Trump Asked Sessions to Retain Control of Russia Inquiry After His Recusal  —  WASHINGTON — By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days.

How social media crushed Roseanne for her racist tweet  —  Roseanne Barr's reboot at ABC is gone, less than 12 hours after her racist tweet and notwithstanding ratings so strong that she picked up a congratulatory phone call from President Trump.  —  Why it matters: The show's cancellation came …

CIA report says North Korea won't denuclearize, but might open a burger joint  —  WASHINGTON — A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts …

Cohen Prosecutors to Get Seized Phone Data by Wednesday  —  U.S. prosecutors in Manhattan will get a vast array of data seized from three phones belonging to President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen by Wednesday, according to a filing from a retired judge reviewing materials taken by the FBI.

Trump bragged about classified Syria skirmish at fundraiser  —  The White House has tried to avoid discussing a February skirmish between U.S. troops and Russian mercenaries in Syria, but that didn't stop President Donald Trump from bragging about the Pentagon's performance at a recent closed-door fundraiser.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns, ending political career once aimed at presidency  —  Eric Greitens stormed into the governor's office in January 2017 vowing to clean up a state government he said was corrupt.  —  He resigned Tuesday — effective at 5 p.m. Friday …

The Curious Case of Bryan Colangelo and the Secret Twitter Account  —  A collection of Twitter accounts that has criticized Joel Embiid and Markelle Fultz, disclosed sensitive information, and outlined team strategy shares eye-opening similarities.  What does that have to do with the Philadelphia 76ers' decision-maker?

How the Tech Giants Created What Darpa Couldn't  —  “EVERY PURCHASE YOU make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make …

AP sources: US to impose limits on some Chinese visas  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to shorten the length of validity for some visas issued to Chinese citizens, the State Department said Tuesday, as President Donald Trump works to counter alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property by Beijing.

Grassley: Fusion GPS Founder Gave ‘Extremely Misleading’ Testimony About Trump Work  —  The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is accusing Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson of giving “extremely misleading” statements, if not telling “outright lies,” during Senate testimony in 2017.

Mike Pompeo to Huddle With Anti-Semite's Envoy … Viktor Orban won reelection as Hungary's prime minister last month through a blood-and-soil campaign that married antisemitism with Islamophobia.  Donald Trump's secretary of state is about to reverse years of U.S. policy and receive Orban's chief diplomat at Foggy Bottom.

A televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet.  It's his fourth plane.  —  By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. May 29 at 1:17 PM Email the author  —  If Jesus were to descend from heaven and physically set foot on 21st-century Earth, prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis told …

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko is shot and killed in Kiev  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko was reportedly shot and killed in Kiev on Tuesday, May 29.  According to fellow journalist Ayder Muzhdabaev, he was shot in the back while at home.  A source told the website Obozrevatel.com …

Ivanka Trump Abruptly Leaves Call After Question About China Trademarks  —  Ivanka Trump abruptly left a conference call on Tuesday about a coming fitness event after receiving questions about her company's trademarks in China and her father's exercise regimen.

Trump's ‘zero tolerance’ at the border is causing child shelters to fill up fast  —  The number of migrant children held in U.S. government custody without their parents has surged 21 percent in the past month, according to the latest figures, an increase driven by the Trump administration's …

Clapper Disinformation Campaign  —  Why does a former intelligence chief make claims he can't back up?  —  James Clapper, President Obama's director of national intelligence, gained a reputation among liberals as a liar for covering up the existence of secret data-collection programs.

Netflix Exec: Productions From the Obamas Will Not Have a ‘Political Slant’  —  Netflix has inked a multiyear deal with the Obamas for original programming — but the content from the former First Couple will not have any political bias, according to chief content officer Ted Sarandos.

Trump's new midterm strategy: Outrage  —  President Donald Trump spreads misinformation.  A lot of it.  Really, a lot.  —  But every once in a while he will come out guns blazing in defense of the truth, demanding corrections and consequences for spreading falsehoods told by others …

We Built A Twitter Ratio Bot That Tracks All Your Terrible Tweets  —  No bad tweet left behind.  —  Whatever Twitter was originally intended to be, it certainly wasn't this.  Nazis roam free, celebrities melt down daily, entire news cycles run their course in a matter of minutes …