Help wanted: Why Republicans won't work for the Trump administration  —  The array of legal and political threats hanging over the Trump presidency have compounded the White House's struggles to fill out the top ranks of the government.  —  Trump's firing of FBI Director James B. Comey …

Who's Afraid of Free Speech?  —  Middlebury College's decision to discipline 67 students who participated in a raucous and violent demonstration against conservative author Charles Murray brings closure to one of several disturbing incidents that took place on college campuses this semester.

Senate GOP shifts focus to Lynch  —  Senate Republicans are clamoring to hear from Loretta Lynch after former FBI Director James Comey raised concerns about her involvement in the Hillary Clinton  —  email investigation.  —  Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are seizing …

Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post  —  Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post on Saturday.

USS Fitzgerald Collision Update (10:33am JST June 18, 2017)  —  YOKOSUKA, Japan — A number of Sailors that were missing from the collision between USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and a merchant ship have been found.  As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during …

Liberals Got Their Blood, Will It Be Enough?  —  When I wrote two weeks ago about how liberals would not stop until someone got killed, I was hoping it was more of a warning than a prophecy.  Unfortunately, it was not.  —  But the actions and words of leftists in the wake of the attempted slaughter …

Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Pence will soon become the president if Trump fires Mueller  —  The top ethics lawyer to former President George W. Bush warned on Saturday that if President Trump fires special counsel Robert Mueller, Vice President Pence “will soon become the 46th President.”

Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish  —  As the most expensive House race in history rushes toward the finish line Tuesday, the latest public polls are unanimous: The Georgia special election between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel is too close to call.

Six People Have Resigned From Trump's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Because He “Doesn't Care”  —  “We have dedicated our lives to combating this disease and no longer feel we can do so effectively within the confines of an advisory body to a president who simply does not care.”

Trump tweets his frustration with Russia investigation  —  President Donald Trump is beginning his day with a stream of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the election.  —  In a two-part tweet posted before 7 a.m. Sunday, Trump wrote …

Book excerpt: Newt Gingrich's ‘Understanding Trump’  —  Excerpted from UNDERSTANDING TRUMP by Newt Gingrich by arrangement with Center Street Books, an imprint of Hachette Book Group (USA), Inc., Copyright © Newt Gingrich 2017.  —  INTRODUCTION  —  WHY THIS BOOK?

‘We are better than this,’ impassioned Biden tells Florida Democrats  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden gave an impassioned plea to Florida Democrats to restore civility to politics.  AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com  —  pmazzei@miamiherald.com  —  Still recovering from a crushing November loss …

The Philando Castile Verdict Was a Miscarriage of Justice  —  Yesterday, a Minnesota jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minnesota, police officer Jeronimo Yanez of second-degree manslaughter charges in the shooting of Philando Castile.  In considering the rightness of the verdict, pay close attention to the transcript of the fatal encounter.

Two Protesters Disrupt ‘Julius Caesar’ in Central Park  —  A production of “Julius Caesar” in Central Park was disrupted on Friday evening by two protesters who objected to the bloody scene in which the title character, played by an actor costumed and styled to resemble President Trump, is knifed to death.