Washington Loves General McMaster, But Trump Doesn't  —  The national security adviser has lost sway.  The White House says everything's fine.  —  For the Washington establishment, President Donald Trump's decision to make General H.R. McMaster his national security adviser in February was a masterstroke.

Le Pen's defeat is good news for Trump  —  The media are framing the defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French presidential election as a defeat for President Trump and his brand of populist nationalism.  The Post reported that “France on Sunday shrugged off the siren call of right-wing populism …

Trump call for Muslim ban deleted from site after reporter's question … President Trump's campaign appears to have scrubbed the 2015 press release calling for a halt on Muslim immigration to the United States following a reporter's question on Monday — as well as all its other campaign statements.

White House advisors called Ottawa to urge Trudeau to help talk Trump down from scrapping NAFTA  —  White House staff called the Prime Minister's Office last month to urge Justin Trudeau to persuade President Donald Trump not to tear up the North American Free Trade Agreement, according to multiple Canadian government sources.

Keith Olbermann Was Once Cable News's Liberal Standard-Bearer.  Now He's Missing Its Boom Times.  —  Keith Olbermann doesn't look much like a warrior.  His gray hair is giving way to white, his midsection threatens the buttons of his sport coats and he walks gingerly, with a gnarly limp from an aging knee.

How a Gawker-Affiliated Website Made ESPN Politically Correct  —  Deadspin ended the sports network's frat-boy culture, but also infused it with a deadening ideology.

EXCLUSIVE - Tiffany Trump goes to Washington: First Daughter will attend law school at Georgetown, joining her dad Donald and big sister Ivanka in the nation's capital  — Tiffany Trump will be attending law school at Georgetown University in the fall a spokesperson for the family revealed to DailyMail.com

Steve Bannon's Former Hollywood Partner Breaks Silence: “He's Not a Racist” (Q&A)  —  The Firm founder Jeff Kwatinetz, a passionate liberal who was in business with Bannon for two years, says the White House chief counsel has “great character.”  —  President Donald Trump's controversial …

The 43 people who might run against Trump in 2020  —  The 2020 presidential election could feature the most crowded Democratic primary in decades, with scores of Democrats rumored as potential contenders.  —  The potential field could see some familiar faces as well as a mix of ambitious senators, governors and House members.

Yes, It Is Definitely Possible For The House And Senate To Agree On Health Care  —  Senate Republicans are already working with the leader of the House Freedom Caucus.  —  WASHINGTON After the House passed its health care bill last week, Senators looked apt to take that dramatically conservative plan …

Less Than A Third Of The Public Supports The GOP's New Health Care Bill  —  But Trump voters are considerably more supportive of this bill than the last version.  —  Less than a third of the public favors the new Republican health care bill just passed by the House of Representatives, a HuffPost/YouGov survey finds.

The great British Brexit robbery: how our democracy was hijacked  —  A shadowy global operation involving big data, billionaire friends of Trump and the disparate forces of the Leave campaign influenced the result of the EU referendum.  As Britain heads to the polls again, is our electoral process still fit for purpose?

35 of 37 economists said Trump was wrong.  The other two misread the question.  —  President Trump's administration says his tax cut will pay for itself.  It turns out it's really hard to find an economist who agrees.  —  The University of Chicago's Booth School of Business regularly polls economists on controversial questions.

This Republican Is an Endangered Species  —  MIAMI — If Democrats are going to take back the House, they're going to have to start here.  —  Almost two dozen interviews with voters this weekend from across GOP Rep. Carlos Curbelo's sprawling district — which stretches from southwest Miami …

A Hidden Hand in the Trump-Russia Drama Owns a Ramen Shop.  No, Seriously. … One of the better-connected, more knowledgeable people on the ties between the Kremlin and Trump Tower—other than the investigators currently working full-time on the topic—is a ramen shop owner named Jeff Jetton.

Evan Jenkins Announces Senate Bid vs. Manchin  —  In a campaign launch video released Monday, Congressman Evan Jenkins (R-WV) announced he is running for the United States Senate seat held by Joe Manchin.

The health bill is a total disaster.  That's why Republicans keep lying about it.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  As the political world absorbs the implications of the House GOP vote to repeal and replace Obamacare, it is being widely suggested that the move could put GOP control of the House in jeopardy.

Republicans Party Like It's 1984  —  There have been many bad laws in U.S. history.  Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses.  Some were all of the above.  —  But has there ever been anything like Trumpcare, the health legislation Republicans rammed through the House last week?

Economic Anxiety Didn't Make People Vote Trump, Racism Did  —  New data provides a compelling answer to this vexing question.  —  and ,  —  Demonstrators hold signs in support of President-elect Donald Trump in Oceanside, California, November 11, 2016.  (Reuters / Sandy Huffaker)

Richard Simmons Sues National Enquirer Over “Cruel” Sex-Change Story  —  In a libel complaint, the fitness star says the publication knew its source wasn't credible and that he has “a legal right to insist that he not be portrayed as someone he is not.”  —  Richard Simmons isn't missing.

That Viral Video of a Girl Calling Donald Trump a Disgrace is Totally Fake  —  Have you seen that video of a young girl telling President Trump that he's “a disgrace to the world”?  It's a satisfying clip for those who believe the president needs to be called out to his face.  But the video is completely fake.

FCC site crashes after John Oliver segment  —  The Federal Communications Commission's website went down Sunday night after comedian John Oliver skewered Chairman Ajit Pai's plan to scale back net neutrality rules.  —  The host of HBO's “Last Week Tonight” ripped the chairman's proposals …

Sanctuary Bills in Maryland Faced a Surprise Foe: Legal Immigrants  —  ELLICOTT CITY, Md. — When lawmakers in Howard County, Md., a stretch of suburbia between Washington and Baltimore, declared their intention to make the county a sanctuary for people living in the country illegally …

A 2016 Review: There's Reason to Be Skeptical of a Comey Effect  —  Hillary Clinton's national polling lead in the months before the election if the race was judged based on ...  On Friday, Oct. 28, James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, sent a letter to Congress about new evidence in the investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails.

Drug lobbyist arrested after drunken fracas  —  A Washington lobbyist for a major drug company was arrested at a Republican political event in Florida late Saturday after he got in an altercation with a man, screaming obscenities and making sexual advances on the person's wife, according to a police report.

Trump names 10 conservatives for federal courts  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump borrowed a page from George W. Bush's playbook Monday by announcing plans to nominate 10 federal court judges en masse, almost 16 years to the day that Bush named 11 appeals court judges …