Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump has rolled back environmental regulations, pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord, brushed aside dire predictions about the effects of climate change, and turned the term “global warming” …

Senate GOP vows to quickly quash any impeachment charges  —  GOP senators say that if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Trump they will quickly quash them in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broad authority to set the parameters of a trial.

Trump Embraces Right-Wing One America News Network to Make Fox News Jealous  —  The network praises the president, courts him in public, and has even tried to hire his former aides.  It's finally getting his attention.  —  One evening last week, Neil McCabe, a Breitbart veteran who now works …

Trump's Formidable 2020 Tailwind  —  The economy and incumbency drive presidential election outcomes.  —  Mr. Rattner served as counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.  —  The economy invariably ranks among the top issues on the minds of voters in presidential elections.

Trump HUD Official: 'I Honestly Don't Care' If I'm Breaking Federal Law  —  Lynne Patton said she may have violated the Hatch Act, then called anyone mad about it a “liberal snowflake.”  —  Lynne Patton, a regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development …

A Nazi sympathizer pleaded guilty to defacing a synagogue.  His lawyer says conservatives helped radicalize him.  —  After Nolan Brewer pleaded guilty to charges in connection with painting swastikas on an Indiana synagogue's property and setting the yard ablaze, his attorney argued …

Trump finds himself increasingly alone on North Korea  —  President Donald Trump is isolating himself from allies and even his own advisers on North Korea, eager to insist that his denuclearization efforts will be successful going into a 2020 re-election bid.

The press must do better  —  The New York Times gives prominent placement on its home page to list all of President Trump's juvenile nicknames for the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, including the racist Native American slur directed at Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

Facebook says Zuckerberg and Sandberg will defy Canadian subpoena, risking contempt vote  —  New York (CNN Business)Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg will not attend a hearing in Ottawa later this week, despite receiving summonses from the Canadian parliament, Facebook confirmed on Monday.

David Whitley resigns as end-of-session deadline nears  —  Shortly before the Senate's closing gavel ended his term as Texas secretary of state, David Whitley delivered his letter of resignation, “effective immediately,” to Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday afternoon.

‘They Came to Kill.’ Almost 5 Die Daily at Hands of Rio Police.  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Shooting from helicopters, armored personnel carriers or at close range, police officers in Rio de Janeiro have gunned down 558 people during the first four months of the year — the highest number …

Trump's ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei could cut off rural Americans' cell service  —  “These rural areas are going to not get served, and it puzzles me why these senators ... don't see the problem here,” a tech advocate said.  —  The Trump administration's ban on goods produced …

Artist takes $20 bill design into his own hands with Harriet Tubman decorative stamp  —  (CNN)Supporters of an Obama-era plan to put abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill were disappointed last week by news that the Treasury Department has delayed the bill's redesign.

House investigations of Trump and his administration: The full list  —  The president says it's “harassment.”  Democrats say they're playing catch-up after two years with virtually no oversight from Republicans.  —  WASHINGTON — He's making investigations great again — at least in number.

UK ever more polarized as Brexit Party storms to EU vote win  —  SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) - Nigel Farage's Brexit Party stormed to victory in a European election, riding a wave of anger at the failure of Prime Minister Theresa May to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union.

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 …

U.S. Army's Tweet Prompts Stories of Harmful Effects of Military Service  —  It was meant to be part of a social media tribute on Memorial Day weekend.  On Saturday afternoon, the United States Army posted a video on Twitter featuring a scout in fatigues who said his service gave him the opportunity …