Trump and Abe's ‘Unshakable Bond’ Shows Some Cracks in Tokyo  —  TOKYO — Standing at side-by-side lecterns inside the gilded Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo, President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan sought to show the world the strength of what Mr. Abe called their “unshakable bond.”

European Parliament elections: Voters deny traditional centrists a majority, boost euroskeptics and Greens  —  BRUSSELS — Europeans dealt a blow to the continent's traditional center-left and center-right politicians in elections for the European Parliament on Sunday, depriving them of a majority …

‘Wow, What Is That?’  Navy Pilots Report Unexplained Flying Objects  —  WASHINGTON — The strange objects, one of them like a spinning top moving against the wind, appeared almost daily from the summer of 2014 to March 2015, high in the skies over the East Coast.

How the anti-vaccine movement crept into the GOP mainstream  —  The anti-vaccine movement, which swelled with discredited theories that blamed vaccines for autism and other ills, has morphed and grown into a libertarian political rebellion that is drawing in state Republican officials who distrust government medical mandates.

An Indiana Man Who Vandalized A Synagogue With Nazi Symbols Admitted How Far-Right Figures Radicalized Him  —  An Indiana man who plead guilty to defacing a synagogue with Nazi symbolism detailed to federal agents his road to radicalization, including meeting with members …

Flynn's case could prompt release of some redacted parts of Mueller report  —  (CNN)Sought-after parts of the Mueller investigation may be made public this week, thanks to a federal judge who's taken an unusual approach in former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn's case.

Fox News' Chris Wallace challenges Lindsey Graham on his 1998 claim that ignoring subpoenas is impeachable  —  Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday forced Senator Lindsey Graham to watch a 1998 clip of himself talking about the dangers of ignoring subpoenas from Congress during an era …

As Barr mulls declassification, a familiar tune from critics  —  In February 2018, the House Intelligence Committee released the so-called Nunes memo.  In four pages, the document, from the committee's then-chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, revealed much of what the public knows today …

Trump's proposed Memorial Day pardons dishonor veterans — and pervert justice  —  Pardoning war criminals would be the worst way to celebrate a holiday dedicated to those who sacrificed everything so that we can live in a just society.  —  In May, President Donald Trump pardoned former U …

With the 2020 Democratic Field Set, Candidates Begin the Races Within the Race  —  NEWTON, Iowa — Joseph R. Biden Jr. has built an early lead in the month since he entered the presidential campaign, confidently projecting himself as the Democratic front-runner and the candidate best positioned to defeat President Trump.

Colluders, Obstructionists, Leakers, and Other Projectionists  —  Before the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the idea that the Russians or anyone else could warp or tamper with our elections in any serious manner was laughed off by President Obama.  “There is no serious person out there who would suggest …

Rep. Duncan Hunter Admits Taking Photos of Dead Combatants While in Marines  —  A Navy SEAL charged with a war crime “did one bad thing that I'm guilty of too — taking a picture of the body and saying something stupid,” congressman said  —  Rep. Duncan S. Hunter (R-CA) …

Trump's tweets are losing their potency  —  President Trump's tweets don't pack the punch they did at the outset of his presidency.  His Twitter interaction rate — a measure of the impact given how much he tweets and how many people follow him — has tumbled precipitously, according to data from CrowdTangle.