U.S. Probes Cohen Over Cash He Built Up During Campaign  —  Trump's lawyer took out lines of credit to secure access to as much as $774,000 as race heated up  —  Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, gained access to as much as $774,000 through two financial transactions during …

Federal judge accuses Mueller's team of ‘lying,’ trying to target Trump: 'C'mon man!'  —  Giuliani: Mueller investigation should be dismissed  —  A federal judge on Friday harshly rebuked Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team during a hearing for ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort …

Kerry quietly seeking to salvage Iran deal he helped craft  —  WASHINGTON — John Kerry's bid to save one of his most significant accomplishments as secretary of state took him to New York on a Sunday afternoon two weeks ago, where, more than a year after he left office …

Viktor Vekselberg, Russian Billionaire, Was Questioned by Mueller's Investigators  —  WASHINGTON — When the United States sought to punish Russia last month for its election interference and other aggressions, it targeted some of Russia's wealthiest men, imposing sanctions on those viewed …

Trump administration will end protections for 50,000 Hondurans living in U.S. since 1999  —  More than 50,000 Hondurans who have been allowed to live and work in the United States since 1999 will have until January 2020 to leave the country or face deportation, the Department of Homeland Security …

Pence doctor resigns after Jackson debacle  —  Vice President Mike Pence's physician has resigned, the latest fallout from the collapse of Ronny Jackson's nomination for secretary of Veterans Affairs.  —  Dr. Jennifer Peña, who like Jackson is a military physician detailed to the White House …

Alex Jones: Trump Is Fighting A Computer Program That Has Decided To Kill Humans  —  Before Alex Jones headed to court to face his ex-wife today, he told Infowars listeners that President Trump is part of an effort to fight against a sentient computer program that has decided to kill all humans.

Connecticut Court Reverses Murder Conviction of Michael Skakel  —  The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a surprising reversal of its own decision less than two years ago, ruled on Friday to vacate the conviction of Michael C. Skakel, who had been found guilty of bludgeoning his neighbor with a golf club in 1975.

As a willing warrior for Trump, Sarah Sanders struggles to maintain credibility  —  The West Wing shouting match was so loud that more than a dozen staffers heard it.  —  White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders cursed and yelled at White House counsel Donald McGahn during …

Exclusive: Nunes demands Justice Department records.  Then he doesn't read them.  —  (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes was livid.  —  For months, he had been demanding a fully uncensored version of a highly sensitive document from the Justice Department explaining …

He Was Accused Of Attempted Rape.  He Became A Progressive Star Anyway.  —  For more than a decade, women alleged that Clay Johnson, a leader in political tech, physically and verbally abused them.  —  On April 28, 2008, Sarah Schacht received an email that terrified her.

Most voters have become numb to each new Trump scandal because they don't believe what he says anyway  — Most Americans have considered Trump dishonest throughout his time in office.  They judge his character indecent.  But that no longer drives change in their judgments of his presidency.

Democrats: Don't Take the Bait on Impeachment  —  In 2010, as a member of the House Judiciary Committee, I led the effort to impeach a federal judge from New Orleans named Thomas Porteous Jr. He was accused of multiple acts of corruption, some of which preceded his appointment to the federal bench …

Behind Erik Prince's China venture  —  The Blackwater founder has cut a lucrative security-training deal with Chinese insiders.  But is it against U.S. interests?  —  Beijing's International Security Defense College, which boasts of becoming “the largest private security training school in China …

The Trump Organization just quietly announced it's collecting sales tax in a new state — weeks after Trump savaged Amazon over its policies  — The update comes after President Donald Trump has attacked Amazon over the issue of sales tax collection.  —  The Trump Organization quietly updated …

DeVos lost millions in embattled start-up: report  —  's family has reportedly lost tens of millions of dollars from their investment in embattled medical-testing startup Theranos, according to newly unsealed documents.  —  DeVos's family was among a list of prominent figures who lost a total …

Comey told lawmakers FBI agents saw ‘no physical indications of deception’ in Michael Flynn  —  Newly unredacted portions of the House Intelligence Committee Republican report on the Trump-Russia investigation contain previously unknown information about what then-FBI Director James Comey told lawmakers …

Sex Abuse Scandal's Latest Casualty: The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature  —  STOCKHOLM — The Nobel Prize in Literature, the world's most prestigious accolade for writing, will not be awarded this year, for the first time since 1949, as the fallout from a sexual abuse scandal that has battered …

Actors were paid to support Entergy's power plant at New Orleans City Council meetings  —  Last October, about 50 people in bright orange shirts filed into City Hall for a public hearing on Entergy's request to build a $210 million power plant in eastern New Orleans.  Their shirts read, “Clean Energy.

Revolutionary data: California tops U.K., now world's fifth-largest economy  —  The Golden State is getting even richer.  —  California is now the world's fifth-largest economy, according to data released Friday morning by the U.S. Department of Commerce.  Its 2017 Gross State Product …