At Trump Tower, Michael Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations  —  Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer and fixer …

After summit pullout, South Korea and China have little appetite for Trump's ‘maximum pressure’  —  SEOUL — President Trump credited his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions and threats with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear weapons program.

Ex-aides say congressman and wife made them his servants  —  Rep. Tom Garrett and his wife made staffers pick up groceries, clothes — even dog poop, multiple former employees to the freshman Republican told POLITICO.  —  Freshman Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) and his wife turned the congressman's staff …

Ned Price Devin Nunes wants to run an intel operation for the White House — against our intelligence agencies  —  In the intelligence community, we were taught that the most valuable information an officer can collect is both relevant and actionable — relevant to policymakers and actionable …

T-Mobile Says It Hired Lobbying Firm Tied to Former Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski  —  Company says contract with Turnberry Solutions includes help on pending deal with Sprint  —  WASHINGTON— T-Mobile US Inc. TMUS -.53% is getting advice from Corey Lewandowski, the former campaign manager …

Trump says the first lady is ‘doing great.’ She hasn't been seen in public for two weeks.  —  First lady Melania Trump, who spent five nights in the hospital following a kidney procedure, has been out of public view for 15 days running — an unusually long absence even for a first lady who relishes life outside the spotlight.

'We're closed!':  Trump vents his anger over immigration at Homeland Security secretary  —  President Trump began berating Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office earlier this spring, according to administration officials, griping about her performance and blaming her for a surge in illegal border crossings.

Trump Administration Plans to Revive ZTE, Prompting Backlash  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told lawmakers it had reached a deal that would keep the Chinese telecom firm ZTE alive, a person familiar with the matter said, a move that could clear the way for further trade talks with China but provoke anger in Congress.

Trump takes aim at federal bureaucracy with new executive orders altering civil service protections  —  President Trump issued three executive orders Friday aimed at overhauling the federal bureaucracy by making it easier to fire poor performers, sharply curtailing the amount of time federal employees …

Irish Times exit poll projects Ireland has voted by landslide to repeal Eighth Amendment  —  Exit poll result suggests huge majority of younger people voted Yes  —  Updated:  —  Ireland has voted by a landslide margin to change the constitution so that abortion can be legalised …

Harvey Weinstein released on $1M bail after arrest on rape, sexual abuse charges  —  Harvey Weinstein turned himself into police in New York City this morning to face rape and sexual misconduct charges, before being released on $1 million cash bail and fitted with a GPS tracking device.

Mussels off the coast of Seattle test positive for opioids  —  As more and more American communities grapple with opioid addiction, the human toll of the epidemic has grown in both scope and severity.  And now, scientists at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife have found evidence …

EPA: Pruitt spent $3.5 million on security during first year in office  —  Taxpayers spent about $3.5 million on security for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt during his first year in office, according to records released by the agency Friday.

‘This is surreal,’ parent says of Indiana school shooting  —  Chad Lancaster, who has an eighth-grade daughter and sixth-grade son at the middle school, said he heard from his ex-wife in a phone call.  —  Their daughter, hiding under her desk, called the mother.  She told her to run.

Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment ‘colossal waste’ … A month after President Trump called for sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the head of the national Border Patrol union called the deployment “a colossal waste of resources.”

Black Cube: Inside the shadowy Israeli firm accused of trying to undermine the Iran deal  —  As Rebecca Kahl remembers it, something felt odd about the initial email.  It came in May 2017 from a woman named Adriana Gavrilo, who claimed to work for a London-based private equity firm.

GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati  —  (CNN)The Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.

Leaked Documents Show Facebook's Post-Charlottesville Reckoning with American Nazis  —  After a white supremacist killed a protester in Charlottesville in 2017, Facebook pushed to re-educate its moderators about hate speech groups in the US, and spell out the distinction from nationalism and separatism …

1 in 3  —  AFTER two years of Republican government, Americans will go to the polls on November 6th to elect a new Congress.  In addition to 35 seats in the Senate, all 435 seats in the lower chamber—the House of Representatives—are up for election.  On current data our statistical model …

Did the news media, led by Walter Cronkite, lose the war in Vietnam?  —  Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War.  He was an old-school journalist, a patriot, a man who came of age covering World War II as a wire-service reporter and then taking …

Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans.  How Did That Happen?  —  Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back  —  DRAPER, Utah—Mike Meru, a 37-year-old orthodontist, made a big investment in his education.

Parents call for investigation into Stoneman Douglas assault involving sheriff's son  —  Embattled former Deputy Scot Peterson handled case 4 years ago  —  PARKLAND, Fla. - Several parents of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre said that if former Broward Sheriff's …

Conservatives Tout ‘Good Guy With a Gun’ Theory After Armed Men Killed Oklahoma Shooter … Two “good guys with a gun” stopped a potential mass shooter at a restaurant Thursday night in Oklahoma City, providing more fuel for the ongoing gun debate as yet another school shooting occurred Friday morning.

3 False Claims From Trump's Naval Academy Speech  —  In a commencement speech on Friday, President Trump told Annapolis graduates that the military had received “no money” before him and that troops had just received their first pay raise in 10 years.  —  WHAT WAS SAID … THE FACTS  —  False.

Senator Lindsey Graham On “Spygate” And President Trump And War On The Korean Peninsula  —  South Carolina's Lindsey Graham joined me this morning:  —  05-25hhs-graham  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I am joined by United States Senator Lindsey Graham from the great state of South Carolina.

Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors  —  U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.

Keith Olbermann takes an expanded role at ESPN, including a return to ‘SportsCenter’  —  Keith Olbermann's most recent return to ESPN just became more prominent.  —  Olbermann, who has made appearances on various ESPN shows in recent months, will have an increased role on the network as part …

A son was killed in action and his parents ask why  —  Spec.  Gabriel Conde, a kindergartner on 9/11, was the 2,264th member of the U.S. military to die in the Afghan war  —  BERTHOUD, Colo.— Ten days since Gabe was killed.  Bob and Donna Conde were sitting on a couch in their basement …

Invitations offer wealthy Chinese access to President Trump at fundraiser  —  The letter circulated to dozens of wealthy entrepreneurs in China last week looked official.  Topped with the insignia of a real Republican committee raising money for the party and President Trump's reelection campaign …