Exclusive: Peter Navarro pushed Stefan Halper for Trump job  —  President Trump's top trade adviser, Peter Navarro, recommended appointing Stefan Halper, an academic and suspected FBI informant on the Trump campaign, to a senior role in the Trump administration, Axios has learned.

U.S., China Agree on Outline to Settle ZTE Controversy  —  Deal would lift the sales ban on ZTE and require the Chinese telecom giant to make significant changes to its management and board  —  Lingling Wei in Beijing and Bob Davis in  —  The U.S. and China have agreed on the broad outline …

Trump's tweets include grammatical errors.  And some are on purpose  —  WASHINGTON — The hallmark of President Trump's Twitter feed is that it sounds like him — grammatical miscues and all.  —  But it's not always Trump tapping out a Tweet, even when it sounds like his voice.

The princes, the president and the fortune seekers  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a year spent carefully cultivating two princes from the Arabian Peninsula, Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, thought he was finally close to nailing more than $1 billion in business.

‘Too inconvenient’: Trump goes rogue on phone security  —  The president has kept features at risk for hacking and resisted efforts by staff to inspect the phones he uses for tweeting.  —  President Donald Trump uses a White House cell phone that isn't equipped with sophisticated security features designed …

Top South Carolina candidate refuses to quit congressional race after abuse discovery  —  Archie Parnell, a Democratic congressional hopeful who earned national attention after nearly winning in deep red South Carolina last year, is resisting pleas to withdraw after his campaign staff discovered …

Trump and McConnell, once adversaries, have realized they need each other  —  On a Friday evening last October, Mitch McConnell was at Nationals Park watching a playoff baseball game when he looked down at his iPhone and discovered a missed call.  It was President Trump.

Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of ‘bear arms’  —  Dennis Baron is a professor of English and linguistics at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  —  For most of its history, the Second Amendment protected a collective right to gun ownership connected to service in the militia.

Will Stacey Abrams and other black women candidates finally make the ‘backbone of the Democratic party’ its face?  —  Anyone paying attention to politics knows that black women are the backbone of the Democratic Party electorate.  —  This was obvious in 2016 when 94 percent of black women voted …

BREAKING: E-mails Show FBI Brass Discussed Dossier Briefing Details With CNN  —  New e-mails show former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe was surprisingly knowledgeable about CNN's understanding of and deliberation about a dossier briefing given to Donald Trump days before CNN ever reported on the matter.

Tony Perkins: School Shootings Happen Because Liberal Society Has Created A “Moral Vacuum” By Expelling God  —  Via press release from hate group leader Tony Perkins:  —  As the first bodies of those eight students and two teachers are laid to rest, America returns to the question burned on everyone's mind: why?

Mike Pompeo gives a silly speech on Iran  —  Mike Pompeo used his first speech as secretary of state Monday to send a message directly to the Iranian leadership and its people: “Do what we want, or else!”  —  Speaking at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank …

People are threatening to boycott Netflix after the Obamas signed a deal with the streaming service  — Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have signed a multi-year deal with Netflix to produce original shows.  — It's not the first time: In March …

From the E.R. to the Garden, M.T.A. Chief Holds Unusually Powerful Perch  —  Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was in a bind.  —  The New York City subway system was falling apart and taking the governor's approval rating down with it.  Looming construction at Pennsylvania Station was sparking fears of a “summer of hell” for commuters.

Hundreds in Oakland Turn Out to BBQ While Black  —  They arrived with chicken, sausages and bowls of macaroni salad.  D.J.s played hip-hop and 80s hits.  Even the fire marshal showed up, as well as police officers who waved hello to passers-by and guided traffic.

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker turns down offer to become next U.S. ambassador to Australia  —  Michael Patrick/Knoxville News Sentinel  —  The Trump administration wanted U.S. Sen. Bob Corker to join its diplomatic ranks.  —  But the retiring Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman declined …

Michael Cohen Helped Trump Donor Seek Investment From Qatar Fund  —  Trump lawyer was a consultant in pitch seeking funds for nuclear power plant  —  President Donald Trump's personal lawyer helped a major donor to Mr. Trump's inauguration pitch a nuclear-power investment …

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