Mueller Asked Ford for Records After It Rejected Michael Cohen Consulting Overture  —  Trump's personal lawyer touted his proximity to the president  —  WASHINGTON)— Michael Cohen, who has served as President Donald Trump's personal attorney, made an overture to provide consulting services …

White House Refuses to Apologize for Aide's Joke About McCain  —  WASHINGTON — The White House declined on Friday to renounce or apologize for an aide whose joke at a meeting that Senator John McCain was irrelevant because he would soon die went viral, outraging relatives, friends and admirers of the ailing lawmaker.

We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians.  Their dominant strategy: Sowing racial discord  —  The Russian company charged with orchestrating a wide-ranging effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election overwhelmingly focused its barrage of social media advertising …

Without Nuclear Deal, U.S. Expects Resurgence in Iranian Cyberattacks  —  Inside the Pentagon's cyberwarfare unit, analysts have been closely monitoring internet traffic out of Iran.  Six thousand miles away, Israel's elite cyber intelligence Unit 8200 has been running war games in anticipation …

‘Tricked by the devil.’ They backed Trump.  Now, his foreign labor cuts may ruin them.  —  Eddie Devine voted for President Donald Trump because he thought he would be good for American business.  Now, he says, the Trump administration's restrictions on seasonal foreign labor may put him out of business.

Rudy Giuliani showed up in court.  His client wasn't the President.  —  (CNN)One day after Rudy Giuliani announced he was leaving his law firm to offer his “sole concentration” to President Donald Trump, Giuliani appeared in a Broward County, Florida, courtroom Friday to represent a woman accused in an insurance fraud case.

Transcript: White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly's Interview With NPR  —  Editor's note: This post contains language some may find offensive.  —  NPR's Southwest correspondent John Burnett speaks with White House chief of staff John Kelly.  Here's a partial transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity.

Senate chairman: Comey ‘led us to believe’ Flynn wouldn't be charged  —  Earlier this month, the House Intelligence Committee revealed that then-FBI director James Comey told lawmakers in March 2017 that bureau agents who questioned then-national security adviser Michael Flynn saw no signs that Flynn was lying.

School district shuts down information after Stoneman Douglas shooting  —  In the aftermath of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, the Broward school district has tried to keep information from the public and put out untrue and misleading statements, frustrating parents who say this is the time for transparency.

Democratic House candidate in Pennsylvania deletes tweets blasting progressives, praising Trump  —  (CNN)A Democrat running for a US House seat in Pennsylvania offered praise for then-President-elect Donald Trump, called on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign and said progressives …

Time for Europe to Join the Resistance  —  U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal marks the temporary suspension of the trans-Atlantic alliance.  What now?  —  Trump's renown is rooted in American hero myths.  Trump says that women like Carla Bruni lust after him …

US stealth fighters intercept Russian bombers off the coast of Alaska  —  Washington (CNN)Two Russian TU-95 “Bear” bombers were intercepted by US F-22 stealth fighters in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.

Pruitt's Dinner With Cardinal Accused of Abuse Was Kept Off Public Schedule  —  WASHINGTON — Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, dined last year in Rome with Cardinal George Pell, a prominent climate-science denialist and Vatican leader who was also facing sexual abuse allegations.

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Is Picked Up by NBC, and Fans Rejoice  —  Fans of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” can stop tossing objects at their television screens.  —  A day after Fox canceled the Andy Samberg police sitcom on Thursday, NBC swooped and announced late Friday that it was picking up the series for a sixth season and 13 episodes.

Police drag 65-year-old woman from car at traffic stop: Video  —  A police department in Georgia has opened an internal investigation into why an elderly female driver was dragged out of her vehicle at a traffic stop, according to a Facebook post by Alpharetta police.  —  “I just panicked.

Italian court lifts ban on Berlusconi running for office: paper  —  An Italian court has lifted a ban on Silvio Berlusconi holding public office, Corriere della Sera reported on Saturday.  —  The decision by the court in Milan, issued late on Friday afternoon, shakes up Italy's political landscape …

If Good Reporting Was In Any Way Useful to Conservatives, They'd Already Be Doing It  —  Ben Howe, a longtime conservative media veteran and former Red State contributor (until the site's owners purged the site of its anti-Trump voices), appears in the Daily Beast with a polite request of his compatriots:

‘What Happened to Alan Dershowitz?’  —  How a liberal Harvard professor became Trump's most distinguished defender on TV, freaked out his friends and got the legal world up in arms.  —  NEW YORK — If you wanted to feel the full force of the intellectual whirlpool that is American politics in 2018 …

Young Activists, Fed Up With Alleged Abuses, Challenge Pakistan's Military  —  Movement wants to end fighting in Pashtun areas of country's northwest, where government's war on terror has focused  —  BANNU, Pakistan—A movement of young activists, tired of being caught up in the crossfire …

The Red and the Brown  —  On Aug. 23, 1939, the foreign ministers of the Soviet Union and the Third Reich secretly met in Moscow to sign a treaty of non-aggression.  The infamous “red-brown pact” paved the way for the Nazis' conquest of large swathes of central Europe.

SEAL Team leaders investigated for alleged sexual misconduct  —  The commander and the senior enlisted officer of a SEAL Team currently deployed to Africa are being investigated for allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment, officials said.  —  Both senior leaders have been sent …

GOP has few takers for 2020 convention  —  Cities across the country are turning down the opportunity to host the 2020 Republican National Convention, where President Trump  —  is expected to be nominated for a second term.  —  The cities that have rejected hosting duties insist Trump …

D.C.'s Biggest Homeless Shelter Is About to Close.  Will Amazon Take Its Place?  —  On a recent spring evening, a group of mothers at D.C. General Family Homeless Shelter were enjoying the weather, chatting outside near the building's entrance.  Two young boys whizzed past on scooters, colorful lights flashing.

Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance  —  Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’  —  Rakem Balogun thought he was dreaming when armed agents in tactical gear stormed his apartment.