President Trump began a two-day visit to Israel on Monday with what amounted to a blunt assessment for Prime Minister Benamin Netanyaho: If Isreael really wants peace with its Arab neighbors, the cost will be resolving the generations-old standoff with the Palestinians, reports The New York Times.

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said he thought President Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey was the right call, providing his first public account of his role in the controversial dismissal, reports Bloomberg.

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Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former U.S. officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters. Information on these previously undisclosed interactions are now said to be undergoing review by FBI and congressional investigators.

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• AP: Roger Ailes, Media Guru and Political Strategist, Dies at 77
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