Trump doc says Trump bodyguard, lawyer ‘raided’ his office, took medical files  —  In February 2017, a top White House aide who was Trump's longtime personal bodyguard, along with the top lawyer at the Trump Organization and a third man, showed up at the office of Trump's New York doctor without notice …

Nancy Pelosi says she intends to remain in leadership role  —  Nancy Pelosi wants you to know she's not going anywhere.  —  Despite grumblings from some Democrats and dismal approval ratings, the House minority leader aims to keep an iron grip on her leadership role, saying in an interview Tuesday …

Lobbyist helped broker Scott Pruitt's $100,000 trip to Morocco  —  MARRAKESH, Morocco — A controversial trip to Morocco by Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last December was partly arranged by a longtime friend and lobbyist, who accompanied Pruitt and his entourage …

Rosenstein: Justice Department won't be extorted by Congress  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Tuesday lashed out at Republican allies of President Donald Trump who have drafted articles of impeachment against him, saying the Justice Department won't be extorted or give in to threats.

DEBUNKING TRUMP'S BIGGEST RUSSIA LIE  —  It is very hard to read the list of questions Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask President Trump (questions which Trump's lawyers memorialized, and which ultimately leaked to the New York Times) and see how the Russia investigation ends without …

Feinstein drops opposition to legal pot, giving legal marijuana a new ally  —  WASHINGTON  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime opponent of legalizing recreational marijuana, now says the federal government should not interfere in California's legal marijuana market.

NBC staffers felt pressured to sign letter defending Brokaw  —  Female staffers at NBC News are complaining they felt under huge pressure to sign the “women's letter” defending Tom Brokaw against sexual harassment allegations.  —  After former colleague Linda Vester claimed he …

How Much Does Hillary Clinton Drink?  —  Amy Chozick probably knows, but she isn't telling.  —  When the author of a book on the Hillary Clinton campaigns admits to breaking down in tears as Clinton's defeat registered, you have to read between the lines to guess just how flawed Clinton is.

US starts processing asylum seekers slammed by Trump  —  TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — U.S. border inspectors allowed some of the Central American asylum-seekers to enter the country for processing, ending a brief impasse over lack of space.  But the migrants who crossed Mexico in a caravan may face a long legal path.

Better Call Cohen: The Shady Cases of a Trump Lawyer's Personal Injury Practice  —  The president's personal attorney represented multiple clients in New York who allegedly staged car crashes to cheat insurance companies  —  A few years before he started working for Donald Trump …

Kanye West — Stirs Up TMZ Newsroom Over Trump, Slavery, Free Thought  —  Kanye West just told the TMZ newsroom why he believes slavery is a choice and why he decided to sport his Make America Great Again hat ... and it all went down Tuesday morning on “TMZ Live.”

House panel expected to interview EPA chief Scott Pruitt's former head of security in conduct probe  —  The House Oversight Committee is expected to interview Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's former head of security Wednesday, the latest indication …

How a Pretty Prom Dress Helped Reveal Rot in the American Soul  —  Keziah Daum and the insidiousness of the online cultural-appropriation police  —  I'm going to tell you perhaps the dumbest story you've ever heard — a story that is stupid with a heaping helping of malice on the side.

Carl Higbie, who works at pro-Trump group, says racist comments were ‘statistical observation,’ ‘out of context’  —  (CNN)Carl Higbie, a top staffer at an advocacy group closely aligned with President Donald Trump, said on a radio show that past racist comments he made had been taken …

The Truth About RedState's Layoffs, From A Non-Liar  —  I really didn't feel like defending RedState this week, all things considered, but I've been put in that position by flatly inaccurate information that was spread through a conservative email newsletter.  —  In that newsletter, The Transom, Ben Domenech called me a liar.

U.S. Officials: Israeli F-15s Struck Syrian Base Storing Iranian Anti-aircraft Missiles  —  More details soon...  Zen Subscribe now  —  Israeli F-15 fighter jets struck a military base near Hama on Sunday after Iran had transferred a shipment of anti-aircraft missiles there, three U.S. officials told NBC News.

Trump's former health secretary: Americans will pay more because GOP weakened Obamacare … President Trump's former top health official on Tuesday said the Republican tax law would raise the cost of health insurance for some Americans because it repealed a core provision of the Affordable Care Act.

The Professor At The Center Of The Trump-Russia Probe Was In Moscow Just Weeks Before Court Documents Were Unsealed  —  Joseph Mifsud's trip to Moscow coincided with an official visit by the king of Saudi Arabia.  —  Reporting From  —  London  —  Joseph Mifsud, the enigmatic Maltese professor …

Tick and Mosquito Infections Spreading Rapidly, C.D.C. Finds  —  The number of people who get diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States in recent years, federal health officials reported on Tuesday.  Since 2004, at least nine such diseases …

The Passion of Jordan Peterson  —  BY WESLEY YANG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAKE STANGEL  —  “WHAT  —  AM  —  I EXACTLY?  Here in a guest cottage at the summit of a high hill in northern California, the tenth stop on a three-continent tour to promote his new book,  —  12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,

The Guy Who Threw His Shoes At George W. Bush Is Running For President Of Iraq  —  This guy, Muntazar al-Zaidi, is running for president of Iraq, and if you're not excited about that, you may not be used to seeing him from the front. … Here's the vantage point most people will recognize him from …

Beto O'Rourke wants to debate Ted Cruz 6 times, including twice in Spanish  —  U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke's campaign sent a letter to senior staff of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz proposing six debates across Texas, two of them in Spanish.  —  U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso, has invited U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz …

Apple's tax break yields $102 billion boon for shareholders  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Apple's tax break on its overseas profits is turning into a $102 billion boon for shareholders.  —  The iPhone maker is raising its quarterly dividend by 16 percent to 73 cents per share …

Apple will buy back up to $100 billion worth of shares  — Apple reported earnings on Tuesday for the fiscal second quarter, which has traditionally been the quarter when Apple announces capital return programs like share buybacks and dividends.  —  Apple on Tuesday announced a plan …

We must rally around Joy Reid … Joy Reid deserves everyone's support.  The most destructive and insidious hacker in journalistic history is on the loose, ready to snatch another career.  —  Reid, who hosts “AM Joy” on MSNBC, is somehow hanging onto hers.