Christopher Steele's Other Report: A Murder In Washington  —  The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned to death by thugs hired by an oligarch close to Putin.  Three other sources independently told the FBI …

Trump Secures Trade Deal With South Korea Ahead of Nuclear Talks  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump scored his first significant trade deal this week, securing a pact with South Korea that represents the type of one-on-one agreement that Mr. Trump says makes the best sense for American companies and workers.

Facebook Delays Home-Speaker Unveil Amid Data Crisis  —  Social network had hoped to show off devices at F8 in May  —  Company still plans to launch products later this year  —  Facebook Inc. has decided not to unveil new home products at its major developer conference in May …

Peter Thiel Employee Helped Cambridge Analytica Before It Harvested Data  —  As a start-up called Cambridge Analytica sought to harvest the Facebook data of tens of millions of Americans in summer 2014, the company received help from at least one employee at Palantir Technologies …

Ezra Klein: Editor-in-Chief  —  In April of 2017, I published a podcast with Charles Murray, coauthor of the controversial (and endlessly misrepresented) book The Bell Curve.  These are the most provocative claims in the book:  — Human “general intelligence” is a scientifically valid concept.

Former Disney star joins White House press team  —  Washington (CNN)The White House press office is getting a bit more Sunshine these days — former Disney Channel star Caroline Sunshine, that is.  She's joining the team as a press assistant.  —  Sunshine, 22, is known for her role alongside Zendaya …

Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall … President Trump frequently said Mexico would pay for a wall along the southern border as he sought the presidency in 2016.  Now, he is privately pushing the U.S. military to fund construction of his signature project.

Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?  —  In a memo to staff, editor Jeffrey Goldberg cites an affinity for “second chances” and ideological diversity in hiring the conservative troll.  Both justifications ring hollow.  —  Jeffrey Goldberg knows that he hired a troll.

Repeal the Second Amendment  —  Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement school children and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday.  These demonstrations demand our respect.

I Was Kind to Nikolas Cruz.  He Still Killed My Friends.  —  My first interaction with Nikolas Cruz happened when I was in seventh grade.  I was eating lunch with my friends, most likely discussing One Direction or Ed Sheeran, when a sudden pain consumed my lower back.

Rep. Mary Franson compares ‘March for Our Lives’ kids to Hitler Youth … GOP Rep. Mary Franson has a well-documented fear of young people.  —  Back in December, the state representative from Alexandria refused to meet with a group of politically active high school students …

When Ryan Costello Knew He Was in Trouble  —  It only took a week for Pennsylvania Rep. Ryan Costello, a moderate Republican representing suburban Philadelphia, to recognize the headwinds that Donald Trump's presidency would create for him and members in similar districts.

Citizenship question on census form could cost states like California a House seat  —  The decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census form could have far-reaching electoral consequences, which could cost states ranging from California to Illinois to Alabama a House seat.

CNN Poll: On Russia, Americans' views are settled and partisan  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)American opinions on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US election appears hardened and driven by partisanship, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS after a month rife with developments in the ongoing probe.

Trump ends deportation protections for Liberians  —  President Trump announced on Tuesday he will end a special immigration program that has allowed nearly 4,000 Liberians to legally live and work in the U.S. over the past 25 years.  —  The decision follows the termination of Temporary Protected Status …

Robert Mueller's Office Wants A Judge To Consider Jail Time For A Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying  —  Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to lying to special counsel prosecutors and the FBI, is asking for no jail time.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

Virginia Tech ‘apologetic’ after video of lacrosse team posted  —  Virginia Tech women's lacrosse coach John Sung considers it “a teachable moment.”  —  On a 13-second video that was posted and re-posted on Twitter over the weekend, some white members of Sung's squad can be heard singing along …

Howard Stern to Trump: ‘Get the f— out of there, man’  —  Howard Stern has some advice for President Trump  —  : “get the f—k out” of the White House.  —  “I was watching the news.  They said that the president calls his friends and asks advice,” Stern said on his eponymous SiriusXM radio show …

At Q&A in Provo, Mitt Romney says he's more conservative than Trump on immigration … U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Women's event in the ballroom at the Provo City Library on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Provo. … A notecard is read …

Democrats may already be 35% of the way to a House majority  —  (CNN)With the retirement announcement of Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Ryan Costello, there are now eight open seats currently held by Republicans in districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.  —  And there's a good chance …

NRA Says It Receives Foreign Funds, But None Goes To Election Work  —  The National Rifle Association acknowledged that it accepts foreign donations but says it does not use them for election work — even as federal investigators look into the role the NRA might have played in Russia's attack on the 2016 election.

Words and deeds out of alignment for potential Cabinet appointment and Fox News personality  —  The lure of another television personality has President Trump reportedly considering Fox News' Pete Hegseth to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.  But while Hegseth's experience as a combat veteran …

House subpoena rattles Justice Department; Sessions ‘angry’ at slow response; FBI ‘called on the carpet’  —  The FBI is promising swift action on a House subpoena covering three politically charged investigations after word that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has grown angry with the bureau's slow-walking …

A Low-Profile Trump Travels to Virginia to Meet With Donors  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump kept a relatively low profile and did not make any public appearances on Tuesday, but emerged for a rare evening trip outside the White House to meet with deep-pocketed donors at a real estate developer's home in Virginia.

Exclusive: Spurned by top lawyers, Trump's defense elevates Washington outsider  —  (Reuters) - A little-known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top-tier lawyers shy away from representing …

Voters Like High School Gun Protesters; Don't Like NRA  —  Here are the highlights of Public Policy Polling's newest national poll.  —  Guns  —  PPP's newest national poll finds that Americans like the high school students leading protests against gun violence across the country a whole lot more than they like the NRA.

Microsoft Services Agreement … Your Privacy  —  1. Your Privacy.  Your privacy is important to us.  Please read the Microsoft Privacy Statement (the “Privacy Statement") as it describes the types of data we collect from you and your devices ("Data"), how we use your Data, and the legal bases we have to process your Data.

Stormy Daniels is a sideshow.  Let's focus on the real Trump scandals.  —  To judge by the blockbuster ratings for “60 Minutes,” I must be one of the few politically sentient adults to have missed the Stormy Daniels interview on Sunday night, just as I earlier missed Karen McDougal's high-rated interview on CNN.