White House Demands TBS Cancel Samantha Bee's Show  —  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed comedienne Samantha Bee's comments about Ivanka Trump on Thursday.  “The language used by Samantha Bee last night is vile and vicious.  The collective silence by the left …

LISTEN: How Michael Cohen Protects Trump By Making Legal Threats  —  Donald Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen is facing legal peril, including an FBI raid of his home and office — and involvement in a civil lawsuit with porn star Stormy Daniels.  —  But in the past, it was Cohen who has sought …

EXCLUSIVE: Dinesh D'Souza Tells Backstory Of His Pardon  —  FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say  —  INVESTIGATIVE GROUP |  CHUCK ROSS  —  EXCLUSIVE: First Lady's Office Responds To Samantha Bee's Vulgar Tirade: ‘Double Standard Is Truly Astounding’

Scoop: Trump repeatedly pressured Sessions on Mueller investigation  —  President Trump pressured Attorney General Jeff Sessions to reclaim control of the Russia investigation on at least four separate occasions, three times in person and once over the phone, according to sources familiar with the conversations.

Trump imposes steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Canada and Mexico  —  By Washington Post Staff May 31 at 9:43 AM  —  The move is certain to trigger retaliation by the E.U. against a range of American products, including Kentucky bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles …

John Boehner in Michigan: ‘Republican Party is taking a nap somewhere’  —  Boehner sits down with Local 4's Devin Scillian  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. - Former Speaker of the House John Boehner delivered a keynote address and was joined by Devin Scillian during the 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference on Thursday morning.

Trump reportedly said he wants to stop German luxury car imports in the US  — Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron last month that he would maintain his trade policy with the aim of stopping Mercedes-Benz models from driving down Fifth Avenue in New York.

Joy Reid's Blog Published A Photoshopped Image Of John McCain As The Virginia Tech Shooter  —  The MSNBC host's controversial old blog posts continue to surface, as Reid and the network stick to hacking claims.  —  MSNBC host Joy Reid's new-defunct blog published an image …

How quaint: US-NKorea diplomacy via exchange of letters  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Korean envoy is coming to Washington bearing a letter for President Donald Trump from Kim Jong Un.  —  This has been going on for days.  Like in the old days.  —  Kim Yong Chol was spotted Wednesday …

Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party  —  Less than a week before the California primary, Google listed “Nazism” as the ideology of the California Republican Party.  —  In the “knowledge panel” that provides easy access to information next to search results …

At least 8 white nationalists running for federal office  —  MSNBC's Morgan Radford spoke with white nationalists who are running for federal office this year on the Republican ticket.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, at least eight white nationalists are running, more than ever before.

British Expert on the Royal Family Is Actually Tommy From Upstate New York  —  As the royal wedding unfolded, Thomas J. Mace-Archer-Mills, Esq. was on screen to enlighten many on the monarchy; he's from north of Albany  —  When Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle walked …

THE MEDIA'S UNDENIABLE PRO-TRUMP BIAS  —  There is almost no point in writing a lede to this piece, given how likely it is that President Trump will do something disgraceful before it can be edited and published—so instead let's use that likelihood as the entire premise.

Giuliani's unwarranted attack on the Trump investigation  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  This past weekend, President Trump and the most visible member of his legal team, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, fired up their campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller.

The record-low birthrate offers yet another sign that millennials are economically screwed  —  Would you have kids if you were drowning in debt?  —  The birthrate in the United States is the lowest it's been in 30 years, we recently learned, and the decline is spreading across age cohorts.

N.F.L.'s Alternate ‘Cheerleaders’ Don't Cheer or Dance  —  Several N.F.L. teams determined cheerleading programs had a scarcity problem on game days.  If cheerleaders were on the sideline dancing, none were available to serve as scantily clad hostesses who could mingle with fans high …

Meghan McCain fires back at Trump  —  The daughter of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., accused the president of using her father to distract from his own political problems  —  WASHINGTON — Meghan McCain fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday, accusing him of attacking her father …

FBI Spy Stefan Halper's Media Contacts Could Pose A Problem, Retired FBI Officials Say  — FBI spy Stefan Halper interacted with the media multiple times, according to a Cambridge researcher  — Former senior FBI officials said the interactions could be a cause for concern for the FBI, one calling them “highly irregular”

As Mueller's focus tightens, Roger Stone declares he will ‘never betray’ Trump  —  President Trump's longtime confidant Roger Stone has told the world he believes special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe is “clearly out to get” him.  Now he is sending another message: He won't flip.

Goldman Sachs vice president charged with insider trading  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors charged a vice president at Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) on Thursday with insider trading by illegally using non-public information about several companies that were clients of the investment bank.

“The Americans” Finale Was Elegant, Potent, and Unforgettable  —  Were you craving a bit more bloodshed from the finale of FX's “The Americans”?  Some tooth-pulling ultraviolence, or maybe another corpse crunched into a briefcase, on the long road to Moscow?  If so, you were clearly watching the wrong show.