Climate of Complete Certainty  —  This is Bret Stephens's first column.  —  When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling.  And if someone is 60 percent right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God.  —  But what's to be said about 75 percent right?

North Korea's missile test fails, US military says  — Trump administration official says there is reason to be concerned, but this is not first provocation  —  (CNN)North Korea on Saturday launched a ballistic missile that blew up over land, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.

Trump signs one-week funding bill to avoid shutdown  —  President Trump has signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, the White House announced Friday evening.  —  The measure funds the government through May 5, giving lawmakers more time to reach an agreement …

Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn  —  President Donald Trump is blaming former President Barack Obama for not fully vetting Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn after it was revealed that Flynn received payments …

Trump's mad dash to 100 days  —  President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of measuring the success of his first 100 days in office as “ridiculous.”  But the president and his top officials have made a number of startling moves this week with the deadline in mind, and Trump has privately obsessed …

I Worked at Fyre Festival.  It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster.  —  In early March, a friend of mine texted me to ask if I wanted to be a talent producer for the Fyre Festival.  I'd never heard of it, but the gig involved going to the Bahamas and being paid extremely well.  So I said yes and packed my bags.

UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow  —  In December the UK government was given reports by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele on possible collusion between Trump camp and the Kremlin  —  The UK government was given details last December …

White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka  —  The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.

Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say  —  MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer.  Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …

Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus  —  With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”

USDA to ease school meal standards  —  Newly minted Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is expected to unveil a new rule Monday aimed at giving schools more flexibility in meeting federal nutrition standards for school lunches.  —  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Friday that Perdue and Sen. Pat Roberts

John Waters, in town and in rare form, as usual  —  John Waters will be talking about his new book, “Make Trouble,” and other things during a Sunday stop at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.  (Stephen Maturen photo)  —  An icon not only of the shock and trash cinema that marked the beginning …

Baltimore prosecutors told to consider consequences for prosecuting illegal immigrants for minor crimes  —  Chief Deputy State's Attorney Michael Schatzow.  —  The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office has instructed prosecutors to think twice before charging illegal immigrants with minor …

Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump  —  A confession: I'm much less afraid of Trump than I was a year ago.  His rhetoric, his unfettered far-right agenda, his love of violence, and his loathing of constitutional limits during the campaign were indeed things to be terrified by.

Man vandalizes three Rodeo Drive boutiques by driving Mercedes into them, police say  —  Police believe a Mercedes was used to commit vandalism on Rodeo Drive, shattering storefront windows at three boutiques.  (Mapzen, OpenStreetMap)  —  Police are searching for a man believed …

VIDEO: Students despise Obama policies...when credited to Trump  —  Saturday will mark Donald Trump's 100th day in office, an important milestone for U.S. presidents ever since the flurry of panicked flailings with which Franklin Roosevelt began his administration.

NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities  —  Since 2008, the National Security Agency (NSA) and other members of the U.S. Intelligence Community have relied on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to conduct surveillance on specific foreign targets located outside …