Carter Page Touted Kremlin Contacts in 2013 Letter  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page bragged that he was an adviser to the Kremlin in a letter obtained by TIME that raises new questions about the extent of Page's contacts with the Russian government over the years.

Judge responds to Justice Department over Nunes memo  —  Washington (CNN)A federal judge told the Department of Justice to explain why the release of the House Intelligence Committee's memo today shouldn't force investigators to acknowledge the existence of more records related to foreign surveillance.

White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality … This post has been updated.  —  The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, according to two administration officials briefed …

Strength in party strongholds: A key to midterm outcomes (POLL)  —  The wide Democratic advantage in congressional vote preference comes entirely in districts the party already holds, raising questions about the extent of its possible gains in November.  Yet the closeness of the contests …

Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet Lauding a $1.50 Benefit From the New Tax Law  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Paul D. Ryan faced a backlash on Saturday after he pointed to a secretary's $1.50 weekly increase in take-home pay as a sign of the Republican tax plan's success.  —  “A secretary at a public high school …

Failed memo stunt leaves Nunes in danger of losing his seat  —  GOP Rep. Devin Nunes has represented California's 22nd Congressional District since 2003 — in title, at least.  For the past year, however, Nunes has served the interests of the Trump White House while hanging his constituents out to dry.

The U.S. government is set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year … It was another crazy news week, so it's understandable if you missed a small but important announcement from the Treasury Department: The federal government is on track to borrow nearly $1 trillion …

How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral  —  Russian bots and their American allies gamed social media to put a flawed intelligence document atop the political agenda.  That should alarm us.  —  On Tuesday morning — the day after the House Intelligence Committee voted …

AN ARCTIC SPY MYSTERY  —  An arrest in Moscow shakes Norway's far north  —  Frode Berg volunteered in a soup kitchen in rural Russia.  He helped organize an annual cross-border festival and ski race.  His congregation supported a new church in a Russian town just over the boundary line that divides East from West.

Protests turn violent at CSU after Charlie Kirk speech  —  Protests around a conservative speaker at CSU on Friday night started peaceful, even if it got rowdy at times, but quickly turned violent when a group wielding riot shields, large flashlights and face masks emblazoned with skulls stormed …

Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage … In the 109 years of the FBI's existence, it has repeatedly come under fire for abuses of power, privacy or civil rights.  From Red Scares to recording and threatening to expose the private conduct of Martin Luther King Jr …

Trump Hotel caught directly profiting off taxpayer dime  —  Ethics watchdogs have warned about Donald Trump's conflicts of interest since before he took office — and for good reason.  Despite claiming that he would divest from his businesses, Trump simply turned them over to his sons …