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 …

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.

Email snafu reveals White House outreach to Obama and Clinton alumni  —  Recipients of a blast email were asked to ‘amplify’ Trump's policy on Iran — baffling some who have sharply disagreed with the president in public.  —  President Donald Trump is better known for speaking directly to his base than trying to win over his critics.

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,” …

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.

Illinois approves Equal Rights Amendment, 36 years after deadline  —  The Illinois House voted on the federal Equal Rights Amendment, more than 35 years after the deadline to ratify it passed.  (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)  —  Privacy Policy  —  The Illinois House voted Wednesday night …

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 …

California Republicans hit rock bottom  —  New figures show the once-proud state GOP has been relegated to third-party status.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The state that spawned the “Reagan Revolution” and Richard M. Nixon just experienced a watershed moment — the California Republican Party was officially relegated to third-party status.

Trump plans to go ahead with steel, aluminum tariffs on EU  —  President Donald Trump's administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions from the European Union, a move that could provoke retaliatory tariffs and inflame trans-Atlantic trade tensions.

Mitch McConnell's record-breaking reign  —  The 76-year-old senator has made clear he plans to run again in 2020 and keep leading the Republican conference.  —  One of Mitch McConnell's toughest tasks is the daily head count he conducts of his 50-member caucus.

Pompeo and North Korean official will try to salvage nuclear summit with New York skyline below them  —  NEW YORK — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will hold a crucial meeting Thursday morning with the right-hand man to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to see if they can salvage …

Saving Sessions: Inside the GOP effort to protect the AG  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Days after President Donald Trump deemed Jeff Sessions “beleaguered” and threatened to fire him last July, members of the president's inner circle made a desperate case to save the attorney general's job.

Trump Immigration Policy Veers From Abhorrent to Evil  —  We as a nation have crossed so many ugly lines recently, yet one new policy of President Trump's particularly haunts me.  I'm speaking of the administration's tactic of seizing children from desperate refugees at the border.

Jury Leaves $4 to Family of Man Killed by Sheriff's Deputy, Along With Many Questions  —  For more than four years, questions swirled about the shooting death of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. at his home in Fort Pierce, Fla. After all, there were only three witnesses to how the entire episode unfolded …

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.

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 …

‘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 …

Kim Kardashian meets with Trump to discuss prison reform … It was the commander and cheeks!  —  Kim Kardashian strutted into the Oval Office on Wednesday for a sit-down with President Donald Trump to discuss criminal justice issues — including an imprisoned drug offender she discovered on Twitter.

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.

Pictures From an Interrogation: Drawings by Abu Zubaydah  —  Sketches by the terror suspect, who has been held in CIA captivity since 2002, have been released under the Freedom of Information Act.  They are published here for the first time.  —  The CIA spent years trying to probe the mind of Abu Zubaydah …

Arizona governor huddles with John and Cindy McCain  —  Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday quietly met with Sen. John McCain  —  (R) and his wife, Cindy, at the couple's home outside Sedona, Ariz., GOP sources in the state told The Hill.  —  The meeting, which was not on the governor's official schedule …

Fox News Steamrolls Cable News Competition With Big Win In May Ratings  —  What happened to the rise of MSNBC?  After showing historic growth—and a few months in 2017 when Rachel Maddow took the title of most-watched host in all of cable news, beating Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity …

AOL's Steve Case Sells Estate to Saudi Government for $43 Million  —  The embassy of Saudi Arabia has bought ‘Merrywood,’ a childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, setting a record for the most expensive home ever sold in the Washington, D.C., area.  —  AOL co-founder Steve Case …

House Republicans may lose their majority by backing Trump's wall, dissing Dreamers  —  According to campaign ad data from Kantar Media, Republican House candidates for 2018 are openly flaunting hardline stances on immigration policy.  Deirdre Shesgreen reports.

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 …

Trump remaking federal policy on women's reproductive health  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Step by methodical step, the Trump administration is remaking government policy on reproductive health — moving to limit access to birth control and abortion and bolstering abstinence-only sex education.

STX Beats Lawsuit Over ‘Happytime Murders’ Trailer With ‘Ejaculating Puppets’  —  Sesame Workshop filed its trademark infringement lawsuit last week  —  The lawsuit over “The Happytime Murders” trailer featuring “ejaculating puppets” reached an explosive climax on Wednesday …

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.