Why Trump's snubbing of White House correspondents' dinner matters  —  Trump's thinly veiled attack on Wash Post  —  For a second straight year, President Trump is using the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner to wage his war on the reporters who cover him.

Trump's Role in Midterm Elections Roils Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump is privately rejecting the growing consensus among Republican leaders that they may lose the House and possibly the Senate in November, leaving party officials and the president's advisers nervous that he does …

Nunes blames ‘radical leftists’ for his failing re-election campaign  —  With his congressional seat in danger, Devin Nunes is desperately blaming his own failures on imaginary boogeymen.  —  With his House seat no longer considered ‘safe’ by election forecasters, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) …

Column: England's Baby Alfie and the politics of life  —  Supporters hang balloons and posters in support of British toddler Alfie Evans on a bus stop in Liverpool, north-west England on April 26, 2018.  (Oli Scarff / Getty-AFP)  —  When we're having dinner as a family …

MSNBC's Joy Reid Says, “I Genuinely Do Not Believe I Wrote Those Hateful Things”  —  The host says she doesn't think she wrote the posts, but admits they don't seem to have been hacked.  —  On Saturday morning, five days after Joy Reid was accused of authoring a series of homophobic blog posts …

Paying the Price for Not Being a Trump Humper  —  Yes, there is a price to be paid.  Yes, it is necessary some of us are willing to pay it.  —  Just a few thoughts on the purging at RedState today and the price to be paid for deviating from the tribe.  I know that price too well.

A lot of Americans think they'd probably try sex with a robot  —  Being a “sex machine” is about to take on a whole new meaning, because according to new research, four in 10 Americans say they would have sex with a robot.  —  A new study asked 2,000 Americans their thoughts around the concept of …

Couple achieves ‘Diamond Status’ in Delta-themed wedding  —  It's the rare bride who can say with a straight face: “I actually told him I'd rather have Diamond Status than the diamond ring.”  —  Airline fanatics and Medallions Bess Wohlner and Jeremy Simons recently pledged their love in a Delta-themed wedding.

Hacked messages show Qatar appearing to pay hundreds of millions to free hostages … One morning last April, in the 16th month of a grueling hostage negotiation, a top Qatari diplomat sent a text message to his boss to complain about a brazen robbery being perpetrated against his own country.

Trump Tower is on fire in Azerbaijan capital Baku just weeks after deadly blaze at building in New York  —  Firefighters are desperately battling to contain a fire raging through a Trump hotel tower in Azerbaijan.  —  The fire broke out on the middle floors of the 33-storey Trump International Hotel …

Shorebirds, the World's Greatest Travelers, Face Extinction  —  Dr. Fitzpatrick is director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.  Dr. Senner is a scientist who studies migratory shorebirds.  —  A worldwide catastrophe is underway among an extraordinary group of birds — the marathon migrants we know as shorebirds.

Waffle House shooting hero raises almost $185K for victims  —  James Shaw Jr., the hero of the April 22 Waffle House shooting, has launched a campaign on a crowdfunding site to raise money for the victims of the deadly attack in a Nashville suburb.  —  Shaw initially wanted to raised $15,000.

Texas voter ID law can go into effect, appeals court panel rules  —  (CNN)Texas will be allowed to enforce its voter ID law in the upcoming elections, a federal appeals court has ruled.  —  In the 2-1 decision, a panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned …

Comey Confirms: In Clinton Emails Caper, the Fix Was In  —  He knew Obama's Justice Department would sweep Hillary's violations under the rug, so he played along.  —  While promoting his memoir, A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, former FBI director James Comey sat for what turned …

Pompeo starts Mideast tour with call for new Iran sanctions  —  RIYADH (Reuters) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday on a hastily-arranged visit to the Middle East as the United States aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran.