Mueller raised possibility of presidential subpoena in meeting with Trump's legal team  —  In a tense meeting in early March with the special counsel, President Trump's lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Ukraine, Seeking U.S. Missiles, Halted Cooperation With Mueller Investigation  —  KIEV, Ukraine — In the United States, Paul J. Manafort is facing prosecution on charges of money laundering and financial fraud stemming from his decade of work for a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine.

Lobbyist helped broker Scott Pruitt's $100,000 trip to Morocco  —  MARRAKESH, Morocco — A controversial trip to Morocco by Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last December was partly arranged by a longtime friend and lobbyist, who accompanied Pruitt and his entourage …

Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter  —  (CNN)When Dr. Harold Bornstein described in hyperbolic prose then-candidate Donald Trump's health in 2015, the language he used was eerily similar to the style preferred by his patient.  —  It turns out the patient himself wrote it, according to Bornstein.

Boy Scouts to get new name after 108 years as girls join group  —  NEW YORK — For 108 years, the Boy Scouts of America's flagship program has been known simply as the Boy Scouts.  With girls soon entering the ranks, the group says that iconic name will change.

Playmate to Politico: How Pamela Anderson Became an International Woman of Mystery  —  The former ‘Baywatch’ star opens up about her relationship with Julian Assange ("We talk about the Bible"), attending Donald Trump's birthday party (for a $500 fee), her activism, ex Kid Rock …

Facebook Has Begun To Rank News Organizations By Trust, Zuckerberg Says  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company has already begun to implement a system that ranks news organizations based on trustworthiness, and promotes or suppresses its content based on that metric.

NBC NIGHTMARE: Network ‘PRESSURED’ Female Employees to DEFEND Brokaw  —  Network executives at NBC reportedly pressured female staffers to sign a “women's letter” defending embattled reporter Tom Brokaw after multiple accusations of sexual harassment surfaced last week, reports the New York Post.

Nancy Pelosi says she intends to remain in leadership role  —  Nancy Pelosi wants you to know she's not going anywhere.  —  Despite grumblings from some Democrats and dismal approval ratings, the House minority leader aims to keep an iron grip on her leadership role, saying in an interview Tuesday …

President Trump is sowing the seeds of his own demise  —  Doug Sosnik, a Democratic political strategist, was a senior adviser to President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 2000.  —  How President Bill Clinton managed the threat of removal from office has become a model in effective crisis management.

Pakistan May Have Just Set a World Heat Record  —  High temperatures are forecast to reach the mid-80s this week in New York, and I'm dreading it.  But I have a plan to stay cool: just thinking of how much hotter it is in Pakistan, which is in the middle of a blistering heat wave.

Exclusive: Kim Kardashian West has talked to White House about pardoning nonviolent drug offender  —  Kim Kardashian West and President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner have spoken over the phone about a possible presidential pardon for Alice Marie Johnson …

White supremacist is guilty in Charlottesville parking garage beating of black man … CHARLOTTESVILLE — One of the white supremacists who viciously beat a black man inside a parking garage during last year's “Unite the Right” rally here was found guilty Tuesday night of malicious wounding.

The Iran Deal Is a Lie  —  “The sanctions lifting will only occur as Iran takes the steps agreed, including addressing possible military dimensions.”  —  That was State Department spokesman John Kirby in June 2015, speaking just as negotiations for the Iran nuclear deal were wrapping up.

How a boy from Troy won the Pulitzer Prize  —  Devlin Barrett, Troy High and St. Gregory's grad, was part of Washington Post team honored with top journalism award  —  Devlin Barrett's path to the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting as part of a team of journalists at The Washington Post …

Two Cheers for Corporate Tax Cuts  —  On the whole, the tax cut bill helps workers.  It's just not massive tax cuts to multinational corporations that do it.  —  Overall, the Republican tax-cut bill has been good for Americans.  That is why I voted for it.

The Republican Party Is Exposing Its Own Policy-Making Screw-Ups … Two major Republican figures have now undercut tax reform—the party's signature legislative achievement of the Trump era.  —  But the truth former health and human services secretary Tom Price and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) …

Macron thanks Australian leader's ‘delicious wife’  —  French President Emmanuel Macron committed a rather delicious faux pas on Wednesday that left his Australian audience scratching their heads.  —  Mr Macron has been in the country on a diplomatic trip, discussing weighty issues like climate change and defence.

Listen to ‘The Daily’: The Taxi Driver's Plight  —  A New York City taxi driver, Nicanor Ochisor, took his own life in March.  His family says he grew increasingly hopeless as ride-hailing services like Uber took over the industry.  Mr. Ochisor's suicide is one of several in recent months …

Senate candidate promised to vote against GOP more than 20% of the time.  She rarely ever did.  —  As a Congressional candidate back in 2014, Martha McSally (R-AZ) explicitly promised that she would vote against her party more than 20 percent of the time in Congress.  She has not even come close.

ESPN Loses 500,000 Subscribers In April  —  It's become a major trend, when tax season arrives, cable and satellite subscriber numbers tank according to Nielsen estimates.  I don't know if that's because come spring tax season everyone looks at their yearly budgets and many people …

Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories roil DC city government  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A spiraling controversy over anti-Semitic comments and conspiracy theories has roiled the Washington city government, seemingly getting worse with every public attempt to ease the tensions.

In ‘kill list’ case, judge questions government's unilateral authority to kill U.S. citizens abroad … A federal judge Tuesday challenged a U.S. government claim of unilateral authority to kill American citizens abroad, speaking at a hearing for a lawsuit brought in Washington by two journalists …

Ex-Trump official Carl Higbie defends racist remarks that led to his resignation  —  Carl Higbie, the director of advocacy at the pro-Trump America First Policies, said the comments that led to his resignation from a Trump administration post in January were “statistical observations” that were …