The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians  —  View of the Kremlin from the Bolshoy Kammeny Bridge (Alexander Gusev)  —  I read the Wall Street Journal's article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest.

President Trump, Melting Under Criticism  —  Maybe we should all take a moment to feel a little sorry for Donald Trump, who reacted to criticism on Thursday by tweeting a stream of coarse insults at the television journalist Mika Brzezinski.  —  After all, he so clearly lacks the toughness …

The Republican Plot to Kill Obamacare Isn't as Dead as It Seems  —  The Senate bill is in trouble, but insiders warn against underestimating Mitch McConnell.  —  With the July Fourth recess looming, Mitch McConnell and Republican leadership spent Thursday scrambling to cobble together …

Trump voter-fraud panel's data request a gold mine for hackers, experts warn  —  Cybersecurity specialists are warning that President Donald Trump's voter-fraud commission may unintentionally expose voter data to even more hacking and digital manipulation.  —  Their concerns stem from a letter …

25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror  —  At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said.  —  One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …

Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart  —  WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.

Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud … The ever-execrable Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezenski are basking in the glory of mud of their own making; they think they are heroes of a kind because Trump tweeted something crass about them.  Indeed he did.  But it was well-deserved.

CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.”  —  We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast.  —  Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …

Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage  —  Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.

Escaped elephant takes a stroll through Wisconsin neighborhood  —  Jaime Lynn, a Baraboo, Wisconsin resident, saw this elephant outside her house Friday morning after it escaped from the nearby circus.  Lynn said she heard a dog barking and a neighbor scream, so she looked outside to see what was going on.

‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery.  Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.

GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.

Tillerson argued with a second White House aide  —  The secretary of state, who blew up at Trump's personnel chief over the slow pace of filling political posts, also had a West Wing dispute with senior aide Stephen Miller.  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson argued with senior White House …

Salford student union president calls for Islamic takeover  —  A Muslim student union leader has claimed she would like to ‘oppress white people’ and has suggested there would be an Islamic takeover if more people read the Koran.  —  Zamzam Ibrahim, who was elected President …

Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs  —  During President Trump's first 100 days, the national conversation turned on big ideas: whether it was right to bar refugees, whether Obamacare was worth keeping, and more.  Over the past several weeks …

Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos  —  Swedish company's animal detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, but is yet to work against the marsupials' movements  —  Volvo's self-driving car is unable to detect kangaroos because hopping confounds its systems, the Swedish carmaker says.

Statehouse showdown: Kasich vetoes lawmakers' Medicaid freeze  —  Gov. John Kasich is welcoming a showdown with fellow Republicans in the General Assembly over his decision to expand Medicaid health-care coverage to low-income Ohioans.  —  Kasich used his line-item veto late Friday to kill …

Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support  —  For months, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have privately counseled their more militant members to forswear talk of impeaching President Trump …

Overwhelmed by immigrants, Italy threatens to bar the door to rescue ships  —  BRUSSELS - More than 12,000 immigrants have been rescued in the blue seas of the Mediterranean in the past four days, a spike that has some overwhelmed Italian policymakers threatening to partly bar their ports to rescue ships.