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.

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,” …

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 …

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 …

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.

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

Kevin Williamson, Thought Criminal  —  Our society is in need of those who will resist the temptation of surrendering to the logic of the mob. … D  —  ear Superfluous Readers,  —  Albert Jay Nock was one of the great editors of all time, from a writer's perspective.  Or rather, from a good writer's perspective.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

Sweden mom charged in brutal slaying of her 7-year-old son  —  Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter, District Attorney Sandra Doorley and Brockport Central School District Superintendent talk about the murder of 7 year-old Abraham E. Cardenas, and the arrest of his mother 36 year-old Hanane Mouhib, Shawn Dowd

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 …

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.

Facebook suspends data firm hired by Vote Leave over alleged Cambridge Analytica ties  —  AggregateIQ, which played a pivotal role in the Brexit campaign, suspended after reports it may have improperly obtained user data … Facebook has suspended the Canadian data firm …

Paul Manafort accuses federal prosecutors of illegal property search  —  Mueller authorized by DOJ to investigate Manafort  —  (CNN)Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has accused federal prosecutors of carrying out an illegal search of his property, according to a court filing late Friday night.

Republicans worry Trump's trade war will blot out tax cut message  —  Republicans want President Donald Trump to stick to a simple message ahead of the 2018 midterm elections: cutting taxes and slashing regulations.  —  But the president, who regards himself as a master communicator, seems to have a different plan.

ICE raids meatpacking plant in rural Tennessee; 97 immigrants arrested … Federal officials arrested 97 immigrants at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee late Thursday in what civil rights organizations said was the largest single workplace raid in a decade and a sign that the Trump administration …