Trump Is Said to Know of Stormy Daniels Payment Months Before He Denied It  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump knew about a six-figure payment that Michael D. Cohen, his personal lawyer, made to a pornographic film actress several months before he denied any knowledge of it to reporters aboard Air Force …

2 F.B.I. Officials, Once Key Advisers to Comey, Leave the Bureau  —  WASHINGTON — Two top F.B.I. aides who worked alongside the former director James B. Comey as he navigated one of the most politically tumultuous periods in the bureau's history resigned on Friday.

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 …

UK regulator orders Cambridge Analytica to release data on US voter  —  In landmark cross-border decision, Information Commissioner's Office gives company 30 days to comply with David Carroll's request  —  Cambridge Analytica has been ordered to hand over all the data and personal information …

California Now World's 5th Largest Economy, Surpassing UK  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's economy has surpassed that of the United Kingdom to become the world's fifth largest, according to new federal data made public Friday.  —  California's gross domestic product rose by $127 billion …

Donald Trump's NRA speech, fact-checked  —  After a week of news about Stormy Daniels, President Donald Trump headed to Dallas to speak to members of the National Rifle Association.  —  Trump repeated talking points against gun control, warned against illegal immigration, and complained about Democratic obstruction and the media.

House Intel report: Comey testified FBI agents saw no ‘physical indications of deception’ by Flynn  —  Former FBI Director James Comey testified to the House Intelligence Committee that FBI agents did not believe that Michael Flynn, who was national security adviser, intentionally lied …

Trump's Dangerous Global Retreat  —  The Eurofighter Typhoon is Germany's premier front-line jet fighter.  This week, Der Spiegel reported that just four of the Luftwaffe's 128 Typhoons are combat ready.  You read that right: four.  Also, not one of the German Navy's six submarines …

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 …

Rudy Giuliani has hit rock bottom … To be a prelapsarian conservative in America today — as that creed was understood before 2016 — means getting used to heartbreak.  One after another, conservatives that I have admired and respected — Paul D. Ryan, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Bill Bennett …

Native American Brothers Pulled From Campus Tour After ‘Nervous’ Mother Calls Police  —  A pair of Native American brothers who had traveled seven hours to tour Colorado State University this week had their visit cut short after a parent on their tour reported them to the campus police.

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter execs showed up at Stanford Law School to discuss fake news and hate speech, and their verdict was that people need to stop freaking out  —  Juniper Downs (center), head of global policy at YouTube and Nich Pickles (right), senior public policy at UK Twitter during a panel discussion at Stanford Law School

Defense bill would allow sanctions waivers for some allies buying Russian weapons  —  The annual defense policy bill would establish a “special rule” allowing the Trump administration to waive some sanctions on U.S. allies for buying Russian weapons.  —  The sanctions in question were required …

Murkowski: Mueller should follow Russia inquiry ‘wherever it takes him’  —  FAIRBANKS - Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski said this week that the Russia investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller III should be allowed to proceed to its natural end and that she would support legislation approved …

Pruitt had travel wish list and asked staff to find ‘official’ reasons to go: report  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt  —  , when he joined the EPA, drew up a list of his preferred travel destinations and told his staff to find official reasons for him to travel …

Study: Greens Believe they have a “Moral License” to Pollute  —  Guest essay by Eric Worrall  —  A new study suggests that most greens believe that by virtue of their support for environmental issues they earn the right to ignore their personal responsibilities.

NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO GERMANY CALLS ON COMPANIES TO END IRAN TRADE  —  Grenell is sharp critic of Iran's nuclear program and a strong supporter of the Jewish state.  —  Richard Grenell, the newly confirmed US ambassador to Germany, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Thursday …

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.

Major quake hits Hawaii, prompts further volcano eruptions  —  Thousands of people have been told to leave their homes on Hawaii's Big Island following the eruption of the Kilauea volcano  —  Leilani Estates (United States) (AFP) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii's Big Island on Friday …

The great test for Trump's border wall: Texas' Rio Grande Valley  —  ROMA, Texas — The moon narrowed to a sliver as several migrants paddled a raft across the Rio Grande to the banks of this small Texas border town and scrambled up well-worn dirt trails through thorny mesquite into a cluster of shabby houses.

BREAKING: Embattled FBI Lawyer Lisa Page Has Resigned  —  The FBI attorney who exchanged anti-Trump text messages with another bureau official resigned on Friday, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  —  The FBI confirmed that the lawyer, Lisa Page, tendered her resignation.

The Iran deal is dead — Iran killed it  —  The Iran nuclear deal is dead - and the mullahs who rule the Islamic Republic have only themselves to blame.  —  There is no need for President Trump to even announce that the United States is pulling out of the deal.