New Allegations Emerge Against Ronny Jackson as White House Digs In  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, the White House physician nominated to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, provided “a large supply” of Percocet, a prescription opioid, to a White House military office staff member …

Michael Cohen to Take Fifth Amendment in Stormy Daniels Lawsuit  —  Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's longtime personal lawyer, will invoke his Fifth Amendment right in a lawsuit filed against the president by Stephanie Clifford, the pornographic film star better known as Stormy Daniels.

Giuliani reopens negotiations about presidential interview with Mueller, but cautions special counsel that Trump remains resistant  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's new personal lawyer dealing with the ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election …

Joy Reid's Lawyer: FBI Now Investigating Alleged ‘Hack’  —  MSNBC weekend host Joy Reid's lawyer claimed Wednesday evening that the FBI has opened a probe into her claim that her old blog was hacked to make her appear homophobic.  “We have received confirmation the FBI has opened an investigation …

Kevin Williamson: The punishment I favor for abortion  —  Kevin D. Williamson is a Texas-based writer.  —  As a libertarian, I fully accept the motto that what a woman chooses to do with her own body is her business.  As someone who can count, I believe that abortion involves two bodies.

Macron Says Trump Will Likely Kill The Iran Deal  —  US flip-flops on treaties are “insane,” says the French president.  —  BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief  —  French President Emmanuel Macron believes President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal as part of “a strategy of increasing tension …

The Center For American Progress Staff Was Shocked After Neera Tanden Named The Anonymous Harassment Victim In An All-Staff Meeting  —  The meeting comes after BuzzFeed News reported on allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation against those who reported at the progressive organization.

Tina Brown wants no part of Charlie Rose's #MeToo redemption series  —  Disgraced CBS anchor Charlie Rose is being slated to star in a show where he'll interview other high-profile men who have also been toppled by #MeToo scandals.  —  The move was revealed by editor, writer and women's advocate Tina Brown …

How Scott Pruitt Plans to Defend Himself on Capitol Hill: Spread the Blame  —  WASHINGTON — As Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, prepares to testify before Congress on Thursday amid a series of spending and ethics investigations, an internal E.P …

Bannon turned Cambridge into ‘propaganda machine,’ whistleblower says  —  WASHINGTON — Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie told Democrats on Capitol Hill that former Trump campaign strategist Steve Bannon asked the embattled data firm to study voter suppression strategies …

Top Trump Fundraiser Caught Working for Assad Ally … Brian Ballard, viewed by some as the lobbyist closest to President Donald Trump, is working for an ally of Syria's brutal dictator, Bashar al-Assad.  —  Ballard's firm, Ballard Partners, disclosed on March 15 that it has taken …

HUD Secretary Ben Carson to propose rent increases for low-income Americans receiving federal housing subsidies … U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday will propose to increase the amount low-income households are expected to pay for rent as well as require …

Let Alfie Evans Go to Rome  —  Alfie Evans, 23 months old, is hospitalized with a rare neurodegenerative disorder.  Against his parents' wishes, his doctors at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool removed him from life support on Monday evening, maintaining that further treatment would be futile.

Bill Cosby's lawyer falls asleep during testimony  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa.-As rapt jurors listened to the judge overseeing Bill Cosby's sex assault retrial read back prior testimony, the entertainer's lead lawyer snoozed in his chair.  —  Tom Mesereau, mouth agape, drifted in and out of consciousness Wednesday …

Why Does Trump Treat Immigrant Kids Cruelly?  Because He Can  —  A lifetime ago, Anne Frank's family applied for visas to the United States to escape Hitler, but we rejected the Franks and other desperate Jewish refugees.  We thought: This is Europe's problem, not ours, and we don't want to be overrun by “those people.”

Hit-and-Run Fatalities Soar as More People Bike to Work  —  Report finds close to 70% of fatalities are cyclists or pedestrians  —  Hit-and-run crash deaths are rising nationwide, and pedestrians and bicyclists account for close to 70% of the victims, according to a new report …

Meet the New Boss.  Actually Quite Different From the Old Boss.  —  In the end, the wheelers and dealers faded away, trying to get what they could under cover of darkness.  Their loss of stature was abrupt.  Only those willing to soldier on as subordinates remained, ceding authority to their leader, President Trump.