Trump Is Said to Accept North Korea's Invitation to Discuss Its Nuclear Program  —  WASHINGTON — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has invited President Trump to meet for negotiations over its nuclear program, an audacious diplomatic overture that would bring together two strong-willed …

Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Opens Door to Further Trouble for Trump  —  In the blur of news coming out of Washington, the legal maneuvers involving a pornographic film actress who says she had an affair with President Trump and the president's lawyer who paid her hush money may seem …

Obama in Talks to Provide Shows for Netflix  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Trump Donor's Meeting With Russian Executive Draws Scrutiny of Special Counsel Mueller  —  Witness testimony appears to conflict with Blackwater founder's account to House panel  —  A meeting in the Seychelles weeks before Donald Trump's inauguration between a Russian executive …

The endangered GOP senator who thinks Justice Kennedy could save him  —  Dean Heller knows he's the most vulnerable Republican senator in the country.  But he thinks Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy might just help him hang on to his seat.  —  “Kennedy is going to retire around sometime early summer …

GOP Jewish Coalition demands resignation of 7 Democrats over ‘ties’ to Farrakhan  —  He's the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, and an accused anti-semite.  —  Now, the Republican Jewish Coalition is calling for the resignation of seven Democratic members of Congress, alleging ‘their connection’ to Louis Farrakhan.

EXCLUSIVE: Dem Leads In New Poll Of Hotly Contested Pennsylvania House Race  —  Democrats are on the verge of a major upset victory deep in Trump country, according to a new bipartisan poll shared first with TPM.  —  Democrat Conor Lamb leads Republican Rick Saccone by 48 percent to 44 percent …

When Smug Liberals Met Conservative Trolls  —  It's hard to tell who started it.  —  Was it the populist right, reared in the meme swamps of Reddit and 4chan, who emerged blinking into the daylight of politics and set about baiting anyone who disagreed with their chosen Republican king?

Inside Trump's Trade War: How the Protectionists Beat the Free Traders  —  From the administration's early days, free-trade-advocate Gary Cohn battled tariff proponent Peter Navarro—while the president waited  —  WASHINGTON—From his earliest days in office, President Donald Trump instigated …

Disgraced Parkland deputy heard shots inside school building, told cops to stay away  —  Roundly vilified for not entering a Parkland high school during a mass shooting, Broward Deputy Scot Peterson insisted publicly that he believed that gunfire was happening outside on campus — not from inside the building.

155,215,000: Record Number of Americans Employed  —  (CNSNews.com) - The number of employed Americans has now broken eight records, most recently in February, since President Donald Trump took office.  —  155,215,000 Americans were employed in February, 785,000 more than last month's record 154,430,000 …

The Economy Is Looking Awfully Strong  —  Blockbuster job growth in February suggests this economy, already nine years into expansion, may yet have room to run.  —  There are 39 pages in the Labor Department's February report on the employment situation in the United States …

A Quiet Exodus: Why Blacks Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches  —  FORT WORTH — Charmaine Pruitt wrote the names of 12 churches on a sheet of paper, tore the paper into 12 strips, and dropped them into a Ziploc bag.  It was Sunday morning and time to pick which church to attend.

Amazon Knows Why Alexa Was Laughing at Its Customers  —  For weeks, users of Amazon's digital assistant, Alexa, have reported versions of the same unsettling event: being startled as they went about their day by Alexa letting out an eerie laugh.  —  Now, Amazon says that it knows why that's …

Interior mum on whether Zinke spent $139K on office door  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Records show the Interior Department spent nearly $139,000 last year for construction at the agency that was labeled on a work order as “Secretary's Door.”  —  A spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke …

'It's killing the agency': Ugly power struggle paralyzes Trump's plan to fix veterans' care  —  Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is managing the government's second-largest bureaucracy from a fortified bunker atop the agency's Washington headquarters.

Mike Pence urged ABC News star Joy Behar to apologize to Christians she offended - she didn't listen  —  Joy Behar apologized to Mike Pence for mocking his faith, but the vice president didn't get what he really wanted: A bigger mea culpa to “millions of Christians” who watch “The View.”

Trump is all bluster on trade, but Democrats haven't shown voters they can do better  —  Democrats have yet to develop an economic message to counter Trump's talk on trade and tariffs. … Our commander in chief, noted admirer of military parades, might finally have his war: a trade war.

Newsweek Exec in Secret Tape: We Gotta Turn the Business Around or We're Dead … Two weeks ago, Newsweek Media Group Chief Content Officer Dayan Candappa said the company had just five weeks to turn around its business, or it might have to shutter for good.

“Why the Hell Are We Standing Down?”  —  This is the second of two excerpts adapted from Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump (Twelve Books), by Michael Isikoff, chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News, and David Corn, Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones.