Mueller agrees to “tentative date” to testify before House Judiciary Committee  —  The House Judiciary Committee and a representative for special counsel Robert Mueller have agreed to a “tentative date” of May 15 for Mueller to testify about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election …

‘Hung jury’: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in new NBC/WSJ poll  —  Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, but it's a mixed bag on impeachment hearings.  —  WASHINGTON — Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump …

Joe Biden targets Trump, vows to 'restore America's soul' in first SC 2020 campaign stop … Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the first South Carolina rally of his 2020 presidential campaign in Columbia on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  Daniel Hare/Special to The Post and Courier

May to Corbyn: 'Let's do a deal' on Brexit  —  The prime minister said heavy losses in local elections were a call from voters to get on with leaving the EU.  —  U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May challenged opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to “put our differences aside” and strike a Brexit deal.

Liberal mega-donors plan $100 million swing-state blitz to beat Trump  —  The country's most powerful liberal donor club is reshaping its spending for the 2020 election, playing down longtime relationships with groups in Washington and instead preparing to pour $100 million into key states to help defeat President Donald Trump.

Tribune Editorial: Ambition must be made to counteract ambition  —  By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board … — James Madison, Federalist No. 51  —  Mr. Madison's plan for the survival of popular government was nowhere to be seen last week, as Republican members of Congress put …

Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists.  And One Another.  —  Each May, some 3,000 people descend on Kalamazoo, Mich., for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which brings together academics and enthusiasts for four days of scholarly panels, performances and after-hours mead drinking.

A Spy by Any Name  —  A few questions about the F.B.I.'s don't-call-it-spying on the Trump campaign.  —  Back in the golden age of presidential conduct, before Donald Trump wrecked every norm and smashed every guardrail, someone — either in Lyndon Johnson's White House or in Langley …

Rachel Held Evans, the Hugely Popular Christian Writer Who Challenged the Evangelical Establishment, Is Dead at 37  —  Rachel Held Evans, an influential progressive Christian writer and speaker who cheerfully challenged American evangelical culture, died on Saturday at a hospital in Nashville.

Security-tech companies once flocked to Myanmar.  One firm's tools were used against two journalists.  —  YANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar police had two Reuters journalists behind bars, but they wanted more.  —  The reporters, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were lured into a meeting with police …

Fair Play Is No Match for Foul  —  After getting dissed by Barr, will Mueller man up?  —  Sorry, James Comey.  You're wrong again.  —  Donald Trump does not eat “your soul in small bites,” as you wrote in a Times Op-Ed. He devours the entire thing in one big gulp.

Please Explain How This Entire Presidency* Isn't a National-Security Crisis  —  President Trump and President Putin are on the same page.  Why aren't the rest of us? … They have to be kidding now.  From the  —  Washington Post … All “checking in with the home office” japery aside …

Omarosa claims White House destroyed 5 boxes of documents — that should have been turned over to Mueller  —  President Donald Trump's White House likely destroyed five boxes of emails, a top former advisor explained on MSNBC.  —  Omarosa Manigault Newman worked for the White House …

Kim Jong-un Shot a Rocket?  He Wants to Talk  —  President Trump should deny him the privilege.  —  Mr. Lee is a professor of Korean Studies.  —  The North Korean government wants to talk.  On Saturday morning, displaying its signature defiance and smokescreen strategy …