Ivanka Trump's West Wing Agenda  —  A month before Donald J. Trump was elected president, he and his aides watched his daughter's coolly composed surface crack open.  —  Inside Trump Tower, the candidate was preparing for a debate when an aide rushed in with news that The Washington Post …

Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Details of His Son's Birth & Heart Disease … Jimmy and his wife Molly welcomed their second child together, William “Billy” Kimmel.  At three days old, Billy had successful open heart surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and is now home with his family.

Trump's dizzying day of interviews  —  President Donald Trump questioned why the Civil War— which erupted 150 years ago over slavery — needed to happen.  He said he would be “honored” to meet with Kim Jong-Un, the violent North Korean dictator who is developing nuclear missiles and oppresses his people …

Trump Adviser Jared Kushner Didn't Disclose Startup Stake  —  Investments show ties to Goldman Sachs, George Soros and Peter Thiel as well as a number of loans  —  Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, didn't identify on his government financial disclosure form …

Wilbur Ross Says Syria Missile Strike Was ‘After-Dinner Entertainment’ at Mar-a-Lago  —  Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross recalled the scene at Mar-a-Lago on April 6, when the summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was interrupted by the strike on Syria.

Stephen Colbert Demolishes Trump for Insulting ‘Face The Nation’ Host John Dickerson … President Donald Trump insulted Face The Nation host John Dickerson and Stephen Colbert is pissed.  —  As the Late Show host explained in his monologue on Monday, during his CBS colleague's Sunday morning interview …

Democrats confident they can block Trump's agenda after spending-bill win  —  Democrats believe they have set the stage to block President Trump's legislative priorities for years to come by winning major concessions in a spending bill to keep the government open.

Sean Hannity Eyes Fox News Exit, Insiders Say … Sean Hannity is looking to leave Fox News, according to sources, following the resignation of Fox News co-president Bill Shine officially on Monday.  —  Shine was Hannity's his long-time ally whom he personally recommended the network hire two decades ago to produce Hannity & Colmes.

Orioles' Adam Jones berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park  —  BOSTON — Baltimore Orioles All-Star center fielder Adam Jones was berated by racist taunts at Fenway Park while a bag of peanuts was thrown at him Monday night, calling it one of the worst cases of fan abuse he has heard in his career.

Europe Travel Alert  —  The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens to the continued threat of terrorist attacks throughout Europe.  —  This Travel Alert expires on September 1, 2017.  —  Recent, widely-reported incidents in France, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom demonstrate …

Police chief reveals new details about officer who fatally shot Texas teen  —  BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — A suburban Dallas police chief acknowledged Monday that an officer who fatally shot a black 15-year-old in a moving vehicle fired as the car was driving away — not as it reversed toward officers …

Pro-Trump farmers now worry he was serious about NAFTA repeal  —  Washington (CNN)Bob Hemseath, whose corn-farming business hinges on the whims of mother nature, is comfortable with uncertainty.  —  But as the fourth-generation farmer heads onto his northeast Iowa farm for the 2017 planting season …

Poll: Ossoff in dead heat with Handel in Georgia's 6th  —  An internal poll conducted for Democrat Jon Ossoff's campaign shows him locked in a dead heat with Republican Karen Handel in the June 20 runoff to represent Georgia's 6th District.  —  The poll was conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research …

Ex-South Carolina Police Officer To Plead Guilty In Fatal Shooting Of Walter Scott  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former South Carolina police officer is pleading guilty to violating the civil rights of an unarmed black motorist he shot and killed as the man ran from a 2015 traffic stop …

Speculation is stirring about a Seth Moulton presidential bid  —  He has won praise from a neoconservative magazine editor, taken star turns on HBO and “This American Life,” and likened President Trump's political ascendance to that of Adolf Hitler's.  —  Just months into his second term …

Trump Says U.S. Needs Government ‘Shutdown’  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States needed “a good ‘shutdown’” this fall to force a partisan confrontation over federal spending, and suggested that he might move to reverse longstanding Senate rules …

Were up to 58,000 citizens in Maricopa County denied right to vote?  —  Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes is spoiling for a fight over voter-registration procedures meant to keep undocumented immigrants from voting.  —  The newly elected Democrat says the restrictions may have denied …

Making Afghanistan Great Again  —  President Donald Trump will soon have to decide what to do about Afghanistan.  After weeks of wrangling inside his national security cabinet, top officials on Friday agreed on the broad outlines of a strategy to prosecute America's longest war.  The interventionists prevailed.

“If You Keep F**king With Mr. Trump We Know Where You Live” … When Donald Trump's  —  casino business went bankrupt in 2009, a lawyer whose clients stood to lose more than a billion dollars told police and the FBI that he got a menacing phone call from a man with a thick New York accent who threatened his family.

One Move That Could Solve the GOP's Tax-Cut Math Problem (Maybe)  —  Some Republicans weigh 15-year, 20-year or 30-year budget window to let Congress pass longer temporary tax cut  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump has said he wants to cut taxes, big-league, and Republicans …