President urged to stop tweeting on Trump Tower meeting  —  Did Trump Tower meeting violate this law?  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump has been urged to stop tweeting about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump's top advisers and several Russians, a source familiar with discussions tells CNN.

Rick Gates Testifies He Committed Crimes With Paul Manafort  —  ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Rick Gates, Paul Manafort's right-hand man for years, began testifying against his former boss on Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Va. He is considered the most important witness in Mr. Manafort's trial on tax and bank fraud charges.

It's Looking Extremely Likely That QAnon Is A Leftist Prank On Trump Supporters  —  There's a growing group of Trump supporters who are convinced that the president is secretly trying to save the world from a global pedophilia ring.  —  They call the conspiracy “QAnon” and last week its believers ended up on national television.

Mike Pence's moral case for removing a president from office  —  (CNN)Vice President Mike Pence once argued the president of the United States should be held to the highest moral standards to determine whether he should resign or be removed from office.  —  Pence made the argument in two columns …

Enforcing Our Community Standards  —  We believe in giving people a voice, but we also want everyone using Facebook to feel safe.  It's why we have Community Standards and remove anything that violates them, including hate speech that attacks or dehumanizes others.

Trump Backs Kris Kobach in Kansas Race, Against Republican Advice  —  President Trump turned aside the advice of party officials and intervened in the Kansas Republican primary for governor Monday, throwing his support behind the polarizing secretary of state, Kris Kobach, one day before voters go to the polls there.

Jared Kushner Used To Personally Order The Deletion Of Stories At His Newspaper  —  Jared Kushner personally ordered a software developer at his newspaper to remove stories critical of his friends and real estate peers.  —  Now a senior White House adviser and son-in-law to President Trump …

Why the Midterms Won't Be Won by Playing to the Base  —  Some people changed which party's nominee they voted for from 2012 to 2016.  They are key to who wins the House and Senate.  —  Mr. Olsen, the editor of the “Flyover Country” section at UnHerd.com, is the director and a co-founder of the Voter Study Group.

Trump Says California Is Wasting Water as Fires Burn.  California Disagrees.  —  In his first remarks on the deadly wildfires that have raged in California, killing at least seven people and forcing thousands to flee, President Trump blamed the blazes on the state's environmental policies.

Gary Cohn Is Happy in the Hamptons, Golfing and Crypto Investing  — Trump's former economic adviser also looking at medical tech  — Working on his short game and a memoir of time in Washington  —  Gary Cohn may be the most famous unemployed person in the Hamptons thanks to his wife, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn.

Mueller Secures ‘Firewall’ Counsel Over Evidence in Russia Case  —  The U.S. judge overseeing Special Counsel Robert Mueller's criminal case against Russians accused of interfering in the 2016 election agreed to appoint an independent lawyer to review pretrial evidence for possible national security issues …

The Elites' War on the Deplorables  —  Recently Politico reporter Marc Caputo was angered at rude hecklers at a Trump rally who booed beleaguered CNN correspondent Jim Acosta.  —  So Caputo tweeted of them, “If you put everyone's mouths together in this video, you'd get a full set of teeth.”

NYT Makes Up New Abbreviation For The State Of Maine  —  The New York Times ran a shoddy graphic on Monday that included two extinct postal abbreviations for Maine and Texas.  —  “These Women Could Shatter Glass Ceilings in Governor's Races,” a story about women running in governor's races across …

‘Manhattan Madam’ Kristin Davis set to testify before Mueller grand jury this week  —  Last week an investigator on Mueller's team questioned Kristin Davis, an associate of former Trump adviser Roger Stone, about Russian collusion.  —  Kristin Davis, the “Manhattan Madam” …

U.S. to Restore Sanctions on Iran Following Withdrawal From Nuclear Deal  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said it would restore sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear accord at midnight on Monday, ratcheting up pressure on Tehran while worsening a divide with Europe.

Fox News' ‘Hard News’ Shows Have a ‘Ban’ on Sebastian Gorka … Fox News' “hard news” shows—which fall under the network's news division and pride themselves on being at least somewhat distinct from Fox's pro-Trump agitprop apparatus—want nothing to do with former White House official Sebastian Gorka …

The New York Times stands by its error  —  Hard to part with a Ben-Gurion fable  —  Max Fisher of the New York Times has taken to Twitter to defend his claim that David Ben-Gurion “emerged from retirement in July 1967 to warn Israelis they had sown the seeds of self-destruction.”

Ruth Wilson's Character, One of the Principals of “The Affair,” Killed Off — Actress Complained About Pay Parity  —  Ruth Wilson's character, Alison, was killed off in a major surprise last night on Showtime's “The Affair.”  The show was recently renewed for a fifth and final season next year.

Facebook to Banks: Give Us Your Data, We'll Give You Our Users  —  Facebook has asked large U.S. banks to share detailed financial information about customers as it seeks to boost user engagement  —  Facebook Inc. FB 1.50% wants your financial data.  —  The social media giant …

WPRI 12/RWU Poll: Raimondo, Fung still in tight race for RI governor  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo's slim lead over her strongest challenger hasn't budged since last winter, despite her campaign spending more than $1 million on TV ads, an exclusive WPRI 12/Roger …

Police: Stranger Jumps Out Of Restaurant Freezer, Attacks Kitchen Staff, Dies At Hospital  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Police say a man jumped out of a popular Upper West Side eatery's walk-in freezer, grabbed a knife and started attacking employees, then died later at a hospital on Sunday morning.

State Department On Saudi Arabia-Canada Spat: We're Staying Out  —  The Trump administration waited nearly 24 hours to comment after Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador over criticism of its human rights record.  —  WASHINGTON The State Department has made its first comments …

Yemen: US allies spin deals with al-Qaida in war on rebels  —  ATAQ, Yemen (AP) — Again and again over the past two years, a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia and backed by the United States has claimed it won decisive victories that drove al-Qaida militants from their strongholds across Yemen …

Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers, other devices  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk warzone areas won't be allowed to use fitness tracker or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order.

Sen. Rand Paul goes to Moscow and invites Russians to Washington in unofficial bid to boost ties  —  MOSCOW — Sen. Rand Paul, one of President Trump's more eager defenders on Russia, jetted into Moscow on Monday in a bid to increase engagement with the country.

Moms arrested after 11 children found in ‘filthy’ New Mexico compound with armed Muslim ‘extremists,’ cops say  —  The three mothers of the 11 malnourished children found living in a filthy New Mexico compound were arrested and charged Sunday along with two men described as armed Muslim …

Left-Wing Mob Interrupts Candace Owens' Breakfast With Primal Screams  —  Earlier, Ed wrote about Twitter coming after Candace Owens for quoting NY Times hire Sarah Jeong's tweets (but replacing the word “white” with “Jewish").  Twitter apologized after realizing they had helped make Owens' point.

Maria Butina's alleged backer linked to Kremlin-financed bank and Putin associates  —  Revealed: Konstantin Nikolaev, who reportedly financed Butina, worked with two banks and two oligarchs who are under US sanctions  —  The Russian billionaire said to have given financial support …