Pelosi tells Dems she'll reject highly classified briefing on Mueller findings  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi told Democrats on Saturday she'll rebuff any efforts by the Justice Department to reveal details of special counsel Robert Mueller's findings in a highly classified setting …

It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD  —  The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press.  Russiagate just destroyed it  —  Note to readers: in light of news that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's investigation is complete, I'm releasing this chapter of Hate Inc. early, with a few new details added up top.

How to Understand the End of the Mueller Investigation (Hint: You Can't Yet)  —  I have a confession: I don't understand the reaction to the news of the Mueller investigation's end.  I don't understand the evident glee among some of the president's defenders.  I don't understand the gloom among some of the president's critics.

Palestinian writer has fingers smashed in Gaza beating  —  Publisher says Atef Abu Saif, also a spokesperson for Fatah, almost killed by masked men  —  Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza  —  A UK publisher has condemned an attack by masked men in Gaza on a Palestinian writer …

Rafi Eitan, Israeli Spymaster Who Caught Eichmann, Is Dead at 92  —  Rafi Eitan, the canny Israeli spymaster who commanded the Nazi-hunting team that captured Adolf Eichmann in Argentina and many years later was unmasked as the handler of Jonathan Jay Pollard, the American Navy intelligence analyst …

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good  —  Screens used to be for the elite.  Now avoiding them is a status symbol.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Bill Langlois has a new best friend.  She is a cat named Sox.  She lives on a tablet, and she makes him so happy that when he talks about her arrival in his life, he begins to cry.

Prosecutors suggest Paul Manafort may be trying to get $1 million out of his forfeiture  —  Can Manafort's sentence be challenged in court?  —  (CNN)Prosecutors suspect Paul Manafort might be trying to secretly claw back about a million dollars he agreed to hand over to the government …

It's not the Democrats who'll have a problem addressing impeachment  —  We do not know the underlying contents or even the barest conclusions of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's final report as of this writing.  The range of outcomes for President Trump run from a declaration by Mueller that …

The great political parachute  —  Sure, the market for Democratic presidential candidates is getting a little saturated.  So why are some Democrats still thinking of jumping in?  Because there's almost never a downside to running.  —  The big picture: It doesn't have to be someone …

Democrat Gillibrand to deliver 2020 White House launch speech outside NY Trump hotel  —  (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will deliver a fiery first speech as an official presidential candidate in New York City on Sunday, calling U.S. President Donald Trump a “coward” …

Defense Department identifies two soldiers killed in Afghanistan  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — The Department of Defense on Saturday identified the two soldiers who died Friday in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, as a result of wounds sustained while engaged in combat operations.  —  The deceased

Kamala Harris makes a point in Houston: It's not just O'Rourke and Sanders who can draw crowds  —  HOUSTON — Sen. Kamala D. Harris made the first major policy announcement of her campaign Saturday, promising to use federal dollars to boost teachers' salaries as she spoke to a boisterous crowd at Texas Southern University.