Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity  —  One woman's account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.  —  In June, 2006, Donald Trump taped an episode of his reality-television show, “The Apprentice …

FBI Statement on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida  —  On January 5, 2018, a person close to Nikolas Cruz contacted the FBI's Public Access Line (PAL) tipline to report concerns about him.  The caller provided information about Cruz's gun ownership, desire to kill people, erratic behavior …

Russians indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of election meddling to support Donald Trump  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday that a grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential elections …

Is Donald Trump a Traitor?  —  I find it hard to write about Donald Trump.  —  It is not that he is a complicated subject.  Quite the opposite.  It is that everything about him is so painfully obvious.  He is a low-rent racist, a shameless misogynist, and an unbalanced narcissist.

Mueller Announces Guilty Plea of California Man in Investigation  —  U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday released plea deal with Richard Pinedo, saying he knowingly used the IDs of other people in connection with “unlawful activity” and was paid at least $1,000 for doing so, Bloomberg News reports.

Apple's New Spaceship Campus Has One Flaw - and It Hurts  —  Some distracted staff are walking into glass panes designed to foster collaboration  —  The centerpiece of Apple Inc.'s new headquarters is a massive, ring-shaped office overflowing with panes of glass, a testament to the company's famed design-obsessed aesthetic.

Trolls Are Posting Fake Claims Of Being Assaulted At Showings Of “Black Panther”  —  Trolls on Twitter are trying to stoke outrage by making false claims of racially motivated assaults at screenings of Black Panther.  For example, the photo in this tweet actually shows a 19-year-old Swedish woman who was assaulted at a bar last month.

EXCLUSIVE: Kushner Quietly Made More Fixes To His Financial Disclosures, May Have More To Come  —  Jared Kushner quietly filed an addendum to his personal financial disclosure adding even more previously undisclosed business interests in recent weeks — and may have even more to disclose …

Why Trump drags his feet on guns  —  President Trump didn't mention the word “gun” during his six-minute statement on the Florida high-school shooting.  That wasn't an accident.  Trump is uniquely positioned for a “Nixon to China” moment on gun control, because no political figure in America …

Why Romney Is Running for Senate  —  Mitt Romney launched his long-anticipated campaign on Friday, tweeting, “I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington.”  —  Over recent weeks, much of the national pundit chatter has focused …

More than 40 percent of Trump's Cabinet-level picks have faced ethical or other controversies  —  President Trump came to Washington promising to “drain the swamp.”  But after less than 13 months, more than 40 percent of the people he originally picked for Cabinet-level jobs have faced ethical or other controversies.

An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?  —  Observers are buzzing about a series of events in the last 60 days in the case of Michael Flynn, the Trump national security adviser who on Dec. 1 pleaded guilty to one count of lying to the FBI in the Trump-Russia investigation.

Don't Be Fooled: Russia Attacked U.S. Troops in Syria  —  Mattis gave Putin “plausible deniability” for a military assault that went badly awry.  —  If you've been listening just to the Kremlin and the Pentagon, you probably didn't know that Russia attacked American forces and their allies …

Facebook complies with Russia's request to take down an Instagram post linked to Putin's rival  — Facebook-owned Instagram has taken down posts related to bribery allegations made by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny against prominent figures in a YouTube video.

VA secretary David Shulkin's chief of staff retiring amid travel report findings  —  WASHINGTON — The third most senior official at the Department of Veterans Affairs is stepping down amid findings she misled ethics officials to secure approval for VA Secretary David Shulkin's wife to accompany him on taxpayer-funded trip to Europe.

Commerce recommends major tariffs on steel and aluminum  —  The Department of Commerce will recommend tariffs on steel and aluminum that, if applied, would be the first shots in a global trade war, according to two sources briefed on the report.  — Aluminum: 7.7% tariff on all aluminum exports from all countries.

Pruitt's security threat?  A passenger shouting, 'You're f—ing up the environment'  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday …

Trump can't block the Democratic memo on Russia.  Here's why.  —  Congress has the power to make this happen three different ways.  Take it from the House rule book and the Supreme Court.  —  If the House of Representatives wants to release the Democratic response to the “Nunes memo,” its members can do so now.