White House instructs former counsel Don McGahn not to comply with congressional subpoena  —  The White House has instructed former White House counsel Donald McGahn not to comply with a subpoena from House Democrats for documents related to the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation …

Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself  —  AUSTIN, Tex. — As Trooper Brian Encinia angrily threatened her with a stun gun from just outside her car window, Sandra Bland recorded the encounter on her cellphone, shown in a newly-released, 39-second video …

Why Mnuchin Doesn't Want You to See Trump's Tax Returns  —  If it wasn't clear before, then it's clear now: The White House is waging a war on the principles of transparency and oversight.  —  Surprising absolutely no one, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin thumbed his nose at the House …

It's time to start impeachment hearings.  Today.  —  If Donald Trump weren't president, he'd probably be in jail.  —  That's the view of a bipartisan group of hundreds of former federal prosecutors, who have signed an open letter stating that Trump's conduct would warrant criminal obstruction …

Trump Pardons Ex-Army Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi Man  —  President Trump on Monday granted a full pardon to a former Army lieutenant who previously served five years in prison for fatally shooting an Iraqi man in American custody.  —  During a deployment in Iraq in 2008 …

Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar freed from prison: witnesses  —  YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said.

FBI Director Wray distances himself from Barr's use of ‘spying’ on Trump campaign  —  Washington (CNN)FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Senate panel Tuesday that the bureau is “working to help” Attorney General William Barr as he reviews the origins of the Russia investigation …

Islamic Jihad admits baby, pregnant woman killed by their own rockets  —  The report was published in a Telegram account related to Hamas.  —  The Islamic Jihad, one of the terror organizations responsible for the recent wave of attacks against Israel, admitted that the baby that was killed …

Twitter suspends AOC ‘Press Release’ parody account  —  Twitter suspended the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Release (parody) account, which poked fun at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.  —  Conservative and right-wing Twitter users pointed out the account, which had tens of thousands …

CIA warns Arab activist of potential threat from Saudi Arabia  —  Pro-democracy campaigner Iyad el-Baghdadi has been vocal critic of Saudi crown prince  —  The CIA has warned Norway that a prominent Arab activist who is living in the country under asylum protection is facing a potential threat …

Prosecutor: Proof of election fraud in US House race in Va.  —  NORFOLK, Va. — A special prosecutor in Virginia said Monday that he's presented two indictments of election fraud against someone who worked on a failed re-election campaign for a Republican congressman last year.

Pete Buttigieg: God doesn't belong to a political party, but 'I can't imagine' God would be a Republican  —  Washington (CNN)South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has made clear throughout his upstart 2020 presidential bid that he believes Democrats should embrace religion and decry those who try …

Plenty of athletes are refusing to stand with Trump - not Tiger Woods.  —  President Donald Trump presents US golfer Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2019.  (SAUL LOEB / AFP/Getty Images)

The Fox effect: Trump's base bolsters his standing  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — “Hung jury” is how Democratic pollster Peter Hart described …

Republicans pray for Bernie as Democratic nominee  —  Republicans like their chances of keeping the Senate in 2020.  But there's one thing they think would all but seal the deal: Bernie Sanders as the Democratic presidential nominee.  —  Some GOP incumbents are practically cheering him on …

Barr just wrote a stunning Mueller Report letter that dares Dems to start impeachment  —  Attorney General Bill Barr just wrote a letter essentially daring the House Judiciary Committee to start formal impeachment proceedings if they want to get a copy of the full Mueller Report and underlying grand jury evidence.

Elizabeth Warren ripped Joe Biden's big Philly fund-raiser.  Last year she did an event with some of the same rich donors.  —  WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden came to Philadelphia late last month for a high-dollar fund-raiser with powerful lawyers and executives on the first day of his presidential campaign, Elizabeth Warren blasted him.

Jill Biden Says 'It's Time To Move On' From Anita Hill Controversy  —  Jill Biden is accomplished in her own right — she holds two master's degrees and a doctoral degree.  But then, her husband is the former vice president and a top contender for the Democratic presidential nomination for 2020.

With a single typo, Trump turns a German holiday bread into a Twitter star  —  Maybe it was part of President Trump's ongoing campaign to end the “war on Christmas,” freeing up believers to openly extol the virtues of stollen bread without fear of running afoul of fruitcake hate groups.

Stanford pro-Palestine group vandalizes College Republicans' flyers with anti-Semitic cartoons  —  'Seemingly drawn from Der Stürmer's archives'  —  Apparently jealous of the attention paid to The New York Times for an anti-Semitic cartoon in its international edition …

AirPods Are a Tragedy  —  Apple claims that AirPods are building a “wireless future.”  Many people think they're a symbol of disposable wealth.  The truth is bleaker. … AirPods are a product of the past.  —  They're plastic, made of some combination of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, and sulfur.