans are pushing for changes to the party's tax-reform bill, fearing it will be portrayed as a handout to the rich that hurts the poor.  —  A group of GOP lawmakers want to leave the lowest tax bracket where it is …

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 …

Schiller tops list of high-profile witnesses before House Russia investigators  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)One of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes is speaking privately next week to congressional investigators looking into Russia meddling, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

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 …

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.

‘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.

Steve Bannon Tried to Recruit Teachers Union to Trump's Agenda While in the White House  —  American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten met one-on-one with then-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon back in March, following the announcement of President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts …

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.

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 …

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.

The Next Lost Cause  —  Why the slope from toppling Confederate monuments to shunning the Founders is so slippery  —  For conservatives who pay attention, the slippery slope isn't a logical fallacy, but a way of life.  In our gloomy predictions, we regularly understate how far society …