"Does the USA want to be the Policeman of the Middle East?" the president asks-and gets a resounding yes from Republicans and Democrats.
Are we really going to shut down the internet because Hillary Clinton ran a bad campaign and blew an easy win?
Plus: Trump inauguration spending also under scrutiny, feds want fentanyl cases out of state court, and Twitter's stock is surging.
Also: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez owns the cons while spouting policy B.S.
Plus: Trump changes his mind about military spending and why Rand Paul hates Trump's new attorney general pick.
Manafort, meanwhile, tried to conceal that he was still talking to Trump administration officials after he was indicted.
Snitches get a slap on the wrist sometimes.
We should, but probably won't, learn the lesson that U.S. presidents don't have to control or even fully understand world events.
Plus: CNN fires Marc Lamont Hill for Palestine comments and the link between life expectancy declines, opioid pills, and prohibition.
Negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow continued during the primaries, he now says.
But WikiLeaks and Manafort have pushed back on the report.
Plus: Russian bots still stirring election fears and social media growth in U.S. is flat.
I learned it from watching you, Uncle Sam!
The authoritarian president's hold on power may be shakier than it looks.
What does he know? And more importantly, who is the information about?
An aide for the jailed dissident calls Google's actions "political censorship."
The former adviser pleaded guilty last year.
The woman who leaked a report showing Russian attempts to infiltrate voting systems gets the longest sentence ever imposed for her offense.
Former Trump campaign chairman likely heading to prison.
What even is truth? Rudy Giuliani doesn't seem to have any idea.
"Diplomatic isolationists" who want to quash any dialog with Russia for partisan reasons are missing out on chances for progress on nuclear weapons and terrorism, the Senator believes.
If you were planning to attend an anti-right rally in D.C. next week, we've got some awkward news for you.
Merkel believes "it must once again become normal for Russian and American presidents to meet."
Friday A/V Club: The wild world of low-budget survivalist videos
Trump's ham-fisted, misguided, and transparent Putin-coddling is not tantamount to sedition.
The Arizona senator blasted Trump today for his press conference with Vladimir Putin.
In a series of tweets, the libertarian-leaning Republican detailed why Trump's joint press conference with Vladimir Putin was all wrong.
Trump also said he doesn't think any of his predecessors have been as tough on Russia as him.
"Haven't presidents been killed in the United States? Have you forgotten about-well, has Kennedy been killed in Russia or in the United States? Or Mr. King?"
Paul defends Trump's conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the name of diplomacy.
The president has a long history of admiration for authoritarians and strongmen.
The paper has put up hundreds of billboards highlighting both leaders' "turbulent relations with the media."
They posed as cyberactivists to release the stolen documents, the Justice Department alleges.
We headed to the Venice Beach boardwalk to test the bullshit detectors of passersby.
If foreign hackers are immune from American civil suits under current law, don't be surprised to see Congress step in to try to close the loophole.
This will hurt local challengers, not the Kremlin.
Global prosperity and government bureaucracy both play a role.
Our terrible federal espionage laws won't let her argue the leak served the public's interest.
Bail revoked for breaking one of the fundamental rules: Don't meddle with the court case.
One of the best, most-political and most-personal TV shows ever just ended. What did it all mean?
The former head of our intelligence agencies thinks we're all easily manipulated rubes. Is that why he lied to the Senate?
The on-again, off-again flirtation between Mother Russia and the deplorables of Europe
May Day is a fitting time to commemorate the tens of millions of victims of this murderous ideology.
Trump-supporting lawmakers find no collusion. Trump-hating lawmakers disagree.
The suit claims a RICO conspiracy and demands millions.
When it comes to Putin, Trump comes across as scared.
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