FBI agent Peter Strzok fired over anti-Trump texts  —  The FBI has fired Agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts.  —  Aitan Goelman, Strzok's lawyer …

White House: It's in ‘Public Interest’ for Staff to Skirt Ethics Rules to Meet With Fox News … It is “in the public interest” for a pair of senior White House officials to be excused from federal ethics laws so they can meet with Fox News, according to President Donald Trump's top lawyer.

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.

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 …

There's a big tell in Trump's latest defense of Donald Jr.  —  President Trump has spent the past year and a half emphatically declaring that there was “no collusion” between his campaign and Russia, adamantly and angrily insisting that any suggestion to the contrary is nothing but a “hoax.”

3 missing men at the Manafort trial  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As the trial of President Trump's former campaign chairman resumes today, it appears prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office have decided not to call three seemingly key figures.  The absence of these witnesses offers …

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 …

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 …

She ran on responsible gun regulation, now she's accused of killing her campaign treasurer  —  ATLANTA - A former Georgia Congressional candidate has been charged with murder after her former campaign treasurer was found dead inside her apartment.  —  Kellie Collins, of Thomason …

Keith Ellison denies allegations he abused ex-girlfriend  —  (CNN)Rep. Keith Ellison is denying allegations made public on Saturday that he physically abused an ex-girlfriend.  —  The allegations were detailed in a Facebook post by Austin Monahan, the son of Ellison's former girlfriend Karen Monahan.

Jeremy Corbyn admits being present at wreath-laying for Munich terrorists but says 'I don't think I was actually involved in it'  —  Labour leader confirms he attended ceremony where ‘wreath was laid’ for attackers who murdered 11 Israeli athletes  —  POPULAR VIDEOS

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 …

Billionaire Steyer Adding $10 Million to Trump Impeachment Drive  — Steyer has already pledged to spend $110 million on election  — His groups target voters who have skipped midterm voting  —  Billionaire Tom Steyer plans to spend an additional $10 million on helping Democrats …

RPOF beats Snipes — Where's the blue wave, part 2 — Florida schools' new abnormal — TV cash not cutting it  —  By Marc Caputo (mcaputo@politico.com; @MarcACaputo) and Matt Dixon (mdixon@politico.com; @Mdixon55), with Emily Goldberg (egoldberg@politico.com; @ejgold94) and the staff of POLITICO Florida

An 11-year-old changed election results on a replica Florida state website in under 10 minutes  —  An 11-year-old boy on Friday was able to hack into a replica of the Florida state election website and change voting results found there in under 10 minutes during the world's largest yearly hacking convention …

The Archeology of Trumpism  —  Over what are now the years since Donald Trump entered, took over and now totally permeates American political culture, I now and again think back to something that happened years ago, long before his presidential campaign.  Starting in 2011 Trump started posting …

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

Exclusive: Hacked Emails Take Us Inside the Billionaires' Club Around Vladimir Putin … At first glance, little separates Andrey Pavlov from thousands of other wealthy Russians who do business in the West.  The lawyer, who turned 40 last year, travels across Europe's luxury resorts …

Facebook's message to media: “We are not interested in talking to you about your traffic...That is the old world and there is no going back”  —  The Australian — the Murdoch-owned national paper — has an interesting (and aggressively paywalled) scoop about Facebook today …

Marco Rubio looks for his place in Trump's Republican Party  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After flaming out in the GOP presidential primary — and enduring rival Donald Trump's taunts along the way — Sen. Marco Rubio is entering his next act in politics.  —  The once-rising star used to be criticized …

Did You Go to a Washington Nationals Game With Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh?  —  Trump's pick is a baseball fan who racked up considerable debt buying season tickets.  Help us figure out who went with the nominated judge.  —  Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh accrued …