Pro-Assad official says targeted bases were evacuated on Russian warning  —  BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government and its allies have absorbed a U.S.-led attack on Saturday and the targeted sites were evacuated days ago thanks to a warning from Russia, a senior official in a regional alliance that backs Damascus said.

Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier  —  WASHINGTON  —  The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump's personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign …

The Real Investigation  —  The one in the Southern District of New York, involving Michael Cohen and apparent hush-money payoffs, is a serious peril for Trump.  —  President Trump now has real legal peril.  The potential jeopardy stems from the investigation that came to light this week …

DOJ Alumni Statement Regarding Rod Rosenstein, Robert Mueller, and the Rule of Law  —  We, the undersigned, are proud alumni of the United States Department of Justice.  We served this institution out of a commitment to the founding American principles that our democratic republic depends upon …

Mexican Boxer Destroys American Fighter Wearing Trump Wall Shorts  —  American super-featherweight Rod Salka came in rocking a wall-themed set of trunks with “America 1st” written on them.  He left with the same shorts and a big old L, by way of Mexico's Francisco Vargas.

The anti-anti-Trump cohort has a fatal flaw in its thinking  —  President Trump — shedding staff, shredding norms — remains defiant, with little evidence that his critics are persuading supporters to abandon him.  For some Trump opponents, this has led to new introspection about the effectiveness of “the resistance.”

Kakistocracy, a 374-year-old word that means ‘government by the worst,’ just broke the dictionary … Today was a productive vocabulary day in the United States of America.  —  The learning began in the morning, when former CIA director John O. Brennan tweeted at President Trump …

Republicans lose their favorite campaign message: Repealing Obamacare  —  Michigan GOP Rep. Mike Bishop's campaign website doesn't mention Obamacare, even though Web archives show it once prominently featured promises to vigorously fight the 2010 health-care law.

Milos Forman, Oscar-Winning Director of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' Dies at 86  —  LOS ANGELES — Milos Forman, a filmmaker who challenged Hollywood with his subversive touch, and twice directed movies that won the Oscar for best picture, died on Friday.  He was 86.

Video of two black men being removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks draws outrage, investigation  —  A video of two African American men being removed from a Philadelphia Starbucks has drawn national outrage and an “internal investigation” by police after it was posted earlier this week.

Trump Pardoned Libby to Protect Himself From Mueller  —  “There is a cloud over the White House as to what happened.  Don't you think the F.B.I., the grand jury, the American people are entitled to a straight answer?”  —  With those words, uttered over a decade ago, Patrick Fitzgerald …

Risks loom for Comey's book blitz  —  James Comey's new memoir is already a pre-publication media hit, but the former FBI director's tell-all assault on President Donald Trump also poses major risks—not only for Comey's personal reputation but for the wider Russia investigation he helped launch.