Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier  —  How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump's ties to Russia.  —  In January, after a long day at his London office, Christopher Steele, the former spy turned private investigator, was stepping off a commuter train in Farnham …

Scoop: Mueller's hit list  —  Axios has reviewed a Grand Jury subpoena that Robert Mueller's team sent to a witness last month.  —  What Mueller is asking for:  — Mueller is subpoenaing all communications — meaning emails, texts, handwritten notes, etc. — that this witness sent and received regarding the following people:

State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling.  It Has Spent $0.  —  WASHINGTON — As Russia's virtual war against the United States continues unabated with the midterm elections approaching, the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 …

Donald Trump's bubble presidency  —  When President Barack Obama felt he needed to show off his common touch, he'd go for cheeseburgers at Ray's Hell Burger — where he treated the Russian president to an onion-jalapeño-and-mushroom- topped patty — or to Five Guys …

Democrats may have already won the House  —  Top Republicans sound increasingly resigned to losing a special House election in Pennsylvania Trump Country a week from today, after party-affiliated groups spent more than $9 million on a race that should be a “gimme.”

Italy Election Gives Big Lift to Far Right and Populists  —  ROME — Italians registered their dismay with the European political establishment on Sunday, handing a majority of votes in a national election to hard-right and populist forces that ran a campaign fueled by anti-immigrant anger.

Rudy Giuliani's tasteless Hillary joke  —  On Friday night, President Trump entertained around 250 Republican donors in his Mar-a-Lago ballroom.  Spotted in the audience: Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen, who recently admitted to paying $130,000 to porn star Stormy Daniels.

Secret NYPD Files: Officers Can Lie And Brutally Beat People — And Still Keep Their Jobs  —  Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions …

I Wanted to Be a Good Mom.  So I Got a Gun.  —  A few months after my father left our family home for good, my mother heard me screaming in the middle of the night.  It was the kind of scream that made her grab her rifle in one hand and some ammo in another.

10 years after financial crisis, Senate prepares to roll back banking rules … The Senate is preparing to scale back the sweeping banking regulations passed after the 2008 financial crisis, with more than a dozen Democrats ready to give Republicans the votes they need to weaken …

Jimmy Kimmel Opens Oscars with Killer Jabs at Weinstein, Trump and Pence … Last year, the elephant in the room at the Academy Awards was the newly-elected President Donald Trump.  This time, there were many more elephants for host Jimmy Kimmel to address, starting with the biggest, most disgusting one of them all: Harvey Weinstein.

Bend, Oregon, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley despite the 10-hour drive  —  While most people jump in their cars or walk to public transportation to get to work, Darren Pleasance starts up his plane.  —  Pleasance's family decided to make Bend, Oregon, their permanent home …

Despite Parkland, States Plow Ahead With New Pro-Gun Bills  —  Last month's massacre in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 high school students and staff, kicked off a national conversation about the need for increased gun control.  —  But gun rights supporters are playing offense as well as defense.

E! Plans Oscars Red Carpet Delay Amid Ryan Seacrest Harassment Claim  —  The network downplays the decision as “business as usual.”  —  E! is attempting to get in front of any potential backlash against host Ryan Seacrest on the Oscars red carpet.  —  Sources say the network is planning …

NYT Gets Around To Reporting On Sweden's Immigrant Crime Problem, Leaves Out A Few Key Details  —  The New York Times published a report Sunday on Sweden's growing problem with immigrant gangs — more than a year after the paper chided President Donald Trump for calling attention to the same worrisome development.

READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs ‘An IQ Test’ At Gridiron Dinner  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday night addressed the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, an event he skipped last year and one known for presidential humor.  —  Though he poked fun at his own administration's dysfunction …