House chaplain forced out by Ryan  —  House Chaplain Patrick Conroy's sudden resignation has sparked a furor on Capitol Hill, with sources in both parties saying he was pushed out by Speaker Paul Ryan  —  (R-Wis.).  —  Conroy's own resignation announcement stated that it was done at Ryan's request.

Fox & Friends Hurriedly Shuts Down Interview as Trump Rants About Mueller  —  Anchors grew visibly uncomfortable as they listened to the president undermine his own legal defense.  —  In what is surely a first for a news network, the hosts of Donald Trump's favorite variety show, Fox & Friends …

For Many, Life in Trump's Orbit Ends in a Crash Landing  —  WASHINGTON — Another day, another casualty.  Or two.  —  By the time the sun set Thursday, Dr. Ronny L. Jackson was a failed cabinet nominee whose life had been picked apart for public consumption, and Michael D. Cohen was back in court facing criminal prosecution.

Tom Brokaw Accused of Sexual Harassment By Former NBC Anchor (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)  —  Linda Vester had a reputation for covering tough stories.  As a war correspondent for NBC News in the '90s, she spent three tours of duty in the Middle East and took two assignments in Africa.

Feds seized more than a dozen of Michael Cohen's phones  —  Manhattan federal prosecutors seized as many as 16 cell phones when the FBI raided the home, office and hotel room of President Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen.  —  Prosecutor Thomas McKay made the astonishing revelation …

Relative's DNA from genealogy websites cracked East Area Rapist case, DA's office says  —  Sacramento investigators tracked down East Area Rapist suspect Joseph James DeAngelo using genealogical websites that contained genetic information from a relative, the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office confirmed Thursday.

F.B.I. Letter Casts Further Doubt on White House's Rob Porter Timeline  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. first gave the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, a file containing spousal abuse allegations against Rob Porter in March 2017, according to a detailed new timeline the bureau has given …

Mattis Breaks With Trump, Says Iran Nuclear Deal Includes ‘Robust’ Verification  —  Without giving his opinion about whether the U.S. should stick with the agreement, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that after reading the deal three times he was struck by how tough it is

Claims by Joy Reid's Cybersecurity Expert Fall Apart … MSNBC host Joy Reid claims that recently unearthed homophobic articles attributed to her are fakes.  And she says a cybersecurity consultant has proof that her old blog has been hacked.  —  But that consultant, Jonathan Nichols, had trouble producing the promised evidence.

Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault After Years of Accusations  —  NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A jury found Bill Cosby guilty Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home near here 14 years ago, capping the downfall of one of the world's best-known entertainers …

‘Boss, I Miss You So Much’: The Awkward Exile of Michael Cohen  —  Donald Trump's self-described ‘fixer’ brooded about failing to get a White House post; now under criminal investigation, he has the president's attention  —  In the 15 months since Donald Trump shut him out of a White House job …

Amid Trump's diplomatic thaw, Otto Warmbier's parents sue North Korea for having ‘brutally tortured and murdered’ their son  —  The family of Otto Warmbier filed an extraordinary lawsuit against North Korea in federal court Thursday alleging that the 22-year-old college student was …

A farewell to free journalism  —  Bloomberg, my former employer, is reportedly moving to a paywall.  If that turns out to be true, I can't say I'll be surprised.  —  When I announced that I was leaving Bloomberg View for the Post Opinion section in February, many longtime readers gently reproached …

Secretly Taped Audio Reveals Democratic Leadership Pressuring Progressive to Leave Race  —  Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House of Representatives, has for years been a prolific campaigner on behalf of current and potential members of Congress.  It was no surprise, then …

‘This puts a target on his back’: Ethics experts say the FBI should investigate Trump's budget director for pay for play  — Ethics experts say Mick Mulvaney, the White House budget director and interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, should be investigated for potentially violating federal bribery laws.

Bureau Of Indian Affairs Director Resigns After Just 6 Months On The Job  —  Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed Bryan Rice to lead the bureau in October.  —  WASHINGTON — Bryan Rice has resigned just six months after Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke appointed him to lead the Bureau of Indian Affairs …

800,000 people are about to flee New York and California because of taxes, say economists  — 800,000 people will leave New York and California over the next three years due to the new tax bill, conservative economists Arthur Laffer and Stephen Moore said in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.

American Jews Have Abandoned Gaza — And The Truth  —  Join Peter Beinart for a Twitter conversation about this piece with the hashtag #ForwardIsraelChat on Tuesday at 5pm.  —  “In our time,” wrote George Orwell in 1946, “political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.”

Why Aren't U.S. Liberals Outraged About Alfie Evans?  —  A British baby's right to life should be clear to everyone.  —  What the British government is doing to a baby and his family is almost unbelievable.  The government has determined that Alfie Evans, afflicted as he is by a rare …

‘Firing Line’: PBS Reloads Public-Affairs Show With Host Margaret Hoover  —  EXCLUSIVE: PBS is bringing back an iconic property after nearly two decades.  The pubcaster said today that a new version of Firing Line, the William F. Buckley-hosted public-affairs show it aired from 1966-99, will premiere in June.

When Misogynists Become Terrorists  —  Alek Minassian, who plowed a rental van through a busy Toronto sidewalk on Monday, left little doubt as to why he killed 10 people, most of them women.  Minutes before his attack, he posted a message on Facebook lauding the mass murderer Elliot O. Rodger …