* Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, and Ashley Parker have some details of what prosecutors were looking for in Michael Cohen’s home and office:

Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years ago — adult-film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The interest in both Daniels and McDougal indicates that federal investigators are trying to determine whether there was a broader pattern or strategy among Trump associates to buy the silence of women whose accounts could harm the president’s electoral chances and whether any crimes were committed in doing so, the person said.

The high stakes of the case were underscored by the involvement of Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who personally approved the move to seek a search warrant for Cohen’s records, which included raids Monday on his home and office, according to two people with knowledge of the investigation.

Rosenstein’s role has infuriated Trump, who was left “stunned” and “livid” by the aggressive move by prosecutors Monday, according to an outside adviser in frequent touch with the White House.

There may well have been crimes committed with regard to this hush money, but that wasn’t all they were looking for — and there will be things they find that we haven’t even thought of yet.

* Josh Dawsey and Greg Jaffe report on the latest departures from the White House:

White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert is leaving the Trump administration, another departure during what has been a chaotic few months of personnel changes.

Bossert, a favorite of Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, is leaving one day after national security adviser John Bolton began the job. Bossert was believed to be on shaky footing in the Bolton era and he resigned two days after Michael Anton, the National Security Council spokesman, also quit.

Bossert’s resignation was requested by Bolton, according to two people familiar with the situation who requested anonymity to discuss internal personnel issues.

So far this year, the president has changed his secretary of state, national security adviser, veterans affairs secretary, CIA director, chief economic adviser, staff secretary, communications director and members of his legal team.

Finely tuned machine, my friends, finely tuned machine.

* Sean Sullivan, Seung Min Kim, and Karoun Demirjian report that Republican senators say Trump had better not fire Mueller, but they won’t support legislation that would protect the investigation if Trump does so.

* Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis report that internal EPA documents show officials questioning the justifications Scott Pruitt has offered for his absurd security and travel demands.

* Sean McElwee and Colin McAuliffe offer a new progressive vision for how Democrats can be a successful populist party.

* Catherine Rampell tells the story of a Dreamer who has lived in America since age 6, went to Mexico for a visit, and now isn’t being allowed back in the country.

* John Stoehr has some ideas about how Republicans will react if Trump fires Mueller.

* A Harvard Institute of Politics poll of young people shows they overwhelmingly favor Democrats, oppose President Trump, and are excited about turning out to vote this November.

* Simon Rosenberg urges Democrats to recognize what a huge opportunity the youth vote presents this cycle, and to work hard on taking advantage of it.

* Gregory Martin and Josh McCrain report on their research showing that Sinclair Broadcasting pushes its local stations away from local news and toward a partisan brand of national reporting.

* David Dayen looks at the Facebook problem and says it’s time to ban targeted advertising.

* Nick Hanauer explains why your boss is not going to give you the $4,000 raise Paul Ryan promised you from the GOP’s tax cut.

* The Center for American Progress lays out a blueprint for Dems to run against GOP corruption, with the GOP tax plan as Exhibit A.

* Paul Glastris explains why Democrats need to do more than register voters if they’re going to overcome Republican vote suppression efforts.

* At The Week, I explained why Trump is going to bomb Syria, and why it won’t accomplish anything.

* And Erik Wemple tells the story of the Fox News reporter who asked Trump a leading question about why he doesn’t fire Mueller, and then got personally thanked by Trump for his service.