Cruella de Trump  —  WASHINGTON — So, with this latest toad jumping from our president's mouth, is Donald Trump acting like a sexist pig or simply a pig?  —  I proffer, a pig.  —  I have no doubt that he would attack a man's appearance in the same breathtakingly below-the-belt …

Trump says states are ‘trying to hide’ things from his voter fraud commission.  Here's what they actually say.  —  More than two dozen states have refused to fully comply with a sweeping and unprecedented White House request to turn over voter registration data, including sensitive information …

Trump: Media working to convince GOP I should get off Twitter  —  President Trump continued to rip the news media on Saturday, saying the “fake and fraudulent news media” is trying to convince Republicans that he should not use social media.  —  The FAKE & FRAUDULENT NEWS MEDIA is working hard …

GOP senators to McConnell: Cancel August recess  —  GOP delays health care vote amid opposition  —  (CNN)A group of Republican senators are requesting August recess be canceled or shortened to give the party more time to make progress on its legislative agenda.

Joe and Mika, wallowing in the mud … The ever-execrable Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezenski are basking in the glory of mud of their own making; they think they are heroes of a kind because Trump tweeted something crass about them.  Indeed he did.  But it was well-deserved.

GOP's latest worry: White House turmoil dividing Trump, Pence staffs  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans are growing concerned that the staffs of Donald Trump and Mike Pence are starting to feud, the latest trouble to hit a White House that has spent months battling crisis after crisis.

25 shot, 3 others injured at Little Rock nightclub; no apparent connection to terror  —  At least 25 people were shot in a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas, early Saturday morning and three others suffered unrelated injuries, police said.  —  One of the injured was initially listed in critical condition …

Science division of White House office left empty as last staffers depart  —  WASHINGTON — The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week, sources tell CBS News.

Illegal Alien Allegedly Tazes, Scalds, Rapes Mom in Front of Children  —  An illegal alien is one of three teenagers who are accused of scalding a Georgia woman with hot water and raping her in her home near her children.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed …

‘I Want This to Get Over’: After Congressional Shooting, Complex Grief for a Gunman's Widow  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — He flung dishes at his wife, roared at the television, erupted during an outing at a local brewery.  Suzanne Hodgkinson became so concerned with her husband's growing anger that she wrote to his doctor asking for help.

CNN screws up — again … Let's call this one “'F***!' news.”  —  We're told CNN flew into a panic on Friday after it accidentally aired a fake National Enquirer cover during Jake Tapper's broadcast.  —  Tapper did a segment on his “The Lead” show about Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's claim …

Wombs for men: Astonishing prospect as fertility doctors back operations on NHS so transgender women born as boys can have babies  —  Transgender women who were born male should be given womb transplants so that they can have children, leading NHS doctors have told The Mail on Sunday.

When Dad's the president — a look inside Ivanka Trump's complicated world  —  Ivanka Trump's office: clean, white, quiet.  A zone of punctual start times and promptly-offered water bottles, and a conference table at which she conducts meetings.  A short, winding walk away from her father's Oval Office downstairs.

Next 100 Days: In the Era of Trump, NYS is Out of Step and In the Crosshairs  —  During President Trump's first 100 days, the national conversation turned on big ideas: whether it was right to bar refugees, whether Obamacare was worth keeping, and more.  Over the past several weeks …

Crematory Is Booked?  Japan Offers Corpse Hotels as New Way of Dealing With Death  —  OSAKA, Japan — The minimalist rooms at the Hotel Relation here in Japan's third-largest city are furnished with plain twin beds.  Flat-screen televisions adorn the walls.  Plastic-wrapped cups and toothbrushes are provided in the bathrooms.

Tillerson argued with a second White House aide  —  The secretary of state, who blew up at Trump's personnel chief over the slow pace of filling political posts, also had a West Wing dispute with senior aide Stephen Miller.  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson argued with senior White House …

Bronx hospital shooter sent chilling email rant to Daily News two hours before fatal rampage  —  Just twohours before his deadly rampage at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, shooter Henry Bello ranted to the Daily News in an email — blaming the medical center for ruining his dreams of furthering his career.

The opioid crisis is straining the nation's foster-care systems  —  GREENBUSH, MAINE — Deb McLaughlin's 3-year-old grandson climbed all over her, pleading to play trucks, restless as always.  Her 1-year-old foster daughter, who had just woken from a midday nap, sat in her lap, wearing a frilly dress and an irresistible smile.

Trump vows to support and defend religious freedom in US  —  President Donald Trump vowed to support and defend religious liberty, telling a gathering of evangelical Christians that the threat of terrorism is “one of the most grave and dire threats to religious freedom in the world today.”

Volvo admits its self-driving cars are confused by kangaroos  —  Swedish company's animal detection system can identify and avoid deer, elk and caribou, but is yet to work against the marsupials' movements  —  Volvo's self-driving car is unable to detect kangaroos because hopping confounds its systems, the Swedish carmaker says.