Very Quick Thoughts on the End of the Mueller Investigation  —  Attorney General William Barr now has the Mueller Report, and the world looks a heck of a lot like it did yesterday, when Barr did not have the Mueller Report.  At least, it appears to.  The major difference is that the mystery before us has slightly changed form.

Barbra Streisand says Michael Jackson's accusers were ‘thrilled to be there’ and his ‘sexual needs were his sexual needs’  —  Barbra Streisand is under fire for comments she made about two men accusing Michael Jackson of sexually assaulting them as children.

Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen to step down  —  What we know about SPLC's firing of co-founder Morris Dees  —  Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen said in a statement Friday he has asked the board of the troubled organization to “to immediately launch …

Last ISIS Village in Syria Falls, and a Caliphate Crumbles  —  American-backed forces took the last remnant of territory under Islamic State rule in Syria, but signs of the group's resurgence are already visible.  —  A four-year military operation to flush the Islamic State from its territory …

Shanahan's nomination to head Pentagon on ice  —  Patrick Shanahan's expected promotion to permanently head the Defense Department has stalled amid an ethics investigation and a series of unimpressive public performances, according to four people with knowledge of internal White House discussions.

Fresno Republicans to reschedule annual dinner after Nunes-Twitter beef explodes  —  The Fresno County Republican Party canceled plans for its Lincoln Reagan dinner next month featuring Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, as its keynote speaker after social media calls for people to crash the event.

FEMA data breach hits 2.5 million disaster survivors  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency shared personal addresses and banking information of more than 2 million U.S. disaster survivors in what the agency acknowledged Friday was a “major privacy incident.”

Recording Reveals Oil Industry Execs Laughing at Trump Access  —  Gathered for a private meeting at a beachside Ritz-Carlton in Southern California, the oil executives were celebrating a colleague's sudden rise.  David Bernhardt, their former lawyer, had been appointed by President Donald Trump …

Trump Overrules Own Experts on Sanctions, in Favor to North Korea  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump undercut his own Treasury Department on Friday with a sudden announcement that he had rolled back newly imposed sanctions on North Korea, appearing to overrule national security experts as a favor to Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader.

Theresa May isn't the adult in the room.  She's part of the problem.  —  “She was dealt a bad hand.”  “She took a poisoned chalice.”  From a great distance, it is possible to feel sorry for British Prime Minister Theresa May. She seems so dignified.  She seems to be trying so hard.

Fox News has normalized a lie about the origins of the Russia investigation  —  They want you to believe it began with the Steele dossier.  It didn't.  —  As America awaits special counsel Robert Mueller's final report, Fox News has gotten in the habit of pushing a false talking point …