Rudy Giuliani admits ‘Spygate’ is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation - which Donald Trump calls “Spygate” - amounted to a tactic …

Knives are too sharp and filing them down is solution to soaring violent crime, judge says  —  A judge has proposed a nationwide programme to file down the points of kitchen knives as a solution to the country's soaring knife crime epidemic.  —  Last week in his valedictory address …

Stunning Oval Office leak: Aides fight in front of Trump — about leaks  —  Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering.

Noah Berlatsky The Trump effect: New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism  —  Since the founding of the United States, politicians and pundits have warned that partisanship is a danger to democracy.  George Washington, in his Farewell Address …

Jon Favreau, Shaun King, Linda Sarsour and other libs just committed the greatest self-own in the history of Twitter  —  Shot...  Ex-Obama staffer Jon Favreau, in a now-deleted tweet, linked to an AZCentral.com article title, “First glimpse of immigrant children at holding facility” and said …

Forget about broad-based pay hikes, executives say  —  Very few Americans have enjoyed steadily rising pay beyond inflation over the last couple of decades, a shift from prior years in which the working and middle classes enjoyed broad-based wage gains as the economy expanded.

China approves 13 new Ivanka Trump trademarks in 3 months  —  SHANGHAI (AP) — Ivanka Trump's brand continues to win foreign trademarks in China and the Philippines, adding to questions about conflicts of interest at the White House, The Associated Press has found.

Louis Farrakhan: ‘Mr. Trump is destroying every enemy that was an enemy of our rise’  —  Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam movement, appears to have changed his opinion of Donald Trump since two years ago, when he warned black Americans: “If Donald Trump becomes president, he will take America into the abyss of hell.”

Ellicott City awash in flood waters as heavy rain drenches the Baltimore region  —  Ellicott City was devastated by a massive storm on the Sunday before Memorial Day, just two years after a flash flood forced the historic city in Howard County to rebuild much of its Main Street.

Dem money floods Calif. primaries to avert electoral disaster  —  Outside money is flooding into a trio of key California House primaries, as Democrats try to avoid being shut out of the general election.  —  The total outside spending in those June 5 primary races had eclipsed more than $8 million …

Media Double Down After New York Times Gets Busted Peddling Fake News  —  There may have been a real White House briefing with real White House officials, but The New York Times couldn't be trusted to accurately summarize what the White House official said.  And it wasn't on a minor point.

Senators to Trump: It's do-or-die time on DACA  —  A small group of bipartisan senators has been holding back-channel talks in the hopes of reviving a deal.  But it's a tall order.  —  Cory Gardner, the leader of the Senate GOP's campaign arm, delivered an urgent message to President Donald Trump …

In Britain, Austerity Is Changing Everything  —  After eight years of budget cutting, Britain is looking less like the rest of Europe and more like the United States, with a shrinking welfare state and spreading poverty.  —  PRESCOT, England — A walk through this modest town in the northwest …

Trump is blaming Democrats for separating migrant families at the border.  Here's why this isn't a surprise.  —  President Trump's attempt to blame Democrats for separating migrant families at the border is renewing a political uproar over immigration, an issue that has challenged Trump throughout …

Democrats Are Running a Smart, Populist Campaign  —  Stacey Abrams and Conor Lamb are supposed to represent opposite poles of the Trump-era Democratic Party.  She is the new progressive heroine — the first black woman to win a major-party nomination for governor, who will need a surge of liberal turnout to win Georgia.

New Zealand to slaughter thousands of cows in attempt to eliminate Mycoplasma bovis bacteria  —  New Zealand plans to slaughter about 150,000 cows as it tries to eradicate a strain of disease-causing bacteria from the national herd.  —  Politicians and industry leaders announced the ambitious plan …

‘OMG This Is Wrong!’  Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back  —  The notes were sprawled across a letter bearing President Trump's signature.  —  In the top left corner: “Have y'all tried grammar & style check?”  —  At the top right: “Federal is capitalized only when used as part of a proper noun.”

The Latest: Man to head Italy government big backer of euro  —  The Latest on Italy's political crisis (all times local):  —  The man tapped to head a neutral government in Italy after two populists failed in their bid is a former official at the International Monetary Fund who is a firm believer …

Avenatti says Trump ‘participated’ in Cohen schemes: Their swamp ‘makes everglades look like a backyard plastic pool’  —  Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, revealed on Sunday that evidence will show that President Donald Trump participated in his personal attorney's business …

Rubio defends FBI on Trump probe  —  (R-Fla.) defended the FBI in comments on ABC on Sunday, saying he believes law enforcement was right to investigate “certain individuals” with suspicious histories connected to Russia.  —  Rubio argued the FBI was not investigating President Trump