Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg called before grand jury, says he will refuse to go … Former Trump aide Sam Nunberg said Monday that he has been subpoenaed to appear in front of a federal grand jury investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election but that he will refuse to go.

Trump Lawyer's Payment to Porn Star Was Reported as Suspicious by Bank  —  First Republic alerted Treasury Department about Michael Cohen's $130,000 wire transfer to former adult-film actress Stormy Daniels  —  The bank used by President Donald Trump's personal lawyer to wire $130,000 …

Critically ill man is former Russian spy  —  A man who is critically ill after being exposed to an unknown substance in Wiltshire is a Russian national convicted of spying for Britain, the BBC understands.  —  Sergei Skripal, who is 66, was granted refuge in the UK following a “spy swap” between the US and Russia in 2010.

Police enter lobby of Trump Hotel in Panama, attempt to evict Trump staff  —  More than a dozen police wearing bulletproof vests entered the lobby of the Trump International Hotel in Panama on Monday morning after weeks of simmering tensions over control of the property.

Trump says Obama administration investigated campaign's alleged Russia ties to help Clinton  —  President Donald Trump questioned Monday morning why the Obama-era Justice Department launched an investigation into his campaign in the midst of the 2016 election, positing that then-President Barack Obama …

Christopher Steele, the Man Behind the Trump Dossier  —  How the ex-spy tried to warn the world about Trump's ties to Russia.  —  In January, after a long day at his London office, Christopher Steele, the former spy turned private investigator, was stepping off a commuter train in Farnham …

TV Ratings: Oscars Drop to All-Time Low 26.5 Million Viewers  —  The telecast stumbles an unfortunate 19 percent from 2017.  —  A comparatively uneventful Oscar telecast led the way on TV Sunday night — though updated numbers have the telecast somewhat predictably stumbling to an all-time low.

The GOP is going to war with Trump over ... tariffs  —  They're considering legislation to block him from starting a trade war.  —  Republican lawmakers are pushing back hard against President Donald Trump's quest to impose sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports …

Middle school teacher secretly ran white supremacist podcast, says it was satire  —  (CNN)Dayanna Volitich is a social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Crystal River, Florida.  Online, she was also known as “Tiana Dalichov,” the pseudonymous host of a white supremacist podcast called …

Escort Says Audio Recordings Show Russian Meddling in U.S. Election  —  BANGKOK — A Belarusian escort with close ties to a powerful Russian oligarch said from behind bars in Bangkok on Monday that she had more than 16 hours of audio recordings that could help shed light on Russian meddling in United States elections.

Why It's Hard for Conservatives to Date in DC Right Now  —  Fewer people are hooking up across party lines, and Republicans say it's because Democrats are too quick to dismiss their dating-app profiles.  —  Most Americans think today's strongest tensions lie between Democrats and Republicans, according to a Pew Research study.

Premium Twitter feeds are for suckers  —  I know, because I read them.  —  Facebook and Twitter have both pledged never to charge users a monthly fee for their basic services, partly in response to persistent hoaxes claiming otherwise.  And why would they?

White House: Trump did not have call with N. Koreans  —  U.S. President Donald Trump has not had a phone call with the North Korean regime, a White House official said Monday, commenting on his remarks that suggested such a possibility.  —  Trump said Saturday while talking about North Korea that …

Martin Shkreli must forfeit $7.36 million, turn over stake in ultra-rare Wu-Tang Clan album: Judge  — Convicted fraudster Martin Shkreli was ordered to forfeit $7.36 million as part of his criminal sentence on Monday.  — Shkreli must forfeit his stake in the Wu-Tang Clan album …

Cochran resigns effective April 1  —  Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will resign from the Senate on April 1, his office announced Monday, triggering a second Senate election in Mississippi this fall and reshaping the leadership of one of Congress' most powerful committees.

Flippy the Burger Flipping Robot Is Now Cooking at the CaliBurger Fast Food Chain … A burger-flipping robot named Flippy is now cooking up hamburgers at a fast food restaurant called Caliburger.  —  A robot named Flippy is now in the kitchen at a fast food restaurant called CaliBurger in Pasadena.

Emerson College ePoll: Statistical Dead Heat in PA 18th Congressional Special Election  —  Democrat Conor Lamb leads Republican Rick Saccone 48% to 45%, 10 days out from election  —  A new Emerson College poll finds Pennsylvania's 18th District Special Congressional election with Conor Lamb …

The source  —  How hacked emails and a yacht in Monaco ended my career  —  Off the coast of Monaco in the summers of 2014 and 2015, I discovered what I thought was a sort of journalistic nirvana for my job as The Wall Street Journal foreign affairs correspondent, in the form of a yacht, the Conquistador.