A Real Attorney General  —  Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week's political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards.

Michael Bennet, Senator From Colorado, Is Running for President  —  DENVER — Michael Bennet, the moderate, studious Democratic senator from Colorado known for his work on education and immigration reform, announced his candidacy for president on Thursday.  —  He joins a field so packed …

A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can  —  If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets.  —  A short selection: “British settlers built the USA.  ‘Slaves’ built the country much as cows ‘built’ McDonald's.  Amateur...”

Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies  —  WASHINGTON — It was a foreign policy role Joseph R. Biden Jr. enthusiastically embraced during his vice presidency: browbeating Ukraine's notoriously corrupt government to clean up its act.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign  —  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name.  “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone.  “You're sooo smart, Pete.”

How conservatives rationalize their surrender to Trump  —  Former FBI director James Comey has published in the New York Times the most insightful analysis I have read of how President Trump corrupts those who work for him — such as Attorney General William P. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

Emails show Trump admin had ‘no way to link’ separated migrant children to parents  —  “What you are requesting,” said a top ICE official, “is not something that we are going to be able to complete in a rapid fashion.”  —  LOS ANGELES — On the same day the Trump administration …

POLITICO Playbook: What Trump is saying behind closed doors about the Democratic field  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TIGER COMING TO TOWN ... Trump administration sources tell us that TIGER WOODS is coming to the White House on Monday for a ceremony to celebrate his Masters win.

Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field  —  Kushner told campaign officials to not attack 2020 Dems — but that rule doesn't seem to apply to the candidate himself.  —  As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year …

Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …

‘The Mueller Report’ is officially a best-seller  —  NEW YORK (AP) — “The Mueller Report” is now officially a best-seller.  —  A published edition of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged ties between Russian officials and Donald Trump's presidential campaign sold …

Nellie Ohr's ‘Hi Honey’ emails to DOJ about Russia collusion should alarm us all  —  First came the text messages between FBI lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which gave us a painful glimpse at potential political bias inside America's most famous crime-fighting bureau.

US hopes for Venezuela change fizzle for 3rd time this year  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — For the third time this year, the big moment in Venezuela has turned into a bust.  —  Trump administration officials had expected that Wednesday might turn out to be the beginning of the end for President Nicolas Maduro …

Hillary Clinton: 'China, if you're listening, why don't you get Trump's tax returns?'  —  At a news conference in July 2016, then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump famously called for Russia's assistance in finding Hillary Clinton's missing emails.

CNN sees ratings swoon in April  —  CNN's prime-time ratings dropped a whopping 26 percent in April compared to last year, according to Nielsen Media Research.  —  MSNBC's ratings were down 14 percent in April 2019 compared to April 2018, while Fox News's ratings overall were flat.

This UNC Charlotte student knocked the shooter off his feet and saved lives  —  (CNN)When a gunman walked into his classroom at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus, Riley Howell rushed toward him, police and Howell's family said.  —  Howell, 21, was shot “point blank” …

Stephen Moore: Trump's Fed pick underpaid ex-wife's alimony for years  —  New finding may present an additional obstacle for Moore's selection for a position on the world's most powerful central bank  —  Stephen Moore, Donald Trump's embattled pick for the Federal Reserve board of governors …