Mueller authorized by DOJ to investigate alleged Manafort collusion with Russian government  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former …

Scott Pruitt Bypassed the White House to Give Big Raises to Favorite Aides  —  In early March, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt approached the White House with a request: He wanted substantial pay raises for two of his closest aides.

Trump Says He Plans to Order Military to Guard Border  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that he planned to order the military to guard parts of the southern border until he can build a wall and tighten immigration restrictions, proposing a remarkable escalation of his efforts …

Sinclair Chairman Claims Entire Print Media Has ‘No Credibility’  —  David Smith, the executive chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group, said he dislikes and fundamentally distrusts the print media, which he believes “serves no real purpose.”  In emails to New York, Smith said that print …

Beto O'Rourke says he raised staggering $6.7M in first quarter of 2018  —  U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, says he raked in over $6.7 million for his U.S. Senate bid in the first quarter of 2018.  It's an eye-popping number that poses a new category of threat to Republican incumbent Ted Cruz.

“Trump Is Like, ‘How Can I F—k with Him?’”:  Trump's War with Amazon (and The Washington Post) Is Personal  —  With the West Wing finally calm, Trump is contemplating a multi-front campaign against Jeff Bezos.  —  For the first time in Donald Trump's presidency, the West Wing soap opera appears …

APNewsBreak: US suspects listening devices in Washington  —  For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages.

Jeff Sessions Quietly Appointed a Prosecutor to Probe Trump's Foes.  That Could Be an Unprecedented Disaster. … The headlines called it a non-event when Attorney General Jeff Sessions decided not to appoint a special counsel to look into the special counsel after all.

Trump: I could have ‘very good relationship’ with Putin  —  At a joint news conference with Baltic leaders, the president said ‘getting along with Russia is a good thing.’  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he might get along quite well with Russian President Vladimir Putin — or that he might not.

Don't Be Fooled, ‘Roseanne’ Is Really TV's Most Anti-Trump Show  —  The NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues the politics on the revived sitcom are played for laughs like on ‘All in the Family’ or the ‘Colbert Report,’ but the daily economic struggles of the Conner family actually make a pointed anti-Trump statement.

University event aims to combat ‘Christian Privilege’  —  George Washington University diversity workshop to be held four days after Easter  —  Just four days after Easter, George Washington University will host a training session for students and faculty that teaches that Christians …

‘Go ahead, be pissed at me’: Oklahoma lawmaker, upset at teachers' decorum, vows not to vote for education … As the statewide teacher walkout entered its second day, some lawmakers are criticizing the behavior of those protesting at the Capitol.  —  Rep. Josh Cockroft …

'I can't breathe': Asheville police video shows white officer beating, choking black jaywalking suspect … Johnnie Rush was trying to get home from a long shift at the Cracker Barrel.  —  Then he got stopped for jaywalking — an encounter with the police department in Asheville, N.C. …

Marco Rubio on gun control: It depends who he's talking to  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It was one week after the fatal shootings at a Parkland, Florida, high school, and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was looking to show solidarity with an angry crowd of parents and students in his home state.

Possible active shooter at YouTube HQ in San Bruno  —  SAN BRUNO (KRON) - KRON4 is hearing reports of an active shooter at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno.  —  The City Manager tells KRON4 they've received multiple 9-1-1 calls from YouTube, however, they did not disclose the reasons why.

The president attacked my reputation.  It's time to set the record straight.  —  Jill McCabe, an emergency room pediatrician, is married to former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe.  —  I am an emergency room pediatrician and an accidental politician — someone who never thought …

Next Slide  —  A poll commissioned by Democrat Mike Espy's U.S. Senate campaign shows him leading Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Chris McDaniel in a three-way race as the two Republicans split votes.  —  The poll was taken by Chism Strategies in the days after Gov. Phil Bryant announced …

Trump's Campaign Said It Was Better at Facebook.  Facebook Agrees  —  The president's ad campaign was 'more complex than Clinton's'  —  Trump focused on new donors; Clinton on ensuring broad appeal  —  Donald Trump's presidential campaign has boasted often that it made better use …

Congressman Darren Soto's wife arrested at Walt Disney World  —  The wife of U.S. Rep. Darren Soto was arrested at Disney Springs on Sunday on a charge of disorderly intoxication.  —  Amanda Soto, 33, of Celebration, was with her mother at the West Side bus loop when Orange County Sheriff's …