China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff  —  HONG KONG — North Korea said on Friday that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula “at any moment,” accusing the United States of escalating tensions that have set off fears of war and calls for calm by countries in the region.

DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White  —  The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white.  —  As an undergraduate studying calculus …

White House says it won't make visitor logs public  —  President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that the White House won't release records of its visitors, raising new concerns from transparency advocates.  —  The decision not to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs …

‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact  —  Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon … After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner.

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Does Steve Bannon Have Something to Offer?  —  In 2014 the beleaguered White House aide raised important moral questions about today's capitalism.  —  My late friend Bill Safire, the tough and joyous New York Times columnist, once gave me good advice.  I was not then a newspaper columnist, but he'd apparently decided I would be.

Decorated Navy SEAL moonlighting as a porn star  —  Joseph John Schmidt III during one of his many community outreach events for the Navy SEALs.  (photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)  —  Navy Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph John Schmidt III has been living dual lives.

Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids”  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …

NASA ‘sting’ operation against 74-year-old widow of Apollo engineer draws court rebuke  —  Agents of the U.S. government are entitled to immunity from lawsuits for what they do in the line of duty, as long as they do it right, in accord with the Constitution.

A Trump Tower Neighbor Is the Point Man for Europe's Populists  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — George Guido Lombardi spotted President Trump's young son Barron alone on a couch playing a video game in the gaping and gilded living room of Mar-a-Lago, his father's private oceanfront club in Palm Beach.

Trump visits Mar-a-Lago resort for 23rd day as president  —  President Trump's Friday trip to his Mar-a-Lago resort marks the 23rd day he's visited the West Palm Beach club over the first 84 days of his presidency.  —  Trump will spend the full three-day Easter weekend at the resort.

How to fix the Supreme Court  —  The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken.  Here's how to fix it.  —  It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is.  —  In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …

Leaked NSA Malware Threatens Windows Users Around the World  —  The ShadowBrokers, an entity previously confirmed by The Intercept to have leaked authentic malware used by the NSA to attack computers around the world, today released another cache of what appears to be extremely potent …

New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy  —  Following Donald Trump's election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead.

Trump and The Problem of Militant Ignorance  —  It is what we might call ‘the consensus judgment’ that President Trump is a deeply ignorant man and perhaps a profoundly ignorant President.  But it is worth stepping back and considering just what this means, the different kinds of ignorance that exist and how they differ.

Expecting Donald Trump To Grow on the Job?  Imagine If Jerry Jones Had Hired Him To Coach the Cowboys.  —  Honestly.  Donald Trump is “growing”?  That's what they're saying on my teevee.  The truth is more brutal.  —  Everyone, including the Beast, took note of the President's six flip-flop Wednesday.

Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall  —  The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’  —  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …

Free speech is not violated at Wellesley  —  Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right.  Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …

Facebook Discovers ‘Major Spam Operation,’ USA Today Likes Plummet  —  Clinton Communications Director On Obama: ‘He Looked Kind Of Like A Jackass’  —  Watch The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Explode All Over ISIS In Afghanistan  —  VIDEO: Maine Dems Caught On Cam Laughing About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males

Donald Trump Is Just George W. Bush But Racist  —  Donald Trump ran an ethnonationalist cult-of-personality presidential campaign, in which his status as a (real) nonpolitician and (imaginary) business genius would allow him to transcend and solve every policy problem.