Trump Presses Putin on Russian Meddling in U.S. Election  —  Right Now: President Trump pressed Vladimir V. Putin on Russia's interference in the 2016 United States election but did not dwell on the subject.  Their encounter lasted two hours and 15 minutes, far longer than expected.

Trump Aides on Podesta Tweet: ‘No Idea What He Is Talking About’ … The world's most powerful leaders gathered in Germany this week to hammer out tough geopolitical issues—and, according to a tweet from President Donald Trump, to dump on Hillary Clinton's former campaign chairman.

FBI investigated complaints that Bobby Knight groped women at U.S. spy agency  —  Even before he started cursing from the podium at a U.S. spy agency, Bobby Knight was an unorthodox choice to deliver a lecture on leadership.  —  Employees at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) …

McConnell says GOP must shore up ACA insurance markets if Senate bill dies … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that if his party fails to muster 50 votes for its plan to rewrite the Affordable Care Act, it will have no choice but to draft a more modest bill …

Donald Trump's Credibility Problem at the G-20 Summit  —  With North Korea's successful testing of an intercontinental ballistic missile that might be able to reach parts of the United States, Donald Trump is facing a foreign-policy challenge of the first order.

Rachel Maddow's Exclusive “Scoop” About A Fake NSA Document Raises Several Key Questions  —  MSNBC's Rachel Maddow devoted the first 21 minutes of her Thursday night program to what she promoted as an “exclusive” scoop.  The cable news host said that someone had sent her a “carefully forged” …

Trump criticizes media over alleged mind-meld of ‘17 intelligence agencies’ over Russia meddling  —  As a matter of timing, it was odd: Last week, the New York Times attached a lumpy correction to a story about the political dynamics of President Trump's various proclamations on Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

The Dangers of Arrogant Ignorance  —  Widespread historical ignorance is driving political polarization.  —  During President Trump's speech in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, he memorialized Pope John Paul II's momentous 1979 visit to the city.  —  For many historians …

Exklusive Perspektive!  Nicht stören - aber alles im Blick haben, das ist die Arbeit der offiziellen Fotografen.  Wir haben unserem Kollegen eine Videokamera auf seine Fotokamera gesetzt.  Ganz besondere Einblicke in das informelle Treffen der #G20-Chefs, das so genannte „Retreat":

BIZARRE ALT RIGHT CARTOON OF TRUMP AS 9/11 PLANE AND CNN AS TWIN TOWERS CONFUSES TWITTER  —  The American right frequently delights in its mockery of CNN, dutifully following in the footsteps of President Trump, who spent much of the last week maligning the cable news network.

The Alt-Right Branding War Has Torn the Movement in Two  —  A few weeks ago, Colton Merwin, a nineteen-year-old from Maryland who recently dropped out of college, decided to organize a rally on the National Mall.  “I got all the permits and stuff myself,” he said.  “It was pretty easy, actually.”

Are goats taking jobs from union workers?  —  A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.  —  The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work …

Bye-bye beach house?  Guadagno wants to sell Christie's Island Beach retreat  —  Gallery: Gov. Chris Christie and family on closed Island Beach State Park in N.J.  —  cbrodesser@njadvancemedia.com,  —  NJ Advance Media for NJ.com  —  TRENTON — Blasting Gov. Chris Christie's summer home as …

Bulletproof vest-clad Bronx man armed with throwing knives tries to reach Ivanka in Trump Tower  —  A Bronx man tried to get into Trump Tower to see first daughter Ivanka Trump Thursday, but was stopped by Secret Service agents who noticed he was wearing a bulletproof vest, police said.

Trump personally pockets club membership fees, breaking with industry norms  —  Even as he serves as president, Donald Trump earns a tidy sum — tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars — every time a new member joins one of his tony clubs.  —  Whether it's the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster …

What the stock market's rise under Trump should teach Democrats  —  A lot of predictions were upended when Donald Trump won the presidency.  But one of the most interesting was the idea that a President Trump would cause a stock market collapse — or at least a sharp decline.

US mint employee placed on leave after putting noose on black co-worker's chair  —  Surveillance video captured the employee creating the noose with rope used to seal coin bags and walking across the factory floor on 28 June … An employee at the US mint in Philadelphia has been placed …

De Blasio begins all-expense-paid trip to G20 riots  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio (inset) is getting set to join the G20 summit protests in Germany.  —  Stefan Jeremiah  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio landed Friday morning in Germany, where he will spend the weekend attending various events …

These Three Lawyers Are Quietly Purging Voter Rolls Across the Country  —  The Trump administration could soon follow their lead.  —  Willie Miller was born  —  in 1948 in Noxubee County, Mississippi, an agricultural community along the state's eastern border named after a Choctaw word that translates roughly to “stinks like fish.”