At His Ranch, John McCain Shares Memories and Regrets With Friends  —  PHOENIX — When former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. traveled to Senator John McCain's Arizona ranch last Sunday to spend a few hours with his ailing friend, the two reminisced about the “crazy senators” they had served with …

APNewsBreak: Mueller team questions Trump friend Tom Barrack  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller have interviewed one of President Donald Trump's closest friends and confidants, California real estate investor Tom Barrack, The Associated Press has learned.

How Michael Cohen, Trump's Fixer, Built a Shadowy Business Empire  —  He was a personal-injury lawyer who often worked out of taxi offices scattered around New York City.  —  There was the one above the run-down auto repair garage on West 16th Street in Manhattan, on the edge of the Meatpacking District before it turned trendy.

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.

Trump Is Said to Have Known of Payment to Stormy Daniels 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 …

As the ‘King of Debt,’ Trump borrowed to build his empire.  Then he began spending hundreds of millions in cash. … In the nine years before he ran for president, Donald Trump's company spent more than $400 million in cash on new properties — including 14 transactions paid for in full …

Franklin Graham: Trump's Affair with Stormy Daniels is “Nobody's Business”  —  Want more evidence of white evangelical Christian hypocrisy?  —  Evangelist Franklin Graham, who questioned President Obama's Christianity and said his agenda was “against Christ and against His teachings,” …

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 …

Revealed: Trump team hired spy firm for ‘dirty ops’ on Iran arms deal  —  Israeli agency told to find incriminating material on Obama diplomats who negotiated deal with Tehran  —  Aides to Donald Trump, the US president, hired an Israeli private intelligence agency to orchestrate a “dirty ops” …

Welcome To Partytown, Baghdad  —  Fifteen years after the US invasion, and the war against ISIS, the Iraqi capital is alive and buzzing, with bars and restaurants open til the early morning.  —  Reporting From Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD — When Zeinab Mohamed was a teenager …

White House calls China's threats to airlines ‘Orwellian nonsense’ … In the long strategic struggle between the United States and China, one key issue is whether the Chinese Communist Party will be able to force Americans to do what it says, especially American companies.

Mike Pence dishonors himself.  Again.  —  WHEN VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence appeared at an event in Arizona the other day and lauded former sheriff Joe Arpaio as a “tireless champion of . . . the rule of law,” his comment wasn't just a risible fiction about a man who made racial profiling …

An Interview With Robin Hanson, the Sex Redistribution Professor  —  Earlier this week, I published an article asking whether Robin Hanson was the “creepiest economist in America.”  The George Mason University professor had become Twitter-notorious for a blog post in which he used …

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 …

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.

Ava DuVernay to Angry Male Directors: Go Ahead, Sue Me  —  The director was honored in New York City Thursday night at the 30th annual Gloria Awards.  —  Ava DuVernay got a call once from “a friend.”  This friend, a man and fellow member of the Directors Guild of America, called to warn her that “there [had] been some complaints.”

3 top figures at Denver Post, including former owner, quit  —  DENVER (AP) — Three top figures at The Denver Post, including its former owner, resigned Friday amid budget and staff cuts made by the newspaper's New York-based hedge fund owners.  —  Several Post reporters tweeted that Dean Singleton …

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 …

Refugee camps are an untapped opportunity for private sector  —  Refugee camps are a major untapped opportunity for private sector investment, particularly when combined with the local host community, the UN and International Finance Corporation have concluded after analysing the economy …

Chula Vista school mural depicts severed, speared Trump head  —  A portion of a mural depicting President Trump's severed head on a spear has been covered up at MAAC Community Charter School in Chula Vista and will be repainted.  (John Gibbins)  —  A Chula Vista school mural that depicts the bloody …

DOJ inspector general's testimony postponed, amid new leads in Clinton case review  —  Inspector General Michael Horowitz's widely anticipated testimony next week before the House Oversight Committee has been postponed, as the Justice Department IG has pursued new leads in his review …

Parkland student Cameron Kasky calls Trump a ‘professional liar’ after NRA speech  —  Parkland suvivor: Trump is ‘professional liar’  —  Washington (CNN)Parkland shooting survivor and student activist Cameron Kasky called President Donald Trump a “professional liar” following the President's speech …

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.

Navalny Detained In Moscow At Anti-Putin Rally  —  MOSCOW — Aleksei Navalny was detained by police at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin on May 5 in Moscow, part of a nationwide protest action organized by the Russian opposition leader.  —  Navalny was taken into custody …

The unavoidable Brian Stelter: CNN's media wonk doesn't want to waste a moment  —  Screenshot via CNN.  —  On a recent Sunday morning, 20 minutes before his show goes live, Brian Stelter is multitasking.  The script for Reliable Sources, CNN's weekly look at the media landscape …