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.

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 …

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's miserable crew has never been so desperate  —  These are desperate times for the quislings of Trump.  The cost of collaborating with President Trump in the continued debasement of American democracy is becoming far too high.  Fifteen months into his presidency …

Michael Cohen and the End Stage of the Trump Presidency  —  On May 1, 2003, the day President George W. Bush landed on the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in front of the massive “Mission Accomplished” sign, I was in Baghdad performing what had become a daily ritual.

VIDEO |  Gov. Bevin ‘guarantees’ children in Kentucky were ‘sexually assaulted’ as a result of Friday's school closure  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. (WDRB) - Somewhere in Kentucky children were sexually assaulted, exposed to drugs or hurt because schools were closed Friday as teachers across the state rallied …

‘Was the Brexit poll compromised?  We may need a public debate about that’  —  Damian Collins, chair of the Commons committee looking into data breaches, says we are in the foothills of a global story … Damian Collins is a few minutes late for our interview in his House of Commons office and immediately apologises.

Michael Cohen's visiting Prague would be a huge development in the Russia investigation … McClatchy reported on Friday evening that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's team has evidence of a trip by President Trump's personal lawyer to Prague in the late summer of 2016.

School cancelled as hundreds of Colorado teachers walk out Monday  —  DENVER — Teacher walkouts in Kentucky, Oklahoma, West Virginia, and elsewhere have dominated the news as of late.  —  Now a walkout is planned for Colorado.  —  Englewood Schools announced Thursday classes …

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 …

Danish tourist sporting ‘MAGA’ hat had great time in NYC — until his cap got him robbed at knifepoint  —  Danish teen tourist Jannich Andersen thought America was pretty great — until he tried wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat in Union Square.  —  A pair of Trump critics jumped …

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.

The Al Gore Effect Comes to Minnesota  —  I got excited when I heard that all across the country, activists would be “marching for science” today.  Promoting, no doubt, information about X and Y chromosomes and the fact that-scientifically speaking-there are only two genders.  —  Just kidding.

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.