Democrats Seethe After Georgia Loss: ‘Our Brand Is Worse Than Trump’  —  Democrats seethed, second-guessed and sought to regroup on Wednesday after a disappointing special election defeat in Georgia, with the party's campaign chief in the House of Representatives outlining alternative paths to taking power …

White House launches ACA repeal website  —  The White House is giving a push to the Senate health care bill with a new website highlighting the Trump administration's arguments for repealing the Affordable Care Act.  It features a video outlining the problems it sees with the law …

Trump, Russia and a Shadowy Business Partnership  —  An insider describes the Bayrock Group, its links to the Trump family and its mysterious access to funds.  It isn't pretty.  —  The special counsel's investigation of the White House has come more sharply into focus.

Philando Castile Video Shows a Cop Who Panicked and Killed an Innocent Man  —  Much has been made of the fact that the dashcam video of the July 6, 2016, traffic stop in which Philando Castile was killed, which was finally released to the public yesterday, does not show what was going on inside his car …

Congressional Black Caucus expected to decline Trump meeting  —  The Congressional Black Caucus is expected to reject an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump, according to four sources close to the group.  —  The Trump administration, sources said, has done nothing to advance …

Texas Couple Exonerated 25 Years After Being Convicted of Lurid Crimes That Never Happened  —  Twenty-five years after they were convicted of a crime that never happened, Fran and Dan Keller were formally exonerated on June 20 in Austin, Texas.  —  The couple's prosecution in 1992 was part …

Next up: a special counsel to probe Team Obama's obstruction of justice  —  MORE FROM: … By using fired FBI Director James Comey to attack the new Republican administration, Democrats have opened up a legal can of worms for the Obama administration.  —  Under sworn questioning …

Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O.  —  Travis Kalanick stepped down Tuesday as chief executive of Uber, the ride-hailing service that he helped found in 2009 and that he built into a transportation colossus, after a shareholder revolt made it untenable for him to stay on at the company.

Law Enforcement Shares Findings of the Investigation into the June 14 Alexandria, Virginia Shooting  —  Today, law enforcement officials shared findings to date of the investigation into the shooting that occurred at the Eugene Simpson Stadium Park on Wednesday, June 14, 2017.

Going on Fox News cost me my job, professor claims |  Carter  —  Essex County College suspended Lisa Durden, an adjunct professor and political commentator, after she appeared on the Tucker Carlson show on Fox News.  (Photo supplied by Lisa Durden)  —  bcarter@starledger.com,

Portman met secretly with North Koreans to lobby for Warmbier's release  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Rob Portman met secretly last December with North Korean's delegation to the United Nations in an effort to gain the release of or at least get information about Otto Warmbier …

How The Guardian Lost America  —  The Guardian's US newsroom didn't become the voice of the Bernie left during the election.  It didn't break huge campaign scoops.  Years after winning a Pulitzer for the Edward Snowden story, Guardian US has slashed costs, leaving employees stewing about mismanagement …

Ex-DHS chief: ‘To my current knowledge’ Russia did not alter vote counts  —  Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson plans to testify Wednesday that he knows of no evidence that the Russian government altered vote counts in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump Organization seeks hefty tax break for Westchester golf club  —  The Trump Organization wants its tax bill cut in half at one of its high-end golf clubs, part of a longstanding Trump practice of using legal challenges and appeals to lower his corporate tax bills.

Saudi Arabia Rewrites Succession as King Replaces Heir With Son, 31  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — King Salman of Saudi Arabia promoted his 31-year-old son, Mohammed bin Salman, to be next in line to the throne on Wednesday, further empowering a young, activist leader at a time when the kingdom …

Nabra Hassanen's memorial set on fire in Dupont Circle  —  WASHINGTON - The memorial for a teen murdered near a Virginia mosque was set on fire in Dupont Circle on Wednesday, according to fire officials.  —  DC Fire said they responded to the scene at about 8:30 a.m. and found the remains …

Dem Rep Bustos: 'It's Not Going to Work for Us Just to Have an Anti-Trump Message'  —  On Tuesday's “CNN Tonight,” Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL) argued that Democrats wouldn't win the 2018 midterms if they just had an anti-Trump message.  —  Bustos said that she took the fact …

Russian diplomat cancels meeting over new US sanctions  —  Russia's deputy foreign minister has cancelled a scheduled meeting with Thomas A. Shannon Jr., the under secretary of State for political affairs, the State Department said Wednesday.  —  Shannon, who is currently meeting …

Why the White House Is Reading Greek History  —  The Trump White House isn't known as a hot spot for Ivy League intellectuals.  But last month, a Harvard academic slipped into the White House complex for an unusual meeting.  Graham Allison, an avuncular foreign policy thinker who served under Reagan …