The Man Who Knew Too Little  —  The most ignorant man in America knows that Donald Trump is president — but that's about it.  Living a liberal fantasy is complicated.  —  GLOUSTER, Ohio — At first, the experiment didn't have a name.  —  Right after the election, Erik Hagerman decided …

Planning Begins for Kim Jong-un Meeting Some Trump Aides Believe Will Never Happen  —  WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump accepted an invitation to meet Kim Jong-un of North Korea, the White House began planning on Friday a high-level diplomatic encounter so risky and seemingly far-fetched …

In a personal letter, Trump invited Putin to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant … Donald Trump was so eager to have Vladi­mir Putin attend the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow that he wrote a personal letter to the Russian president inviting him to the event, according to multiple people familiar with the document.

Former Trump aide speaks to Mueller, believes Russia probe is ‘not a witch hunt’  —  Five and a half hours after testifying before a grand jury in the Russia probe, a former political adviser to Donald Trump told ABC News exclusively that he believes the investigation is “warranted.”

How Stormy Daniels could impact the Russia investigation  —  (CNN)Porn star Stormy Daniels and special counsel Robert Mueller are among the most talked about figures in Washington these days.  At this point, they are central figures in separate stories, but could it be long before their paths intersect?

Gunman and victims identified in deadly standoff at California veterans home  —  (CNN)A gunman and three female hostages were found dead at a military veterans home in Northern California on Friday evening, officials said, a grim end to a standoff that lasted nearly eight hours.

World watches as Tillerson admits he doesn't care about imploding State Dept  —  More than 60% of career diplomats have left in the past year, but Tillerson says he doesn't “lose a wink of sleep” over it.  —  One of America's top Latin American diplomats left the State Department this week …

Sweet Jesus, Will the NYT's Conservatives Ever Write About Anything but the “Intolerant Left” Ever Again?  —  David Brooks published a column in the New York Times on Friday complaining about the manner in which “[s]tudents across the country,” having become obsessed with “group identity,” …

White House scolds Cabinet officials after embarrassing ethics reports  —  (CNN)The White House held private meetings with four Cabinet-level officials last month to scold them for embarrassing stories about questionable ethical behavior at their respective agencies, sources familiar with the sessions tell CNN.

Trump administration studies seeking the death penalty for drug dealers  —  The Trump administration is studying new policy that could allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers, according to people with knowledge of the discussions, a sign that the White House wants …

I would've aborted a fetus with Down syndome.  Women need that right. … There is a new push in antiabortion circles to pass state laws aimed at barring women from terminating their pregnancies after the fetus has been determined to have Down syndrome.  These laws are unconstitutional, unenforceable — and wrong.

Exclusive: Trump getting a parade but tanks won't roll down Pennsylvania avenue  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump will get his military parade, but it is unlikely to mirror the Paris Bastille Day event which inspired him as it will not involve any heavy military vehicles like tanks …

Trump pardons Kristian Saucier, former sailor jailed for submarine pictures  —  President Trump issued the second pardon of his presidency Friday to former Navy sailor Kristian Saucier, who learned the news while driving a garbage truck, the only job he could find with a felony conviction.

Democrats Release Tax Hike Plan  —  This week, Congressional Democrats released a detailed tax hike plan that they promised to implement if given majority control of the House and Senate after the 2018 midterm elections.  So much for the crocodile tears about the deficit-Democrats …

Statues Across India Are Vandalized as Political Tensions Rise  —  MEERUT, India — The vandals attacked a statue of Gandhi in the southern state of Kerala, breaking its wire-rimmed eyeglasses.  —  They targeted a monument to Lenin, using a hydraulic jackhammer to destroy the sculpture in the northeastern state of Tripura.

Trump tariffs may imperil a delicate global economic rebound  —  Things had been going along so nicely.  —  Over the past year, the major regions of the world finally shed the scars of a global financial crisis and grew in unison for the first time in a decade.

Steve Bannon Is Done Wrecking the American Establishment.  Now He Wants to Destroy Europe's.  —  MILAN — Stephen K. Bannon leaned back in an armchair opposite a copy of a painting by an Italian old master and explained his modest efforts to build a vast network of European populists to demolish the Continent's political establishment.

Florida's New Gun Rules Really Matter  —  If progress is possible here, it's possible anywhere.  —  For evidence that the tide is turning on responsible gun regulation, Florida is now Exhibit A.  —  The state's politicians have long produced some of the most irresponsible gun proposals in the U.S. …

Where's Harvey?  —  Harvey Weinstein has been waking up early, checking in with his East Coast lawyers and then going down to a juice shop where he orders coffee and a green detox mix with kale and cucumber.  He has lived with a roommate who was his sponsor during a truncated stint in sex rehab …

Ex-Model, Mob Suspect and a Murder Could Bring Down Slovakia's Government  —  BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — When a former Miss Universe contestant and topless model was given a plum government job as an assistant to Slovakia's prime minister despite having no discernible qualifications, journalists asked the obvious question.