Giuliani Says Trump Repaid Cohen for Stormy Daniels Payment  —  The ex-New York mayor, now a member of president's legal team, says there were no ‘campaign finance violations’ in payment to former adult film star  —  WASHINGTON—Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the president had repaid his longtime attorney …

Redskins Cheerleaders Describe Topless Photo Shoots and an Uneasy Night Out  —  When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected …

Trump to Add Clinton Impeachment Lawyer Emmet Flood to Replace Ty Cobb  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to hire Emmet T. Flood, the veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment, to replace Ty Cobb, the White House lawyer who has taken the lead in dealing …

Michael Caputo says 'it's clear' Mueller investigators focused on Russia collusion  —  (CNN)After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller's team is “focused on Russia collusion.”

Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy  —  Company had lost multiple clients in recent months  —  Cambridge Analytica , a data firm that worked for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, is shutting down following the disclosure of its misuse of Facebook data.

North Korea set to release US prisoners at summit  —  North Korea has released the three Americans detained in the country's labour camps in a display of goodwill ahead of the looming summit between its Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, campaigners say.

Trump's fixers revolt  —  Longtime associates whose job was to clean up messes are suddenly in the spotlight making things worse for the president.  —  Looking the part has always mattered to President Donald Trump.  —  The president's preference for people who look like they came from …

Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas ‘The Apprentice’ Recordings  —  Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar.  —  A lawyer for Ms. Zervos …

New NBC Poll: 61% of Americans Think Trump Is Dishonest  —  FacebookTwitterSubscribeGooglePinterest PrintMailFlipboard  —  In the age of Trump shocking news no longer shocks people.  And today's NBC News/Survey Monkey poll is a case in point.  —  We should all be shocked by this poll …

The Redistribution of Sex  —  One lesson to be drawn from recent Western history might be this: Sometimes the extremists and radicals and weirdos see the world more clearly than the respectable and moderate and sane.  All kinds of phenomena, starting as far back as the Iraq War and the crisis …

America is more diverse than ever — but still segregated  —  The United States is on track to be a majority-minority nation by 2044.  But census data show most of our neighbors are the same race.  —  Black  —  White  —  Hispanic  —  Asian/Pacific Islander  —  Native American Multi-race and other

West Virginia Senate candidate distorts reality in campaign ad  —  WASHINGTON — A Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia is running an ad showing his primary opponent shaking hands with Hillary Clinton — something that never happened.  The ad uses a manipulated version …

Republican lawmakers must decide: Can Trump snub a subpoena? … For months now, Republican lawmakers have been asked what happens if President Trump fires special counsel Robert S. Mueller III or Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, and whether they will support legislation to protect either or both.

HHS official who shared conspiracy theories and said ‘forefathers would have hung’ Obama is back at work  —  (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services has apologized and is now back at work at the department after it came to light that she spread conspiracy theories …

Boulder City Council calls for ‘full editorial independence’ at Daily Camera  —  Late Tuesday night, the Boulder City Council unanimously approved a declaration in “support of the journalistic and editorial independence of our local newspaper,” the Daily Camera.

Eric Bolling returning to media with CRTV show  —  Former Fox News anchor Eric Bolling is returning to media after signing a deal with CRTV to host his own show titled “America.”  —  Bolling became a leader in the opioid crisis after his son Eric, 19, died of an accidental overdose last year …

YES, DONALD TRUMP IS MAKING WHITE PEOPLE MORE HATEFUL  —  A new study finds empirical evidence of the “Trump Effect.”  —  Has Donald Trump's relentless demagoguery of Mexicans, Muslims and African Americans made Americans more hateful?  Or did Trump capitalize on a white backlash …

The Democrats' God Gap  —  The American church is in desperate need of a unity that transcends Identity politics on the left and on the right.  —  You know elite Democratic anti-Christian bigotry is getting out of hand when it's expertly skewered on HBO.  —  The show was the excellent Mike Judge comedy Silicon Valley.