AP sources: EPA chief spent millions on security and travel  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's concern with his safety came at a steep cost to taxpayers as his swollen security detail blew through overtime budgets and at times diverted officers away from investigating environmental crimes.

U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman pulls out loaded gun in constituent meeting to make point about safety  —  A South Carolina Republican congressman is not backing down from critics after he pulled out his own personal — and loaded — .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun during a meeting with constituents Friday.

Stormy Daniels' lawyer hints at ‘major announcement’ on person who threatened her  —  Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti said on Saturday morning that he has a “major announcement” about a person who allegedly threatened Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with President Trump

ICE Raids Tennessee Slaughterhouse For Hiring Illegal Immigrants In Tax Evasion Scheme  —  Federal agents raided an eastern Tennessee meatpacking facility on Thursday following a months-long investigation into allegations the owners were employing illegal immigrants to avoid paying millions …

Manafort moves to suppress evidence found in storage unit  —  Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are arguing that what could be key evidence against him should be kept out of court because the FBI violated his Constitutional rights by illegally entering a storage locker belonging to Manafort's firm.

Backpage founder charged by feds after human-trafficking investigation  —  A founder of the New Times tabloid has been charged in Phoenix in the apparent culmination of a federal human-trafficking investigation.  —  Authorities had spent months probing whether Backpage …

What About “The Breakfast Club”?  —  Revisiting the movies of my youth in the age of #MeToo.  —  Earlier this year, the Criterion Collection, which is “dedicated to gathering the greatest films from around the world,” released a restored version of “The Breakfast Club,” …

Trump's freak-out moment  —  We can't overstate the severity of President Trump's buyer's remorse from signing last month's spending bill.  It could even be a turning point in his presidency, on the issue of immigration and his level of cooperation with Republican leaders:

Exclusive: Trump adviser played key role in pursuit of possible Clinton emails from dark web before election  —  (CNN)A Donald Trump foreign policy adviser pushed government agencies to review materials from the dark web in the summer of 2016 that he thought were Hillary Clinton's deleted emails …

In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate New Look at Housing in America  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Before the first hearings on the morning docket, the line starts to clog the lobby of the John Marshall Courthouse.  No cellphones are allowed inside, but many of the people who've …

Exclusive: Trump begins informal prep for potential Mueller interview  —  White House won't commit to Trump-Mueller meet  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has begun the initial steps of preparing for a possible interview with the special counsel, a White House official and a person familiar …

Secret, direct talks underway between US and North Korea  —  Washington (CNN)The United States and North Korea have been holding secret, direct talks to prepare for a summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, a sign that planning for the highly anticipated meeting …

Oversight chairman probes Pruitt's $50-a-night condo deal  —  House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy  —  (R-S.C.) has begun probing Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt  —  's $50-a-night housing arrangement on Capitol Hill, a GOP source told The Hill Friday night.

Why Can't Trump Find Legal Help?  —  In what is becoming one of the most remarkable chapters in American legal history, the president of the United States is in serious need of top-notch legal help, but apparently cannot find top-notch lawyers to represent him.

The fall of Milo Yiannopoulos … It seems the phenomenon of Milo Yiannopoulos - the brief, bright arc of his invention - is over.  I do not want him to fall without being understood so I will tell you the strange tale of our encounters last year.  Monsters should be understood, and pitied, for our own sakes.

Bill Maher Exposes Geraldo Rivera on Trump: ‘Now You Are the Spin’ … There was a time, believe it or not, when Geraldo Rivera was considered an intrepid news reporter.  —  In the 1970s, Rivera took home a Peabody Award for his series of reports exposing the systemic abuse of disabled patients …

Kushner Partner in 666 Fifth Ave.  Says It Has Deal to Sell  —  The Kushner family appeared on Friday to have struck a deal to buy out its partner in the troubled Fifth Avenue skyscraper at the center of its real estate empire, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Changing Shape of Protests in the Second Year of the Trump Era  —  In the past month, teachers in three conservative and comparatively poor states have gone on strike, and, in that short time, certain patterns have developed.  In West Virginia, Kentucky, and, most recently, Oklahoma …

Imagine a Genocide  —  I have to say, I'm pretty surprised by the sudden onset of illiteracy and bad faith of people writing about my former colleague, Kevin Williamson.  —  As readers here (and everywhere), now seem to know, Kevin lost his job at The Alantic because he said that he believed abortion …

With nearly all ballots counted, ‘bathroom bill’ rejected by Anchorage voters  —  Anchorage voters have rejected an initiative that would have regulated access to restrooms and locker rooms by a person's sex at birth instead of gender identity, a local version of what's known nationally as a …

Blake Farenthold resigns abruptly from Congress  —  This is a developing story.  —  WASHINGTON — Corpus Christi Republican Blake Farenthold abruptly resigned from Congress Friday afternoon, less than four months after dropping reelection plans under siege for crude and verbally abusive office behavior.