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.

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 …

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.

Ross goes from Trump ‘killer’ to ‘past his prime’  —  Investor Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump's “killers” - but in recent months, the commerce secretary has been increasingly marginalized, with his agency widely seen in the White House as a mess.

Trump exposes the hypocrisy of Christian Republicans  —  Three recent news items:  —  At the Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said: “We see moral relativism becoming more and more pervasive in our culture.  Identity politics and tribalism have grown on top of this.”

Yankees crowd loudly boos Giuliani on his birthday  —  's lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was loudly booed at Yankee Stadium's Memorial Day game on Monday, his 74th birthday.  —  After the Yankees' PA announcer said the former GOP presidential candidate was in the stands …

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.

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.

Belgium attacker stabs 2 cops in Liege, shoots them with their own guns  —  Two policewomen were among three people killed in Belgium on Tuesday when a man stabbed them, took their guns and shot them in what authorities have since deemed a terror attack.  —  The third victim was a 22-year-old passenger …

Inside the Pro-Trump Effort to Keep Black Voters From the Polls  —  Breitbart News landed an election scoop that went viral in August 2016: “Exclusive: ‘Black Men for Bernie’ Founder to End Democrat ‘Political Slavery’ of Minority Voters... by Campaigning for Trump.”

EXCLUSIVE: Chafee Out of U.S. Senate Race  —  Lincoln Chafee's on-again, off-again run for office in 2018 is now over.  —  In late April, former United States Senator and Governor of Rhode Island Chafee told GoLocalProv that he would challenge Sheldon Whitehouse in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in September.

Roseanne Rips Ex-Obama Aide Valerie Jarrett: ‘Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes Had a Child’  —  Comedian uses racially charged joke about African American Obama adviser  —  Roseanne Barr waded into racial waters on Monday, suggesting that former Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett …

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 …

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.

Bob Mueller's White Hot Summer  —  The special counsel's investigation is likely hurtling toward a conclusion.  Buckle up.  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller may well be in the final stages of wrapping up his principal investigation.  Last week, I argued here in Politico that Mueller …

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 …

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.

Jesse Duplantis, Destrehan televangelist, seeks donations for $54 million jet  —  Jesse Duplantis, the Destrehan-based prosperity gospel televangelist with a global reach, is asking disciples for money to buy a jet that costs $54 million “so we can go anywhere in the world in one stop.”

Trump says investigation of 2016 election interference is now interfering with 2018 elections  —  President Trump on Tuesday said that the ongoing special counsel's Russia investigation would amount to “MEDDLING” in this year's midterm elections, his latest effort to cast the probe as motivated by partisan aims.

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 …

Why Tom Steyer Doesn't Care What Nancy Pelosi Thinks  —  Tom Steyer says the Democrats telling him to call off his impeachment crusade are like those who told civil rights activists to be patient, and says Nancy Pelosi and others holding back on calling for impeachment are “normalizing” Donald Trump's presidency.

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 …

Anger as Syria heads global disarmament body  —  Members of the UN have expressed dismay over Syria becoming president of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva.  —  The move comes just weeks after the latest reported chemical weapons attack, in which the Syrian authorities …