‘Multiple fatalities’ reported at Santa Fe High School shooting  —  SANTA FE, Texas - A shooting at Santa Fe High School this morning has left “multiple fatalities,” a law enforcement source confirmed.  —  The source said the gunman was a male, but could provide no further information.

Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms  —  President Trump has personally pushed U.S. Postmaster General Megan Brennan to double the rate the Postal Service charges Amazon.com and other firms to ship packages, according to three people familiar …

F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump accused the F.B.I. on Friday, without evidence, of sending a spy to secretly infiltrate his 2016 campaign “for political purposes” even before the bureau had any inkling of the “phony Russia hoax.”

White, straight and Christian: Dallas County politician admits rewarding kids for marrying within race  —  Vickers “Vic” Cunningham, a former criminal district judge now in a runoff to be the sole Republican Dallas County commissioner, acknowledged Friday that in 2010 he set up a living trust …

Exclusive: Special Counsel subpoenas another Stone aide in Russia probe - sources  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a key assistant of long-time Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest sign …

Getting to the Bottom of the Trump Tower Meeting  —  Donald Trump Jr. has no memory of Rinat Akhmetshin attending the infamous June 9, 2016, Trump Tower meeting, even though he was apparently dressed entirely in pink, and according to at least one attendee, did most of the talking.

House rejects farm bill as conservatives revolt  —  House conservatives tanked a GOP farm bill on Friday over an intraparty feud over immigration, delivering a stunning blow to Republican leaders as they try to find a path forward on immigration.  —  In a 198-213 vote, GOP conservatives …

Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy  —  He says there's a crisis in masculinity.  Why won't women — all these wives and witches — just behave?  —  TORONTO — Jordan Peterson fills huge lecture halls and tells his audiences there's no shame in looking backward to a model of how the world should be arranged.

Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid  —  Was Michael Cohen seeking to add foreign governments as clients of his consulting business?  —  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, who made millions over the past 18 months soliciting funds from clients seeking entree …

More than 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba: state TV  —  HAVANA (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba on Friday, Cuban broadcaster CubaTV reported.  —  There were three seriously injured survivors among the 114 passengers and crew …

The Onion's Brutal Israel Commentary Goes Beyond Satire  —  The country's leading humor publication has taken a stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict in a way that most “real” newspapers haven't.  —  via The Onion  —  On Monday, as the United States celebrated moving its Israeli embassy …

Actually, the 1 Percent Are Still The Problem  —  The Atlantic trots out a familiar argument blaming the upper middle class for income inequality.  It's wrong.  —  One of the nice things about Occupy Wall Street was that it provided a tidy shorthand to describe the problem of income inequality …

The Best Explanation for Our Spate of Mass Shootings Is the Least Comforting  —  On another terrible day, I hate to introduce even more pessimism, but when we discuss mass shootings, one of the first questions we ask is the simplest and also the hardest to answer.  Why?  Why does this keep happening?

Playboy Playmate took young son on fatal leap from NYC building  —  A former Playboy Playmate jumped with her 7-year-old son to their deaths from a Midtown hotel Friday — amid a nasty custody battle with her chiropractic ex, sources told The Post.  —  Stephanie Adams, 47 …

Ryan-linked group raised $24.6M from anonymous donor  —  American Action Network, the nonprofit group closely aligned with House Speaker Paul Ryan, raised a record $41.9 million amid the GOP push to repeal Obamacare and restructure the tax code — more than half of which came from one donor …

Michigan State's Nassar Settlement Could Set A Troubling First Amendment Precedent  —  On Wednesday, Michigan State announced that it had settled with 332 survivors of Larry Nassar's sexual abuse for $500 million.  Of that enormous sum, $425 million will be divided among the women and girls …

GOP candidate films herself confronting transgender woman using bathroom  —  A Republican candidate for Congress in California filmed herself confronting a transgender woman using the women's bathroom at a Denny's in Los Angeles.  —  Jazmina Saavedra, who is campaigning for a seat …

Frisco hospice exec admits making patients overdose ‘to hasten their deaths’ and make more money  —  The former executive of a Frisco hospice admitted Thursday to overdosing patients to “hasten their deaths” so the company could make more money, court records show.

Obama's Legacy Has Already Been Destroyed  —  In one respect, it seems to me, the presidency of Donald Trump has been remarkably successful.  In 17 months, he has effectively erased Barack Obama's two-term legacy.  —  I don't want to say or face this.  I still want to believe my colleague …

Trump administration ends aid for northwestern Syria  —  The Trump administration has withdrawn all assistance from Northwest Syria, according to administration officials.  This is the newest demonstration of the administration's intent to briskly exit the country once ISIS is fully defeated.

Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct  —  Google's unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don't be evil.”  But that's over, according to the code of conduct that Google distributes to its employees.  The phrase was removed sometime in late April or early May …

Stormy Daniels performance cut short after drunk man throws wallet in her face  —  Daniels appearance in Bend was delayed for hours  —  A customer takes a picture of herself with a poster of Stormy Daniels and a cutout of President Donald Trump while waiting to enter Stars Cabaret in Bend on Thursday, May 17, 2018.

The Kremlin revives a Soviet-style law against dissent  —  “Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime.”  This phrase from Stalin's secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria, even if apocryphal, summarizes the Soviet regime's attitude to repressing its citizens.