Exclusive: Mueller's team questions Russian oligarch about payments to Cohen  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators have questioned a Russian oligarch about hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments his company's US affiliate made to President Donald Trump's personal attorney …

9/11 Planner, Tortured by C.I.A., Asks to Tell Senators About Gina Haspel  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's nomination of Gina Haspel to lead the C.I.A. has revived debate over the agency's post-Sept. 11 interrogation program and still-murky questions about her involvement.

Why Trump torpedoed Obama's Iran deal … The lobbying campaign to save the Iran nuclear agreement was intense and took months.  British Prime Minister Theresa May raised the deal with President Trump in more than a dozen phone calls.  French President Emmanuel Macron pressed him on it during an elaborate state visit.

West Virginia Primary Election Results  —  A tight three-way primary race is underway in West Virginia for the Republican nomination for Senate.  —  Read more  —  President Trump on Monday intervened and pleaded with voters to oppose one of the candidates, Don Blankenship …

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU following US President Trump's announcement on the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA)  —  The European Union (EU) deeply regrets the announcement by US President Trump to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Risk to intelligence source who aided Russia investigation at center of latest showdown between Nunes and Justice Dept.  —  Last Wednesday, senior FBI and national intelligence officials relayed an urgent message to the White House: Information being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …

A Duke University VP Walked Into the Campus Joe Van Gogh, Heard a Rap Song, Demanded That the Employees Be Fired  —  On Monday, two employees of Duke University's Joe Van Gogh location had their contracts terminated after vice president for student affairs Larry Moneta and executive director …

Challenger Mark Harris on verge of upsetting U.S. Rep. Pittenger of NC  —  Former Charlotte pastor Mark Harris was leading Rep. Robert Pittenger in Tuesday's primary in North Carolina's 9th District, threatening to make him the first incumbent in the country to lose this year.

N. Korea to release 3 U.S. captives: Cheong Wa Dae official … North Korea is expected to release three U.S. citizens held in the communist state on Wednesday, an official from Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said, in an apparent goodwill gesture ahead of a historic meeting between …

Rachel Crooks, who accused Trump of sexually assaulting her, wins uncontested Ohio House primary … Rachel Crooks, one of at least 19 women who have publicly accused President Trump of sexual assault, won an uncontested primary Tuesday for a seat in the Ohio state House of Representatives, her campaign manager confirmed.

Boeing, Airbus to lose $39 billion in contracts because of Trump sanctions on Iran … Boeing and Airbus will lose contracts worth roughly $39 billion to replenish Iran's aging fleet of commercial planes as part of the Trump administration's reimposition of sanctions.

Woman details nightmare date with ‘repulsive’ Schneiderman  —  She says their blind date started off like a dream, with him bearing flowers as he picked her up in a luxury car to take her to dinner at Bette Midler's trendy New Leaf restaurant in Fort Tryon Park.

The Senate Intelligence Committee Just Released A Report On How To Avoid Election Hacking In 2018  —  The committee chairman says that in the months ahead, the panel will issue a series of interim reports like the one released Tuesday.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

Is This How Avenatti Found Out?  —  TPM Reader TH thinks he knows where Michael Avenatti got his amazingly specific details.  And it sounds right to me ...  I have no idea who leaked this or whether it was a leak per se.  But this is extraordinarily detailed information.  It all seems accurate.

Background Briefing on President Trump's Decision To Withdraw From the JCPOA  —  Special Briefing  —  Senior State Department Officials  —  Washington, DC  —  MODERATOR: All right, thanks everybody.  So we are glad to have with us today two folks to talk about the President's decision today to withdraw from the JCPOA.

MSNBC Under Fire After Host Hugh Hewitt Helped Broker Meeting With EPA Leader  —  “We'll get back to you,” an MSNBC spokesman told THR when asked about the host's role in brokering a meeting between EPA head Scott Pruitt and lawyers at his firm representing a California water district.