YouTube shooter's father says she was angry at company  —  The night before Nasim Aghdam opened fire in a courtyard at YouTube's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, Mountain View police found the San Diego woman sleeping in her car.  —  She had been reported missing by her family in Southern California …

Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …

China Hits Soybeans, Aircraft in Counter-Punch to Trump Tariffs  —  Beijing responds to U.S. tariffs aimed at recouping IP losses  —  Two sides can still avoid applying tariffs, minister says  —  China said it would levy an additional 25 percent tariff on imports of 106 U.S. products including soybeans …

Planned Parenthood CEO Says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Offered ‘Bribe’ to Stop Abortions  —  In a riveting passage from Cecile Richards' new memoir, the Planned Parenthood chief says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during Donald Trump's 2016 transition as president-elect …

Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court  —  MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock on Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.

Trump Is Right.  It Is the Amazon Washington Post.  —  President Donald Trump's insistence on calling the Washington Post the “Amazon Washington Post” riles the newspaper's executive editor, Martin Baron, to no end.  He wants one and all to know that the online retailer and the newspaper are distinct corporate entities.

The Sinclair video is the dumbest media freak-out since whatever the last one was  —  If you're a regular consumer of local news television, it's likely you've seen at least one or two promotional ads where the team promises that they “care” and that they're your number one “trusted source.”

Activists demand DNC member's resignation after ‘colored people’ remark  —  MIAMI — A Florida Democratic National Committee member is resisting a chorus of resignation calls from African-American activists and party officials — including his own wife — after he referred to blacks as “colored people.”

Peter Navarro says Trump's trade policies are ‘good for the market,’ but economists aren't buying it  — White House aide Peter Navarro insists that President Trump's trade policies will positively impact the market.  — But some of his colleagues said some of Navarro's comments on the U.S. economy were simply wrong.

Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings  —  (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook.  —  Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director …

Trump's Latest Domestic Spending Plot May Be To Ignore The Law  —  Roll Call on Tuesday reported what I've long suspected would happen: The Trump administration is concocting a scheme (Roll Call was being kind when it said it was a “gambit") that would enable the president not to spend everything …

Getting Realistic on Russia  —  The Trump administration's recent actions to expel 60 Russian spies and close a key west-coast consulate used for espionage constitute an important response to growing and reckless Russian aggression.  The outrageous attack in the United Kingdom …

Maine judge puts ranked-choice voting on track for June elections  —  AUGUSTA, Maine — A Maine judge ordered Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap to move forward with the implementation of ranked-choice voting in the June primaries after new legal issues with the first-in-the-nation system were discovered last week.

Outgoing White House emails not protected by verification system  —  The security advocacy group Global Cyber Alliance tested the 26 email domains managed by the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and found that only one fully implements a security protocol that verifies the emails as genuinely from the White House.

On the Trump-Russia investigation and the rule of law  —  This week I took part in a debate on the question “Does the Russia investigation endanger the rule of law?”  I said yes, and here is why:  —  First, a caveat: If “endanger the rule of law” means “destroys our legal order and threatens our democracy …

E&C Announces Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify April 11th  —  WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after confirming that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify …

Migrant ‘caravan’ begins to splinter after Trump raises alarm  —  Mexico is helping break up the caravan heading to the U.S. William La Jeunesse has the details.  —  The caravan of roughly 1,000 Central Americans moving toward the United States appeared to be splintering into smaller groups as of Wednesday …

“Journalism Is Not About Creating Safe Spaces”: Inside the Woke Civil War at The New York Times  —  Catalyzed by the Trump presidency, roiled by flash points like Glenn Thrush, Bret Stephens, and Bari Weiss, a generational conflict not seen since the 60s is besetting the Times.

BOMBSHELL: Secret TEXTS Show FBI, DOJ May Have RUSHED Anti-Trump FISA Warrant  —  More evidence discovered from new FBI documents  —  Communications uncovered by congressional investigators reveal the FBI may have improperly coordinated with Department of Justice officials in an effort …