Kelly thinks he's saving U.S. from disaster, calls Trump ‘idiot,’ say White House staffers  —  WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff John Kelly has eroded morale in the West Wing in recent months with comments to aides that include insulting the president's intelligence and casting himself …

Trump campaign has paid portions of Michael Cohen's legal fees: Sources  —  The Trump campaign has spent nearly $228,000 to cover some of the legal expenses for President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen, sources familiar with the payments tell ABC News, raising questions …

Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, says South Korea's Moon  —  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, a South Korean official said on Monday.

Exclusive: Democrats lose ground with millennials - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. (Reuters) - Enthusiasm for the Democratic Party is waning among young voters - so-called millennials - as its candidates head into the crucial midterm congressional elections, according to the Reuters/Ipsos national opinion poll.

Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Deal Is Based on Lies - Here's the Proof  —  ‘Iran did not come clean on its nuclear program,’ Netanyahu says, saying more than 100,000 Iranian documents Israel obtained prove nuclear ‘deal is based on lies’ Speech comes on heels of strike against two bases in Syria and ahead of Trump's decision on nuclear deal

Documents show ties between university, conservative donors  —  FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Newly released documents show Virginia's largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations.

McCain in book excerpt: ‘This is my last term’  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. John McCain, who is battling brain cancer in his home state of Arizona, says in his new book that his current term is his last and, as a result, he feels he can open up about how he sees the current political climate.

Resistance Setback: Robert Mueller Has Abandoned The Russia Investigation After Determining That The Real Crime Is How Low The Prices Are On Kinja Deals  —  Members of the resistance, our best shot at impeaching Donald Trump pretty much died on the table today: Special counsel Robert Mueller …

Trump to attend the NRA convention in Dallas  —  President Donald Trump will be at the National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday.  —  A White House official said Monday that Trump will attend the group's annual meeting.  Trump has been a strong supporter of the NRA and enjoyed their backing in his 2016 campaign.

Acting Director of ICE Plans to Retire From Agency  —  Under Thomas Homan, Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests rose  —  WASHINGTON— Thomas Homan, the controversial acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, plans to retire and leave his post, three people familiar with his plans said.

The Spy Who Came Home  —  Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.  —  Shortly after an evening nap, Patrick Skinner drove to the police station in the Third Precinct in Savannah, Georgia, wearing ill-fitting body armor.  It was late December, and bitterly cold …

‘Who the hell is this person?’  Trump's Mar-a-Lago pal stymies VA project  —  A West Palm Beach doctor's ties to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago social circle have enabled him to hold up the biggest health information technology project in history — the transformation of the VA's digital records system.

Exclusive: U.S. EPA grants biofuels waiver to billionaire Icahn's oil refinery - sources  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has granted a financial hardship waiver to an oil refinery owned by billionaire Carl Icahn, a former adviser to President Donald Trump …

Group to submit 60,000 signatures for Medicaid expansion in Idaho.  Here's what's next.  —  Months of gathering signatures by volunteers for the Reclaim Idaho group has come down to this.  —  The group's organizers, who are aiming to expand Medicaid and provide health care …

The NRA said guns will be banned during a Pence speech.  Parkland students see hypocrisy. … The National Rifle Association has championed the idea of “a good guy with a gun,” but no firearms will be allowed when Vice President Pence speaks at its annual meeting — sparking criticism from Parkland …

Happy Birthday, Karl Marx.  You Were Right!  —  SEOUL, South Korea — On May 5, 1818, in the southern German town of Trier, in the picturesque wine-growing region of the Moselle Valley, Karl Marx was born.  At the time Trier was one-tenth the size it is today, with a population of around 12,000.

Josh Hawley is trying to reassure Republicans he can still beat Claire McCaskill  —  Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley moved Monday to quell spiraling anxiety among senior Republicans and top party donors that his bid to oust vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is slowly slipping away.

Famed photographer among 29 killed in twin Afghanistan blasts  —  Journalists among dozens killed in Kabul bomb attacks  —  Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Eight journalists were among 29 people killed in a suicide attack in Kabul Monday, including a famed photographer who had written of the dangers of reporting in the Afghan capital.

Republican Party of Florida 2018 Sunshine Summit to feature Dinesh D'Souza  —  You may remember D'Souza from a recent controversy.  —  First the Republican candidates for governor will debate.  Then a man who mocked Parkland school shooting survivors will address the crowd.

Detroit Was Crumbling.  Here's How It's Reviving.  —  Last week, we visited the city to find further signs of recovery as Detroit moves out from under budgetary oversight.  —  For a while, Detroit was known for vacant, crumbling homes and rock-bottom house prices.

MARCO RUBIO: There's ‘no evidence whatsoever’ that Trump's tax bill has helped American workers  — “There's no evidence whatsoever that the money's been massively poured back into the American worker,” Rubio said of tax cuts for corporations.  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida told …

Bank of Internet, Which Had Been Under Federal Investigation, Appears In Multiple Kushner Deals  —  A bank that had been under federal investigation until last year has played a role in two recent real estate transactions involving Kushner Companies, Jared Kushner's family company.