Former CIA counterterrorism expect Phil Mudd told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that President Donald Trump’s “Achilles heel” is the question of his electoral legitimacy raised by the Russia investigation and the president’s...

In a Tuesday afternoon tweet, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) implored President Donald Trump not to fire special counsel Robert Mueller — and threatened the president with impeachment when and if he takes that step. “We are begging the president...

A US family was so frightened by the Florida high school shooter that they called emergency services three times before he killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day, his caregiver recalled Tuesday. Rocxanne Deschamps was a next-door neighbor and...

Stormy Daniels on Tuesday responded to yet another Twitter troll insisting her story is irrelevant to Americans. “Why don’t you just disappear,” Twitter user Mike Magro said in the tweet Daniels cited. “No one cares you were a...

Former RNC Chair Michael Steele blasted evangelical Christians for giving President Donald Trump “a mulligan” in the hopes of him nominating additional Supreme Court justices. During an appearance on MSNBC’s Deadline: White...

California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) referred to the acting director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement as an “A-plus prick” in an email acquired by the apparent media arm of a Republican opposition research firm. The Washington...

The United States is not seeking a trade war over tariffs but does not fear one, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday at the end of a meeting of G20 finance ministers in Argentina. A trade war “is not our goal, but we are not...

A Republican strategist who served in the administrations of three GOP presidents told CNN’s David Axelrod that he has trouble identifying as a Republican during the era of President Donald Trump controlling the party. Peter Wehner served...

In a rare show of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats agree: all indicators point to major GOP losses in the 2018 midterms. CQ-Roll Call reported Tuesday that polling and fundraising numbers could lead to the 30-45 Congressional wins for...

The Canadian government unveiled slightly stricter gun laws on Tuesday that include enhanced background checks and restrictions on who can own firearms, in response to a spike in gang-related gun crimes. Checks used to go back only five years...

A retired military intelligence expert who specialized in the Soviet Union has quit his job as a Fox News contributor over the shame he feels being associated with the network. Lt. Col. Ralph Peters (US Army, ret.) denounced Fox News in an email...

A Florida judge ordered the brother of suspected high school shooter Nikolas Cruz to be held on $500,000 bail for a trespassing charge after prosecutors on Tuesday said he had visited the campus three times since the Feb. 14 massacre. Zachary...

A former Playboy model who said she had an affair with President Donald Trump filed suit in California on Tuesday to release her from a legal agreement requiring her to stay silent, becoming the second woman this month to contest an arrangement...

Cambridge Analytica, the embattled data firm at the heart of the scandal over Russian interference during the 2016 presidential campaign, has suspended CEO Alexander Nix, the company announced Tuesday. “The Board of Cambridge Analytica has...

Despite the agreement of the president’s intelligence chiefs, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday continued her refusal to criticize Russia, this time over their seemingly undemocratic elections that resulted in...