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Lawrence Rosen joins Trump team in Stormy Daniels dispute

Citing "multiple sources," ABC News reported Thursday evening that Lawrence S. Rosen has joined Mr. Trump's outside legal team, which also includes Michael Cohen, the president's longtime personal attorney also at the center of the Daniels fracas.

March 8, 2018

Tony Tooke, U.S. Forest Service chief, resigns amid sexual misconduct accusations

Tony Tooke, the head of the U.S. Forest Service, is leaving his post immediately amid charges of sexual misconduct, saying he simply cannot combat media inaccuracies.

March 7, 2018

Robert Mueller aware of Donald Trump contacts with key witnesses: report

President Trump has reportedly engaged in conversations with witnesses in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia election probe, despite admonitions from his lawyers not to behave in ways that might look like witness-tampering.

March 7, 2018

Hope Hicks email hacked, she tells House intelligence committee: report

Hope Hicks told the House intelligence committee, during what the network's sources described as a routine exchange, that she no longer had access to two email accounts, one personal and one campaign-related.

March 7, 2018

Stormy Daniels suing Donald Trump

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who had said she had an affair with President Trump when he was just a real-estate tycoon, is now suing him.

March 6, 2018

George Nader cooperating in Robert Mueller probe: Report

Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly getting the cooperation of a Lebanese-American businessman with ties to Arab royalty in his probe of foreign influence on the Trump presidential campaign, including the possibility of a back channel between the Kremlin and the Trump transition team.

March 6, 2018

Anthony Borges suing Broward County officials over Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting

A two-page letter has been sent to several parties, including the Broward County Sheriff's Office, notifying them of Anthony Borges's intent to sue them.

March 6, 2018

Donald Trump plunges 200 spots on Forbes 2018 Billionaires List

According to the latest edition of the annual Forbes Billionaires List, President Trump has fallen more than 200 spots from his position last year.

March 6, 2018

Seth Romero, Nationals’ first-round pick in 2017, sent home from spring training: report

Seth Romero, 21, was sent home for violating team policies, according to multiple news outlets Monday evening, though it wasn't specified what he had done.

March 5, 2018

Erin Burnett tells Sam Nunberg ‘I have smelled alcohol on your breath’ on CNN

After interviewing Sam Nunberg, who was making a show of being subpoenaed by special counsel Robert Mueller, in the CNN studio, host Erin Burnett asked him the question point-blank. "Talking to you, I have smelled alcohol on your breath," she said, sitting just a few feet from Mr. Nunberg.

March 5, 2018

Rhode Island bill would require $20 fee to access online porn

The bill would require that Internet providers block "sexual content and patently offensive material." To get around that block, computer users must pay a $20 fee that the provider must then pass on to the state treasurer.

March 5, 2018

Canelo Alvarez tests positive for performance-enhancing drug ahead of Gennady Golovkin fight

Boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez has tested positive for a banned anti-fat drug ahead of his upcoming mega-fight -- and is blaming Mexican meat.

March 5, 2018

Chris Berman left Jemele Hill ‘threatening and racially disparaging’ voicemail, lawsuit claims

A lawsuit against ESPN is saying the worldwide leader in sports fostered a hostile work environment, blaming in part Chris Berman for his interactions with Jemele Hill -- charges that Ms. Hill herself quickly rebutted.

March 5, 2018

Guillermo Del Toro, ‘Shape of Water’ director, Movies erase national sovereignty

The "immigrant" theme dominated the acceptance speech, and not for the first time Sunday, in one of the major Oscar categories -- the best director award.

March 4, 2018

Lupita Nyong’o, Kumail Nanjiani declare ‘dreamer’ solidarity in Oscar speech

Actors Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani took time before presenting the Oscar for production design to declare a side in the illegal immigration debate.

March 4, 2018

Jim Gard, Marjory Stoneman Douglas teacher, a ‘coward,’ students Josh Gallagher, Connor Dietrich say

Students Josh Gallagher and Connor Dietrich have said math teacher Jim Gard, widely hailed in local media as a hero, put them in jeopardy during the rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland by locking them out of their classroom.

March 4, 2018

Nonsmokers want time off to make up for co-workers’ cigarette breaks

More than 80 percent of nonsmokers said companies should give people who don't smoke at least some time off, with 24.6 percent suggesting one or two days, 41.9 percent backing three to five days, and 13.6 percent thinking they deserved six or more days.

March 1, 2018

Chris Cox of NRA says Donald Trump doesn’t want gun control after Oval Office meeting

The head of the National Rifle Association's lobbying arm met Thursday evening with President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence -- and came out crowing.

March 1, 2018

Ivanka Trump business dealings under FBI scrutiny: report

The FBI's investigation of the Trump family has spread ... to Ivanka.

March 1, 2018

Mike Jeffcoat, Texas Wesleyan baseball coach, fired over ‘liberal’ Colorado recruit letter

A Texas baseball coach has been fired for telling a Colorado recruit that he didn't want players from that state because of its liberal politicians and marijuana laws. Coach Mike Jeffcoat has been dismissed from his post at Texas Wesleyan, the university announced at a Thursday afternoon press conference.

March 1, 2018