The Critic Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral Remembers How Anthony Bourdain Spoke Up For Her  —  In 2012, then-88-year-old Marilyn Hagerty of Grand Forks, North Dakota, wrote arguably the most viral restaurant review ever written.  It was for Olive Garden.

Trump hits the world stage, Day 1: Come late, leave early, offend host, alienate allies  —  The president made quite an impression at the G-7 meeting in Canada on Friday.  Saturday he departs to Singapore for his summit with Kim Jong Un.  —  QUEBEC CITY — The world is getting a good look …

Iran Admits To Facilitating 9/11 Terror Attacks  —  Top Iranian official admits for first time Iran aided al Qaeda terrorists  —  Iranian officials, in a first, have admitted to facilitating the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. by secretly aiding the free travel of al Qaeda operatives …

Adam Putnam's office stopped concealed weapons background checks for a year because it couldn't log in  —  A state investigation found that the lapse covered a period that included the biggest spike in permit applications in Florida history.  —  For more than a year, the state of Florida failed …

DNC panel adopts rule requiring candidates to run, serve as a Democrat  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) adopted a new rule on Friday aimed at keeping outsider candidates like Bernie Sanders  —  from trying to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

A note to readers  —  I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months.  I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I'm afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me.  —  In August of last year, I underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my abdomen.

Press Groups Criticize the Seizing of a Times Reporter's Records  —  The revelation that federal prosecutors seized years' worth of email and phone records from a New York Times reporter drew criticism on Friday from news organizations and press rights groups, which expressed outrage …

China hacked a Navy contractor and secured a trove of highly sensitive data on submarine warfare  —  Chinese government hackers have compromised the computers of a Navy contractor, stealing massive amounts of highly sensitive data related to undersea warfare — including secret plans to develop …

An open letter on trade: The facts speak for themselves  —  By 29 E.U. Ambassadors to the U.S. June 8 at 2:07 PM  —  There has been a lot of talk recently about the trade and investment relationship between the European Union and the United States.  Who wins?  Who loses?

Ex-Trump aide George Papadopoulos, wife: from “paradise to hell”  —  The wife of Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty to lying about his Russian contacts, has offered a detailed accounting of her intriguing relationship with the Chicagoan now at the core of a political firestorm.

Trump's not wrong about pardoning himself  —  Michael W. McConnell is the Richard and Frances Mallery professor of law and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.  He formerly served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.

Four Reasons Scott Pruitt's Luck May Be Running Out  —  The scandal-prone EPA director seemed untouchable.  That could be changing.  —  Scott Pruitt has shown an astonishing ability to stay on as director of the Environmental Protection Agency through scandals that would have felled nearly anyone else.

Eatery workers: Boycott Army base that called ICE on pizza delivery guy  —  SEE ALSO  —  If an army marches on its stomach, the forces at Fort Hamilton had better learn to cook.  —  Eateries near the Brooklyn Army base, which handed over an undocumented pizza deliveryman to immigration agents last week …

Truth Test: Was Stapleton ‘caught lying?’  —  Saying someone is lying is a strong accusation.  Is it fair to use against Walker Stapleton for an ad he's been airing for weeks?  —  KUSA— Republican frontrunner Walker Stapleton has been running a false ad in his campaign for governor for weeks now—and he's still running it.

I'm A US-Born Army Vet.  Why Did Border Patrol Just Try To Arrest Me And My Wife?  —  Editor's note: Before publication, Task & Purpose reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for a comment on the experiences Dennis White recounts below.  A representative of the agency responded …

Trump says he is likely to support ending federal ban on marijuana … President Trump said he likely will support a congressional effort to end the federal ban on marijuana, a major step that would reshape the pot industry and end the threat of a Justice Department crackdown.

John Kelly Instructed DHS Official Not To Email Staff To Avoid Public Scrutiny  —  “FOIA is real and everyday here in the cesspool, and even federal court action on personal accounts is real.”  —  When John Kelly was Secretary of Homeland Security, he instructed an official to refrain …

Bill Clinton Defends Franken: It Was a ‘Difficult Case’ and the SNL Women Defended Him  —  PBS's Judy Woodruff asked former president Bill Clinton Thursday whether he thought it was a “good thing” that norms have changed when it comes to sexual harassment.  Woodruff's example …

Judge Denies Trump's Secrecy Claim in Review of Cohen Documents  —  Striking a note for transparency, a federal judge ruled on Friday that President Trump and his longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, cannot proceed in total secrecy as they weigh in on the final stages of a laborious review …