The U.S. is trying to find a discreet way to pay for Kim Jong Un's hotel during the summit  —  SINGAPORE — At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

MSNBC Staff on Joy Reid: Enough Apologies, We Want Answers … MSNBC and Joy Reid on Friday both finally commented on the latest round of hateful old blog posts unearthed by various outlets.  They did not, however, address Reid's initial and unsubstantiated claim that the posts were fake.

EPA's Pruitt spent $1,560 on 12 customized fountain pens from Washington jewelry store  —  The account manager at the Tiny Jewel Box, which calls itself Washington's “premier destination for fine jewelry and watches,” had promised to expedite the order of a dozen customized silver fountain pens …

ABC in Talks to Reboot ‘Roseanne’ Centered Around Sara Gilbert  —  “Roseanne” may be on the verge of rising from the dead with a second reboot, but this time centered around Sara Gilbert's character ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ …

I will speak out until integrity returns to the White House  —  John Brennan served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency from March 2013 to January 2017.  —  My first visit to the Oval Office came in October 1990, when I was a 35-year-old CIA officer.

Samantha Bee Addresses Controversy: ‘We Spent the Day Wrestling With the Repercussions of One Bad Word’  —  Accepting a Television Academy Honors award while under fire, the “Full Frontal” host said the focus should shift from how she called Ivanka Trump a “c-nt” to the plight of 1,500 missing migrant children.

New internet accounts are Russian ops designed to sway U.S. voters, experts say  —  WASHINGTON  —  A new Russian influence operation has surfaced that mirrors some of the activity of an internet firm that the FBI says was deeply involved in efforts to sway the 2016 U.S. elections, a cybersecurity firm says.

U.S. in Early Talks for Potential Summit Between Trump and Putin  —  Meeting could ease tensions between two nations that have grown to Cold War proportions  —  The White House is planning for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin …

As Justice Dept. inspector general moves from Clinton email to Russia and Trump, he risks becoming a political weapon  —  Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz recently summoned an FBI agent important to the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election for an interview.

Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say  —  A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year.

Exclusive: How a ‘nobody’ ex-con pushed Avenatti law firm into bankruptcy  —  Watch the exclusive report at 7 p.m. ET tonight on “Erin Burnett Out Front.”  —  Los Angeles (CNN)Even before he became famous as the fast-talking, trash-talking, in-your-face attorney representing Stormy Daniels …

Pelosi Statement on May Jobs Report  —  San Francisco - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Department of Labor reported that workers' wages increased just 0.3 percent in May:  —  “May's jobs report shows that strong employment numbers mean little to the families hit …

Trump Prepares Lifeline for Money-Losing Coal Plants  — Energy Department is weighing emergency electricity reserve  — Move would be unprecedented intervention in energy markets  —  Trump administration officials are making plans to order grid operators to buy electricity …

'Are y'all serious?'  Jury gives 4 cents to family of black man killed by Florida cop  —  In 2014, two officers with the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office in Florida went to Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr.'s home for a noise complaint.  —  Hill, a 30-year-old black man, had been blasting …

Billionaire Koch brothers' network launches digital ad blitz supporting Democrat Heidi Heitkamp as midterms near  — Americans for Prosperity is unleashing a digital advertising campaign on Friday thanking North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp for cosponsoring the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protect Act.

BREAKING: Trump May Already Be Indicted Under Seal  —  There is perhaps no investigation more closely scrutinized than special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry into President Donald Trump and his inner circle.  Many, probably including the President himself, anxiously await news of a possible presidential indictment.

The Outrage Over Trump's Market-Shaking Tweet  —  On its face, the tweet was one of the most innocuous President Trump has ever sent—a plain-vanilla reminder early Friday morning that the monthly federal jobs report was coming out in an hour's time.  —  “Looking forward to seeing …

WURDoftheDay: Trump's Dinesh D'Souza Pardon is Just Red Meat For the 2018 Midterms  —  Thursday morning President Donald Trump announced (via Twitter, of course) that he was granting a full pardon to conservative fire brand Dinesh D'Souza.  In 2014, D'Souza pleaded guilty …

New poll shows Sherrod Brown leading Senate race, Mike DeWine on top in governor's  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new poll released Friday shows U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, up big in his race against GOP U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci while Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine leads Democratic …

Backlash from allies, business associations over steel and aluminum tariffs  —  The White House officially implemented steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico on Friday, but not without swift backlash from businesses and allies around the world.

Democratic Poll: Mike Levin Ahead in California's 49th District  —  A Democratic poll shows a tight contest in the crowded race for California's 49th District, with Democrat Mike Levin narrowly ahead of Republican Diane Harkey .  —  The district is one of three in Southern California …

Caravan Mother Who Is Seeking Asylum Says Immigration Agents Took Her Children  —  “The official said you have 10 minutes to say goodbye so I hugged them and they kept asking me why they were leaving me.  I couldn't tell them why.”  —  Reporting From Los Angeles

The Party *Doesn't* Decide  —  Next week the all-important California primary takes place.  Most of the media attention, however, has not been on issues or candidates, but instead on the possible repercussions of the still relatively new top-two primary system.

Hate on Jordan Peterson all you want, but he's tapping into frustration that feminists shouldn't ignore  —  One of the most controversial public intellectuals today is an eccentric, primly dressed professor who writes about esoteric mythology, dispenses old-fashioned wisdom such as …

London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI's Trump-Russia probe  —  The bridge to the Russia investigation wasn't erected in Moscow during the summer of the 2016 election.  —  It originated earlier, 1,700 miles away in London, where foreign figures contacted Trump campaign advisers …

Trump Ran as a Renegade.  Now He's Trying to Keep Them at Bay.  —  IUKA, Miss. — When Chris McDaniel first ran for Senate four years ago, his campaign became a cause for disaffected and restless Republicans across the country.  Activists waving “Don't Tread on Me” flags flooded Mississippi.

Google is labeling a Trump-supporting Republican state senator a “BIGOT”  —  Trudy Wade is a Republican state senator from North Carolina and an enthusiastic supporter of President Trump.  —  But if you search “Trudy Wade” on Google, the search giant displays an old photo in the “knowledge panel” …

Kushner, unfiltered  —  In an extensive interview, the Kushner Companies boss gets candid about 666 Fifth, federal investigations, tenant-harassment allegations and his son in the White House  —  Charlie Kushner has a few things he wants to get off his chest.

Schwarzenegger won't vote for leading GOP candidates for governor  —  Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once famously warned Republicans that they were “dying at the box office,” has decided not to support either of the leading GOP candidates for California governor, a spokesman said on Friday.

Here's the Email Russian Hackers Used to Try to Break Into State Voting Systems  —  Just days before the 2016 presidential election, hackers identified by the National Security Agency as working for Russia attempted to breach American voting systems.  Among their specific targets were the computers …