Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December  —  In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Mueller's investigation had to be shut down.

Facebook Fallout Deals Blow to Mercers' Political Clout  —  Last month, a friend of the wealthy conservative donor Rebekah Mercer arrived at Facebook's Silicon Valley headquarters.  His task: Find out what — if anything — could repair relations between Facebook, the world's biggest social media company …

“He's Sitting There Bitching and Moaning”: Inside Trumpworld, Allies Fear the Boss Could Go Postal and Fire Mueller  —  Trump's friends say the president is “dry tinder” awaiting a match.  Meanwhile, his latest hires are already creating new management nightmares for John Kelly.

European Commission raids Murdoch's Fox offices in London  —  The British offices of the Murdoch entertainment empire 21st Century Fox have been raided by investigators from the European Commission, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.  —  It is understood that competition watchdogs gained access …

E.P.A. Assesses Threats on Twitter to Justify Pruitt's Spending  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has been examining posts on Twitter and other social media about Scott Pruitt, the agency's administrator, to justify his extraordinary and costly security measures …

Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp: Trump ‘asked me to switch parties’ … Donald Trump was still weeks away from being sworn in as president when, according to one Democratic senator, he was already trying to get her to defect to the Republicans.  —  “When I visited with him in Trump Tower …

Justice Department violated Michael Cohen's constitutional rights just by seizing his records, Alan Dershowitz tells DailyMail.com - hours before Harvard law professor has dinner with Trump  — Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz will have dinner Tuesday at the White House with President Donald Trump

The Trump Russia probe is expanding, as Mueller looks into new meetings in Seychelles: exclusive  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean …

Russia-linked account pushed fake Hillary Clinton sex video  —  A pornographic video that falsely claimed to show Hillary Clinton engaged in a sex act has been traced back to an account that Reddit acknowledged on Tuesday is linked to Russia's Internet Research Agency.

Trump's Military Strike on Syria Will Be Illegal … With much of the world bracing for Donald Trump's new missile strikes on Syria, the president's legal authority to attack Bashar Assad is conspicuously AWOL.  —  Assad isn't subject to either of the two authorizations Congress passed after 9/11 to bless the use of military force.

How Nick Saban addressed White House trip, what Alabama players think  —  What Alabama players think of White House visit  —  There was no controversy within the Alabama locker room when the football program accepted the invitation to attend the White House on Tuesday to celebrate the 2017 national title.

Margaret Atwood on How Donald Trump Helped 'The Handmaid's Tale'  —  If you think it's tough for a writer in 2018, imagine how Margaret Atwood felt at the beginning of her career.  “It was impossible,” the celebrated author says.  “I was starting out in Canada in the 1950s.  There was no market.