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 …

Trump's Tariff Folly  —  His tax on aluminum and steel will hurt the economy and his voters.  —  Donald Trump made the biggest policy blunder of his Presidency Thursday by announcing that next week he'll impose tariffs of 25% on imported steel and 10% on aluminum.

Trump confidant dumped millions in steel-related stock last week  —  Billionaire investor and longtime Trump confidant Carl Icahn dumped $31.3 million of stock in a company heavily dependent on steel last week, just days before Trump announced plans to impose steep tariffs on steel imports.

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

White House on Gun-Law Changes: Not So Fast  —  Trump backs away from broad overhaul to gun laws after meeting with NRA  —  WASHINGTON—The White House signaled Friday that President Donald Trump is backing away from a broad overhaul of U.S. gun policy and focusing on more modest changes …

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 …

FBI interviewed top Clinton aide Huma Abedin after saying investigation of her boss had concluded … The FBI interviewed top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin around the holidays last winter — more than a month and a half after the politically charged investigation into Clinton's email practices …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

CNN Purchases Industrial-Sized Washing Machine To Spin News Before Publication  —  ATLANTA, GA—In order to aid the news station in preparing stories for consumption, popular news media organization CNN purchased an industrial-sized washing machine to help its journalists and news anchors spin the news before publication.

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 …

Uber and Lyft drivers' median hourly wage is just $3.37, report finds  —  Majority of drivers make less than minimum wage and many end up losing money, according to study published by MIT … Uber and Lyft drivers in the US make a median profit of $3.37 per hour before taxes …

Instead of Taking on Gun Control, Democrats are Teaming with Republicans for a Stealth Attack on Wall Street Reform  —  In mid-January, Citigroup executives held a conference call with reporters about the bank's fourth quarter 2017 earnings.  The discussion turned to an obscure congressional bill …

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.

EU citizenship for sale as Russian oligarch buys Cypriot passport  —  Exclusive: Oleg Deripaska joins hundreds of rich people who have bought Cypriot nationality  —  Sara Farolfi, Luke Harding and Stelios Ophanides in Nicosia … The Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska has bought …

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 …

How Progressives Win the Culture War  —  I wonder if I'm wrong on the subject of guns.  I started this latest round of the debate with the presumption that supporters of moderate gun restrictions are popularly strong but legislatively weak.  Since Sandy Hook in 2012, more than two dozen states …

The Trump-Russia Story Gets Even Weirder  —  In his 2014 book “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” Peter Pomerantsev describes modern Russia as a decadently surreal place where the ruling regime fuses propaganda with over-the-top entertainment to systematically distort and recreate reality.

How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries  —  Many Americans can buy a gun in less than an hour.  In some countries, the process takes months.  Here are the basic steps for how most people buy a gun in 15 of them.  Many countries have exceptions for specialized professions, and local laws vary.