Putin, Responding to Sanctions, Expels 755 U.S. Diplomats  —  Breaking News Alerts  —  Although the expulsions had been announced on Friday, in response to the new law passed in Congress last week expanding sanctions against Russia, the president's statement was the first to confirm the large number of American diplomats involved.

Death of a F***ing Salesman  —  Donald Trump can't close the deal.  —  A few years ago in New York, Al Pacino starred in a revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, and the casting was poignant: In 1992, a much younger and more vigorous Pacino had played the role of hotshot salesman Ricky Roma …

Mulvaney: No other votes until Senate votes again on health care  —  The Senate should not vote on anything else until it's voted again on repealing Obamacare, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Sunday.  —  Mulvaney said that “yes,” it's official White House policy that the Senate …

Why ‘the Mooch’ Whacked Reince Priebus  —  “This is really a lesson in life,” a source close to the White House told me last Saturday, “Priebus made a mistake with Anthony because he kept his enemies on the outside, not the inside.  Anthony wasn't part of the problem they've been having, so Anthony can look like the solution.”

Our Non-Unitary Executive  —  The Trump Presidency is a strange combination of menacing and impotent.  It is also fractured internally like no presidency in American history.  —  The menacing element is plain.  Trump sets everyone on edge with incessant verbal attacks and relentlessly indecorous behavior.

'Let's not waste any more time': Chris Wallace slams door on Kellyanne Conway's Russia deflections  —  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, on Sunday deflected questions about Attorney General Jeff Sessions by slamming the media over the investigation into Russia's interference in the U.S. election.

U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test  —  SEOUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said China, Japan and South Korea needed …

Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes at competition  —  Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring security deficiencies in America's election infrastructure.

Price hints HHS might weaken individual mandate  —  Health and Human Services secretary Tom Price suggested this morning that he might expand waivers from the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate — a step that health insurers have warned against because it could drive up premiums.

McCain Once Almost Left the GOP.  What About Now?  —  In the long, tumultuous political career of Senator John McCain, it would have been remembered as a turning point.  It was only rumored at the time.  But the Arizona senator nearly bolted from the Republican Party in 2001.

Exclusive: Majority of Americans want Congress to move on from healthcare reform - Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A majority of Americans are ready to move on from healthcare reform at this point after the U.S. Senate's effort to dismantle Obamacare failed on Friday …

U.S. police chiefs blast Trump for endorsing ‘police brutality’  —  Police leaders across the country moved quickly to distance themselves from — or to outright condemn — President Trump's statements about “roughing up” people who've been arrested.  —  The swift public denunciations came …