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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Report: Intel On Papadopoulos Was Passed To US Embassy Officials In London  —  New details are emerging about how information on former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos made its way to the U.S. government back in May 2016, two months before the FBI officially started its investigation …

Kim Kardashian Meeting Donald Trump in the Oval Office Is a Nightmare We Can't Wake Up From … The image appears before us like something out of a bad dream.  He is seated behind the Resolute desk, his Chiclet teeth exposed in a rictus of extreme jollity.  She is standing slightly behind him, considerably more sombre.

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.

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 …

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 …

'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 …

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 …

The Tiff Over Samantha Bee Has Made C*nts of Us All … I love the word “cunt.”  It's so direct, sharp, and mean, with an acrid finish like a lick of whisky that leaves the roof of one's mouth feeling disinfected and the eyes watering.  In my mind, I use “cunt” on everything—men, women …

Herbert Hoover's Ghost  —  In 2014 I published a book called “America in Retreat,” with the subtitle, “The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder.”  Though an entire chapter is devoted to a critique of Tea Party foreign policy, it was mainly a lament about what I saw …

Bannon predicts government shutdown over border wall  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon predicts there will be another government shutdown in the near future.  —  “I believe the government will actually shut down in the run-up to the election,” …

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 …

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.

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” …

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 …

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.

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

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 …

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.

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.

Russian World-Cup Themed Water Bottle Ignites Objects, Media Reports  —  As Russian companies try to cash in on football-themed products ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, one popular water brand is literally trying to catch fire.  —  Just about everyone is trying to capitalize …

When the punishment feels like a crime  —  It didn't take long for them to find her.  Soon after Michele Dauber started teaching at Stanford Law School in the fall of 2001, a few female students came to her office and told her they had been sexually assaulted.

Founding philosophy  —  A review of The Political Theory of the American Founding by Thomas G. West.  —  Convention requires me to disclose that I have known, admired, and learned from Thomas G. West for more than twenty years.  I also recently became his colleague as a scholar and lecturer at Hillsdale College.

Onondaga County poised to take struggling CNY Film Hub from NY state  —  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - New York state is poised to give Onondaga County the Central New York Film Hub, a $14 million facility that has thus far failed to deliver promised jobs and will be featured in an upcoming corruption trial.

Embattled Chinese Telecom Giant ZTE Hired Trump Campaign Veteran … A day after President Donald Trump announced he would consider easing penalties against a controversial Chinese electronics company, that company enlisted a Trump campaign veteran to make its case in Washington.