Trump Lawyers' Sudden Realization: They Don't Know What Don McGahn Told Mueller's Team  —  President Trump's lawyers do not know just how much the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, told the special counsel's investigators during months of interviews, a lapse that has contributed …

Cohen, Trump's Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud in Excess of $20 Million  —  Federal authorities investigating whether President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael D. Cohen, committed bank and tax fraud have zeroed in on well over $20 million in loans obtained by taxi businesses …

Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser  —  The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.  She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement.

“A blue wave is obscuring a red exodus”  —  Dave Wasserman, the Cook Political Report's House analyst, says the most under-covered aspect of 2018 is that “a blue wave is obscuring a red exodus.”  Republican House members are retiring at a startling clip — a trend that senior White House …

Cuomo, Again?  Heavy is the head that wears this crown.  —  Governor Andrew Cuomo asks the pilot to swing the state helicopter around so he can have a second look.  About 1,000 feet below us, in a patch of Atlantic Ocean two miles south of Shinnecock, Long Island, a cargo ship equipped …

U.S. Rebuffs Effort to Tether Bank Fine to Pastor's Release  —  Trump administration says U.S. minister must be set free before other issues are addressed  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has rejected an effort by Turkey to tie the release of a U.S. pastor with relief …

Brennan says he's willing to take Trump to court over security clearances  —  Former CIA director John O. Brennan said Sunday that he is willing to take President Trump to court to prevent other current and former officials from having their security clearances revoked, escalating a battle …

Zephyr Teachout Is the Right Choice as Attorney General for Democrats  —  The office is a potential firewall against an out-of-control president and a historically corrupt New York State government.  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.

Trump speechwriter fired amid scrutiny of appearance with white nationalists  —  A White House speechwriter for President Trump was terminated last week after revelations that he had spoken at a conference attended by well-known white nationalists, according to three people familiar …

Inside Trump's Judicial Takeover  —  How conservative operatives and Senate Republicans are helping the president pack the courts at a record pace  —  One evening last November, Don McGahn, the top lawyer in the Trump White House, walked onstage in an opulent ballroom at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington …

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Corbyn's secret trip to Israel to meet Hamas  —  UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn (right) pictured in Jerusalem alongside Labour MP Andrew Slaughter (left), and Hamas officials Ahmad Attoun, Khaled Abu-Arafah, and Muhammad Totah.  —  Jeremy Corbyn visited Israel and the West Bank …

Videogame Developers Are Making It Harder to Stop Playing  —  Videogames have gotten harder to turn off, mental-health experts and parents say, raising concerns about the impact of long gaming sessions on players' lives.

Our recommendations in the District 27 congressional race to replace Ros-Lehtinen  —  DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY  —  A wealth of candidates, bringing new names, unexpected faces and diverse talents, signed up to be the Democrat who would replace Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in Congress.

Keith Ellison, A Radical's Radical  —  The leading Democrat has somehow escaped real scrutiny.  —  The allegations against Keith Ellison are explosive, though at this point unproven.  The Minnesota congressman's ex-girlfriend Karen Monahan alleges that he verbally and physically abused her in 2016.

Interviewing Elon Musk  —  For our Corner Office columnist, an hour with a deeply emotional Mr. Musk was not just another C.E.O. interview.  —  Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.

America is slouching toward autocracy  —  In their book, “How Democracies Die,” political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: “How do elected authoritarians shatter the democratic institutions that are supposed to constrain them?  Some do it in one fell swoop.

Nixon, Clinton and Trump  —  The more Trump is cornered, the more he mirrors Richard Nixon.  —  Twenty years ago last Friday, President Bill Clinton testified before Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and a grand jury about his sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.