Trump is removing US Secret Service director  —  (CNN)United States Secret Service director Randolph “Tex” Alles is being removed from his position, multiple administration officials tell CNN.  —  President Donald Trump instructed his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to fire Alles.

The IRS chief must release Trump's tax returns — and Mnuchin must not stop him  —  Lawrence H. Summers is a professor at and past president of Harvard University.  He was treasury secretary from 1999 to 2001 and an economic adviser to President Barack Obama from 2009 through 2010.

Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes  —  House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes filed a $150 million lawsuit in Virginia state court against The McClatchy Company and others on Monday, alleging that one of the news …

Chinese Woman Arrested at Mar-a-Lago Had a Hidden Camera Detector, Prosecutors Say  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Chinese woman who was arrested after gaining entry to President Trump's private club had a device used to detect hidden cameras and a large amount of cash in her Palm Beach hotel room …

Republicans Are Warning Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With A Congressional Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — In an unusual move, House Republicans are warning drug companies against complying with a House investigation into drug prices.  —  Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sent letters …

Only 15 Mainers gave $200 or more to Susan Collins  —  Maine Sen. Susan Collins, one of the most vulnerable Republican senators in 2020, raised more than $1.1 million in itemized contributions during the first three months of the year.  But less than 1 percent of that money came from her home state.

Trump's Fed threats meet a firewall: GOP lawmakers  —  GOP lawmakers have given in to President Donald Trump on almost every contentious issue, but they're quietly breaking from him on one front that has drawn the president's repeated ire: the Federal Reserve.

Biden support stays solid in early states  —  Sam Lieberman, former chairman of the Nevada Democratic Party, has a framed picture in his office of Joe Biden.  In the photo, taken sometime during Biden's short-lived 2008 presidential campaign, Biden is standing behind Lieberman and kissing his scalp.

Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in college admissions scandal: ‘I am ashamed of the pain I have caused’  —  Felicity Huffman has agreed to plead guilty in the college admissions cheating scam that has ensnared wealthy parents, Fox News has learned.  —  On Monday, the 56-year-old actress announced …

Privileged  —  PHOTO BYMELISSA MAJCHRZAK/NBAE/GETTY IMAGES  —  W  —  hen the police break your teammate's leg, you'd think it would wake you up a little.  —  When they arrest him on a New York street, throw him in jail for the night, and leave him with a season-ending injury, you'd think it would sink in.

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, is running for president  —  He joins a crowded presidential primary, potentially bolstered by his role on the House Intelligence Committee investigating Trump.  —  Avid followers of cable news Trump-Russia coverage are probably at least acquainted …

Iowa student asks Beto O'Rourke ‘Are you here to see Beto?’ in bathroom  —  On Sunday, minutes before being in front of more than 300 people, Beto O'Rourke took a moment for a requisite bathroom break.  While washing his hands, O'Rourke got an unexpected question.

A Tale Of Two Suburbs  —  I grew up at the top of a hill on the east bank of a river that burned.13 That determined so much.  —  My maternal grandparents bought the house where I grew up in 1949.  They were the rare Catholics in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland …

'I've been battling Nadler for years': Feud between Trump, Democrat rooted in decades-old New York real estate project  —  Assembling a group of House Republicans at the White House to talk trade last month, President Trump suddenly launched into a tirade about the congressman leading …

House Intelligence chair throws cold water on Cohen's bid for help delaying prison term  —  Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is signaling he has no intention of helping Michael Cohen's quest to delay his upcoming three-year prison sentence after attorneys …

Sanctions Deal With Russian Oligarch Included Transfer of Shares to Benefit His Children  —  WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department allowed the influential Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska to satisfy the terms of his divorce by transferring tens of millions of dollars in stock to benefit …

BREAKING: Sri Lankan Presidential Hopeful Sued in Federal Court for Human Rights Violations  —  Human rights lawyers have sued Sri Lankan presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa in federal court in the Central District of California.  Rajapaksa, who is a joint Sri Lankan-U.S. citizen …

Shaw's Metro PCS Store Has Been Forced To Turn Off Its Go-Go Music, Owner Says  —  For 24 years, Donald Campbell has been playing go-go music from his Metro PCS storefront in Shaw, at the corner of 7th Street and Florida NW.  Until now.  —  Campbell says that T-Mobile, which acquired Metro PCS …

Russian Prisons Reportedly Suspend Yoga After Claims It Makes Inmates Gay  —  Many might see yoga as a calming escape from the pressures of modern life.  But some believe it's a dangerous, homosexuality-inducing practice that could cause hunger strikes and prison riots.