After 22 years in office, Sen. Mike Enzi says he will retire in 2020  —  Sen. Mike Enzi speaks at a press conference Saturday in Gillette.  He announced he will retire from politics next year.  —  Sen. Mike Enzi speaks at a press conference Saturday in Gillette.  He announced he will retire from politics next year.

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.

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” …

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.

INSIGHT: ‘Mueller Doctrine’ Prevented Finding That Trump Committed Crimes  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that he was constitutionally prohibited from finding that President Trump committed a crime, regardless of evidence.  Paul Weiss partner Lorin L. Reisner says based on that determination …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

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.

Meet the pets: The dogs of the presidential contenders.  And Beto's turtle.  —  The fur is going to be flying — more than half the Democrats in the crowded presidential field have a four-legged friend.  —  The 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are going to the dogs — and a turtle.

In Push for Trade Deal, Trump Administration Shelves Sanctions Over China's Crackdown on Uighurs  —  WASHINGTON — The United States and China are racing to clinch a historic economic treaty as early as next week that could drastically reshape relations between the world's two largest economies.

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 …

An Alabama “ISIS Bride” Wants To Come Home.  Can We Forgive Her Horrifying Social Media Posts?  —  Hoda Muthana used Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Ask.fm to spread the very messages ISIS used to inspire violence against America.  I've been tracking her posts for years.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Facebook's Unintended Consequence  —  People who lack the wisdom and humility to use their power responsibly.  —  Over the past several years we've learned a lot about the unintended consequences of social media.  Platforms intended to bring us closer together make us angrier and more isolated.