Austin bombing suspect, 24-year-old man, dies as police close in, chief says  —  5:50 a.m. update: The suspect in a string of bombings in Austin is dead, interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed early Wednesday.  —  The name of the suspect, described only as a 24-year-old white man …

Trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin.  He did it anyway. … President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladi­mir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section …

Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's collection of Facebook data, according to former employee … LONDON — Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles …

An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The “Propaganda Machine”  —  “Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues.  “Now I am ashamed.”  —  A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday …

New poll finds Bredesen with narrow lead over Blackburn in US Senate race  —  Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm.  —  The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling …

Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary  —  Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state's Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district …

Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed  —  is right in saying that a special counsel should never have been appointed to investigate the so-called Russian connection.  There was no evidence of any crime committed by the Trump administration.

John Oliver OBLITERATES Children's Book Benefiting Human Trafficking Victims  —  About a year back, I remember seeing two tweets come across my feed that summed up perfectly the level of discourse some liberal comedy show hosts bring to the table. … To recap, then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence posted …

Top takeaways from the Illinois primary  —  The nation's second primary election produced a stunning result Tuesday — little-known conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives nearly upset GOP Governor Bruce Rauner.  Even in defeat, Ives' performance raised serious questions about Rauner's ability …

Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered  —  Sometimes the hysteria of crowds causes them to overlook the obvious.  Here is a series of 12 questions that do not seem to trouble anyone, but the answers to these should expose why so many of the people today alleging scandals should themselves be considered scandalous.

President Trump Must Face Accusations of ‘Apprentice’ Contestant  —  A New York State judge ruled on Tuesday that a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who has said President Trump made unwanted sexual advances could go forward, raising the possibility of a public airing of other allegations of sexual misconduct against the president.

The Latest: Spending talks nearly done, bill to be unveiled  —  The Latest on negotiations in Congress over a $1.3 trillion government spending bill (all times local):  —  Talks over a $1.3 trillion government spending bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed …

Democrat: Whistleblowers say White House trying to oust broadcast board CEO  —  (CNN)The top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says whistleblowers have come forward to allege a plot to remove the current CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency which controls US-funded media abroad …

Republicans leading Russia probe ignored every lesson I learned as a prosecutor: Adam Schiff  —  The House GOP ignored best practices in its investigation of Russian interference.  As a former prosecutor of complex crimes, let me count the ways.  —  Almost 30 years ago …

New travel costs revealed for EPA head amid ongoing scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G-7 ministers and a private tour of the Vatican.

Poynter receives $3 million from Google to lead program teaching teens to tell fact from fiction online  —  The Poynter Institute will lead a project funded by Google.org called MediaWise, a groundbreaking endeavor aimed at helping middle and high school students be smarter consumers of news and information online.