Georgia's Special Election Comes to a Nail-Biting Finish  —  ATLANTA — Tuesday's runoff between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District will decide what has become the most expensive House campaign in history — and quite possibly the most consequential special election since Watergate.

The White House Press Briefing Is Slowly Dying  —  Over the course of the Trump administration, the White House's daily press briefings have been pared progressively further back; they are now shorter, less frequent, and routinely held off-camera.  —  The daily briefing is a venerable …

Squad dashcam video - Yanez case (WARNING: Graphic content)  —  Squad dashcam video of July 6, 2016 traffic stop of Philando Castile.  —  WARNING: Graphic content.  —  Evidence presented by Ramsey County Attorney's Office in State of Minnesota versus Jeronimo Yanez.

Shocker!  Daniel Day-Lewis Quits Acting (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Senior Film and Media Editor @BrentALang  —  Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.  —  The 60-year-old star …

Eric Holder joins the anti-Trump resistance — and mulls a presidential campaign of his own … LOS ANGELES — More than two years after leaving the Obama administration, former Attorney General Eric Holder is reentering the political fray.  —  His goal: to lead the legal resistance …

Senate Republicans Haven't Seen Their Health Bill Either  —  Collins, Flake and Toomey not ready to offer support for plan  —  McCain says he hasn't ‘met any American’ who has seen the bill  —  Senate Republicans may be asked to vote on a controversial health-care bill next week …

Trump's handling of Russia investigations weighs on approval ratings  —  President Trump's job approval rating has dipped in recent weeks, pushed down by negative reaction to his handling of the Russia investigations, and he's seen some slippage among Republicans as well.

David Brooks Didn't Do the Reading.  Look What Happened.  —  And now he's rewriting the Whitewater history to absolve himself.  —  Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, searched the Young Fogies Club in midtown Manhattan …

Former Patriots and Chiefs tackle Ryan O'Callaghan comes out as gay  —  O'Callaghan had always planned to commit suicide after football, until Kansas City Chiefs staffers stepped in.  —  Editor's note: This story contains conversation and description of suicide.

Leaked recording: Inside Apple's global war on leakers  —  SECRECY AT APPLE  —  Former NSA agents, secrecy members on product teams, and a screening apparatus bigger than the TSA.  —  A recording of an internal briefing at Apple earlier this month obtained by The Outline sheds new light …

Despite Concerns About Blackmail, Flynn Heard C.I.A. Secrets  —  WASHINGTON — Senior officials across the government became convinced in January that the incoming national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, had become vulnerable to Russian blackmail.  —  At the F.B.I., the C.I.A. …

Tim Cook told Trump tech employees are ‘nervous’ about immigration  — Tech employees are “nervous” about the Trump administration's approach on immigration, Tim Cook says.  —  Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump …

Secret Government Report: Chelsea Manning Leaks Caused No Real Harm  —  Prosecutors said WikiLeaks' disclosures about Iraq and Afghanistan posed a major threat to US national security.  But it turns out the classified document they cited — newly obtained by BuzzFeed News — said almost the exact opposite.

GOP hangs on to South Carolina House seat  —  Republican Ralph Norman is projected to win the South Carolina House special election, keeping the seat in Republican hands.  —  The Associated Press projected that Norman, a former state lawmaker, will win against Democrat Archie Parnell, according to the Associated Press.

Bodyguard for well-known alt-right figure stabbed several times in Santa Monica  —  A man who works as a bodyguard for a nationally known figure popular among the alt-right was stabbed multiple times in Santa Monica on Saturday night following a dispute in a parking lot, police said.

How the Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration  —  the myth, which liberals like myself find tempting, is that only the right has changed.  In June 2015, we tell ourselves, Donald Trump rode down his golden escalator and pretty soon nativism, long a feature of conservative politics, had engulfed it.

Brussels central station suicide bomber shot down  — A suspected suicide bomber has blown himself up in the Belgium capital's Central Station tonight  — Shots rang out soon after 9pm as police and soldiers moved in ‘to neutralise a suspect threatening civilians’

‘A magical experience’: Beautiful images capture rare bioluminescent plankton off the coast of Wales  —  Photographer Alyn Wallace captured these stunning images of rare bioluminescent plankton in the sea at Three Cliffs Bay in Swansea this week.  —  “I had to pinch myself this morning,” he wrote on Facebook.

Trump seeks sharp cuts to housing aid, except for program that brings him millions  —  President Trump's budget calls for sharply reducing funding to programs that shelter the poor and combat homelessness — with a notable exception: It leaves intact the type of federal housing subsidy that is paid directly to private landlords.

Flooding hits Georgia special election  —  The heaviest rain across Georgia's 6th District tapered off Tuesday afternoon, but voters participating in the closely watched special congressional election in Atlanta's northern suburbs are still dealing with flooding that could impact the vote.

Ford's Big Bet: Americans, and Trump, Are Ready for Chinese Cars  —  Focus poised to be the top car exported to the U.S. from China  —  Nixed plans for North American production to save $1 billion  —  Americans buy millions of dollars of stuff made in China every day.  —  So why not add the Ford Focus to the mix?