Trump's Lawyers, in Confidential Memo, Argue to Head off a Historic Subpoena  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's lawyers have for months quietly waged a campaign to keep the special counsel from trying to force him to answer questions in the investigation into whether he obstructed justice …

Senate Republicans Are Newly Hopeful About the Midterms.  For Good Reason.  —  WASHINGTON — After a turbulent first year confronting friendly fire from President Trump, Senate Republicans are entering the summer before the midterm elections feeling more hopeful about retaining their narrow majority …

This ‘replica’ in the jeep next to Kobach stunned some onlookers at Shawnee parade  —  Kris Kobach made his way through a parade in Johnson County Saturday morning, waving from an American flag colored jeep with a large gun mounted in back.  —  The sight of Kobach, a Republican candidate …

Trump allies gang up on Gowdy  —  The GOP lawmaker was once a conservative hero.  Now he's under fire on the right for balking at Trump's ‘spygate’ theory.  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy has been a pitbull investigator for Republicans for years.  Now, he's is in President Donald Trump's doghouse …

A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt's Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron  —  Three Bodies Found at House Where Massachusetts Kidnapping Suspect Lived  —  Obama Soothed.  Trump Stirs.  How 2 Presidents Have Tackled Racial Flare-Ups.  —  Technology »  —  Worried About Big Tech?

Steve Bannon's clever idea to save the GOP from brutal midterms  —  The Republican Party faces dim prospects in the midterm elections.  But it doesn't have to be that way, says Stephen K. Bannon, the chief ideologist of the populist wave that brought Donald Trump into the White House.

ZTE hired former Trump aide as lobbyist: report  —  Chinese telecommunications company ZTE hired a former member of the Trump campaign as a lobbyist amid negotiations with President Trump  —  to loosen restrictions hampering the company's ability to do business with the U.S.

Breaking from GOP orthodoxy, Trump increasingly deciding winners and losers in the economy  —  President Trump is increasingly intervening in the economy, making decisions about corporate winners and losers in ways that Republicans for decades have insisted should be left to free markets — not the government.

Deadbeat son claims he's too broke to pay child support  —  He's not just a deadbeat son, he's also a deadbeat dad.  —  Michael Rotondo — the 30-year-old upstate man whose own parents sued him to get him out of the house — complained he was too broke to pay child support for his 8-year-old son …

Trump Veers to a Korea Plan That Echoes Failures of the Past  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump never tires of pointing out that his predecessors left him the “mess” of a nuclear-armed North Korea — a legacy of errors he vows not to repeat.  —  But as Mr. Trump announced Friday …

THE HOUNDING OF THE BICYCLES Benedict ­Cumberbatch saves defenceless Deliveroo cyclist from brutal assault by gang of four muggers  —  The star leapt to the rescue near Sherlock's fictional home in Baker Street as the yobs ‘punched the cyclist and smashed him over the head’

Trump slams ‘the resistance’ in weekly address  —  tore into the so-called resistance of Democrats opposed to his agenda on Saturday, accusing them of “resisting the will of the American voter.”  —  In his weekly address, Trump blamed Democrats for slow-walking many of his nominees through …

Duke Erodes Liberal Education  —  On May 8, the Duke University student newspaper published a stirring letter addressed to the school community that was co-signed by 101 students and former students.  The letter protested the decision of the university's Sanford School of Public Policy …

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows  —  WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:  —  ABC's “This Week” — White House National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow.  —  ___  —  NBC's “Meet the Press” — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer.

A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence  —  KHUZAA, Gaza Strip — She had become a fixture at the weekly protests along the fence dividing the Gaza Strip from Israel, a young woman in a white paramedic's uniform rushing into harm's way to help treat the wounded.

Trump to host Ramadan dinner  —  President Donald Trump will host an iftar dinner at the White House next week to recognize the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according to a White House official, a departure from last year's decision not to host the traditional post-sundown meal.

Russia should be suspended from Interpol after using international arrest warrant to detain Putin critic, MPs say  —  MPs will urge the Home Secretary to intervene over Russia's “abuse” of Interpol to target a prominent British critic of Vladimir Putin.  —  A cross-party group …

Some Younger Evangelicals Waver in Support for Israel  —  Generational split reflects concern over Palestinians, spurring outreach by some churches and groups  —  JERUSALEM—Growing up in evangelical Christian churches, Caleb Fitzpatrick learned quickly to be a steadfast supporter of Israel.

Did exactly 4,645 people die in Hurricane Maria?  Nope.  —  Few academic studies have received as much media coverage as a new report, published by the New England Journal of Medicine, that the death toll in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria was much higher than official estimates of 64.

Bruce Springsteen's ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’ at 40: Nighttime, Freedom & the Eternal Chase  —  In the Bruce Springsteen songwriting universe, nothing good ever happens in the daytime.  The hours between sunup and sundown are when you sweat it out on the streets, work on the highway …

NATO chief says alliance won't aid Israel if Iran attacks  —  BERLIN (AP) — NATO's secretary-general says the alliance wouldn't come to Israel's defense in case of attack by arch enemy Iran.  —  Jens Stoltenberg told the magazine Der Spiegel in comments published Saturday that Israel is a partner …

Steel Tariffs Are Taxing Some American Companies  —  U.S. firms say some customers are opting to import finished goods rather than absorb price increases; ‘a nightmare for steel consumers’  —  New tariffs intended to bolster the American steel and aluminum industries are starting …

Trade Benefits Both Sides  —  President Trump is going to fail in any trade negotiations because he is a terrible negotiator.  But, even more important in this case, he literally does not understand trade, which makes it very hard to do well in a negotiation.  —  Trump is a bad negotiator.

GOP Lawmaker Requested ‘Sensitive’ Email Audit Of His Own Staff  —  On Monday, freshman Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., announced he will not seek re-election.  On Wednesday, he requested an investigation into his own congressional staff.  —  “This is (a) SENSITIVE request on behalf of the member …