Giuliani: Trump repaid attorney Cohen for Stormy Daniels settlement … Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York mayor and a recent addition to President Trump's legal team, said Wednesday night that Trump made a series of payments reimbursing his attorney Michael Cohen for a $130,000 settlement …

Army Green Berets Secretly Help Saudis Combat Threat From Yemen Rebels  —  WASHINGTON — For years, the American military has sought to distance itself from a brutal civil war in Yemen, where Saudi-led forces are battling rebels who pose no direct threat to the United States.

The FBI Is in Crisis and America Is Paying the Price  —  Former FBI Director James Comey leaves a Senate hearing on June 8, 2017, after testifying about Donald Trump Stephen Voss  —  In normal times, the televisions are humming at the FBI's 56 field offices nationwide, piping in the latest news as agents work their investigations.

New York Times Co. Reports Revenue Growth as Digital Subscriptions Rise  —  The New York Times Company added 139,000 digital-only subscribers in the first quarter of 2018, a 25.5 percent increase from the same period a year ago, helping to fuel total revenue growth and offset a decline in digital advertising.

Charlie Rose's misconduct was widespread at CBS and three managers were warned, investigation finds … Incidents of sexual misconduct by Charlie Rose were far more numerous than previously known, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post, which also found three occasions …

Laser from Chinese Base Aimed at U.S. Military Pilots In Africa's Skies, Pentagon Charges  —  Incidents in recent weeks increase tensions, threaten Flight safety, U.S. says  —  WASHINGTON—Chinese military personnel are targeting American flight crews in the skies over the east African nation …

Trump's new quest: A Nobel may prove irresistible  —  The idea of winning a Nobel Peace Prize for progress with North Korea may prove irresistible to President Trump.  —  What we're hearing: While Trump has privately ridiculed President Obama for receiving a Nobel too soon …

Michael Caputo says 'it's clear' Mueller investigators focused on Russia collusion  —  (CNN)After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump's presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller's team is “focused on Russia collusion.”

Corker-Blackburn drama risks must-win Senate seat for GOP  —  The GOP incumbent's kind words for former Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen have given centrist Republicans tacit permission to break ranks.  —  Republicans are increasingly unnerved by the rift between retiring Sen. Bob Corker and Marsha Blackburn …

Kelly Finds Himself in a Familiar Place in the Trump White House: Eyeing the Exits  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump learned this week that his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, reportedly called him “an idiot” on several occasions, he expressed little in the way of frustration or anger …

Inside the World's Most Controversial Hotel  —  The hotel that was expected to take its place among the crown jewels of D.C.'s travel scene has become a magnet for protestors, a West Wing Annex, and—possibly—the center of a constitutional crisis.  —  Just inside the main entrance …

Inside Don Blankenship's Wild, Super-Trumpy West Virginia Senate campaign … Don Blankenship is now blaming Obama and the deep state for the blast that killed 29 miners at his West Virginia mine in April, 2010.  In reality, the ex-con coal baron was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring …

After Garland Defeat, New Group Hopes to Draw Democrats to Judicial Battlefield  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats learned the hard way in 2016 that the right is much more animated by judicial fights after Republicans' refusal to consider the Supreme Court nomination of Merrick B. Garland helped …

New NBC Poll: 61% of Americans Think Trump Is Dishonest  —  FacebookTwitterSubscribeGooglePinterest PrintMailFlipboard  —  In the age of Trump shocking news no longer shocks people.  And today's NBC News/Survey Monkey poll is a case in point.  —  We should all be shocked by this poll …

Jordan Peterson is on a crusade to toughen up young men.  It's landed him on our cultural divide. … NEW YORK — The world is wretched with weak men.  Slouchers, slackers, chumps, low-status dudes who have amassed a crumpled pile of inferior habits and made the world a messier place.

Mothers a last line against outright famine in Yemen's war  —  ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The young mother stepped onto the scale for the doctor.  Even with all her black robes on, she weighed only 84 pounds — 38 kilograms.  Umm Mizrah is pregnant, but starving herself to feed her children.

Redskins Cheerleaders Say Topless Photo Shoot Was Observed by Male Sponsors  —  When the Washington Redskins took their cheerleading squad to Costa Rica in 2013 for a calendar photo shoot, the first cause for concern among the cheerleaders came when Redskins officials collected …

Eric Bolling returning to media with CRTV show  —  Former Fox News anchor Eric Bolling is returning to media after signing a deal with CRTV to host his own show titled “America.”  —  Bolling became a leader in the opioid crisis after his son Eric, 19, died of an accidental overdose last year …

Mother, 19, stabbed boyfriend during sex after telling him men should only be used for ‘human sacrifice’  —  A young mother has been jailed for 11 years for stabbing her occasional boyfriend as they has sexual intercourse after texting him to say men should only be used as “human sacrifice”.

Summer Zervos, Trump Accuser, Subpoenas ‘The Apprentice’ Recordings  —  Summer Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice” who accused President Trump of sexual assault, is seeking records to prove that he defamed her by calling her a liar.  —  A lawyer for Ms. Zervos …

Iran will not renegotiate nuclear deal: foreign minister  —  ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday that demands by U.S President Donald Trump to change Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers were unacceptable, as a deadline set by U.S. for Europeans to “fix” the deal loomed.