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.

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.

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.

Raw: Kim and Moon Embrace After Talks … North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in ended their talks with a warm embrace and a pledge to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons.  They also say there will be talks to formally end the Korean War.  (April 27)

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 …

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.

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 …

Here's Why Ben Sasse Voted Against the Mueller Protection Bill  —  Constitutional concerns were at the center of some conservatives' opposition.  —  A bipartisan bill that would provide special counsel Robert Mueller legal recourse in the event of his firing passed the Senate Judiciary Committee …

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 …

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.

Cliff Huxtable Was Bill Cosby's Sickest Joke  —  If a sexual predator wanted to come up with a smoke screen for his ghastly conquests, he couldn't do better than Cliff Huxtable.  —  Cliff was affable, patient, wise, and where Mrs. Huxtable (Phylicia Rashad) was concerned, justly deferential.

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

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

Lawyer: Trump to aid raids' attorney-client privilege review  —  A lawyer for President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the president is ready to help recommend what materials seized from his personal attorney that relate to him should be withheld from federal investigators because of attorney-client privilege.

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.”

Women Describe Invasive Strip Searches on Visits to City Jails  —  The practice is prohibited, but dozens of lawsuits allege a pattern of humiliating searches of women who consented only to a pat-down.  —  Jeannette Reynoso dreaded visiting her husband at the Rikers Island jail complex.

Likely coldest April since 1895 - U.S. farmers delay planting crops  —  Farmers are suffering as the cold, wet spring has put a stunning halt to agriculture.  Ice Age Farmer Report - 19 Apr 2018  —  Soil temperatures are below normal, and not conducive to planting yet.