Finsbury Park: ‘Several hurt’ as vehicle hits pedestrians  —  A vehicle has struck pedestrians “leaving a number of casualties” in north London, police said.  —  One person was arrested following the incident near Finsbury Park Mosque on Seven Sisters Road.

Kushner Is Said to Be Reconsidering His Legal Team  —  Representatives of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, have quietly contacted high-powered criminal lawyers about potentially representing him in the wide-ranging investigation into Russia's influence on the 2016 election …

GOP considers cancelling August recess to salvage agenda  —  Alarmed by the stalemate on healthcare reform, lack of progress on tax reform and appropriations bills that are far behind schedule, Republican lawmakers across Congress are increasingly willing to consider cancelling the month-long August recess.

The State Department just broke a promise to minority and female recruits  —  Dozens of young minority and female State Department recruits received startling and unwelcome news last week: They would not be able to soon join the Foreign Service despite having been promised that opportunity.

We need a Robert Mueller resignation or a second special counsel  —  The only way to avoid a tainted investigation or a political explosion is another counsel to investigate possible obstruction of justice.  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a problem: He has a disqualifying conflict of interest regarding a large part of his work.

Officials: 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque  —  Police found remains Sunday thought to be those of a missing Virginia teenager who they say was assaulted and disappeared overnight after leaving a mosque in the Sterling area, and a 22-year-old man …

Democrats sweat the details in Georgia special election  —  Party officials fear the potentially demoralizing effect of a defeat.  —  SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Democrats are closer than they ever could have imagined to winning a House seat in the Republican suburbs of Atlanta, and dealing a resounding blow to Donald Trump.

The Man Who Secretly Taped Planned Parenthood Could Be Going To Prison — Alongside His Criminal Lawyers  —  Last month, David Daleiden and his criminal defense lawyers released additional footage of abortion providers and the names of 14 of his accusers, possibly violating court injunctions and seals.

U.S. aircraft shoots down a Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says  —  A United States strike aircraft shot down a Syrian government fighter jet on Sunday shortly after the Syrians bombed U.S.-backed fighters in northern Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement.

NBC News Exclusive: Memo Shows Watergate Prosecutors Had Evidence Nixon White House Plotted Violence  —  Watergate prosecutors had evidence that operatives for then-President Richard Nixon planned an assault on anti-war demonstrators in 1972, including potentially physically attacking Vietnam …

Two years ago, they couldn't look away.  Now some Trump supporters are tuning out.  —  New York  —  Donald Trump stepped onto the golden escalator that descends into the pink-marbled food court of Trump Tower.  He flashed a thumbs-up as he passed a line of supposed supporters …