Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that President Trump's nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department oversaw a hostile work environment …

Sean Hannity's real estate venture linked to fraudulent property dealer  —  Shell company tied to the Fox News host bought homes through Jeff Brock, who was charged in 2016 with fraud and conspiracy for his role in a scheme to rig auctions on foreclosed properties

Inside the Intense, Combative World of Covering the Trump White House  —  On a chilly and gray Monday in D.C. a few weeks ago, President Trump was sitting on the South Lawn among a group of children during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, when CNN's chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, shouted a question at him.

What we know about Alek Minassian, alleged driver in deadly Toronto van attack  —  Police say Alek Minassian, 25, was arrested at the scene after van plowed into pedestrians on busy Yonge St.  —  Police have identified the suspect in a deadly van attack in Toronto as Alek Minassian …

Hope in Arizona  —  Phoenix — On Tuesday, there's a special election in Arizona's Eighth Congressional District, which Donald Trump won by 21 percentage points.  It's to replace Trent Franks, the abortion opponent who resigned amid reports that he tried to create his own personal version of …

The NRA just broke a 15-year fundraising record  —  WASHINGTON  —  As the student-led March for Our Lives movement captured the nation's attention in the weeks after the Parkland shooting, the other side of the gun control debate enjoyed a banner month of its own.

How They Do ‘Journalism’ at New York Magazine  —  In my recent Wall Street Journal essay on the politics of Twitter mobs, I noted that the episode was accompanied by a great deal of sloppy journalism—remarkably lazy journalism.  Of all the mostly denunciatory articles about me that appeared …

The Daily Beast is Buzzing With Solid Scoops and An Editor Who Knows How to Spread The Word  —  It's been more than four years since John Avlon, — the former columnist and ubiquitous cable news commentator — took the reins of the Daily Beast from Tina Brown, its founding editor whose name …

Sales Figures for Comey's ‘A Higher Loyalty’ Dwarf Recent Political Best Sellers  —  Former F.B.I. director James Comey's book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership,” has dominated headlines for more than a week, and became an instant blockbuster, selling more than 600,000 copies in all formats during its first week on sale.

Mystery grows over pro-Saudi tabloid: Embassy got sneak peek  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — It landed with a thud on newsstands at Walmart and rural supermarkets last month: Ninety-seven fawning pages saluting Saudi Arabia, whose ambitious crown prince was soon to arrive in the U.S. on a PR blitz to transform his country's image.

Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights  —  President denied overnight Miss Universe stay, Comey memos say  —  Jet landed on a Friday, left pre-dawn Sunday after pageant  —  President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report …

Trump Voters Driven by Fear of Losing Status, Not Economic Anxiety, Study Finds  —  Ever since Donald J. Trump began his improbable political rise, many pundits have credited his appeal among white, Christian and male voters to “economic anxiety.”  Hobbled by unemployment and locked out of the recovery …

How Devin Nunes Turned the House Intelligence Committee Inside Out  —  In inquiries on Benghazi and Russia and beyond, the California congressman has displayed a deep mistrust of the expert consensus on reality — a disposition that has helped him make friends in the current White House.

Laser jammer Range Rover driver who gave police the finger is handed an eight-month prison sentence  —  Timothy Hill, 67, threw the device in a river behind his home in Grassington when he found out that officers had launched an investigation.  —  But today he was jailed for eight months …

U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn should be kept off the 2018 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules  —  Doug Lamborn has been in Congress for six terms  —  Six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn of Colorado Springs should be kept off the Republican primary ballot this year, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday …

Pompeo Discussed Rapture at CIA  —  Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) is sworn in at his confirmation hearing on January 12, 2017 as Donald Trump's choice for the director of the CIA.  Pompeo is now Trump's choice for secretary of state.  Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

'Tase me, and you'll see what happens,' an American Airlines passenger said.  Police did — 10 times. … What began as a simple boarding dispute at Miami International Airport escalated into a tour de force of plane drama on Sunday as a belligerent passenger was repeatedly stunned by police …

Golf club apologizes for calling cops on black women members  —  YORK, Pa. (AP) — A golf club in Pennsylvania has apologized for calling police on a group of black women after the co-owner and his father said they were playing too slowly and refused requests to leave the course.

Inside The Divisive Fight Over How A Top Progressive Think Tank Handled Sexual Harassment  —  One of Washington's leading liberal institutions grappled with a divisive internal battle over sexual harassment during and in the aftermath of the 2016 election, according to documents obtained …

Mueller Reviewed Manafort Testimony on Russian Deripaska  —  Testimony came in civil lawsuit over failed cable-TV deal  —  Manafort faces 2 indictments, neither related to Russia  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller and FBI agents seized tens of thousands of items from the home of Paul Manafort …

‘We just have to win’: With Trump in the White House, stakes are higher than ever for Emily's List and Democratic women  — What makes Emily's List loom so large in 2018 is the combination of Hillary Clinton's 2016 defeat and Donald Trump's provocations from the White House.

The Father Of the Waffle House Shooting Suspect Is Being Investigated For Giving Travis Reinking His Guns Back  —  The father took advantage of what one Illinois state lawmaker called a “loophole” by returning the confiscated guns to his son.  —  Federal authorities on Monday …

Is 'can't prove untrue' new standard in Trump probe?  —  When a political figure is accused of wrongdoing, a conversation begins among journalists, commentators, and public officials.  Are the charges true?  Can the accusers prove it?  —  That's the way it normally works.