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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 Trump thinks he's winning his war on media  —  Nothing helps President Trump more — or tightens his hold on his base more securely — than his cozy, mutually beneficial relationship with conservative TV.  Trump's feedback loop, including cable-news coverage, and mainstream media squawking …

Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit  —  Noncompetes, forced arbitration and a liquidated damages clause can equal 40 percent of annual salary.  —  , and  —  After Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. drew widespread criticism for having anchors read a statement taking aim …

Trump, McCarthy look to cut billions from budget deal they just passed  —  The move comes after a backlash from conservatives.  —  Facing pressure from conservatives for their budget-busting moves, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are considering forcing votes …

'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. …

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.

A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election  —  President Trump has said repeatedly that Russian interference didn't matter in the 2016 election, and he has suggested — wrongly — that the intelligence and law enforcement communities have said the same.

Putin, Erdogan launch Turkey's 1st nuclear reactor  —  The leaders of Russia and Turkey on Tuesday launched the start of construction for Turkey's first nuclear power plant, as ties between the two nations deepen.  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin, on his first foreign visit since …

Who do GOP voters like for 2024 Iowa Caucuses?  —  Who is Ryan Zinke, and how would he fare in Iowa if he were to run for president?  —  Zinke became the Secretary of the Interior and a member of the Trump Administration in 2017.  Before that, he was a U.S. congressman from Montana.

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 …

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.

NYPD sex crimes chief donated thousands to Trump after video scandal on grabbing women ‘by the p—y’  —  Four days after President Trump was caught on tape boasting about grabbing women “by the p—y,” the high-profile head of the NYPD's sex crimes division donated $500 to his campaign committee.

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.

Porton Down experts unable to identify ‘precise source’ of novichok that poisoned spy  —  Scientists from Porton Down have not been able to establish where the novichok nerve agent used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal was made.  —  Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defence Science …