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” …

McCain doesn't want Trump at funeral, friends tell White House  —  WASHINGTON — People close to Sen. John McCain have told the White House that the ailing Arizona Republican does not want President Donald Trump to attend his funeral and would like Vice President Mike Pence to come instead …

Blankenship surging on eve of West Virginia Senate primary  —  There is growing concern among Republicans that Don Blankenship, a bombastic coal baron who has spent time in prison, is surging ahead of Tuesday's West Virginia Senate primary — and a last-minute campaign is underway to stop him.

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.

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 …

The 2016 election was far from a fluke  —  America's political experts got it wrong in 2016 — not because they took too few polls, but because they made the false assumption that American elections are immune to societal change.  —  They are, in large part, still getting things wrong …

Mueller's got a secret  —  The transcript of the hearing before Judge Ellis on Paul Manafort's motion to dismiss the indictment pending against him in the case transferred to the Eastern District of Virginia has been posted online here and probably elsewhere.

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,” …

Rosie O'Donnell's campaign donations to Dems went over legal limit  —  Rosie O'Donnell made illegally over-sized campaign donations to at least five Democratic federal candidates, according to a Post analysis of campaign filings.  —  The liberal comedian has regularly broken Federal Election …

For Mueller, a question of three conflicts  —  As the special counsel investigation surrounding President Trump  —  goes on, we still don't know what evidence Robert Mueller  —  and his team have amassed behind closed doors.  It's entirely possible they have built a strong case …

Popular vote for president passes General Assembly  —  HARTFORD — The General Assembly on Saturday agreed to join a compact with 10 other states to use the national popular vote to elect a president.  —  “When you change our system, it takes thoughtful debate and moments when people …

The Naked Truth About Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Before I get to America's Mayor and America's Nightmare, I would like to say this:  —  Michelle Wolf was right when she turned a gimlet eye on the media.  —  “You guys are obsessed with Trump,” the comedian said at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Between Two Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Plenty of Ill Will — and a Bodyguard  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. — When she is 10 minutes from the Pennsylvania Statehouse, Representative Tarah Toohil phones the sergeant-at-arms.  A security officer then meets her in the parking garage and escorts her to her office.

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 …

Cambridge Analytica ordered to release data on American voter, report says  —  The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office has ordered Cambridge Analytica to release all the personal information and data it has on an American voter, opening the way for as many as 240 million U.S. voters …

NRA hopes you won't notice the Kremlin-linked company at its convention  —  Facing scrutiny over its own ties to Russia, the NRA hosted an ammunitions company linked to sanctioned Russian entities at its annual convention this weekend.  —  As Trump and Pence took the stage …