Unearthed audio shows Tucker Carlson using white nationalist rhetoric and making racist remarks … Carlson: Immigrants should be “hot” or “really smart” because people picking lettuce aren't going to build a stronger country.  —  TUCKER CARLSON: You got me going.

Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin among those charged in nationwide college admissions cheating scam  —  Hollywood actors, including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and a slew of chief executives are among 50 people charged in a nationwide college admissions cheating scam …

New York Attorney General Opens Investigation of Trump Projects  —  The New York attorney general's office late on Monday issued subpoenas to Deutsche Bank and Investors Bank for records relating to the financing of four major Trump Organization projects and a failed effort to buy the Buffalo Bills …

Nancy Pelosi on Impeaching Trump: 'He's Just Not Worth It'  —  Nancy Pelosi stands up in her spacious office in the U.S. Capitol, walks past an enormous window with a commanding view of the Mall and the Washington Monument, and picks up a small plaque from her desk.

Exclusive: Biden to run for White House, says Dem lawmaker  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden will run for president in 2020, a senior Democratic lawmaker told The Hill on Tuesday, a move that will shake up the crowded Democratic primary field and make him the clear frontrunner for his party's nomination against President Trump.

Facebook backtracks after removing Warren ads calling for Facebook breakup  —  Facebook removed several ads placed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign that called for the breakup of Facebook and other tech giants.  —  But the social network later reversed course after POLITICO reported …

Mueller May Drop Second Report That Can't Be Buried  —  The special counsel isn't only looking for crimes: he continues the counterintelligence investigation that started with suspicious Trump-Russia contacts in 2016.  —  Breathless media alerts notwithstanding, there is reason to be skeptical …

'My Dad's Not a Racist': Book Describes Ivanka Trump's Defense After Charlottesville  —  WASHINGTON — When Gary D. Cohn was considering resigning as the top White House economic adviser after President Trump blamed “both sides” in a deadly white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va. …

Ann Coulter rips ‘shallow, narcissistic conman’ Trump, ‘lying media’ at Forum Club  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Aside from the 600 or so people who came to hear her speak at the Kravis Center on Monday, conservative flamethrower Ann Coulter says it's hard to find people she can talk to now that she's directed …

Buttigieg feels momentum after CNN town hall, with $600K raised in 24 hours  —  (CNN)Pete Buttigieg had the single biggest fundraising day of his 2020 campaign on Monday, according to an aide to the South Bend, Indiana, mayor, receiving a significant boost after a widely heralded performance during a CNN town hall.

Wanted in Russia, he partied at Mar-a-Lago - and invested in cheap South Florida homes  —  Last year, President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club hosted a black-tie “Safari Night” fundraiser for a favorite charity of one of his older sisters.  The event included Chinese dancers …

Trump Lauded Farmers, Medicare and AIDS Programs.  Then He Unsheathed the Budget Knife.  —  WASHINGTON — On Friday, the White House announced that Karen Pence, the second lady, would lead a delegation to the United Arab Emirates in support of disabled American athletes at the Special Olympics.

Fmr Fox News reporter asks Congress: subpoena me to override NDA  —  In an exclusive news-making interview, the lawyer for a former Fox reporter, Nancy Erika Smith, tells Ari Melber that Congress can lawfully override a Non-Disclosure Agreement preventing her client from speaking about reports …

A second 737 Max crash raises questions about airplane automation  —  As you read this, over a million people are in flight.  Close to a third of the commercial airplanes in the sky at any given moment are Boeing 737s: it is the best-selling jetliner in history.

Exclusive - President Donald Trump: We're Thinking ‘Very Seriously’ About Designating Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations  —  President Donald Trump told Breitbart News on Monday that his administration is thinking “very seriously” about labeling violent Mexican drug cartels …

Federal investigators issue subpoenas in NC-9 investigation  —  CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Department of Justice has issued subpoenas for a federal grand jury investigation into allegations of election fraud in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District.  —  The US Department …

The Power of Petty Personal Rage  —  Straw police, hamburger paranoia and the state of the right.  —  Today's column is about plastic straws, hamburgers and dishwashing detergent.  Also Captain Marvel.  —  No, I haven't lost my mind, or at least I don't think so.

GOP searches for way out of border fight with Trump  —  Senate Republicans are trying to head off a collision with President Donald Trump over the border wall this week, even as his new budget demands ensure the painful political battle will extend into the fall.

The Artist Behind the 16-Foot-Wide Trump Painting Wants It in the Smithsonian  —  Trump superfan Julian Raven has been locked in a years-long battle to force the gallery to put up his work.  He thinks he might even get a hearing before the Supreme Court.  —  NEWSLETTERS  —  Right Richter

House Dems to ditch budget and avoid new schism  —  Democrats are finally in charge of the House.  But they're likely to skip one of their most fundamental responsibilities: passing a budget.  —  Eager to steer clear of another public intraparty battle, House Democrats are expected to avoid …

Socialism and “The “Experts”  —  New York magazine has produced a list of the “best books to understand socialism” that is so stupefyingly inane that you wonder if this is intended as satire or a really big put on.  But no—they are quite earnest about this list, because it was curated by “experts.”

Roy Moore supporter takes 5th dozens of times under questioning about alleged bribery attempt  —  A Roy Moore supporter refused to answer questions about an alleged bribery attempt aimed at boosting Moore's 2017 campaign for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama, claiming dozens of times while under oath …

Netanyahu: Money to Hamas part of strategy to keep Palestinians divided  —  “Now that we are supervising, we know it's going to humanitarian causes,” the source said, paraphrasing Netanyahu.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel's regular allowing of Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza …