Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …

Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released …

Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook  —  Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested.  Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said.  “Obsessed.”

Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un  —  President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on.  The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”

Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop  —  Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town?  To obtain something that's impossible to buy.  —  Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell.  From there—1,800 miles from home …

As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model  —  Roughly 22 million Americans turned on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night to hear adult-film star Stormy Daniels say that she once spanked President Trump with a magazine that had his face on the cover and then had unprotected sex with him.

Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits … Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration …

‘Heartbroken’ Trump Critic Ann Coulter: He's a ‘Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ … Right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, whose 2016 campaign book In Trump We Trust touted the many virtues of the Republican nominee, is having second, third, and possibly even fourth thoughts about Donald J. Trump.

TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere  —  The ABC comedy returns nearly three decades after its original premiere, averaging a whopping 18.1 million and an unbelievable 5.1 rating in the key demo.  —  Roseanne returned Tuesday.  The ABC sitcom, away from the air …

Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied  —  David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application.  —  The Florida high school student …

How Amazon Helped Cambridge Analytica Harvest Americans' Facebook Data  —  A personality quiz on Amazon's Mechanical Turk received multiple complaints in 2014, but the quiz-makers continued to use the platform for at least another year.  —  Facebook has been rocked by reports …

Justices cast doubt on partisan redistricting  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a case with the potential to reorder the country's political landscape: How much gerrymandering is too much gerrymandering?  —  Republicans who sued to overturn the congressional district lines …

Here's who actually attended the March for Our Lives.  (No, it wasn't mostly young people.)  —  In the days before and after more than two million Americans participated in the March for Our Lives, the gun-violence conversation has focused on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and their “student movement.”

Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump's Unified Government?  —  Obama Prelude  —  I had the “Obama in 2009” word vomit recently.  I was talking with several people on the left involved in politics in the early Great Recession, and Larry Summers' new paper on regional inequality came up.

The anti-LGBT head of a major religious group just mysteriously resigned over an ‘inappropriate relationship’  —  Frank Page, the former president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention, revealed this week that he decided to resign his position over a “morally inappropriate relationship” …

MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others  —  EAST LANSING - A public relations firm billed MSU for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar case, which often included the accounts of victims and their families …

Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation  —  Washington, DC - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has instigated a significant policy change at Walmart as part of our continued work …

It's Time to Make Our Privacy Tools Easier to Find  —  Last week showed how much more work we need to do to enforce our policies and help people understand how Facebook works and the choices they have over their data.  We've heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools …

Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller  —  When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president's supporters sprang into action — treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research.

Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now  —  “I think we're beyond that here.”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook and others companies' ability to use customer data.

New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr.  —  Page Six, the New York Post's gossip column, botched a concealed carry hit piece on Donald Trump, Jr., on Monday, alleging that he has avoided applying for a New York concealed carry permit because it might require the disclosure of his tax returns.

Nunes opponent raises $1 million in first quarter  —  (CNN)A Democratic candidate challenging House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes took in more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, a sign of Democrats' enthusiasm to oust the California congressman who has allied himself closely with President Donald Trump.

A Cyberattack Hobbles Atlanta, and Security Experts Shudder  —  ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta's 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was O.K. to turn their computers on.  —  But as the city government's desktops, hard drives and printers flickered …

Roseanne producer on sitcom not being a liberal ‘mouthpiece’ and Mark's ‘tricky’ story line  —  Whose idea was it to make Roseanne Conner a Trump supporter?  Was there always a plan to have her grandson dress in non-traditional attire?  In light of Tuesday's debut of Roseanne …

Minnesota Woman Blamed For Al Franken's Fall Had Nothing To Do With It  —  Lindsey Port accused another man of harassment.  But fellow Democrats say she “softened the ground” for Franken's resignation.  —  Lindsey Port, 35, doesn't really know Al Franken.

Planned Parenthood called for Disney princess 'who's had an abortion' in now-deleted tweet … A Pennsylvania branch of Planned Parenthood sparked some controversy after a deleted tweet called for an animated Disney princess “Who's had an abortion.”  Buzz60

Exclusive: Britain's Co-Living King Has Raised $400m To Take On WeWork In America  —  New York's multibillion dollar property market will soon have a new challenger on the block.  —  British co-living property startup The Collective has revealed its bold plans to more than double the size …

Statement from Playboy Enterprises, Inc. regarding Facebook  —  For years, it has been difficult for Playboy to express our values on Facebook due to its strict content and policy guidelines.  We have been faced with the only alternative being to alter Playboy's voice in order to meet Facebook's views …

Hundreds at Sacramento City Hall Protest Police Killing of Stephon Clark  —  SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of protesters temporarily took over the main foyer at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesday evening to protest the death of Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers …

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 …

Obamacare jacked up taxes on the 1 percent, gave $16 billion annually to poor … The 2010 Affordable Care Act ratcheted up taxes for the richest Americans while redirecting more than $16 billion to the poorest income bracket in the country, according to a report from the Congressional Budget Office.