Watch |  Spicer: GCHQ may have helped Obama spy on Trump  —  The US has made a formal apology to Britain after the White House accused GCHQ of helping Barack Obama spy on Donald Trump in the White House.  —  Sean Spicer, Mr Trump's press secretary, repeated a claim on Thursday evening …

Rex Tillerson Rejects Talks With North Korea on Nuclear Program  —  SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson ruled out on Friday opening any negotiation with North Korea to freeze its nuclear and missile programs and said for the first time that the Trump administration might …

Sources: Sean Hannity once pulled a gun on Juan Williams  —  Sean Hannity is surrounded by jackasses.  —  The Wall Street Journal columnist who called Hannity the “dumbest anchor” on Fox News is a “jackass,” according to Hannity.  The forensic psychologist who suggested a blood vessel had popped inside Hannity's brain is a “jackass.”

Five 9th Circuit Judges Dish Out Ruthless Take Down to Anti-Trump Travel Ban Decision  —  In one of the most ruthless opinions issued of fellow panel judges, five judges from across the political spectrum in the Ninth Circuit went out of their way to issue an opinion about a dismissed appeal …

Freedom Caucus aligns with Bannon in risky Obamacare gambit  —  Steve Bannon was furious.  —  Last weekend, the Washington Examiner published a story claiming that President Donald Trump had vowed to back primary challengers to run against Republicans who oppose the GOP's health care plan.

Conservative Fantasies, Colliding With Reality  —  This week the Trump administration put out a budget blueprint — or more accurately, a “budget” blueprint.  After all, real budgets detail where the money comes from and where it goes; this proclamation covers only around a third of federal spending …

White House Says Cutting Meals on Wheels Is ‘Compassionate’  —  President Trump's new budget would increase defense spending by $54 billion — while slashing funding for medical research, climate science, public housing, education, aid to the indigent, infrastructure, and many, many other things.

Former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman accused of violating federal election law  —  HOUSTON - Steve Stockman, who served two stints in the U.S. House of Representatives, spent part of Friday in federal court.  —  Stockman, a Tea Party favorite who courted controversy thorough two congressional terms …

Snoop Dogg, Bow Wow and an Ill-Advised Retweet  —  Amid the thousands of tweets that fly from the keyboards of journalists every day, occasionally comes one that sets off an alarm: “Whoops.  Should I have said that?”  Wednesday afternoon, that bell should have sounded shortly …

Whom to trust when it comes to health-care reform?  Trump supporters put their faith in him.  —  NASHVILLE — Soon after Charla McComic's son lost his job, his health-insurance premium dropped from $567 per month to just $88, a “blessing from God” that she believes was made possible by President Trump.

The blow-it-all-up billionaires … Last December, about a month before Donald Trump's inauguration, Rebekah Mercer arrived at Stephen Bannon's office in Trump Tower, wearing a cape over a fur-trimmed dress and her distinctive diamond-studded glasses.  Tall and imposing, Rebekah …

Trumpcare's Lonely, and Seedy, Supporter  —  The Republican health bill doesn't have many outside supporters.  Groups representing doctors, nurses, hospitals, retirees, patients of various diseases and even insurers have all criticized it.  Some of the only outside praise has come …

Sen. Susan Collins says she can't support House ACA replacement in current form  —  The moderate Republican says ‘Older people living in rural America would be really left behind.’  —  Sen. Susan Collins of Maine said Thursday that she opposes the House Republican health care bill being debated in Congress.

‘All I Can Do Is Trust in Paul Ryan’  —  Bob Woodson likes to boast that he has “been screwed by the most famous and most influential people in Washington.”  At 79, the sprightly, swaggering community organizer and civil-rights veteran has spent decades in D.C. lobbying on behalf of the urban poor …

Man held after his father and brother found with throats slit in Paris  —  Police in Paris have launched an investigation after two men, a father and his son, were found with their throats slit in the French capital.  Another son has been arrested in connection with the murders.

House OKs Bill Allowing ‘Mentally Incapacitated’ Veterans To Buy Guns  —  The House has approved legislation allowing veterans who are “mentally incapacitated, deemed mentally incompetent” or prone to blackouts to buy guns.  Critics of the bill say it could raise the suicide rate among veterans …

Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says he hasn't been getting much pushback from fellow House Republicans about his controversial tweet over the weekend saying that “we can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”

Netflix is ditching five-star ratings in favor of a thumbs up  —  And it will show a percentage to “match” you with shows  —  Netflix vice president of product Todd Yellin said in a press briefing today that the video streaming company would be changing its ratings system …