Morrison government bans Milo Yiannopoulos in wake of Christchurch massacre  —  The Morrison government has banned Milo Yiannopoulos from entering Australia after the controversial right-wing commentator responded to the New Zealand mosque massacre by describing Islam as a “barbaric” and “alien” religious culture.

Beto O'Rourke apologizes for jokes about wife, says he has benefited from ‘white privilege’  —  Cedar Rapids, Iowa (CNN)Beto O'Rourke said Friday night that he had been wrong for joking at several events in his first two days campaigning in Iowa that his wife has been raising their three children “sometimes with my help.”

Trump's Phone Friends May Be More Important Than His Staff.  So Who's He Calling?  —  Shortly after news broke this month that Bill Shine would resign as the White House communications director and deputy chief of staff, a person knowledgeable about his decision told me the former Fox News …

Christopher Steele admitted using posts by ‘random individuals’ on CNN website to back up Trump dossier  —  Former British spy Christopher Steele admitted that he relied on an unverified report on a CNN website for part of the “Trump dossier,” which was used as a basis for the FBI's investigation into Trump.

Mueller's busy week offers new signs his report is coming soon  —  The Mueller probe appears to be in the home stretch.  —  Some Trump aides and advisers have been making that claim for more than a year, with little basis.  But the signs are mounting that it's finally happening.

One year in, Facebook's big algorithm change has spurred an angry, Fox News-dominated — and very engaged!  — News Feed  —  It's been a little over a year since Facebook announced major algorithm changes that would decrease the amount of news in News Feed, instead prioritizing non-publisher content …

Exclusive: Washington Autopsy Files Reveal Lesin Sustained Broken Bone In Neck  —  WASHINGTON — Mikhail Lesin, the former Russian press minister who turned up dead in a Washington hotel room in 2015, sustained a fracture to a neck bone just below the jaw line “at or near the time” of his death …

Supreme Court expands scope of census citizenship question case  —  The move comes after a federal judge in California ruled that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, whose agency oversees the census, violated the Constitution's Enumeration Clause.  —  The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday …

Twelve Righteous Republicans (and 41 Cowards)  —  Today's G.O.P. is burying Reagan's legacy faster than Elizabeth Warren ever could.  —  And Abraham said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there.  And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.”

No voter ID approval for 12 UNC campuses, including Chapel Hill  —  RALEIGH, N.C. — Student IDs from a dozen University of North Carolina schools, including UNC-Chapel Hill, didn't get the signoff they needed Friday for students to use them at the polls during the 2020 elections.

Black Editor Who Took Over Alabama Newspaper That Called for K.K.K. to ‘Ride Again’ Steps Down  —  When a white newspaper editor in Alabama drew widespread condemnation for an editorial that called for the Ku Klux Klan to ride again, only to be replaced by a black woman who hoped to take the newspaper …

Bernie Sanders gets 7 stitches after cutting head on shower door  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) got seven stitches Friday after he cut his head on a shower door.  —  Politico reports Sanders was given a “clean bill of health” and the minor injury did not interrupt his campaigning.

Lori Loughlin's Husband Is Apparently A Vocal Trump Supporter Who Frequently Complains About People Not ‘Carrying Their Own Weight’  —  The fallout of Operation Varsity Blues, as it's now being called, has been full of schadenfreude, to say the least.  Actress Lori Loughlin …

Republicans really hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  There's a lesson there for 2020.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is the breakout star of the House freshman class, a charismatic, media-savvy politician equally at home interrogating witnesses in committee hearings and communicating with the public on Instagram.

Muslims embraced us Jews when we were slain at worship.  Now we must support them.  —  Molly Pascal, a writer and a member of the Tree of Life synagogue, lives in Pittsburgh.  —  When I saw the news from New Zealand Friday, the cracks in my heart widened.  Another act of terrorism.  Another act of hate.

My Thoughts And Prayers  —  It was, I think, comedian Anthony Jeselnik who inspired the openly hostile reaction against thoughts and prayers.  His 2015 Netflix special was entitled Thoughts and Prayers and featured the comic in his trademark persona as a dark-natured, cynical guy who breaks taboos …

Joaquin Castro “All But Certain” to Challenge John Cornyn for U.S. Senate, Source Says  —  A Joaquin Castro candidacy instantly makes next year's Senate race competitive, observers say.  —  Joaquin Castro, the Democratic congressman from San Antonio, “is all but certain” …