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 …

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 …

2 tourists stabbed to death at Circus Circus in Las Vegas  —  The Circus Circus is seen in Las Vegas, Friday, June 1, 2018.  Las Vegas police are investigating the deaths of two people inside a Circus Circus hotel room Friday evening.  Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal @chitosephoto

Obama - Just Too Good for Us  —  WASHINGTON — It was a moment of peak Spock.  —  Hours after the globe-rattling election of a man whom Barack Obama has total disdain for, a toon who would take a chain saw to the former president's legacy on policy and decency, Obama sent a message …

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 …

G-7 Members Condemn U.S. Trade Actions  —  Ministers of developed nations express ‘unanimous concern and disappointment’ with U.S. tariffs  —  WHISTLER, British Columbia—Six finance ministers, representing some of the closest allies of the U.S., issued a stern rebuke of the protectionist policies …

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.

Trump's economy faces new threats ahead of midterms  —  has presided over a strong U.S. economy during his first term, maintaining low unemployment and solid growth ahead of the November elections.  —  Republicans hope the positive trends will carry them to victory in the midterm campaign …

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.

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 …

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 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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 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 Papadopoulos Case Needs a Closer Look  —  Is the former campaign adviser accused of misrepresenting his subjective state of mind, not objective reality?  —  Congress should be taking a very hard look at the prosecution of George Papadopoulos.  To these eyes, the harder one looks …

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 …

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 …

Mattis Accuses Beijing of ‘Intimidation and Coercion’ in South China Sea  —  SINGAPORE — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis harshly criticized the Chinese government on Saturday for its continuing militarization of a string of islands in the South China Sea, calling the new presence …