Roger Stone's Claim of a 2016 Julian Assange Meeting Draws Scrutiny  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has asked about an email during grand jury testimony  —  The special counsel investigating alleged links between Trump campaign associates and Russians is looking …

Sinclair responds to criticism of media-bashing promos  —  Sinclair forces stations to air media-bashing promos, criticism goes viral  —  Critics are calling Sinclair's promos pro-Trump propaganda.  Now the company is defending the initiative, and calling it something much more mundane …

Donald Trump ‘Cherishes’ Lou Dobbs So Much He Puts Him on Speakerphone for Oval Office Meetings … It is difficult to fully understand the Trump presidency without first understanding Lou Dobbs, the Fox Business powerhouse host and one of the main precursors to Trumpism.

At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions  —  At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

From being a room parent in a first grade classroom to serving on the library board, town council, state house and U.S. Congress, I went into public service to fight for equality, justice, and fairness.  It is one of the greatest honors of my life that the people of Connecticut's Fifth District elected me to represent them in Congress.

Russian bots are tweeting their support of embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham … Embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham has found some unlikely allies: Russian bots.  —  Russian-linked Twitter accounts have rallied around the conservative talk-show host, who has come under fire …

Public schools in all 120 Kentucky counties are closed Monday  —  Teachers and students gathered in Frankfort on Friday to speak against the pension bill that passed unexpectedly the night before.  Many teachers called in sick Friday.  Andy Beshear says he will sue.  Astrid Hacker/ Louisville Courier Journal

Stock tumble sends tech-heavy Nasdaq near correction territory; Amazon whacked by Trump tweet  —  U.S. stocks fell sharply Monday, with the Nasdaq turning lower for 2018 and threatening to drop into correction territory, in just the latest instance of heavy intraday volatility.

Jim Acosta Yelled At Trump While He Was Coloring With Children At White House Easter Egg Roll  —  Donald Trump was participating in the White House Easter Egg Roll Monday when a CNN correspondent began shouting questions at him.  —  During the event, families of reporters …

Grindr Is Sharing The HIV Status Of Its Users With Other Companies  —  The gay hookup app Grindr, which has more than 3.6 million daily active users across the world, has been providing its users' HIV status to two other companies, BuzzFeed News has learned.

A Betrayal  —  The teenager told police all about his gang, MS-13.  In return, he was slated for deportation and marked for death.  —  IF HENRY IS KILLED, his death can be traced to a quiet moment in the fall of 2016, when he sat slouched in his usual seat by the door in 11th-grade English class.

Be Skeptical Of Anyone Who Tells You They Know How Democrats Can Win In November  —  It's old news by now that Democratic candidates have done unusually well in Trump-era elections so far, suggesting that the 2018 midterms will be a good cycle for the party.  So why keep writing about them?

How Dare Jewish Men Keep Breaking Up With Me  —  Editor's note: The following is a satirical response to a March 29 Washington Post op-ed entitled, “I am tired of being a Jewish man's rebellion.”  —  Hi there, readers!  It's me, a woman who will now cutesily compare myself to Carrie Bradshaw …

EPA threatens to revoke California's ability to set emissions standards as the Trump administration moves to abandon fuel mileage goals … The Trump administration openly threatened one of the cornerstones of California's environmental protections Monday, saying that it may revoke …

Trump proposed Putin visit Washington in March 20 phone call, Kremlin says  —  President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two leaders could meet in the White House, a Kremlin aide told Russian media Monday, Russian news agencies said.  —  No specific preparations for such a meeting have taken place, the aide said.

Third Woman Sues to Void Secrecy Pact Linked to Trump  —  A former employee of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign team sued the organization to nullify a non-disclosure agreement she signed as part of her job, saying it muzzled her from airing discrimination claims.

Stocks' Second-Quarter Start Is the Worst Since the Great Depression  —  If you feel like the second quarter has begun badly, you'd be right.  —  U.S. stocks are on track to have their worst April start since 1929, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.  The S&P 500 index slumped 2.4 percent …

The Curious Case of David Jewberg, the Fake Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst  —  Summary:  — “Senior Pentagon Russia Analyst LTC David Jewberg” maintained a popular Facebook page and was frequently quoted in Ukrainian and Russian media as a Pentagon insider related to topics concerning Ukraine and Russia.

Bolton could be the first national security chief to prioritize religious freedom  —  Among the Trump administration's early successes, two stand out particularly, and incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton has the chance to take both to the next level.

New Quotas for Immigration Judges as Trump Administration Seeks Faster Deportations  —  Rules were laid out in a message sent Friday to immigration judges  —  WASHINGTON—The Justice Department has notified immigration judges that it will begin evaluating their job performance based …

Falsely Accused Parkland School Shooter Sues Alex Jones' InfoWars for Defamation … Marcel Fontaine, who was falsely declared a suspect in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting by conspiracy-theorist website InfoWars, is now suing Alex Jones for more than a million dollars.

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson: My secret battle with depression  —  HOLLYWOOD'S highest-paid star has told of his secret battle with depression and his agony over witnessing his mother's attempted suicide.  Former world wrestling champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson declared: “Struggle and pain is real.

Breast cancer page scrubbed from women's health website: report  —  A webpage that focused on breast cancer was reportedly scrubbed from the website of the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Office on Women's Health (OWH).  —  The changes on WomensHealth.gov …

Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's hardest year, and what comes next  —  “We will dig through this hole, but it will take a few years.”  —  It's been a tough year for Facebook.  The social networking juggernaut found itself engulfed by controversies over fake news, electoral interference …

CNN mocked for glorifying JFKs ‘legendary’ infidelity after harping on sex allegations against Trump  —  CNN was slammed for hypocrisy over the weekend when the network glorified President John F. Kennedy's many infidelities after spending significant coverage painting President Trump …

Seth Rogen knew about Stormy Daniels and Trump's alleged affair a decade ago  —  Seth Rogen heard about Stormy Daniels' alleged tryst with President Donald Trump long before the rest of the world did.  —  “I've known Stormy Daniels a long time, and I'll be honest, she may have mentioned …