McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton  —  WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump's national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation …

John Dowd Resigns as Trump's Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The president's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter, days after the president called for an end to the inquiry.

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer … Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russia's military intelligence directorate …

Karen McDougal tells CNN Trump tried to pay her after sex  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump once tried to offer Karen McDougal money after they had been intimate, the former Playboy model told Anderson Cooper Thursday in an exclusive interview on CNN.  —  “After we had been intimate …

Dow plunges 724 points as trade war fears rock Wall Street  —  U.S. trade moves could spark Chinese retaliation  —  Trade war fears rocked Wall Street on Thursday after President Trump launched a crackdown on China.  —  The Dow plummeted 724 points, or 2.9%, underlining mounting concerns among investors …

Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections for open legislative seats in Eric Holder suit  —  MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.

John Bolton's Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video  —  Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013 to encourage the Russian government to loosen gun laws.  —  The episode, which has not been previously reported …

Rex Tillerson takes an apparent parting shot at Trump … Rex Tillerson is officially done as secretary of state, but he got in what appeared to be one final dig at President Trump before heading out the door.  —  At the every end of his farewell speech to the State Department on Thursday …

Exit Stage Left or Right: Midterm Retirements and Open Seats in the House From 1974 to 2018  —  Republicans already have many abandoned districts to defend this November.  Are there more to come?  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — By multiple measures — such as retirements, “pure” …

Cynthia Nixon and the Degradation of Experience  —  You wouldn't want to be operated on by a physician with only a few surgeries under his or her belt, and the assurance that this doctor brought a fresh perspective to anesthesia and incisions wouldn't thrill you.

Bill Murray The Parkland kids remind me of the students who helped end the Vietnam War  —  Their most powerful asset in their fight to bring change is their idealism  —  We are living in interesting times, and people are becoming politically activated who weren't previously.

He Gambles.  He Tips Staff.  He Eats Alone.  All the While, He's Stocking His Vegas Suite With Guns.  —  Sometimes we see him as other hotel guests would have seen him: as the tall gambler intent on the video poker machine across the casino floor, or as the customer standing in line in front …

Joe Biden Could Beat Trump in a Fight—and an Election … Joe Biden is as close as it gets to the real deal for Democrats.  I thought of this when, in a speech at the University of Miami this week, Biden said of Donald Trump: “A guy who ended up becoming our national leader said …

More anti-Muslim, conspiratorial tweets emerge from Trump's pick for top UN migration job  —  (CNN)Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration pick to head the international organization that coordinates assistance to migrants worldwide, once wrote on Twitter that Austria and Switzerland …

Jeff Zucker Hits “Propaganda Machine” Fox News: “It Is Really State-Run TV”  —  The CNN chief said the network does a “disservice to the country.”  —  CNN President Jeff Zucker lashed out at competitor Fox News at an industry conference on Thursday afternoon, saying that Fox News “is really state-run TV.

Bannon: If Kelly leaves White House, Trump won't replace him  —  Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon on Thursday said he believes if chief of staff John Kelly  —  leaves the White House, President Trump  —  will not replace him.  —  Bannon said at a Financial Times event …

The Clintons have ‘at least a one-way open marriage’, pollster says  —  Mark Penn, who served as a pollster for Bill Clinton in the 1990s and chief strategist for Hillary's 2008 presidential campaign, says that the couple's open marriage was possibly ‘not by choice’.

Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash  —  Case had caused a rift between the U.S. and Turkey  —  WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security team who were accused in connection …

Video suggests huge problems with Uber's driverless car program  —  Video of the fatal driverless car crash in Tempe is damning for Uber.  —  There's something very wrong with Uber's driverless car program.  —  On Wednesday night, police released footage of Sunday night's deadly car crash in Tempe …

Deja Vu All Over Again.  Health Care Takes Center Stage in 2018 Campaigns  —  There's always something of a disconnect between what Washington, DC is obsessed about and what the rest of the country is worried about.  In DC, of course, the story is Robert Mueller, Russia and White House chaos.

16-year-old victim of Maryland school shooting to be taken off life support, family says  —  The 16-year-old victim of Tuesday's shooting at Great Mills High School will be taken off life support, her family announced Thursday night.  —  Jaelynn Willey was one of two students who were injured …

Overlooked No More: Ruth Wakefield, Who Invented the Chocolate Chip Cookie  —  Legend has it that Wakefield was trying a variation on a butterscotch dessert when she decided to let the chocolate chips fall where they may. … Around the time Ruth Wakefield began making a chocolate chip cookie in the 1930s …

Congress Snuck New Russia Sanctions Into Spending Bill … Buried in the massive $1.3 trillion spending bill that Congress is considering this week are strict new punishments against Russia, in what lawmakers and aides say is a message to President Donald Trump to reconsider his relaxed posture toward Moscow.

The Atlantic Announces Ideas Columnists Ibram X. Kendi, Annie Lowrey, Alex Wagner, and Kevin D. Williamson  —  Washington, D.C. (March 22, 2018)—The Atlantic has named the first four contributors to its forthcoming section for ideas, opinion, and commentary at TheAtlantic.com …

WATCH: In Profanity-Laced Interview, Parkland Student Says NRA Could Have Children's Blood On Their Faces And They'd Still Take No Action  —  Recently, a left-wing activist at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School accused the NRA of being “pathetic f***ers that want to keep killing our children …

Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing the connections between President Donald Trump's campaign and the data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which has come under fierce criticism over reports that it swiped …