Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke rescinds acceptance of Homeland Security post  —  Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has withdrawn his name from consideration for an assistant secretary position at the Department of Homeland Security, an adviser to Clarke confirmed to The Washington Post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

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 …

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 …

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.”

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.”

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.

‘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 …

Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish  —  Polls in the most expensive House race in history suggest it's too close to call.  —  As the most expensive House race in history rushes toward the finish line Tuesday, the latest public polls are unanimous …

Trump's silence on Russian hacking hands Democrats new weapon  —  Democrats are uniting behind a simple message about Russian hacking during the 2016 election: Donald Trump doesn't care.  —  Even as the president lashes out at the series of Russia-related probes besieging his administration …

Swedish Police Attacked By 100 Masked Migrant Youths  —  Swedish police in the city of Trollhattan were attacked by up to a hundred masked migrant youths armed with sticks and bats during a riot in the Kronogården suburb on Thursday.  —  The masked migrant youths attacked the officers during …

If You Think Campus Free Speech Is No Big Deal, Watch This Shocking Vice News Report From Evergreen State College  —  Are you one of those people who suspects that all the brouhaha over campus free speech outrages, no matter how individually insane the stories, might be exaggerated …

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.