In New Documents, Cohen Says Trump “Instructed” Him To Lie  —  WASHINGTON — Attorneys for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former fixer, submitted documents to lawmakers Thursday night accusing Trump and his team of lawyers of instructing Cohen to lie to Congress about when negotiations ended to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.

Note to Team Mueller: If you don't indict, you can't incite  —  View Latest Opinions >>  —  I've covered the Justice Department for three decades, and seldom have I seen a story like the one published in the New York Times this week under the headline, “Some on Mueller's Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed.”

Donald Trump reacts to Barbara Bush quotes  —  President Trump said he was not surprised by former first lady Barbara Bush's attacks on him, as posthumously quoted in a new biography.  —  “I have heard that she was nasty to me, but she should be.  Look what I did to her sons,” …

Trump Asked That Confirmation of I.R.S. Counsel Be a Priority  —  President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority …

APNewsBreak: White House pulls nomination to lead ICE head  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday sent paperwork withdrawing the nomination of longtime border official Ron Vitiello to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to three people with knowledge of the move.

U.S. Ethics Office Declines to Certify Mnuchin's Financial Disclosure  —  WASHINGTON — The top federal ethics watchdog said on Thursday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's sale of his stake in a film production business to his wife did not comply with federal ethics rules …

Trump's next possible Fed nominee can't understand basic policy issues  —  Nein, nein, nein.  —  That should be the Senate's response if President Trump actually nominates his friend Herman Cain, the former pizza magnate turned failed Republican presidential candidate, to the Federal Reserve Board, as Trump said he plans to do.

He bought the fencing coach's house.  Then his son got into Harvard  —  NEEDHAM — It was a modest house by this town's standards, a center-entrance colonial, three bedrooms and a two-car garage on a quarter-acre lot.  The inside hadn't welcomed a renovator in many, many years, and the outside didn't wear its age particularly well.

Trump loyalist Gaetz eyes Senate bid in Alabama  —  Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump's most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.

Finding Biden in Familiar Fix, President Trump Adds a Jab  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump, ignoring his own troubled history with women and bragging about sexual misconduct, went after Joseph R. Biden Jr. via Twitter on Thursday, posting a video that mocked the former vice president for his handsy approach to politicking.

157 Republicans Just Opposed Renewing The Violence Against Women Act  —  They sided with the National Rifle Association over women's safety.  Not a good look!  —  WASHINGTON The House passed legislation Thursday to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, despite the vast majority …

Trump Is Already Plotting His Post-White House Tell-All Memoir  —  The president is ‘excited’ about penning a dishy book.  So much so that he keeps talking about the scores he plans to settle.  —  As he navigates turbulent domestic and international affairs, President Donald Trump …

The unspoken Barr memo travesty: Using two spaces after a period |  The Angry Grammarian  —  The attorney general of the United States has just executed a cover-up so brazen, so grotesque, so audacious, that it was done in plain view.  Right under our noses.  —  He put two spaces after his periods.

Pete Buttigieg's 10 Favorite Books  —  Bookseller One Grand Books has asked celebrities to name the ten titles they'd take to a desert island, and they've shared the results with Vulture.  Below is South Bend, Indiana, mayor and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg's list.

Saudi Arabia arrests more activists, including 2 US citizens  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia detained eight people, including two dual U.S.-Saudi citizens, in a new round of arrests in the kingdom targeting individuals supportive of women's rights and those with ties to jailed activists …

In Iowa, O'Rourke Says Some Trump Rhetoric Echoes Nazi Germany  — He slams the administration for separating families at border  — The former congressman spoke to crowd at a college in Iowa  —  Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke told a crowd in Sioux City, Iowa …

Jerry Nadler Was Born to Battle Trump  —  Jerry Nadler and Donald Trump have a history.  As Michael Daly has recounted in The Daily Beast, Trump approached Nadler in the 1980s, when Nadler was still a state assemblyman, and asked to build a skyscraper in his district.

Donald Trump Is Trying to Kill You  —  Trust the pork producers; fear the wind turbines.  —  There's a lot we don't know about the legacy Donald Trump will leave behind.  And it is, of course, hugely important what happens in the 2020 election.  But one thing seems sure …

Wendy's Owner Gives Big to Trump While Refusing Farmworkers' Demands  —  Since January 2013, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) has been mounting an effort to pressure Wendy's to participate in its Fair Food Program, which ensures better wages and safer working conditions for Florida's tomato pickers.

Iowa's Socialists Are Already Over 2020  —  DES MOINES—Caroline Schoonover has two immediate goals.  One of them is to systematically dismantle capitalism.  The other is to finish watching all seven seasons of Vanderpump Rules.  —  “There are a lot of things that are not funny …

Why black voters are so important for Democrats in 2020  —  (CNN)Several Democratic presidential contenders made their way to New York City this week to speak at Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention.  —  That so many 2020 hopefuls are attending a prominent gathering …

Poll: Americans give social media a clear thumbs-down  —  A sizable majority say social media does more to divide the country than unite it, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  WASHINGTON — The American public holds negative views of social-media giants like Facebook and Twitter …

Homeland Security Staffers Were Warned Not To Leak Information Or Face Legal Consequences  —  Department of Homeland Security employees were warned Thursday not to disclose “nonpublic information” or potentially face criminal, civil, or administrative consequences, a senior agency official …

Did India Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet?  U.S. Count Says No.  —  New Delhi and Islamabad had conflicting accounts of a February dogfight.  —  India's claim that one of its fighter pilots shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle between the two nuclear powers in February appears to be wrong.

Ex-Congressman's Russian Bank Loses License for Money Laundering  — Republican Charles Taylor owns 80% stake in Bank Ivanovo  — Bank of Russia said lender broke money-laundering rules  —  A regional Russian bank owned by a former U.S. congressman had its license revoked Friday …

Manchin weighs bid for West Virginia governor in 2020  —  Just five months off the race of his life, Joe Manchin is mulling a run for governor in 2020 against GOP Gov. Jim Justice.  —  The Democratic senator said in an interview Thursday that he's once again “thinking about” running for the …