Stunning Oval Office leak: Aides fight in front of Trump — about leaks  —  Shortly after word leaked that Kelly Sadler had taken a nasty shot at John McCain, President Trump convened a meeting in the Oval Office for a tiny group of communications staffers, according to sources familiar with the gathering.

Rudy Giuliani admits ‘Spygate’ is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller  —  Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation - which Donald Trump calls “Spygate” - amounted to a tactic …

F.B.I.'s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware  —  Hoping to thwart a sophisticated malware system linked to Russia that has infected hundreds of thousands of internet routers, the F.B.I. has made an urgent request to anybody with one of the devices: Turn it off, and then turn it back on.

Jon Favreau, Shaun King, Linda Sarsour and other libs just committed the greatest self-own in the history of Twitter  —  Shot...  Ex-Obama staffer Jon Favreau, in a now-deleted tweet, linked to an AZCentral.com article title, “First glimpse of immigrant children at holding facility” and said …

Avenatti says Trump ‘participated’ in Cohen schemes: Their swamp ‘makes everglades look like a backyard plastic pool’  —  Michael Avenatti, the attorney for adult film star Stormy Daniels, revealed on Sunday that evidence will show that President Donald Trump participated in his personal attorney's business …

‘No evidence’ FBI spied on Trump campaign, Republican says, contrary to president's claims  —  Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he sees “no evidence” to support President Trump's claims that the FBI used an informant to gather information on his campaign, but that instead the federal probe was focused on …

Ellicott City awash in flood waters as heavy rain drenches the Baltimore region  —  Ellicott City was devastated by a massive storm on the Sunday before Memorial Day, just two years after a flash flood forced the historic city in Howard County to rebuild much of its Main Street.

Noah Berlatsky The Trump effect: New study connects white American intolerance and support for authoritarianism  —  Since the founding of the United States, politicians and pundits have warned that partisanship is a danger to democracy.  George Washington, in his Farewell Address …

Forget about broad-based pay hikes, executives say  —  Very few Americans have enjoyed steadily rising pay beyond inflation over the last couple of decades, a shift from prior years in which the working and middle classes enjoyed broad-based wage gains as the economy expanded.

Poland offers US up to $2B for permanent military base  —  Poland wants a permanent U.S. military presence — and is willing to pony up as much as $2 billion to get it, according to a defense ministry proposal obtained by Polish news portal Onet.  —  The Polish offer reflects a long-standing desire …

Alexander Downer Describes Barroom Meeting With Trump Adviser George Papadopoulos  —  In a little-noticed interview in April, former Australian diplomat Alexander Downer spoke publicly for the first time about his barroom conversation with President Donald Trump's campaign adviser that would serve …

A One-Eyed Québécois ‘Rambo’ Captures Imaginations in Canada  —  MONTREAL — It is a plot worthy of Hollywood: A courageous, one-eyed soldier single-handedly liberates a Dutch city during World War II, tricking a German officer into believing the city is surrounded.

‘OMG This Is Wrong!’  Retired English Teacher Marks Up a White House Letter and Sends It Back  —  The notes were sprawled across a letter bearing President Trump's signature.  —  In the top left corner: “Have y'all tried grammar & style check?”  —  At the top right: “Federal is capitalized only when used as part of a proper noun.”

40 Years of Chronicling the Unnoticed  —  “Don't you have better things to do than watch me vacuum apartments?” wondered a cleaning woman I spent some time tagging along with.  I didn't.  —  Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times.

Judge calls for 10in pointed kitchen knives to be ground down to a rounded end after hearing three serious stabbing cases in last three months  — Ideas come from Judge Nic Madge, who jailed Jordon Worth, 22, for inflicting a catalogue of injuries on her boyfriend including stabbing him

Almost Half Of Republicans Believe Millions Voted Illegally In The 2016 Election  —  Republicans also said by a 56-point margin that voter fraud is a more widespread problem than eligible voters being prevented from voting.  —  Nearly half of Republicans believe millions of people voted illegally …

Trump ramps up his political travel before midterms  —  Trump is getting back on the campaign trail, hitting rallies in the states where he's still fairly popular, and raising money for select Republican candidates heading into November's midterm elections.  He's been doing this sporadically …