Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek re-election.  —  RICHMOND — Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.) announced Monday that he is struggling with alcoholism and will abandon his run for a second term in Congress so he can focus on recovery and his family.

With ‘Spygate,’ Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy Theories to Erode Trust  —  WASHINGTON — As a candidate, Donald J. Trump claimed that the United States government had known in advance about the Sept. 11 attacks.  He hinted that Antonin Scalia, a Supreme Court justice who died in his sleep two years ago, had been murdered.

TMZ Goes MAGA: How Harvey Levin's Gossip Empire Became Trump's Best Friend … When the Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump emerged in the home stretch of the 2016 election, it should have been a gift from the tabloid gods for TMZ.  —  Instead, the celebrity gossip website went into overdrive to help Trump.

Rudy Giuliani booed at Yankee Stadium when announcer wishes him happy birthday  —  Yankee fans gave Rudy Giuliani the Giancarlo Stanton treatment.  —  The former NYC mayor was at the Stadium to celebrate his 74th birthday on Memorial Day, with the announcer wishing him a happy birthday to the crowd.

Trump's Right-Hand Troll  —  t's late on a Friday afternoon in March, and I'm sitting across from Stephen Miller in his spacious, sunlit West Wing office, trying to figure out whether he's trolling me.  —  This is no easy task.  A provocateur as skilled as Miller doesn't just announce …

What It's Like When Elon Musk's Twitter Mob Comes After You … Female journalists who cover Elon Musk have the same personal rule: Mention his name on Twitter at your peril.  —  That's because there is an army—mostly young, mostly white, almost entirely men—that marches behind him.

Ross tries to reclaim ‘killer’ status with Trump in China trade talks  —  The commerce secretary has been increasingly marginalized in the administration in recent months amid jockeying over protectionism.  —  Investor Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump's …

The Latest: Italy bank chief warns investors could flee  —  The Latest on Italy's political crisis (all times local):  —  Italy's central bank governor says that “the destiny of Italy is that of Europe,” as a political uncertainty threatens to drag the eurozone's No. 3 economy into a new crisis.

WYFF News 4 anchor, photojournalist tragically die when tree falls on SUV  —  WYFF News 4 anchor and photographer killed when tree falls on SUV in Polk County  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  POLK COUNTY, N.C. —  WYFF News 4 anchor Mike McCormick and WYFF News 4 photojournalist …

Stormy Daniels's Lawyer Michael Avenatti Complicates Michael Cohen Probe  —  Vocal critic of Mr. Trump's personal lawyer seen as slowing down investigators  —  A lawyer for former adult-film star Stephanie Clifford has frustrated efforts by federal prosecutors to obtain information …

NY21: Democrats say Ratigan voiced preference for Trump over Clinton  —  “He said, I would have voted for Trump.  There was silence and everyone's jaw dropped,” one Democrat recalled.  —  A Democratic women's luncheon, a surprising statement  —  Congressional candidate Dylan Ratigan told …

‘The only one’: In new West Wing season, Trump calls the shots and aides follow  —  The White House communications director's job has been vacant for two months.  But in practice, it has been filled since the day Hope Hicks said farewell to her unofficial replacement — President Trump himself.

The Latest: Trump confirms NKorean official headed to NY  —  The Latest on preparations for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump has confirmed that top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol is heading …

Trump campaign vet: Informant used me to get to Papadopoulos  —  Sam Clovis, a former national co-chairman of the Trump campaign, is one of three Trump figures known to have been contacted by FBI informant Stefan Halper during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Did the Trump Administration Separate Immigrant Children From Parents and Lose Them?  —  President Trump over the weekend falsely blamed Democrats for a “horrible law” separating immigrant children from their parents.  In fact, his own administration had just announced this policy earlier this month.

When the President Testified: People in the Room Recall Clinton's 1998 Interrogation  —  The date was Aug. 17, 1998.  President Bill Clinton testified before a grand jury.  Twenty years later, people in the room and those waiting nearby share their memories.

The Measure of Trump's Devotion  —  Memorial Day is for the living: for those who mourn, for those who remember, for those who carry upon their bodies and souls the scars of war.  It is the opportunity for society to express gratitude.  That is not only a duty to the past.

‘Call them lies’?  Why we sometimes don't use the L-word when Trump is wrong  —  WASHINGTON - I fact-check everything U.S. President Donald Trump says.  Every week, the Star posts my updated list of Trump's false claims.  —  And then, every week, at least one Trump opponent scolds me for calling them false claims.

Ivanka mocked for ‘tone deaf’ tweet - CNN Video  —  Ivanka Trump is facing backlash for posting a photo of herself embracing her 2-year-old son amid reports of families being separated at the Mexican border.  CNN's Kate Bennett and Sarah Westwood discuss.

Steyer: Pelosi Is ‘Normalizing’ Trump By Not Talking Impeachment  —  The billionaire California activist says Democratic leaders who don't take up the cause are writing off millions of potential voters.  —  Tom Steyer says the Democrats telling him to call off his impeachment crusade …

Anger Spreads as Syria Leads Global Disarmament Body  —  GENEVA — The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has been accused of using chemical weapons, barrel bombs and torture against its own people during a seven-year civil war.  —  On Monday, it took up the rotating presidency of the United Nations-backed Conference on Disarmament.