How Trump's Election Shook Obama: ‘What if We Were Wrong?’  —  WASHINGTON — Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump's victory.  —  “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with him in the armored presidential limousine.

F.B.I. Official Wrote Secret Memo Fearing Trump Got a Cover Story for Comey Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The former acting F.B.I. director, Andrew G. McCabe, wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that offered significant behind-the-scenes details on the firing …

Prosecutors in Michael Cohen case piecing together shredded documents from raid  —  Federal prosecutors sorting through materials seized from Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, said Wednesday they needed more time to piece together the contents of a shredder taken in an FBI raid.

Bolton Installs Anti-Muslim Wingnut As NSC Chief of Staff  —  When Donald Trump first took office, his national security adviser was a man who believed that the Florida Democratic Party was working to impose Sharia law on the Sunshine State — and that America's southern border was lined …

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 …

Mitt Romney reveals his 2016 presidential vote  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Mitt Romney revealed Wednesday who he voted for in the 2016 presidential election.  —  His wife, Ann Romney.  —  “I wrote in the name of a person who I admire deeply, who I think would be an excellent president,” …

Roseanne Barr says she may fight ABC firing, retweets claim Michelle Obama was behind ouster  —  Roseanne Barr made it clear on Wednesday she's considering fighting ABC's move to cancel her revival after her racist tweet — and the comic even pushed an accusation that former first lady Michelle Obama was behind her ouster.

Joy Reid Promoted An Infamous 9/11 Conspiracy Documentary On Her Old Blog  —  The MSNBC host, who has recently come under fire for claiming her blog was hacked, encouraged her readers to watch “Loose Change.”  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid encouraged readers of her now-defunct blog to watch …

Trump ‘spygate’ offensive loses steam  —  Legal experts and Trump critics say the defections have exposed cracks in the president's narrative.  —  President Donald Trump's claim that the FBI embedded a spy in his campaign for political purposes began to crumble Wednesday after a prominent Republican …

What Happened to Jill Stein's Recount Millions? … Shortly after the 2016 election, Jill Stein raised more than $7 million from shell-shocked liberals eager to pursue a swing-state recount.  Nearly two years later, the U.S. Green Party's last candidate for president is still spending that money.

Exhaustive investigation reveals little evidence of possible voter fraud in NH  —  Secretary of state office, attorney general's office present data to state Ballot Law Commission  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  CONCORD, N.H. —  An exhaustive review by state election officials …

Person calls police on Denver boys' Memorial Day lemonade stand  —  neighbor calls police on boys lemonade stand |  DENVER — Being a mom can be a delicate balance—one that Jennifer Knowles knows all too well.  She just earned her PhD while raising three rambunctious boys with her husband.

‘I Will Never Roll on Donald Trump,’ Promises Definitely Innocent Adviser Roger Stone  —  Roger Stone, a longtime confidante to Donald Trump, appeared on the Alex Jones show to ask listeners to fund his legal defense.  Stone's associates have been questioned by Robert Mueller's investigators …

Harvey Weinstein Indicted On Multiple Rape & Sex Crime Charges By Grand Jury  —  Hours after Harvey Weinstein's lawyer said the producer would not testify before a grand jury, the same panel has now indicted the disgraced Oscar winner on two sets of rape charges and a sex crime charge.

Chuck Schumer Is Not Cutting It  —  I'm not sure there's a better possible illustration of “not up to the challenges of the political moment” than Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer standing outside a Washington filling station demanding that President Trump lower gas prices.

Democrats struggle with midterm message on impeachment  —  A senior Senate Democrat warned on Wednesday that Americans would soon grow “tired of” the Trump-Russia scandal, tamping down the impeachment fever spreading through his party's base.  —  Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia moderate …

Big Banks to Get Reprieve from Volcker Rule  —  Big banks are getting a big reprieve from a post-crisis rule aimed at curbing risky behavior on Wall Street.  —  Federal bank regulators on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping plan to soften the Volcker Rule, opening the door for banks to resume …

Virginia's state Senate just voted to expand Medicaid  —  It's nearly a done deal now.  —  The Virginia state Senate voted Wednesday to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, with four Republicans crossing party lines to join all Senate Democrats in backing the move.

Arkady Babchenko: ‘Murdered’ Russian journalist is alive  —  Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, widely reported to have been assassinated in Kiev on Tuesday, has turned up alive at a press conference.  —  In an extraordinary development, the high-profile critic of the Kremlin appeared live on Ukrainian TV.

Being Jeff Sessions  —  Think of the job that you dreamed you could have when you grew up.  Think of going through your whole life — and in an extraordinary twist of fate and luck and with a smart move — and, finally, that job will be the capstone to your career.

A Transgender Woman Who Was Part Of The Migrant Caravan Has Died In ICE Custody  —  “I didn't want to come to Mexico; I wanted to stay in Honduras but I couldn't.”  —  A transgender woman who was part of the caravan of Central American migrants that arrived at the US border earlier …

White House silence on Melania stokes conspiracy theories  —  The first lady hasn't been seen in public since her release from the hospital after a routine procedure.  —  She's left the White House and moved back to New York City.  —  She's cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller.

The Polls Are All Right  —  With the 2018 midterm elections approaching, we've updated FiveThirtyEight's pollster ratings for the first time since the 2016 presidential primaries.  Based on how the media portrayed the polls after President Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton later that year …

'You're all going to die.' Nikolas Cruz made cellphone videos plotting Parkland attack.  —  Nikolas Cruz reached for his cellphone before his rifle.  —  Sometime before killing 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, Cruz recorded three cellphone videos discussing his plan to murder students and staff.

For ‘Columbiners,’ School Shootings Have a Deadly Allure  —  SANTA FE, Tex. — The exact reasons why a teenage gunman shot his fellow students and teachers here at Santa Fe High School remain a mystery.  His model for carrying it out is more clear.  —  The 17-year-old junior wore …

Trump plans to impose metal tariffs on closest U.S. allies  —  President Trump plans to announce as soon asThursday the imposition of sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, three people familiar with the plan said.