Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials  —  In June, 2017, Ann Norris, a former State Department official, received an e-mail containing an unusual proposal.  Norris is married to Ben Rhodes, a former foreign-policy adviser …

‘Smoke and Mirrors’: Emails Detail Pruitt's Drive for Secrecy at the E.P.A.  —  WASHINGTON — The invitation-only breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington gathered 250 executives from the nation's largest electric utilities, assembled in a ballroom to meet with Scott Pruitt …

I'm Not Black, I'm Kanye  —  I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it.

Stoneman Douglas Shooter Was Assigned To Controversial Broward Discipline Program, Officials Now Say  —  Broward school district officials admitted Sunday that the confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gunman was assigned to a controversial disciplinary program …

He Makes a Joke.  She Isn't Laughing: ‘Lingerie’ Comment in Elevator Leads to Uproar Among Scholars  —  He says he was joking when he asked to be let off an elevator at the ladies' lingerie department.  A female scholar who was attending the same annual meeting of the International Studies Association …

Exclusive: Two West Virginia Internal Campaign Polls Show Blankenship Narrowly Edging GOP Rivals  —  Republicans are panicking as internal polls show Don Blankenship, a coal baron who spent time in jail for a mining disaster that killed 29 workers, surging into the lead in the West Virginia Senate GOP primary …

People think she's a Parkland ‘crisis actor.’ It's terrifying.  —  NEW YORK — The strangers mocked her on social media.  They called her old boss, saying she should be arrested.  Now she feared one was stalking her.  —  Emma Gonzalez became an Internet obsession after a gunman killed 17 people …

Outrageous Redactions to the Russia Report  —  The FBI and DOJ have been burying the investigators' questionable judgments and information helpful to Flynn.  —  Cute how this works: Kick off the week with some “the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted” bombast …

Trump's GOP ‘warriors’ lead charge against Mueller  —  Trump has hailed a quartet of aggressive House Republicans whom Democrats say are trying to ‘sabotage’ the Russia probe.  —  They have demanded thousands of documents central to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Shocker: Republican candidate says ‘I was just wrong’ — and Obama was right  —  ORLANDO — Candidates rarely admit being wrong about anything.  —  It's even more rare for a candidate in a Republican primary to say he was wrong and former President Barack Obama was right.

Save Barnes & Noble!  —  Barnes & Noble is in trouble.  You hear that, in worried tones, when you talk to people in the book business.  You feel it when you walk into one of the chain's stores, a cluttered mix of gifts, games, DVDs (DVDs?) and books.  And you really see the problems if you dig into the company's financial statements.

Denver Post Newsroom Statement on Resignation of Editorial Page Editor Chuck Plunkett  —  To our readers:  —  Newspapers tell the truth.  —  They must.  Always.  —  That is why we, the newsroom of The Denver Post, are outraged at the unconscionable censorship imposed on our now-former editorial page editor, Chuck Plunkett.

The Liberal Media Can Have Ideological Diversity Without Conservatives  —  Donald Trump's election exposed the irrelevance of conservative intellectuals — and thereby, the incoherence of many a liberal publication's mission statement.  —  During the 2016 primaries, the right-wing intelligentsia mobilized in opposition to Trump.

Iran says could remain in nuclear deal if its interests guaranteed: TV  —  ANKARA (Reuters) - President Hassan Rouhani hinted on Monday that Iran could remain in its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers even if the United States dropped out but Tehran would fiercely resist U.S. pressure to limit its influence in the Middle East.

Inside Melania Trump's complicated White House life: Separate schedules, different priorities … Donald and Melania Trump's remarkably separate daily routines begin with him getting up around 5:30 a.m., watching cable news shows and tweeting.  —  The first lady wakes in her own bedroom a bit later …

Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant.

Southwest Airlines plane struck by truck at BWI Airport in Maryland  —  Southwest Airlines plane is struck by truck at BWI Airport in Maryland (Photo provided to WJLA by Michael Simon, @Thee_Tree)  —  WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A pickup truck hit a Southwest Airlines plane coming into BWI Airport …

GOP is scrambling to identify headliners who might boost enthusiasm on the 2018 trail  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans don't just suffer an enthusiasm gap this year.  They also have the weighty problem of finding a headliner who can close it.  —  Sen. John McCain, once one of the GOP's …

National security officials preparing contingency plans if Haspel's nomination fails  —  WaPo: Haspel sought to withdraw CIA nomination  —  Washington (CNN)National security officials and some Republicans are preparing contingency plans in case President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the CIA …

Did Elaine Chao's DOT interviews help her family's business?  —  In at least a dozen interviews with Chinese and Chinese-American media outlets since her nomination, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has appeared beside her shipping magnate father, whose company carries goods between …

Americans are starting to suffer from Trump's health-care sabotage  —  IT IS a tribute to the resilience of the United States' public and private institutions that, despite President Trump's incoherent management, the country has, by many measures, continued to improve, notching …

This American Is A General For A Foreign Army Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen  —  “We would call him ‘Little Napoleon.’”  —  Stephen Toumajan spent most of his professional life as an officer in the US Army — but these days the country he serves is not the US but the United Arab Emirates.

Trump officials reject Medicaid lifetime limits in Kansas  —  The Trump administration announced Monday that it is rejecting Kansas's request to impose lifetime limits on Medicaid benefits, drawing a line against a new level of conservative changes to the program.

Boy regains consciousness after parents sign papers to donate his organs  —  A 13-year-old boy who suffered severe brain trauma in an accident regained consciousness after his parents signed paperwork to donate his organs.  Trenton McKinley of Mobile, Alabama, suffered the injury two months ago …

No wonder there's an exodus from religion … Do you wonder why the proportion of Americans declaring themselves unaffiliated with organized religion has skyrocketed in recent decades?  —  This trend is especially pronounced among adults under 30, roughly 40 percent of whom claim …

Trump divines his own truth without consequences  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has learned he can get away with anything.  —  While the President has always profited from creating his own reality, the impact of having a commander in chief who so frequently bends fact is only beginning to be understood.