General McMaster, Step Down—and Let Trump Be Trump  —  During the presidential transition, when a friend called me to discuss whether he should accept a national security post in the Trump administration, I advised him to do so.  My thinking was that the more mature, thoughtful people we had in the administration, the better.

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners  —  German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe must fight for its own destiny in a western alliance divided by Brexit and the presidency of Donald Trump, with whom she did not see eye to eye at the “six against one” G7 summit

Half of 8th grade class from New Jersey refuses to pose with Speaker Ryan … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/ ?pid=2042084" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  A group of middle school students from New Jersey caused quite a flap …

Exclusive: Suspect confesses to C-L reporter; 8 dead, including deputy  —  Authorities from multiple agencies took Cory Godbolt into custody on East Lincoln Road in Brookhaven Sunday morning after they say he killed eight people, including a Lincoln County deputy.

Pentagon chief: War with North Korea would be ‘catastrophic’ … Defense Secretary James Mattis warned on Sunday that a war with North Korea would be “catastrophic,” and would place United States allies in the region at extreme risk.  —  “The North Korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons …

Emmanuel Macron: my handshake with Trump was ‘a moment of truth’  —  French president says his white-knuckle prolonged handshake with US counterpart was designed to show he's no pushover  —  The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said his now-famous white-knuckle handshake showdown …

Route to Air Travel Discomfort Starts on Wall Street  —  When an unlucky passenger was violently dragged off a full United Airlines flight in Chicago in April, setting off a public-relations nightmare for the company, the blame naturally fell on the cabin crew, the police and eventually airline executives.

Russia scandal ices government lawyer hiring  —  President Donald Trump was already struggling to fill hundreds of top legal jobs throughout the federal government.  —  Over the past two weeks, that task became exponentially more difficult, according to top GOP lawyers.

These Are The Victims Of The Portland Train Stabbing Attack  —  Ricky Best, 53, and Taliesin Namkai-Meche, 23 were killed when they tried to stop a man hurling abuse at two women of Muslim appearance, police said.  Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, was injured but expected to survive.