Joe Biden's long evolution on abortion rights still holds surprises  —  As a senator from Delaware, he once supported stripping exceptions for rape and incest from federal funding.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Joe Biden's decadeslong evolution on abortion rights has in many ways mirrored …

Russia's manipulation of Twitter was far vaster than believed  —  Russia's infamous troll farm conducted a campaign on Twitter before the 2016 elections that was larger, more coordinated and more effective than previously known, research from cybersecurity firm Symantec out Wednesday concluded.

Texas Governor Asked Officials To Hunt For Noncitizen Voter Records Before Botched Purge  —  New emails show the governor's office put in an “urgent” request to identify noncitizen voter records shortly before the 2018 midterm elections.  —  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pushed officials …

YouTube decides that homophobic harassment does not violate its policies  —  The company sides with edgy commentator Steven Crowder  —  YouTube has at last formally responded to an explosive and controversial feud between Vox writer and video host Carlos Maza and conservative YouTuber Steven Crowder.

Use of emergency declaration to impose tariffs on Mexico is legally questionable, scholars say  —  President Trump is once again sailing in uncharted legal and constitutional waters.  —  His promise to punish Mexico with escalating tariffs unless it controls what he calls the “invasion” …

Biden, Sanders other Democrats lead Trump in Michigan poll  —  Lansing — While most Michigan voters don't want Congress to impeach President Donald Trump, a majority said they would vote against him if the election were held today, according to a new statewide poll.  —  More:Potential Amash bid could hurt Biden in Michigan

Beto O'Rourke calls for term and donation limits in new voting rights plan  —  O'Rourke: Call to impeach Trump isn't a rushed decision  —  (CNN)Beto O'Rourke is proposing term limits for Supreme Court justices and members of Congress and far-reaching new restrictions on donations …

Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer's.  Why didn't it tell the world?  —  A team of researchers inside Pfizer made a startling find in 2015: The company's blockbuster rheumatoid arthritis therapy Enbrel, a powerful anti-inflammatory drug, appeared to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease by 64 percent.

How Donald Trump for years used the royal family to gin up publicity for his properties  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump was all smiles on Monday as he attended a state dinner at Buckingham Palace hosted by Queen Elizabeth II.  But the royal family has for years batted back stories that its members …

How Payday Lenders Spent $1 Million at a Trump Resort — and Cashed In  —  At the Trump Doral outside Miami, payday lenders celebrated the potential death of a rule intended to protect their customers.  They couldn't have done it without President Donald Trump and his latest deregulator, Kathleen Kraninger.

New Palestinian Premier Warns of a ‘Very Hot Summer’  —  RAMALLAH, West Bank — Pressured by the Trump administration, confronted with Israeli talk of annexing the West Bank, increasingly isolated in the Arab world and running out of money, the beleaguered Palestinian Authority is staring …

EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo's “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda  —  On May 30, without fanfare, a notice of intent to establish a State Department Commission on Unalienable Rights was published in the Federal Register.  The stated purpose of the Commission …

Noa Pothoven: Raped girl, 17, dies by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands  —  A teenager who said she was raped by two men died by legal euthanasia in the Netherlands, it's emerged.  —  Noa Pothoven made a “sad last post” to social media last week in which she announced she would “die within 10 days”.

Trump Interview: 7 Takeaway Moments From Piers Morgan's ITV Sit-Down  —  From his controversial comments on the NHS and Meghan Markle to climate change, nothing was off limits on Good Morning Britain.  —  In what appears to now be a tradition, Donald Trump has given his only TV interview …

Joe Biden's climate plan appears to directly copy multiple lines from other organizations — but his campaign says it was a mistake … - Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden released a climate change proposal on Tuesday.  — In at least three instances …

“Marla Was Under Duress”: Revealed in His Marla Maples Prenup, Donald Trump's Draconian Art of the Marriage Deal  —  She only got $1 million.  Trump called himself a billionaire, but likely wasn't.  Child support would cease if Tiffany joined the Army or the Peace Corps.  And other secrets of the Trump-Marla prenup.

‘It was a political lynch mob’: Steve King pledges to fight GOP over his exile  —  Rep. Steve King, hellbent on making a congressional comeback, is vowing to fight the GOP and force his way back on to the committees from which he was exiled.  —  But the Iowa Republican is finding little support …

World of influence: A guide to Trump's foreign business interests  —  Two years into his presidency, Donald Trump continues to make money from properties and licensing deals in nearly two dozen countries around the world, fanning the flames of concerns that the Trump administration is subject …

Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan dies  —  On this day in 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, dies, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.  Reagan, who was also a well-known actor and served as governor of California, was a popular president known …

Spies Are the New Journalists  —  There are two sets of laws in the United States today.  One is inscribed in law books and applies to the majority of Americans.  The other is a canon of privileges enjoyed by an establishment under the umbrella of an intelligence bureaucracy that has arrogated …

De Blasio says anti-Semitism is strictly a ‘right-wing movement’  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that anti-Semitism is a “right-wing movement” — while rejecting a claim that the left plays any role in discriminating against Jews.  —  “I think the ideological movement that is anti-Semitic …

Censure rather than impeach?  Hell no, Democrats — that's inexcusable cowardice  —  There's a push to censure Trump instead of impeaching him.  Do Democrats actually want to look like waffling wimps?  —  The clamor to impeach Donald Trump is growing in the wake of the damning report …

F.B.I., Pushing to Stop Domestic Terrorists, Grapples With Limits on Its Power  —  EVERETT, Wash. — Dakota Reed's mind brimmed with thoughts of mass murder.  In November, he wrote on Facebook, “I am shooting for 30 Jews.”  —  The next month, he uploaded a video of himself in his bedroom …

Judge OK without public release of Flynn-Kislyak transcript  —  A federal judge reversed course on Tuesday and absolved the Justice Department of a demand to make public transcripts of recorded phone calls between former national security adviser Michael Flynn and a Russian official.

Jim Jordan: Democrats focused on impeachment and ‘getting the president,’ not helping the country  —  Rep. Jim Jordan said Tuesday that Democrats are focused on “getting the president” through impeachment, not on helping the country, calling John Dean's upcoming testimony their “opening act.”

House passes immigration bill to protect ‘dreamers,’ offer a path to citizenship  —  The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would offer a path to citizenship to more than 2 million undocumented immigrants, including “dreamers” who were brought to the United States as children.