Trump's Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll  —  WASHINGTON — For 13 months in the Oval Office, and in an unorthodox business career before that, President Trump has thrived on chaos, using it as an organizing principle and even a management tool.

Jared Kushner's Real-Estate Firm Sought Money Directly From Qatar Government Weeks Before Blockade  —  The real estate firm tied to the family of presidential son-in-law and top White House adviser Jared Kushner made a direct pitch to Qatar's minister of finance in April 2017 in an attempt …

The Real Risks of Trump's Steel and Aluminum Tariffs  —  A higher price for the metals isn't the main concern; it's the chance that the global trade system will be undermined.  —  President Trump announced today that his administration would impose a 25 percent tariff on imported steel …

Get stylish like Hope Hicks in a Veronica Beard jacket … Hicks, who turns 30 next October, revealed she was leaving the White House on Thursday.  She is Trump's longest surviving aide and helped guide his early shoestring campaign operation after working for the Trump Organization

Justice Dept. Report Is Expected to Criticize Andrew McCabe Over Media Disclosures  —  WASHINGTON — A Justice Department review is expected to criticize the former F.B.I. deputy director, Andrew G. McCabe, for authorizing the disclosure of information about a continuing investigation to journalists …

Mueller eyes charges against Russians who stole, spread Democrats' emails  —  WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election …

Exclusive: FBI counterintel investigating Ivanka Trump business deal  —  (CNN)US counterintelligence officials are scrutinizing one of Ivanka Trump's international business deals, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  —  The FBI has been looking into the negotiations …

Alec Baldwin on His ABC Talk Show, Woody Allen Fallout and ‘SNL’ Future  —  “Every time I do it now, it's like agony,” Baldwin says of his Trump parody.  —  Beginning this weekend, ABC will start spending its Sundays With Alec Baldwin.  —  Earlier this week, the network ordered a nine-episode …

Depth Of Russian Politician's Cultivation Of NRA Ties Revealed  —  A prominent Kremlin-linked Russian politician has methodically cultivated ties with leaders of the National Rifle Association, and documented efforts in real time over six years to leverage those connections and gain access deeper into American politics, NPR has learned.

Police: 2 shot at Central Michigan University, gunman still at large  —  Sheriff Wayne Ivey of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office gives tips on how to survive an active shooter situation.  Video provided by Brevard County Sheriff's Office.  Wochit  —  CONNECT

Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show  —  Want the latest climate news in your inbox?  You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring …

Read: Mike Huckabee's CMA Foundation resignation letter  —  Mike Huckabee and TBN president Matthew Crouch talk about the new show in Nashville  —  Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee resigned from his position on the CMA Foundation board of directors Thursday amid criticism from members of the country music industry.

White House softens tone on gun-control measures after Trump meets with NRA … The White House appeared to soften its tone on gun-control measures Friday after President Trump met privately with officials from the National Rifle Association the night before.

Longtime Fox News exec who wrote controversial Olympics column out at network  —  Fox News exec slams Olympic committee's focus on diversity  —  John Moody, the longtime Fox News executive who wrote a controversial column about the US Olympic committee last month, is no longer with Fox News …

Leaked: Secret Documents From Russia's Election Trolls … The Kremlin-backed troll farm at the center of Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election has quietly suffered a catastrophic security breach, The Daily Beast has confirmed, in a leak that spilled new details of its operations onto obscure corners of the internet.

Trump's embrace of Russia: The evidence on public display already paints a jarring picture  — Trump's in-plain-sight embrace of Russia gets obscured by the Trump news avalanche.  It's worth reviewing what's been established so far.  —  As Robert Mueller accumulates guilty pleas …

Sen. Orrin Hatch calls Obamacare supporters ‘stupidest, dumbass people’  —  (CNN)Sen. Orrin Hatch says supporters of the Affordable Care Act are the “stupidest, dumbass” people he's ever seen.  —  Speaking about the massive GOP tax overhaul at the American Enterprise Institute on Thursday …