FISA warrant application supports Nunes memo  —  The weekend release of a highly-redacted version of the FBI's application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant to wiretap onetime Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page has renewed the argument over the Nunes memo …

Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials …

Donald Trump's Approval Rating Inches Higher, Buoyed by Republican Support  —  In the latest WSJ/NBC News poll, the president's job approval rose to 45% but remains among the lowest of any modern president at this point his first term  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's approval rating …

Chris Wallace on Interviewing Putin, and Why He Isn't Afraid to Visit Russia  —  He confronted President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia about meddling in American elections, presented him with a copy of the special counsel's indictment of a dozen Russian intelligence agents and …

THE TRUMP GOP-RUSSIA ALLIANCE IS A NATURAL ALLIANCE  —  Many Republicans must be asking themselves how their party came to be led by a pawn of the Russian government.  Russians must be similarly surprised that Vladimir Putin has found an ally in an American political party …

As Trump Struggles With Helsinki's Fallout, Congress Faces a New Charge: Complicity  —  WASHINGTON — In the nearly two years since Russia attacked the American democratic process, congressional Republicans have played conflicting roles in the drama: Some have pressed to impose sanctions …

Judgment days  —  In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality  —  Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time.  —  “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said.  —  He prayed about what he was going to do.

Tesla Asks Suppliers for Cash Back to Help Turn a Profit  —  Electric-car company, in memo, requests supplier returns meaningful portion of money spent since 2016  —  Tesla Inc. TSLA -2.08% has asked some suppliers to refund a portion of what the electric-car company has spent previously …

Sanders' wing of the party terrifies moderate Dems.  Here's how they plan to stop it.  —  Party members and fundraisers gathered for an invitation-only event to figure out how to counteract the rising progressive movement.  —  Ocasio-Cortez joins Sanders to rally for Kansas Democrat, progressive values

Birthright Citizenship: A Response to My Critics  —  expected the reaction to a recent op-ed I published calling for the end of birthright citizenship to be cantankerous.  I even expected it to be hysterical—from the Left.  I did not expect self-described “conservatives” …

“Nanette” and why a new wave of comedians don't want to be funny  —  In Hannah Gadsby's highly acclaimed comedy special Nanette, she announces that she's quitting comedy.  Jokes are too simplistic, she says: they convert her trauma into humor and obscure the ugly truth of her story.

Scoop: World leaders turning Trump tricks against him  —  World leaders are learning to play President Trump using his own set of predictable negotiating tricks.  The most vivid example of this: French President Emmanuel Macron bragging to Trump that he was jamming him by stealing “The Art of the Deal” techniques, Axios has learned.

Lawmakers, Lobbyists and the Administration Join Forces to Overhaul the Endangered Species Act  —  WASHINGTON — The Endangered Species Act, which for 45 years has safeguarded fragile wildlife while blocking ranching, logging and oil drilling on protected habitats, is coming under attack from lawmakers …

The G.O.P. Stands By as Trump Upends American Security  —  In the aftermath of Helsinki, there has been outcry, but no real action, from the Republican establishment.  —  Fifty years ago, America was in agony.  Its unity at home, and its standing abroad, were deteriorating.

Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.

Why we need local journalism: Look around at how vulnerable we are right now  —  No one lives in America, exactly.  We all live somewhere in America, like the nearly 9 million of us in New York City.  —  The thing I love about local news is that it doesn't scale.