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 …

The Trump-Kim Summit Won't End Well  —  This is no way to run nuclear diplomacy.  —  It's like Richard Nixon going to China, but if Nixon were a moron.  —  By now, you've heard that Donald Trump is meeting with Kim Jong Un by May.  You've probably also seen the White House walking it back.

Putin on U.S. election interference: 'I couldn't care less'  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin has told NBC News that he “couldn't care less” if Russian citizens tried to interfere in the 2016 American presidential election because, he claims, they were not connected to the Kremlin.

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.

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.”

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 …

Department of Justice Submits Notice of Proposed Regulation Banning Bump Stocks  —  Today the Department of Justice submitted to the Office of Management and Budget a notice of a proposed regulation to clarify that the definition of “machinegun” in the National Firearms Act …

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,” …

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 …

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.

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?

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.

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.

The full Trump, unrestrained  —  This week, President Trump ripped the steering wheel out of John Kelly's hands and played chief of staff and communications director, all wrapped into one:  —  Trump kept his own senior staff on edge, with top officials uncertain from hour to hour …

Nun Embroiled in Katy Perry Legal Conflict Dies at 89  —  Sister Catherine Rose Holzman reportedly “collapsed and died” during a court appearance related to the case.  —  Sister Catherine Rose Holzman of the Archidiocese of Los Angeles, one of the nuns embroiled in a legal battle over the sale …

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.

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 …

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.