How Trump and Schumer Came Close to a Deal Over Cheeseburgers  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the top Democrat in the Senate, came close to an agreement to avert a government shutdown over lunch on Friday.  But their consensus broke down later …

House GOPers Say A Secret Memo Could End The Trump-Russia Probe.  Their Staff Wrote It.  —  #ReleaseTheMemo is the latest way Republicans on Capitol Hill are trying to undermine the Mueller probe.  —  WASHINGTON House Republicans spent the end of the workweek telling everyone who would listen …

Tabloid held porn star's 2011 interview after Trump threat  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A tabloid magazine held back from publishing an adult film star's 2011 account of an alleged affair with Donald Trump after the future president's personal lawyer threatened to sue, four former employees of the tabloid's publisher told The Associated Press.

I wasn't a Trump supporter.  I am now.  —  This may seem like an odd moment for saying so, but a year into the presidency of Donald Trump, I'm elated.  —  Trump was not my first or even second choice for president, but a full two years ago I predicted he would win.

Jared Kushner Is China's Trump Card  —  How the President's son-in-law, despite his inexperience in diplomacy and his lack of security clearance, became Beijing's primary point of interest.  —  In early 2017, shortly after Jared Kushner moved into his new office in the West Wing of the White House, he began receiving guests.

Update on Twitter's Review of the 2016 U.S. Election  —  When we appeared before the United States Congress last fall, Twitter publicly committed to regularly updating both congressional committees and the public on findings from our ongoing review into events surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.

President Trump Is Having an Affair ‘Right Now,’ Michael Wolff Tells Bill Maher … The last time we saw Bill Maher on HBO's Real Time, he was defending his friend Al Franken and condemning his ideological enemy Roy Moore.  Three months later, neither man is serving in the U.S. Senate …

Tom Petty Died From Accidental Drug Overdose Involving Opioids, Coroner Says  —  Tom Petty, the chart-topping singer and songwriter, died in October from an accidental drug overdose as a result of mixing medications that included opioids, the medical examiner-coroner for the county …

GOP senator amid looming shutdown: Country ‘being run by idiots’ … (R-La.) blasted Congress on Friday as a government funding deadline approached, slamming the government as being “run by idiots.”  —  “Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots,” …

FBI opened inquiry into Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens  —  Governor admits affair, denies blackmail  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — The FBI will at times begin an inquiry as a preliminary step before deciding whether an investigation is warranted  —  Washington (CNN)The FBI recently opened …

Deutsche Bank flags ‘suspicious transactions’ tied to Kushners: report  —  has been flagged by officials at Deutsche Bank for “suspicious transactions,” according to a German business magazine.  —  Officials at the German bank told Manager Magazin, as reported by English-language outlets …