“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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

That caravan of migrants Trump was tweeting about?  Mexico stopped it. … VERACRUZ, Mexico — The Mexican government on Monday evening moved to break up the caravan of migrants moving through southern Mexico, with immigration officials registering the travelers and suggesting …

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 …

Court poised to hand down 1st sentence in Mueller probe  —  Dutch national Alex van der Zwaan is expected to become the first person sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation on Tuesday in federal court in Washington, having pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents.

What Is Your City's Twin?  —  Let's imagine that you're looking for a job and want to live in a city similar to your hometown.  —  Or, hypothetically, let's say you run a large technology company that is searching for the location of another headquarters, and you want a place that feels like home.

Why is the media—including the liberal media—supporting these teachers' strikes?  —  I've been amazed—in a good way—at how positive is the media coverage of all these teacher wildcat strikes and actions in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arizona.  Particularly from liberal media outlets.

'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. …

Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens  —  Special counsel's latest inquiry into the activities of a U.S. ally suggests he is looking more closely at foreign influence in Washington  —  WASHINGTON—Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked questions about the work of a private consulting firm …

Conservative Criticism of Trump Is Not Deluded  —  A response to Rich Lowry  —  One of the more significant frustrations of the Trump era is the lack of precise terminology for the debates required of it.  One such term is “Never Trump.”  It is vague enough to include a broad spectrum …

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 …

Why Xi's lifting of term limits is a good thing  —  Eric X. Li is a Shanghai venture capitalist and a trustee and chairman of the advisory committee of Fudan University's China Institute.  —  SHANGHAI — Western media and the Chinese chattering classes have been in an uproar since China's …

What the Supreme Court Doesn't Get About Racism  —  This is part of a series on voting in America, which will run up to Election Day in November.  For Part 1, on the importance of voting, go here.  And for Part 2, on a court case over a Kansas voter registration law, go here.

Putin Leaks Details To Embarrass Trump And Show Him Who's The Boss  —  Former Obama National Security Council spokesperson Ned Price said that the Russians are intentionally leaking details of Putin's conversations with Trump to gain leverage and embarrass Trump.  —  Video of Price on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber:

If Trump walks away from the Iran deal, Tehran will win  —  Dennis Ross, a distinguished fellow at the Washington Institute, served in senior national security positions in the Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations.  —  I was not a fan of the Iran nuclear deal.

Former aide to U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman turned government witness says, “I just do what I'm told”  —  The second of two key government witnesses took the stand late Monday in Houston in the federal fraud trial of former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman, telling jurors his main duty …

Panerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customer Records  —  Panerabread.com, the Web site for the American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants by the same name, leaked millions of customer records — including names, email and physical addresses, birthdays and the last four digits …

Afghan woman shot in face builds new life in Canada after US rejection  —  Shakila Zareen, 23, lost much of her face after being shot by her husband but, after multiple surgeries and seeing her hopes of resettlement dashed, she has a new home in Vancouver  —  Ashifa Kassam in Toronto and Sune Engel Rasmussen

Don't panic: Republicans should remain calm about 2018  —  In case you haven't noticed, Democrats and their cohorts in the anti-Trump media are giddy about 2018.  After Conor Lamb's victory in Pennsylvania's recent special election, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Chairman Jack Hanna proclaimed …

A 5-year-old looking for candy found a gun instead, then fatally shot his brother … Seven-year-old Jermon Perry was playing video games in an upstairs bedroom at his family's duplex in south St. Louis on Saturday when a single gunshot hit him in the head.  The boy was still alive when his mother, Michelle Lawson, rushed upstairs.