Hush-Money Probe Gathered Evidence From Trump's Inner Circle  —  Federal investigators, looking into payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal, questioned longtime aides of the president and amassed more evidence than previously known  —  The Manhattan U.S. attorney's office has gathered …

What the President May Now Fear Most in Mueller Report  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller's final report is predicated, as far as we know, on a potentially explosive assumption.  —  Consider a head scratching set of conclusions.  The Special Counsel wrote that “the evidence does not establish …

Mick Mulvaney Tries Letting Trump Be Trump  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump met with his embattled homeland security secretary on Sunday to force her out after months of stormy eruptions over immigration policy, the only other person in the room was Mick Mulvaney, who made no effort …

Trump's ‘truly bizarre’ visit to Mt. Vernon  —  President Donald Trump had some advice for George Washington.  —  During a guided tour of Mount Vernon last April with French president Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that Washington was one of the major real-estate speculators of his era.

Bernie Sanders, Now a Millionaire, Pledges to Release Tax Returns by Monday  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Bernie Sanders, whose $18 million fund-raising haul has solidified his status as a front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, said Tuesday that he would release 10 years …

Warner Bros. Shut Down Trump's 2020 Video For Using The “Dark Knight Rises” Score  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video on Twitter that appeared to be part of his 2020 reelection campaign.  In less than three hours, it had already amassed over 1 million views, but by late Tuesday night, the video was no longer available.

Attorney general faces 2nd day of grilling by Democrats over his handling of Mueller report  —  Barr has declined to say whether he's spoken with the White House.  —  Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday faced a second day of grilling on Capitol Hill for his handling …

Trump calls Netanyahu's election victory “a good sign for peace”  —  President Trump told reporters Wednesday morning that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election victory was “a good sign for peace.” … Driving the news: Netanyahu scored a fifth term in office with his election win yesterday …

Look at the Forest, Not the Trees: What We Do and Don't Know About 2020  —  In this age of constant stimulation and news and information overload, it is harder than ever to get perspective.  I am as guilty as anyone of getting sucked into the vortex of political twitter, only to emerge hours later with little to show for it.

If Trump has his way, this major federal agency is on the way out  —  The White House is moving to do what no president has accomplished since the end of World War II: eliminate a major federal agency.  —  If the Trump administration succeeds at dismantling the Office of Personnel Management …

McConnell privately advises Republicans to tell Trump about Cain concerns  —  Herman Cain: Let them go out and dig up old allegations  —  (CNN)Senate Republican leaders are sending a message to members troubled by President Donald Trump's controversial Federal Reserve picks: Speak up.

Inside the (semi-)secret society for young Trump staffers  —  On the first Wednesday evening in February, Anthony Scaramucci entertained a packed house of like-minded souls at Rewind, a retro diner off Dupont Circle.  —  There, the former White House communications director fielded friendly questions …

What I've Learned From Collecting Stories of People Whose Loved Ones Were Transformed by Fox News  —  It was somewhere around the 100th response that my brain turned to mush.  —  Last week, I devoted an installment of my newsletter Welcome to Hell World to a dozen stories from people who …

‘Are you serious?’:  John Kerry's climate change credentials challenged by GOP lawmaker  —  Former secretary of state John F. Kerry responded in disbelief when a Republican congressman challenged his credentials on climate change, prompting the veteran politician to ask, “This is really happening here?”

Trump's cognitive deficits seem worse.  We need to know if he has dementia: Psychologist  —  We see signs that the president's abilities are declining, but the only way to find out for sure is to give him a full neuropsychological evaluation.  —  CONNECT  —  If Donald Trump were your father …

Mnuchin has fiery exchange with Rep. Maxine Waters during hearing  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin got into a fiery exchange with U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters on Tuesday during a committee hearing with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.  —  At the end of a three-and-half-hour testimony …

Man wearing a Trump T-shirt abuses people at Christchurch mosque where more than 40 people died  —  A man wearing a Donald Trump T-shirt has yelled abuse at members of the Muslim community gathered at one of the mosques targeted in the Christchurch terror attack.

Parkland victim's father: Traumatized students shouldn't have been flung into politics  —  After the Parkland shooting, there was a maniacal emphasis on hashtags and photo-ops.  My community never got the help it needed to actually heal.  —  CONNECT  —  More than a year has elapsed since 17 students …