See No Evil: The White House held another off-camera, non-live press briefing yesterday as it continues its odd and hostile handling of the Fourth Estate. News organizations are allowed to release audio recordings of the briefing only when it’s over. …

Very Friendly: President Trump over the past several days has extended his friendship to some of the nastiest leaders in the Far East. Yesterday he said he would be “honored” to meet with the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. In …

French Toast: France’s far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen finished a close second in elections yesterday and moves on to a May 7 runoff. Emmanuel Macron, a centrist and political newcomer who supports staying in the European Union, finished …

Streaming Death: Facebook is defending itself after a Cleveland man posted video of himself randomly killing an elderly man, and then went live on Facebook announcing the murder. More than two hours passed before Facebook took down the videos. A …

Rule of Law: A federal appeals court early today rejected the Justice Department request to immediately reinstate President Trump’s travel and immigration ban. Just two weeks in, he’s in a battle over the power of the presidency. Trump yesterday fired …

Get Over It: The Washington Post reports that during a meeting with congressional leaders yesterday Trump spent about 10 minutes talking about his campaign and how three to five million illegal voters cost him the popular vote. There is no …

Dealmaker: President-elect Trump has named Rex Tillerson, the chief of Exxon Mobil, to be Secretary of State. He has no government or foreign policy experience other than doing business overseas, but appears to be friendly with Russian President Vladimir Putin. …