Inside story: How Russians hacked the Democrats' emails  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was just before noon in Moscow on March 10, 2016, when the first volley of malicious messages hit the Hillary Clinton campaign.  —  The first 29 phishing emails were almost all misfires.

Female lawmakers allege harassment by colleagues in House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, Republican Rep. Mary Bono endured the increasingly suggestive comments from a fellow lawmaker in the House.  But when the congressman approached her on the House floor and told her he'd been thinking about her in the shower, she'd had enough.

How one word from Elizabeth Warren exposed the massive split in the Democratic Party  —  (CNN)"Yes."  —  That was Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's response to a simple question asked by CNN's Jake Tapper Thursday night: “Senator, do you agree with the notion that (the 2016 Democratic primary) was rigged?”

Conservative Republicans demand Mueller recuse himself over uranium deal  —  Three conservative House Republicans are expected to file a resolution Friday calling on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to recuse himself from his probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, accusing him of conflicts of interest.

Bowe Bergdahl receives dishonorable discharge, avoids jail time  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Fort Bragg, North Carolina (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 11:48 a.m.]  —  US Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has received a dishonorable discharge but will avoid prison time for desertion and misbehavior …

The Republican Tax Plan Is Political Suicide  —  It is a testament to the power of self-delusion that Republicans have convinced themselves that their political self-interest demands that they pass a deeply unpopular tax-cut plan.  The House has designed a proposal that not only violates Senate budget rules …

LISTEN: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP To LARRY O'CONNOR: I'm Very Unhappy the Justice Department Isn't Going After Hillary Clinton  —  Listen as Larry spoke with President Donald Trump about his relationship with the media, the new tax bill, and his frustration with the Justice Department on investigating Hillary Clinton.

Person Who Deleted Trump's Twitter Account Said to Be Contractor  —  Twitter blamed the deletion of President Trump's Twitter account on Thursday night on a rogue customer support employee.  That employee has since been hailed in social media as a hero and as a scourge for acting against the president …

The Secret Harvard Fellowship of Sean Spicer  —  “Welcome everyone, just a reminder, our class today will be off the record.”  —  “Good morning, welcome to this invite-only breakfast, this event will be off the record.”  —  “Today's private forum will be off the record.”  —  “This lunch is off the record.”

The Washington Post, Miami Herald, InfoWars and other U.S. sites spread Russian propaganda from Twitter  —  Tweets from 2,752 fake Twitter accounts created by Russian government trolls found their way into U.S. news stories.  —  The tweet that opened a story in the Washington Post on Feb. 11 …

HBO star Paz de la Huerta alleges Harvey Weinstein raped her — twice  —  NEW YORK — Sources tell CBS News that New York City police have brought prosecutors new rape allegations against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.  —  Actress Paz de la Huerta says that in October of 2010 …

Trump administration releases report finding ‘no convincing alternative explanation’ for climate change  —  The Trump administration released a dire scientific report Friday detailing the growing threats of climate change.  The report stands in stark contrast to the administration's efforts …

Exclusive: Carter Page testifies he told Sessions about Russia trip  —  Who is Carter Page?  —  (CNN)Former Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page privately testified Thursday that he mentioned to Jeff Sessions he was traveling to Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign …

Ethics watchdog: Trump contacts with Bannon could lead to obstruction of justice  —  President Trump's contacts with former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon could raise potential conflicts of interest, according to three former White House ethics lawyers.

Trump is leading the most corrupt administration in U.S. history, one of first-class kleptocrats  —  He'd promised to build the wall.  To make America great again.  To lock her up.  Now, in the last weeks of his campaign for president, Donald J. Trump needed one more stirring slogan.

Republicans should admit to themselves they mostly don't want big change  —  It's a cranky old person party, not a policy visionary party.  —  Republicans are struggling to make headway on their plan for an ambitious rewrite of the American tax code for the same reason they struggled …

CMA Awards to Press: Don't Talk About Las Vegas, Guns, Politics  —  In their media guidelines, CMA Awards organizers threaten to revoke press credentials for anyone who asks about sensitive subjects  —  Earlier today, the Country Music Association sent out its media guidelines for covering the 51st Annual CMA Awards ceremony.