Trump's lawyer pitched himself as a fixer to Novartis and got paid $1.2 million  —  T  —  he curious relationship between one of the world's biggest drug makers and President Trump's personal lawyer began early last year when Michael Cohen, a longtime fixer for the president …

New York Times slams AWOL Pompeo, then learns he was rescuing Americans  —  As the New York Times was bashing Mike Pompeo for being missing in action while President Trump tore up the Iran nuclear deal, it turned out the secretary of state was busy rescuing three Americans who have been held captive in North Korea.

Trump Lawyer Helped Recruit Corporate Client With Ties to Kushner Probe  —  U.S. Immigration Fund LLC, which supplied Chinese investors to Kushner Cos., is among clients Michael Cohen delivered to Squire Patton Boggs  —  President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen helped a law …

Salem executives pressured radio hosts to cover Trump more positively, emails show  —  Executives at Salem Media Group, a conservative media company that syndicates some of the country's most recognized talk radio hosts and operates a batch of popular commentary websites …

CNN poll: Democrats' 2018 advantage is nearly gone  —  CNN Poll: Trump approval holding steady  —  Washington (CNN)The generic congressional ballot has continued to tighten, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with the Democrats' edge over Republicans within the poll's margin of sampling error for the first time this cycle.

McCain Confirms He Gave Trump Dossier to Comey: ‘Duty Demanded I Do’ It … In his new book, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) confirms that he gave a controversial dossier about President Trump to former FBI chief James Comey.  —  “I agreed to receive a copy of what is now referred to as 'the dossier …

Iranian Force Launches Missiles at Golan; Syria Says Intercepted Rockets Launched by Israel  —  In first, army attributes attack on Israeli territory to Iran Golan residents requested to stay in shelters until warning lifted Syrian reports claim Israel struck regime targets in Golan Heights

While 9/11 mastermind calls for obstruction of Haspel nomination, Baldwin stays silent  —  Brookfield, Wis. — As 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed calls on senators to obstruct, Sen. Tammy Baldwin stays silent about whether she would support the nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA Director.

Colbert Goes Off on Trump Over Iran Nuclear Deal: ‘You Literally Just Backed Out of an American Promise’ (Video)  —  Host was not having Trump's excuses on Tuesday's episode of “The Late Show”  —  Tuesday was a fairly routine day for the Trump administration, and when I say that I mean …

Special Counsel Mueller's Team Questioned Blackwater Founder Erik Prince … Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team has spoken with Blackwater founder Erik Prince, two sources familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast.  It was not immediately clear what questions Mueller's team …

Nunes sought all documents on person described as longtime intelligence source  —  A subpoena that House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) issued to the Justice Department last week made a broad request for all documents about an individual who people close to the matter …

Town & Country Magazine Uninvited Monica Lewinsky From An Event Because Of Bill Clinton  —  Lewinsky seemingly referred to the situation in a tweet Wednesday.  —  Town & Country magazine disinvited Monica Lewinsky from its annual philanthropic summit on Wednesday because Bill Clinton was attending, HuffPost has learned.

EXCLUSIVE: Steve Bannon was target of bribery plot by top Qatari who invested in Ice Cube's basketball league to get to Trump's strategist and boasted ‘Mike Flynn took our money’, rapper claims in court  — Rapper Ice Cube claims that he and his basketball league BIG3 were targeted …

Black student reported to YPD for napping in dormitory common room  —  Yale Police officers on Monday evening interrogated a black graduate student, Lolade Siyonbola GRD '19, for more than 15 minutes, after a white graduate student reported Siyonbola to the police for sleeping in the HGS common room.

Is Krystal Ball's PAC a fresh approach or a get-rich scheme?  —  A new Democratic group — one with support from Democratic congressmen and three of the biggest names in the tech industry — is testing the boundary between a new approach to politics and a self-enriching scam.

Trump makes it explicit: Negative coverage of him is fake coverage … A generous interpretation of President Trump's views on “fake” news is that he believes that media outlets are overly quick to be critical of his decisions and his administration.  In other words, he applies an overly broad term …

Head Of White House Global Health Security Leaves Amid Ebola Outbreak  —  Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer is among the departures since John Bolton became head of the National Security Council.  —  Rear Adm. Tim Ziemer, the head of global health security on the White House's National Security Council, left the Trump administration on Tuesday.

Congresswoman close to soldier killed in Niger raises suspicions about Pentagon investigation … A congresswoman close to the family of a U.S. soldier whose remains were not recovered for more than a day after he was killed in Niger last year raised suspicions Wednesday about a Pentagon investigation due to be released.

House Democrats obtain new documents from estate of GOP operative in Russia inquiry  —  Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have received new materials from the estate of Peter Smith, a GOP operative who reportedly led a campaign to obtain missing Hillary Clinton emails …

Hours into his new job, Trump's ambassador to Germany offends his hosts … BERLIN — For the past year, German officials have been urging their U.S. counterparts to send a new ambassador to Berlin.  But after finally receiving one, many may be having second thoughts.

There is no Plan B on Iran  —  The Trump administration has no Plan B on Iran beyond “not Plan A.”  —  In American foreign policy circles, the worst insult one can lob at someone is to call them naive in their thinking.  International relations is a cold, hard business …