Trump cancels Eagles' White House celebration on eve of visit after fewer than 10 players planned to attend  —  President Trump on Monday abruptly rescinded an invitation to host the Eagles at the White House, citing the “smaller delegation” that was planning to attend and again stoking …

Mueller Accuses Paul Manafort of Attempted Witness Tampering  —  Federal prosecutors on Monday accused President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of attempting to tamper with witnesses in his federal tax and lobbying case.  —  In court documents, prosecutors working for the special counsel …

Trump's Travel Ban Is in Trouble at the Supreme Court  —  Justice Kennedy's ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case suggests the court's next big decision might go badly for the president.  —  In a much-anticipated decision Monday morning, the Supreme Court ruled - by a vote of 7 to 2 …

Trump's legal team readies for fraught showdown with Mueller, even as president declares broad powers  —  Despite President Trump's declarations that he has expansive powers that could blunt the special-counsel investigation, his legal team is preparing for the possibility of a presidential interview …

Howard Schultz to Step Down as Starbucks Executive Chairman  —  SEATTLE — Howard Schultz, the outspoken executive chairman of Starbucks, will leave the company at the end of the month, bringing to an end the tenure of a socially conscious entrepreneur who turned a local Seattle coffee chain …

Bolton sidelined as Trump readies for North Korea  —  Pompeo: Kim Jong Un's ex-spy to deliver letter  —  Washington (CNN)As President Donald Trump huddled in the Oval Office on Friday with Kim Jong Un's right-hand man, he was accompanied by only one other US official: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Inside the Mysterious Intelligence Firm Now in Mueller's Sights … In the fall of 2016, Donald Trump Jr. and other key aides to the future president reportedly met in Trump Tower with Joel Zamel, the founder of a company called Wikistrat.  —  Wikistrat bills itself as a “crowdsourced” …

The likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant  —  On the evidence of House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's CNN interview over the weekend, the likely next speaker of the House is a mindless sycophant and a threat to the constitutional order.  —  Confronted with a simple …

“This Was Lachlan's Revenge”: As a Murdoch Son Moves to Consolidate His Power, Rupert Says “I'm Still Here”  —  Rupert thwarted the revenge firing of an old Lachlan adversary—and it's not the new Fox News's only problem.  “The pro-Trump thing isn't working,” says an insider.

Post-U. Md. poll: Jealous, Baker lead in Democratic race overshadowed by Hogan  —  Three weeks before their primary, Maryland Democrats remain largely undecided about who to nominate for governor, according to a new Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, in a race overshadowed …

Time's Up, Bill  —  Bright and early Monday morning, Bill Clinton launched a book tour in support of a political thriller he wrote with the best-selling author James Patterson called The President Is Missing.  And sometime before 8 a.m., it had become clear that it had not occurred …

The High Price of Stale Grievances  —  In the fall of 2016, I was hired to play in Rihanna's back-up band at the MTV Video Music Awards.  To my pleasant surprise, several of my friends had also gotten the call.  We felt that this would be the gig of a lifetime: beautiful music, primetime TV …

U.S. appeals ruling that Trump could not block Twitter followers  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday that it would appeal a federal judge's ruling that President Donald Trump may not legally block Twitter users from his account on the social media platform based …

Papadopoulos' Wife: Trump Aide Was ‘Absolutely Not’ Involved In Russian Collusion  —  George Papadopoulos' wife, Simona Mangiante, said her husband was not involved in collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government and that he pleaded guilty in the special counsel's investigation …

Former Defense Intelligence Officer Arrested for Attempted Espionage  —  Ron Rockwell Hansen, 58, a resident of Syracuse, Utah, and a former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) officer, was arrested Saturday afternoon on federal charges including the attempted transmission of national defense information to the People's Republic of China.

Sailor pardoned by Trump is SUING Obama and Comey for going easy on Hillary Clinton but sending him to prison after he photographed classified area of nuclear sub  — Kristian Saucier spent 1 year in federal prison for taking souvenir photos of a classified area aboard the nuclear sub where he worked as a U.S. Navy sailor

Pruitt wanted to buy ‘old mattress’ from Trump International Hotel  —  Two senior House Oversight Democrats are demanding Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) subpoena Scott Pruitt for documents after one of his closest aides told congressional investigators the EPA administrator had her book …

‘Roseanne’ Spinoff Talks Heat Up at ABC  —  Talks between ABC and “Roseanne” producers on a possible spinoff of the canceled multicamera comedy are building momentum.  —  Sources tell Variety that the network is increasingly interested in finding a way to continue the series without …

Final California Primary Preview: High Stakes for House Democrats  —  Democrats' route to the House majority runs through California more than any other state.  Nationally, they need to win 23 GOP seats to win the chamber, and in California alone, there are seven Republican incumbents sitting in seats Hillary Clinton carried in 2016.

No, Conservatives, Rod Blagojevich Is Not a Sympathetic Figure … If you're looking to get a presidential pardon, the new strategy seems to be to go on Fox News, suck up to the president, and attack his enemies (President Obama, the Justice Department, etc).