After summit pullout, South Korea and China have little appetite for Trump's ‘maximum pressure’  —  SEOUL — President Trump credited his “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions and threats with bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to discuss its nuclear weapons program.

At Trump Tower, Michael Cohen and Oligarch Discussed Russian Relations  —  Eleven days before the presidential inauguration last year, a billionaire Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin visited Trump Tower in Manhattan to meet with Donald J. Trump's personal lawyer and fixer …

Two victims transported to hospital after Noblesville school shooting  —  NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (WTHR) — Noblesville West Middle School is on lockdown after reports of shots fired.  —  Two victims have been transported to the hospital.  One minor is going to Riley, while an adult is going to IU Health-Methodist in Indianapolis.

The Real Constitutional Crisis  —  The FBI and Justice Department continue evading congressional oversight.  —  Democrats and their media allies are again shouting “constitutional crisis,” this time claiming President Trump has waded too far into the Russia investigation.

'We're closed!':  Trump vents his anger over immigration at Homeland Security secretary  —  President Trump began berating Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in the Oval Office earlier this spring, according to administration officials, griping about her performance and blaming her for a surge in illegal border crossings.

Concerned by Trump, Some Republicans Quietly Align With Democrats  —  WASHINGTON — Since Donald J. Trump began dominating American politics more than two years ago, Democrats concerned about his policies and behavior have taken solace in a group of influential Republicans who have consistently assailed …

Parents call for investigation into Stoneman Douglas assault involving sheriff's son  —  Embattled former Deputy Scot Peterson handled case 4 years ago  —  PARKLAND, Fla. - Several parents of victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre said that if former Broward Sheriff's …

Roger Stone Sought Information on Clinton from Assange, Emails Show  —  Ex-Trump adviser urged intermediary to ask WikiLeaks for specific dates of rival candidate's communications  —  Former Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone privately sought information he considered damaging to Hillary Clinton …

Border Patrol union calls Trump's National Guard deployment ‘colossal waste’ … A month after President Trump called for sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, the head of the national Border Patrol union called the deployment “a colossal waste of resources.”

Behind the Scenes of Harvey Weinstein's Impending Arrest  —  After a seven-month investigation, the producer Harvey Weinstein is expected to turn himself in to the New York Police Department's First Precinct on Friday to face sexual-assault charges.  According to law-enforcement officials …

Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher says it's OK to not sell homes to gays; loses support of Realtors  —  U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told a group of Realtors last week that homeowners should be able to refuse to sell their homes to gays and lesbians, a statement that cost him the support of a key national Realtor group.

Ex-aides say congressman and wife made them his servants  —  Rep. Tom Garrett and his wife made staffers pick up groceries, clothes — even dog poop, multiple former employees to the freshman Republican told POLITICO.  —  Freshman Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) and his wife turned the congressman's staff …

Mike Meru Has $1 Million in Student Loans.  How Did That Happen?  —  Escalating tuition and easy credit have yielded a class of student-loan borrowers with spectacular debt they may never pay back  —  DRAPER, Utah—Mike Meru, a 37-year-old orthodontist, made a big investment in his education.

GOP House candidate in Illinois is a 9/11 truther, said Beyonce had ties to the Illuminati  —  (CNN)The Republican nominee for a US House seat in Illinois has said the September 11 terrorist attacks were an inside job and that singer Beyonce Knowles has ties to the Illuminati.

Seahawks' Doug Baldwin: President Trump is ‘an idiot, plain and simple’  —  Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin ripped into President Trump for comments made earlier Thursday in which he said players who protest social inequality during the playing of the national anthem “maybe ... shouldn't be in the country.”

FIRST ON KHQ: Former Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal facing felony theft charges for welfare fraud  —  Former Spokane Chapter NAACP President Rachel Dolezal is now facing legal trouble that could land her behind bars.  KHQ has confirmed that Dolezal, who legally changed her name …

The Reporter Who Took Down a Unicorn … In late September of 2015, Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of the once-high-flying but now disgraced Silicon Valley health-care company Theranos, was in the News Corp. office of Rupert Murdoch.  She had first met Murdoch in 2014 to pitch him on Theranos …

Mick Mulvaney Is Having a Blast Running the Agency He Detests  —  One of the first things Mick Mulvaney did last year after President Trump asked him to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was to read the statute dictating the agency's powers.

Are Republicans abetting a demagogue — or something worse?  —  By Michael Gerson Opinion writer May 24 at 5:14 PM Email the author Follow @mjgerson  —  Much about the future of American politics — and the historical judgment that will be visited on those associated with it …

Jordan Peterson Does Not Support ‘Equality of Opportunity’  —  In the United States today, the richest 0.1 percent of households command as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent combined; the average CEO collects 140 times as large a salary as his (or, very occasionally her) typical employee …

Surging gas prices could fuel backlash against Trump  —  President Donald Trump is hoping a wave of tax-cut-fueled economic euphoria will boost his approval ratings and his party's political fortunes this fall.  A sharp spike in gas prices could slam the brakes on all of that.

2 males wanted after improvised explosive device blast at Mississauga restaurant injures 15  —  Peel police say it's early to say if explosion is terror-related  —  An improvised explosive device set off inside an Indian restaurant in Mississauga is responsible for a blast that injured 15 people on Thursday night, police say.