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 …

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.

‘Special master’ in Cohen raid bills $47K for first week's work  —  Prosecutors have about 300,000 items from searches of Trump's lawyer and are about to get 1 million more.  —  A former federal judge assigned to weed through records seized last month from President Donald Trump's personal attorney …

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.

Trump's Summer Campaign Priority: Target Red-State Democratic Senators  —  NASHVILLE — President Trump is planning to focus his midterm campaigning this summer on red states with competitive Senate races where he has a deep reservoir of support and can bring a message devised to stoke partisan outrage.

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 …

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 …

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?

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.

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.

Keeping Up with the Kushners: With Jared Back on Top, Kim Kardashian Heads to the White House  —  Months of talks between Jared Kushner and Kim Kardashian is set to culminate in a meeting with President Trump, in which the reality-TV star will ask him to pardon a 62-year-old great-grandmother serving …

Manafort Loses Skirmish With Mueller Over Two Search Warrants  —  Paul Manafort's defense team can't review an unredacted affidavit that supported warrants used to search his Alexandria residence, a judge ruled.  —  U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson in Washington denied a request …

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 ‘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 …

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 …

Black women candidates feel slighted by Democrats  —  There are at least 43 Democratic black women running as challengers for U.S. House seats, but only one — Lauren Underwood of Illinois — has the backing of the national campaign organization.  —  Why it matters: Black women …