In News Industry, a Stark Divide Between Haves and Have-Nots … After suffering a historic meltdown a decade ago in the financial crisis, American newspapers began racing to transform into digital businesses, hoping that strategy would save them from the accelerating decline of print.

Men Have No Friends and Women Bear the Burden  —  Toxic masculinity—and the persistent idea that feelings are a “female thing”—has left a generation of straight men stranded on emotionally-stunted island, unable to forge intimate relationships with other men.  It's women who are paying the price.

A Facebook ‘army’ and freewheeling tweets: Inside the billion-dollar Trump 2020 campaign machine  —  ARLINGTON, Va. — Four years ago today, Donald Trump was poised to descend his golden escalator and begin a ride that would take him all the way to the Oval Office.  As he prepared his campaign, Trump didn't have much of a team.

Biden Thinks Trump Is the Problem, Not All Republicans.  Other Democrats Disagree.  —  DUBUQUE, Iowa — As Joseph R. Biden Jr. made his way across Iowa on his first trip as a 2020 presidential candidate, the former vice president repeatedly returned to one term — aberration — when he referred to the Trump presidency.

Want The Voter File?  Campaigns Will Have To Pay, Record Videos, And Fundraise For The DNC To Get It  —  Presidential campaigns seeking to gain access to the Democratic Party 50-state voter file, a crucial database that costs $175,000 to purchase, must also agree to a strict set …

The White House's latest attack on Mueller reveals an ugly truth about Trump  —  President Trump's latest position on the Mueller report is that it both totally exonerates him and is fatally flawed at its very core — because it doesn't totally exonerate him.

The Russia Investigation Will Continue  —  Although Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe is over, and although President Trump on Friday again described the probe as a “Witch Hunt,” the FBI is almost certain to continue its counterintelligence investigation into Russian espionage efforts related to the 2016 election.

Pelosi Warns Democrats: Stay in the Center or Trump May Contest Election Results  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi does not believe President Trump can be removed through impeachment — the only way to do it, she said this week, is to defeat him in 2020 by a margin so “big” …

North Korea Launches Short-Range Projectiles, South Says  — The move is likely to raise tensions as denuclearization talks with the United States remain stalled.  — The South Korean military has used the term “projectile” when it was too soon to determine exactly what kind of missile had been deployed.

How to Get Trump's Tax Returns—Without a Subpoena  —  Congress' pursuit of President Donald Trump's tax returns is already hardening into a stalemate between the Democratic House and Trump's Treasury Department.  In his April 23 letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal …

Mentally ill woman gave birth alone in isolated jail cell, Broward public defender says  —  A jailed and pregnant mentally ill woman was forced to deliver her child alone in an “isolation cell” last month as corrections officers ignored her cries for help, Broward County's public defender charged on Friday.

Ex-mob prosecutor says Trump's talk with Putin was a ‘get your stories straight call’ like she used to hear on wiretaps  —  The former chief of the organized crime and racketeering unit at the U.S. Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York explained on MSNBC Friday …

Democrats preview post-Trump plan: Executive orders  —  Presidential candidates once boasted about their ability to bridge Washington's partisan divide, and to accomplish great things by bringing together different factions.  —  But with Republicans favored to maintain control of the Senate in 2020 …

John Kelly joins board of company operating largest shelter for unaccompanied migrant children  —  In April, protesters outside the nation's largest facility for unaccompanied migrant children noticed a familiar face enter the massive, fenced site in Homestead, Florida: former White House chief of staff John Kelly.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Unites the Nation: No One Wants Him to Run for President  —  Blame it—and everything—on Anthony Weiner.  —  To become mayor, he defeated a Republican who vowed to kill kittens to keep the trains running.  —  After complaining that New Yorkers didn't appreciate …

Airliner skids into St. Johns River at NAS Jacksonville  —  The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate a passenger airplane that slid off the end of a runway Friday night and into the St. Johns River at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.  —  Base officials say the incident occurred …

Mark Halperin is seeking a comeback.  His accusers have a problem with that.  —  Just 18 months after his career as a political pundit and TV commentator imploded amid sexual harassment and assault allegations, Mark Halperin is trying to mount a comeback.  He's getting help …

No, China and the U.S. aren't locked in an ideological battle.  Not even close.  —  Here are 3 things wrong with imagining we're in a “clash of civilizations.”  —  At a foreign policy forum last week, the State Department's Director of Policy Planning Kiron Skinner made some controversial remarks about the …

FWIW: Where are they now?  🕵️‍♀ ️  —  Welcome to FWIW, ACRONYM's weekly newsletter breaking down digital strategy and investments across the political spectrum.  Each week, we look at how campaigns are - or aren't - leveraging smart digital strategies to drive narratives and win elections.

James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley's Conservative Blacklisting Campaign  —  James Woods, one of the few conservative stars in Hollywood, has been locked out of his Twitter account for over a week now for “abusive behavior,” once again demonstrating the double standard …

Trump's New Favorite Network Embraces Russian Propaganda  —  One America News Network has no qualms with playing the mouthpiece for Kremlin-hatched conspiracy theories.  It's no wonder the network got the president's seal of approval.  —  When it comes to putting disinformation in front …

Exclusive: Army Investigating Soldier's Alleged Leadership In Neo-Nazi Terror Group  —  The Army private is allegedly a recent leader of the Atomwaffen Division, a violent white supremacist group.  —  An active-duty soldier in the U.S. Army is under investigation for his alleged leadership role …

The Anxiety of the $2,300-a-Night Hotel Room  —  Spending the equivalent of a down payment on a car for one night at the Japanese-inspired Nobu Ryokan in Malibu, the writer worried: Could he live up to his room?  —  9 PhotosView Slide Show  —  ›  —  Carbon Beach is a beguiling …