Powerful GOP Rep. Jim Jordan accused of turning blind eye to sexual abuse as Ohio State wrestling coach  —  “At the end of the day, he is absolutely lying if he says he doesn't know what was going on,” a former Ohio State wrestler said.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan, the powerful Republican congressman from Ohio …

Pruitt directly asked Trump to replace Sessions with him  —  (CNN)Embattled Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Scott Pruitt directly appealed to President Donald Trump this spring to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and let him run the Department of Justice instead, according to three people familiar with the proposal.

Bipartisan Senate Panel Gives Middle Finger to Devin Nunes … The Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee have said the NSA, CIA, and FBI got it wrong when they assessed that the point of Russia's 2016 election interference was to harm Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump.

Ex-congressional IT staffer reaches plea deal that debunks conspiracy theories about illegal information access  —  Federal prosecutors concluded an 18-month investigation into a former congressional technology staffer on Tuesday by publicly debunking allegations — promoted by conservative media …

New Trump admin order for separated parents: Leave U.S. with kids or without them  —  Rights advocates say the new directive prevents migrant parents who were separated from their kids under zero tolerance from asking for asylum in the U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — Following a court order to reunite …

Leading contender to be Trump's Supreme Court pick faces questions from social conservatives  —  An intensifying debate over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a front-runner in President Trump's search for a Supreme Court nominee, gripped Republicans on Tuesday, with conservative critics highlighting past rulings …

Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration will encourage the nation's school superintendents and college presidents to adopt race-blind admissions standards, abandoning an Obama administration policy that called on universities …

Putting a Face (Mine) to the Risks Posed by GOP Games on Mueller Investigation  —  I'd like to put a human face — my own — to the risk posed by GOP gamesmanship on the Mueller investigation.  —  Sometime last year, I went to the FBI and provided information on a person whom I had come …

Rhode Island Dems in uproar as party seeks to oust three progressive women  —  The party is standing by a lawmaker who has been charged with sexual assault and perjury.  It also backed a former lawmaker who has been arrested several times.  —  WASHINGTON — As it tries to fend off a progressive insurgency …

Poland Purges Supreme Court, and Protesters Take to Streets  —  WARSAW — Poland's government carried out a sweeping purge of the Supreme Court on Tuesday night, eroding the judiciary's independence, escalating a confrontation with the European Union over the rule of law and further dividing this already riven nation.

Trump: ‘If not for me,’ United States would be at war with North Korea  —  President Trump said Tuesday that the United States would be at war with North Korea without his efforts and that conversations with the nation's leaders are “going well” — an assessment at odds with recent reports …

Amy Coney Barrett Is Allegedly a Member of a Religious Group That's Been Called a “Cult”  —  Amy Coney Barrett, now a judge on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, became a heroic figure to some religious conservatives during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee last fall.

New York Times Reassigns Reporter in Leak Case  —  Ali Watkins, the New York Times reporter whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Trump administration, will be transferred out of the newspaper's Washington bureau and reassigned to a new beat in New York, The Times said on Tuesday.

Immigrant Mothers Were Moved Outdoors During Kirstjen Nielsen's Secretive Visit to Detention.  They Shouted for Help to No Avail.  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen made a series of secretive visits to South Texas immigrant detention centers on Friday.

Haim Saban Is Bad For Democracy  —  Last month, twelve Democratic senators signed a letter from the office of Sen. Bernie Sanders to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking the Trump administration “to do more to alleviate the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.”

Walmart boycott campaign launched after outcry over ‘Impeach 45’ clothing  —  Walmart has found itself on the receiving end of a torrent of outrage after it was discovered Monday that the superstore was selling anti-Trump “Impeach 45” apparel on its website.

Triple homicide leaves ex-wife dead after protection request denied  —  Before she and two others were shot dead near Ardmore on Sunday, Debra Ann Rivera twice had asked a judge to order her ex-husband to surrender his guns because of alleged abuse.  —  The request was denied both times.

A psychologist just revealed the horrifying truth about Trump's malignant narcissism  —  Scott interviewed A Duty to Warn psychologist and founder Dr. John Gartner who is leading the charge to warn America about the malignant narcissist that Republicans put into the Oval Office with a minority of the popular vote.

SF's appalling street life repels residents — now it's driven away a convention  —  In a move that is alarming San Francisco's biggest industry, a major medical association is pulling its annual convention out of the city — saying its members no longer feel safe.

Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, dies at 71  —  MIAMI (AP) — Retired Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz , whose photo of a terrified 6-year-old Cuban boy named Elian Gonzalez earned him the Pulitzer Prize, has died.  He was 71.  —  Diaz's daughter, Aillette Rodriguez-Diaz, confirmed that he died Tuesday.

Viral video of woman's arrest sparks anger, but LAPD says she was involved in violent kidnapping plot  —  A viral video of several Los Angeles police officers training their firearms on an unarmed woman drew fierce criticism online Monday, but police and prosecutors said Tuesday …

Radical Democrats Are Pretty Reasonable  —  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset primary victory has produced a huge amount of punditry about the supposed radicalization of the Democratic party, how it's going to hurt the party because her positions won't sell in the Midwest …

Top Justice Department Lawyer Resigns, Latest To Step Down  —  Scott Schools, a top aide to the deputy attorney general, is planning to leave the Justice Department, according to two people familiar with his decision.  —  The job title for Schools — associate deputy attorney general …

Kevin Spacey Investigated for 3 New Sexual Assaults in London  —  Kevin Spacey is now being investigated for 6 sexual assaults in London ... after 3 new men have come forward with allegations against the actor.  —  According to the Metropolitan Police ... a man came to them in April claiming …

NBC News poll: Most want vote on Trump Supreme Court nominee before midterms  —  The survey also found most Democrats and independents said the next justice should be moderate, while 65 percent of Republicans want a conservative.  —  A majority of Americans believe the Republican-led Senate …

EXCLUSIVE: RUSSIAN MILITARY SPIES BACKED ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE LEADER OF MONTENEGRO, REPORT SAYS  —  Russia's rivalry with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) runs deep.  But would the Kremlin try to assassinate a democratically elected leader to stop a country from joining the alliance?

Is God male?  The Episcopal Church debates whether to change its Book of Common Prayer.  —  The terms for God, in the poetic language of the prayers written for centuries, have almost always been male: Father.  King.  Lord.  —  And in the Episcopal Church, the language of prayer matters.

New Jersey poised to invest $5 million into local journalism  —  What if every state in the union provided some seed money for local journalism — as a way to rebuild some of what's been lost through years of budget cuts and layoffs?  —  That's what New Jersey is on the verge of doing.

Video shows Houston police officer dancing with girl in wheelchair at party  —  Houston Police Officer Sandy Fernandez says he was working security at a quinceañera last weekend, when he noticed a special guest on the dance floor.  It was little girl in a wheelchair, who was watching other party guests dance.

SEE IT: Off-duty cop slams into car in hit-and-run, punches victim who chased him down  —  An off-duty cop plowed into a car and took off in Brooklyn, and when the irate victim chased him down, he socked the man in the face, police said Tuesday.  —  Tanvir Ahmed, 28, smashed into another car …