Trump's diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’  —  The president has often perplexed foreign officials and his own aides as he learns how to deal with the world beyond America's borders.  —  Several times in the first year of his administration, President Donald Trump wanted …

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite.  I Know Because I'm His Uncle.  —  Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.  —  It begins at the turn of the 20th century in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus.

2016 Trump Tower Meeting Looks Increasingly Like a Setup by Russian and Clinton Operatives  —  The June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between high-ranking members of the Republican presidential campaign staff and a Russian lawyer with Kremlin ties remains the cornerstone of claims that Donald Trump colluded …

I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs  —  Like many Jewish parents, I try to create memorable Jewish experiences for my kids.  Last weekend I can say, with some confidence, that I succeeded.  —  The weekend started on Rhodes, the Mediterranean island …

Ellison Denies Domestic-Abuse Allegations ... Two Days Before Primaries  —  Maybe the timing is coincidental, but in politics, never bet in that direction.  Three days before a tough Democratic primary for Attorney General in Minnesota, the family of deputy DNC chair Rep. Keith Ellison …

AP Exclusive: Google tracks your movements, like it or not  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.  —  An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices …

The Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort: Greed, Deception and Ego  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A week before the Trump presidential campaign announced that it had hired Paul Manafort, a Yankees ticket specialist alerted him that his annual season tickets would soon be arriving at his 43rd-floor apartment at Trump Tower in New York.

De Blasio lets security haul away Post reporter for asking question  —  Mayor de Blasio is a such a big believer in the free press that he let two bodyguards physically remove a credentialed Post reporter who had the temerity to ask him a question in public on Sunday.

New coalition plans seven-figure campaign aimed at Puerto Rican voters  —  Critics of the Trump administration's response to the hurricanes that ravaged Puerto Rico last year are launching a seven-figure campaign to mobilize displaced Puerto Rican voters ahead of the midterm elections …

Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — For the first time in Gallup's measurement over the past decade, Democrats have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism.  Attitudes toward socialism among Democrats have not changed materially since 2010 …

History will wonder why these men defended Trump but not their country  —  Imagine that U.S. military leaders spent most of 1941 warning President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his Democratic Party of a coming Pearl Harbor attack.  Then imagine history's harsh judgment against FDR's party …

Vimeo just decided to remove content from InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones  — Vimeo is the latest platform to removed InfoWars' account from its platform, following Facebook and YouTube.  — InfoWars' videos violated the company's Terms of Service prohibitions on discriminatory …

Trump and Comey Had ‘No Conversation About Michael Flynn,’ Giuliani Says  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's lead personal lawyer, said on Sunday that the president never had a conversation last year with James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director, about ending the investigation …

You Know Who the Tax Cuts Helped?  Rich People  —  In 2018, Trump's tax plan was enacted, setting a new record  —  Stock buybacks by quarter  —  Among companies in the S&P 500 … Stock buybacks  —  Q1 2018  —  In 2018, Trump's tax  —  plan was enacted,  —  setting a new record

HUD Moves to Shake Up Fair-Housing Enforcement  —  Ben Carson, secretary of HUD, wants to encourage more housing construction as a way to boost affordability  —  The Trump administration wants to shift the way it enforces an aspect of fair housing around the U.S., pivoting away from efforts …

Anti-hate protesters far outnumber white supremacists as groups rally near White House  —  A short and sparsely attended white nationalist rally broke up late Sunday as police ushered the attendees into white vans and drove them away from a crowd of thousands of angry protesters in downtown Washington.