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 …

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 …

Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Data  —  WASHINGTON — The political action committee founded by John R. Bolton, President Trump's incoming national security adviser, was one of the earliest customers of Cambridge Analytica, which it hired specifically …

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 …

The University of Denial  —  Aggressive suppression of the truth is a central feature of American higher education.  —  'Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away," observed Philip K. Dick in “I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon.  Somewhere deep in a file drawer …

The shooter is believed to be holed up in a Super U store in Trèbes, near Carcassonne  —  A SUSPECTED ISIS gunman has killed two and wounded a dozen others as he took eight hostages at a French supermarket, according to police.  —  The attacker, who screamed “Vengeance for Syria!” …

Idaho senator holds up bill over political rivalry with deceased governor  —  Congress facing government shutdown, yet again  —  (CNN)As Congress raced toward another spending deadline, most were watching Sen. Rand Paul's objections to a proposed spending plan.

Our manifesto to fix America's gun laws  —  After the massacre at our high school, our lives have changed forever - so we're proposing these changes to halt mass shootings  —  by The editorial staff of the Eagle Eye … As a student publication, the Eagle Eye works to tell the stories of those who do not have a voice.

Trump Fundraiser Offered to Help Lift Sanctions on Russian Firms  —  Elliott Broidy proposed work for clients of Moscow lawyer  —  Pre-inauguration discussions didn't lead to Broidy's hiring  —  Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, offered last year to help …

'I want to know what the f*** you're doing with my f***ing money!':  Cardi B flies into rage over paying 40% in taxes in expletive filled Instagram post  —  It's tax season, and Cardi B is not a happy camper.  —  The New York City native, 25, took to social media on Thursday launching …

Exclusive: 'I've never seen anything like it.' Video of mating deep-sea anglerfish stuns biologists  —  Anglerfish, with their menacing gape and dangling lure, are among the most curious inhabitants of the deep ocean.  Scientists have hardly ever seen them alive in their natural environment.

George Mason lands $5 million Koch Foundation donation for Department of Economics … George Mason University will use a $5 million gift to its Department of Economics to create three faculty positions, the school announced Thursday.  —  The gift comes from the Charles Koch Foundation …

Stormy, Summer and Karen are the GOP's worst nightmares  —  Greg Sargent had a good piece this morning about how the Stormy Daniels hurricane might trip Trump up more than he realizes.  It's a thought I've had as well: … It's impossible to know for sure whether women as a group will rise to the occasion.

De Blasio Donor Says He Steered Thousands in Bribes to Mayor's Campaigns  —  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A Long Island restaurateur testified under oath on Thursday that he steered tens of thousands of dollars to Mayor Bill de Blasio's political campaigns in return for favorable treatment by the city.

Sam Nunberg Is Still Talking  —  First, Sam Nunberg made plans to meet me for lunch, but canceled at the last minute.  So now we've made plans for dinner at his favorite Vietnamese spot near his Upper East Side apartment, but when he arrives 20 minutes late, Nunberg says he has already eaten …