Trump the Disrupter  —  Washington — I'VE been hesitant to start writing about Donald Trump.  —  I was worried that if I wrote something that made him mad, he would send out one of his midnight mordant tweets about me, something like “She started as a 3.  Now she's a 1.”  —  I'd be upset, of course.

Black Lives Matter protesters shut down Bernie Sanders speech  —  Black Lives Matter interrupted the planned speech for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at Westlake Park on Saturday afternoon.  Sanders left without delivering his speech.  —  A Seattle speech …

Suspect in custody after 5 kids, 3 adults killed at N. Harris County home  —  49-year-old suspect allegedly shot at deputies before standoff ensued  —  HARRIS COUNTY, Texas - The Harris County Sheriff's Office says a man has surrendered after five kids and three adults were found dead at a home late Saturday evening.

Amid Trump mess, GOP candidates shine at RedState  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  ATLANTA — It's likely the Donald Trump melodrama is the only news you've heard from the RedState Gathering of conservatives in Atlanta.  But something unusual happened here, and it had nothing to do with Trump.

D.C. police shoot woman who brandished knife near fire scene  —  A knife-wielding woman was shot by a D.C. police officer near the scene of a fire Saturday evening in Northeast Washington, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said.  Lanier said the woman was taken to a hospital, where she was reported to be in stable condition.

Inside McConnell's plan to avert a government shutdown  —  Mitch McConnell is discretely laying the groundwork for the fall's budget negotiations, which promise to be a major headache for the new Senate majority leader.  —  The Kentucky Republican has three priorities for the year-end talks …

The Hall of Fame Speech Junior Seau's Daughter Couldn't Give  —  Before his suicide, Junior Seau told his daughter to speak on his behalf if he entered the Hall of Fame.  But the Hall didn't allow her to speak at the ceremony.  Here's what Sydney would have said.  —  By AXEL GERDAU on

Illegal Alien Crime Accounts for over 30% of Murders in Many States  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump deserves credit for forcing all 17 Republican candidates to talk about the social costs of illegal immigration, but it is not “Trump's issue.”