White House official mocked ‘dying’ McCain at internal meeting  —  A White House official mocked Sen. John McCain  —  's brain cancer diagnosis at an internal meeting on Thursday, a day after the Arizona Republican announced his opposition to President Trump  —  's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel.

Homeland Security Secretary Was Close to Resigning After Trump Berated Her  —  WASHINGTON — Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, told colleagues she was close to resigning after President Trump berated her on Wednesday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure …

Who is paying Michael Avenatti?  —  So exactly who is paying Michael Avenatti?  And is he a lawyer, an opposition researcher, a journalist, or a campaign operative?  —  He wants to make the discussion all about where Michael Cohen, President Trump  —  's personal attorney, got his money but …

Cohen's $600,000 deal with AT&T specified he would advise on Time Warner merger, internal company records show  —  Three days after President Trump was sworn into office, the telecom giant AT&T turned to his personal attorney Michael Cohen for help on a wide portfolio of issues pending …

My journey to North Korea with the secretary of state … The State Department normally craves elaborate planning and procedures for everything.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's 13-hour visit to North Korea had little of that.  —  I had a view of the improvisational quality of his trip because …

About That FBI ‘Source’  —  Did the bureau engage in outright spying against the 2016 Trump campaign?  —  The Department of Justice lost its latest battle with Congress Thursday when it allowed House Intelligence Committee members to view classified documents about a top-secret intelligence source …

Giuliani Resigns From Law Firm Amid Tensions Over Comments About Trump  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, abruptly resigned from his law firm after weeks of tensions over his public comments.  —  Mr. Giuliani took a leave of absence last month from the firm …

At Sean Hannity properties in low-income areas, an aggressive approach to rent collection … PERRY, Ga. — For years, Fox News host Sean Hannity has poured his fortune into a surprising side venture: a vast portfolio of rental properties in working-class neighborhoods.

Loyalty, unease in Trump's Midwest  —  Voters gave Trump a chance.  Some remain all in.  Others have grown weary of the chaos.  —  After eight years of displeasure with the presidency of Barack Obama and faced with a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Dennis Schminke of Austin …

‘I Love Hate Speech’: Sarah Braasch, the white woman who called police on Black Yale grad student for napping in dorm, defends slavery and supports burqa ban in writings  —  Sarah Braasch is also against hate crime legislation.  —  Sarah Braasch is the woman who called the police …

Trump to Drop Call for Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump will lay out on Friday a broad strategy to reduce prescription drug prices, but in a break from one of his most popular campaign promises, he will not call for Medicare to negotiate lower prices …

Gina Haspel fails the test  —  GINA HASPEL, President Trump's nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency, faced a clear test when she appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday.  After a 33-year career at the agency, she may be, in many respects …

‘When gerrymandering backfires’: Democrats go after once-safe GOP seats  —  Republican redistricting maximized GOP gains in past years, but it could exacerbate the party's losses in 2018.  —  Republicans redrew congressional districts across the country in 2010 in an attempt to consign Democrats to a semipermanent House minority.

Five Top ISIS Officials Captured in U.S.-Iraqi Sting  —  BAGHDAD — Five senior Islamic State officials have been captured, including a top aide to the group's leader, in a complex cross-border sting carried out by Iraqi and American intelligence, two Iraqi officials said Wednesday.

Russia reportedly targeted Fox host Sean Hannity's fans in its social media propaganda campaign  — A Kremlin-backed organization purchased ads on Facebook and Instagram during the 2016 presidential campaign to push contentious messages to a wide range of voters, including fans …

Sigh* No, Being A Christian Does Not Require You Meekly Submit To Leftist Tyranny  —  First, the oldest but best Christian joke in the world (The second best is the one about how what was going on in Gomorrah was so bad nobody will talk about it): There's this Christian guy who gets on his roof to escape a flood.

Video shows woman calling police over barbecue at Lake Merritt  —  A video of a confrontation over a charcoal barbecue at Lake Merritt is attracting national attention after being shared and viewed thousands of times since its initial posting.  —  A white woman was in disagreement …

Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump: This Will End Badly.  And Probably Soon. … Like a bloated, portly fake billionaire rolling off a hooker after a hot 45 seconds of passionate sex, Donald Trump's ardor for Rudy Giuliani seems to have cooled.  —  If the White House leaks are any barometer …

To Fight Patriarchy, Female Cornell Student Presents Thesis in Her Underwear  —  A female student at Cornell University stripped down to her underwear—twice— before presenting her senior thesis to professors and other students.  —  The student was attempting to strike a blow against the patriarchy …

Merkel Says Europe Can't Count on U.S. Military Umbrella Anymore  — German chancellor prods EU in speech honoring France's Macron  — Reprises theme of U.S., allies drifting apart in Trump era  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe can no longer count on the U.S …

San Francisco's many free syringes are littering its streets  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco hands out millions of syringes a year to drug users but has little control over how they are discarded and that's contributing to thousands of complaints.  —  The city distributes …

Goodbye, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’ And thank you. … When the television gods give you a gift, maybe it's churlish to ask for even more from them.  That's the best way to describe how I feel about “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Fox's wonderfully funny, deeply felt police comedy, which the network chose not to renew on Thursday.

Why Is TMZ in Bed With R. Kelly?  —  The R. Kelly news cycle does not appear to be slowing down anytime soon, with renewed calls for his career to be ended coming amid a new flood of women who have decided to speak publicly for the first time about sexual, physical, and mental abuse they say they experienced at his hand.