NEWSMAX — A Green Beret who supports embattled CIA nominee Gina Haspel had his pals subject him to waterboarding for nearly 45 minutes and livestreamed it in a bid to prove the notorious interrogation technique is not torture.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Monday's historic opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem is a wonderful acknowledgment from the United States of our solidarity with Israel and recognizing Jerusalem as its rightful capitol. I applaud President Trump for having the courage to follow through with this American promise after so many prior administrations would not. But one of the more bizarre criticisms of the scheduled ceremonies came from former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, focusing his ire on Robert Jeffress, a Baptist pastor who will speak at the event.... (more)

USA TODAY — The good news: We've made strides in shielding our children from secondhand smoke. The bad news: A Columbia University study suggests that an increase in parents smoking pot around their children could undo decades of effort to protect our kids.... (more)

NEW YORK POST — A gunman who targeted a group of families gathered for a Mother's Day celebration at a school in Brazil was fatally shot by an off-duty cop. Katia Sastre was praised by local officials for her bravery and was credited with saving the day.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump will address around 800 US and Israeli dignitaries at the ceremonial opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem by video on Monday, the US ambassador said. It was not immediately clear from Ambassador David Friedman's comment, on a call with reporters, whether Trump would speak via a live videolink or a pre-recorded address.... (more)

FOX NEWS — Israel's government prepared enthusiastically Sunday for the formal opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem with a gala party at its Foreign Ministry that included President Trump's daughter Ivanka, her husband, Jared Kushner, and other American VIPs.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Scientists are now questioning whether Kim Jong Un's willingness to talk denuclearization is diplomatic progress for the Trump administration or a panacea for possible nuclear fallout in North Korea, according to Forbes.... (more)

SUN SENTINEL — The Broward school district's repeated, emphatic -- and it turns out, false -- statements that Nikolas Cruz had not been in a controversial disciplinary program fit a pattern of an institution on the defensive and under siege.... (more)

NEWSMAX — After signing the nation's strictest abortion ban into law, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said there is still more work ahead, The Hill reported on Sunday.... (more)

NEWSMAX — North Korea has scheduled the dismantlement of its nuclear test site for sometime between May 23 and 25, depending on weather conditions, in order to uphold its pledge to discontinue nuclear tests, the country's state media reported on Saturday.... (more)

GREG COROMBOS — The release of three Americans held prisoner in North Korea is being hailed as a sign of increased goodwill heading into next month's U.S.-North Korea summit, but a leading group assisting persecuted Christians is imploring the Trump administration to make human rights and religious freedom an important part of the conversation as well.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Something tells me Glenn Simpson did not make a mistake. Something tells me the co-founder of Fusion GPS was dead-on accurate when he testified that Christopher Steele told him the FBI had a "human source" -- i.e., a spy -- inside the Trump campaign as the 2016 presidential race headed into its stretch run.... (more)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A new ad from the anti-Trump group Nextgen America, funded by billionaire Tom Steyer, implores moms on Mother's Day Sunday to talk to their child about the dangers of the Republican Party. Steyer has aired ads that have called for President Trump's impeachment.... (more)

WES VERNON — President Trump made a logical decision in pulling the U.S. out of the never signed "Iran deal." As Ambassador Henry Cooper notes, not only is the document not signed, it is unenforceable. His claim is best illustrated by the news that the U.S. has reportedly confirmed the authenticity of documents presented by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.... (more)

CHANNELNEWSASIA — Donald Trump on Thursday (May 10) revealed his historic summit with Kim Jong Un - the first-ever between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader - will take place in Singapore on Jun 12. The location and date of the landmark meeting were announced in a presidential tweet just hours after Trump welcomed to the United States three American prisoners released by Pyongyang.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — President Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea early Thursday in a flag-waving ceremony before dawn, calling their release a hopeful sign that North Korea will denuclearize. "This is a special night for these three really great people," Mr. Trump told reporters on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland shortly after 3 a.m. with the former detainees. "The true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons."... (more)

NEWSMAX — Defense Secretary James Mattis pledged Wednesday the United States would work with its allies to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, Stars and Stripes reported. The promise came a day after President Donald Trump pulled out of a key agreement that temporarily halted the country's nuclear program.... (more)

NEWSMAX — Reports that former Secretary of State John Kerry held talks with Iranian officials in an attempt to save the nuclear deal played a role in President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from it, two White House sources told The Daily Caller on Wednesday.... (more)

NEWSMAX — John Kerry has harmed the nation's security and ability to carry out foreign policy with his recent meetings with Iran officials, Tom DeLay told Newsmax TV on Monday. "He is undermining the security of the United States and I guess that's going to be his legacy from here on," DeLay, a Texas Republican and former House majority leader, told hosts Miranda Khan, John Cardillo, and Gina Loudon on Monday's "America Talks Live."... (more)

GREG COROMBOS — President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear deal leaves Iranian leaders with the grim realization that the era of endless concessions from the West is over and that their own grip on power continues to slip.... (more)

THE DAILY BEAST — In his new book, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) defends his decision to give a controversial dossier about President Trump to former FBI chief James Comey. "I agreed to receive a copy of what is now referred to as 'the dossier,'" McCain writes in the upcoming book, titled The Restless Wave, referencing information compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.... (more)

ANDREW C. MCCARTHY — Cute how this works: Kick off the week with some "the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted" bombast from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, by which he rationalizes that his defiance of subpoenas and slow-walking document production to Congress -- which is probing investigative irregularities related to the 2016 campaign -- is required by DOJ policy and "the rule of law." Then end the week with the Friday-night bad-news dump: the grudging removal of DOJ and FBI redactions from a House Intelligence Committee report on Russia's election meddling.... (more)

WORLDNETDAILY — Disgraced New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman looked the other way and allowed the Clinton Foundation to flout a rule requiring the organization to list foreign donors in its charitable filings, according to reports.... (more)

WASHINGTON TIMES — Oliver North says 100 million Americans own guns and that more of them need to join the National Rifle Association. Mr. North, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, talk show host and now the incoming president of the NRA, said his first goal will be to add 1 million people "as fast as we can" to the organization's membership, which is already at a record, approaching 6 million.... (more)

NEWSMAX — President Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear agreement Tuesday brought widespread praise across the globe, with House Speaker Paul Ryan calling Trump's action "a strong statement" and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dubbing it an "historic move."... (more)