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 …

Omarosa Manigault Newman reveals recording she made of President Trump day after she was fired  —  The tape, which was played exclusively Monday on “Today” show, appears to show Trump having no idea that Newman had been dismissed by his Chief of Staff John Kelly.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

‘Sleepin’ Joe' hears alarm bells in Indiana Senate brawl  —  They call him ‘the accidental senator.’ Now, Democrat Joe Donnelly, one of the most endangered senators in the country, must prove he's no fluke.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Most of the red-state Democratic senators have larger …

In 2014, political spending at Trump properties was $35K.  In 2018, it's $3.5M  —  BEDMINSTER, N.J.  —  At least 125 Republican campaigns and conservative political groups spent more than $3.5 million at President Donald Trump's resorts, hotels and restaurants since January 2017 …