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 …

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 …

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Barack Obama Says Not ‘Everyone Who Is Disturbed by Migration’ Can Be Branded ‘Racist’  —  As President Donald Trump doubled down on his threats to close the southern border off to asylum seekers over the weekend, his predecessor, Barack Obama, was thousands of miles across the Atlantic …

Sanders calls for ban on state right-to-work laws  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who's vying for the Democratic nomination for president, called for a federal ban on so-called right-to-work laws in a Monday speech.  —  Speaking to the International Association of Machinists at the union's conference …