Tom Wolfe, Pyrotechnic Nonfiction Writer and Novelist, Dies at 87  —  Tom Wolfe, an innovative journalist whose technicolor, wildly punctuated prose brought to life the worlds of California surfers, car customizers, astronauts and Manhattans moneyed status-seekers in works like …

A Grotesque Spectacle in Jerusalem  —  On Monday, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other leading lights of the Trumpist right gathered in Israel to celebrate the relocation of the American Embassy to Jerusalem, a gesture widely seen as a slap in the face to Palestinians who envision East Jerusalem as their future capital.

Trump Orders Help For Chinese Phone-Maker After China Approves Money For Trump Project  —  Trump will profit from Indonesian resort project that will get $500 million in Chinese loans in a deal sealed days before before his tweet ordering help for ZTE.  —  WASHINGTON - A mere 72 hours …

Mueller may have a conflict — and it leads directly to a Russian oligarch  —  has withstood relentless political attacks, many distorting his record of distinguished government service.  —  But there's one episode even Mueller's former law enforcement comrades — and independent ethicists …

Haspel says CIA should not have conducted interrogation program  —  (CNN)Gina Haspel, President Donald Trump's pick to be the next CIA director, says in a new letter that the CIA should not have conducted then-President George W. Bush's interrogation and detention program where waterboarding …

In leaky West Wing, not even a phone ban can stop embarrassing disclosures  —  Washington (CNN)The dustup over a White House aide's crass remark about Sen. John McCain's health has once again inflamed the White House's frustration with staffers who reveal the inner workings of the West Wing to reporters outside the building.

The Daily 202: Trump supporters suffer unintended consequences of his policies … THE BIG IDEA: President Trump sometimes seems impervious to the second and third order consequences of his decisions.  —  Several recent developments have highlighted the unintended — though often foreseeable …

Revealed: Ecuador spent millions on spy operation for Julian Assange  —  Exclusive: Files show at least $5m went on activities including spying on guests at London embassy  —  Ecuador bankrolled a multimillion-dollar spy operation to protect and support Julian Assange in its central London embassy …

The Ivy League School That Won't Talk About Its Most Famous Graduate  —  For 176 years, William Henry Harrison was the only president the University of Pennsylvania had any kind of claim on, and even then it was kind of a stretch.  As a student, Harrison did a brief stint at Penn, but he didn't stay long enough to get a degree.

Bill O'Reilly in talks to return to cable news  —  Bill O'Reilly is in talks to head back to cable news in his old 8 p.m. slot, but this time at Newsmax TV, sources exclusively tell Page Six.  —  A year after O'Reilly's abrupt exit from Fox News, where he was the top-rated host in cable news …

Two Colleagues Contradict Brennan's Denial of Reliance on Dossier  —  Former CIA Director John Brennan's insistence that the salacious and unverified Steele dossier was not part of the official Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election is being contradicted by two top former officials.

GOP golden boy mails it in  —  Republicans worry that Josh Hawley, the party's top Senate recruit, is squandering his opportunity to beat vulnerable Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill.  —  FENTON, Mo. — As GOP Rep. Ann Wagner prepared to introduce candidates in a Republican Senate debate here Friday …

Scoop: Inside Trump's 2020 startup  —  As President Trump's campaign aides quietly launch his reelection campaign, they're eyeing two states as possible pickups for 2020: Minnesota, where Trump came close in 2016 without even trying; and Colorado, where his hands-off approach to marijuana enforcement is a possible selling point.

Trump Nominates McConnell and Chao's Brother-In-Law to Lead Pension Agency  — Hartogensis to lead Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation  — McConnell, Chao relative would replace Obama appointee Reeder  —  President Donald Trump nominated Gordon Hartogensis, a self-described entrepreneur …

The Untold Story of Robert Mueller's Time in Combat  —  Robert Mueller's job is to make sense of how Russia hacked the 2016 election.  But to make sense of Mueller, you have to revisit some of the bloodiest battles of Vietnam.  —  ONE DAY IN the summer of 1969, a young Marine lieutenant …

Not An Onion Story: Blake Farenthold Gets A New Job Lobbying Congress  —  It's only been a month since he quit his House seat amid an ethics committee probe into sexual harassment allegations.  —  WASHINGTON A month after abruptly resigning from Congress in an apparent effort to avoid …

Bharara Weighs Independent Bid for New York Attorney General  — He has the name recognition, resume and money to make the race  — Former prosecutor plays coy about run and says ‘Stay Tuned’  —  When a New York jury convicted ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on bribery charges last week …

U.S. hits head of Iran's central bank with terror sanctions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is designating the head of Iran's central bank as a terrorist and hitting him with sanctions intended to further isolate Iran from the global financial system.

‘Real’ Americans are a myth.  Don't you dare buy it. … The most offensive and corrosive idea in our politics today is that some Americans are more “real” than others.  Don't you dare buy it.  —  Republicans are cynically peddling this un-American conceit.

Black student sues over treatment after sexual and physical assault by white student  —  A black Lansing Middle School student is suing school district officials over their response to his physical and sexual assault by a white student.  —  The suit alleges that the black student was the victim …

When Gavin Newsom issued marriage licenses in San Francisco, his party was furious.  Now, it's a campaign ad … It was an iconic image: Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, longtime partners and lesbian activists, embracing after being wed in San Francisco City Hall.

Democrats propose a moratorium on new immigration prisons  —  As the Trump administration tries to incarcerate more undocumented immigrants facing deportation, two Democrats are trying to get Congress to stop that momentum.  —  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. …

EXCLUSIVE: Cheesecake Factory Employees Attack Black Man For Wearing MAGA Hat, Witnesses Say  —  On Mother's Day, employees at a Cheesecake Factory in Miami, Florida, verbally attacked and made threatening gestures toward a black man who dined with his girlfriend's family simply because he was wearing a …

$1 million mystery gift to inauguration traced to conservative legal activists  —  WASHINGTON  —  One of the largest contributions to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee in 2016 appears to have been orchestrated by a set of powerful conservative legal activists who have since …