Exclusive: Bannon apologizes  —  Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. Show less “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man.

Why hasn't Michael Wolff's dementia-Trump ever been seen in public?  —  President Trump is on TV and in newspapers more than any human on earth, and yet Michael Wolff, based on his time gossiping, has convinced the national media that grandpa got away and is now drooling in the Oval Office.

Donald Trump and the Rule of Law  —  There's been a bomb cyclone of revelations from and about the White House since New Year's Day.  But there's a pattern.  It all stems from President Trump's contempt for the rule of law.  The week began with a tweet from the President that …

Sarah Silverman's response to a Twitter troll is a master class in compassion  —  After a troll lashed out at Silverman, she found him help for his pain.  —  Sarah Silverman may be known for her biting comedy, but her recent exchange with a Twitter troll is being held up as a model of compassion.

We are being defeated in a digital war - but there is still time to fight back  —  Last year, Russia and its allies engineered a rift between truth and lies, fact and fake news, humans and bots - and the bots are winning.  They're winning because social-media firms profit from all traffic …

Why 2017 Was the Best Year in Human History  —  We all know that the world is going to hell.  Given the rising risk of nuclear war with North Korea, the paralysis in Congress, warfare in Yemen and Syria, atrocities in Myanmar and a president who may be going cuckoo, you might think 2017 was the worst year ever.

Kushner's Financial Ties to Israel Deepen Even With Mideast Diplomatic Role  —  Last May, Jared Kushner accompanied President Trump, his father-in-law, on the pair's first diplomatic trip to Israel, part of Mr. Kushner's White House assignment to achieve peace in the Middle East.

‘Learn his name first’: The politicizing of military widows is touching a nerve  —  In a way, Jenn Budenz lies with him, her right hand resting on their infant, with a gaze fixed on a framed photo of Maj. Andrew Budenz in a sharp Marine Corps uniform.  —  His face is everywhere at the grave …

Pompeo, Lewandowski vehemently defend Trump, slam ‘Fire and Fury’ book as fiction  —  CIA Director Mike Pompeo and former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski both defended President Trump on Sunday against accusations in a new tell-all book.  —  The director dismissed claims in Michael Wolff's book …

Pro-Kremlin Twitter Trolls Take Aim at Robert Mueller  —  THE DENSE NETWORK of pro-Kremlin Twitter accounts tracked by the group Alliance for Securing Democracy has spent the last year spreading chaos and discord about topics as diverse as NFL players refusing to stand during the national anthem …

Trump's ill-advised claim that the media are covering his mental fitness like Reagan's  —  President Trump is fond of Ronald Reagan comparisons.  As he campaigned on a promise to “Make America Great Again,” Trump cited Reagan's presidency as the last time America was great.