Trump Team Met With Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign  —  Two weeks after Donald J. Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, his eldest son arranged a meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan with a Russian lawyer who has connections to the Kremlin …

Putin set a trap and Trump fell into it  —  Jen Psaki, a CNN political commentator and spring fellow at the Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service, was the White House communications director and State Department spokeswoman during the Obama administration.

In Alexandria shooter's hometown, rage-filled radio host channels middle America's inner frustration  —  BELLEVILLE, Ill. — It's not yet 11 a.m., and Bob Romanik, sitting behind the microphone at his radio station in a rundown strip mall in the middle of America, already has said the “n-word” …

Trump to China President Xi: N Korea nuclear threat will end ‘one way or another’  —  President Trump, at the start of his meeting Saturday in Germany with Chinese President Xi Jinping, called the Asian nation a “great trading partner” and said the increasing North Korea nuclear threat will eventually be resolved “one way or the other.”

U.S. officials say Russian government hackers have penetrated energy and nuclear company business networks  —  Russian government hackers were behind recent cyber-intrusions into the business systems of U.S. nuclear power and other energy companies in what appears to be an effort to assess their networks …

‘True Blood’ Star Nelsan Ellis Dies at 39  —  “He was a great talent, and his words and presence will be forever missed.”  —  Nelsan Ellis, the actor who starred in HBO's True Blood as Lafayette Reynolds, has died, his manager Emily Gerson Saines, told The Hollywood Reporter.  —  He was 39.

Rooftop Solar Dims Under Pressure From Utility Lobbyists  —  Over the past six years, rooftop solar panel installations have seen explosive growth — as much as 900 percent by one estimate.  —  That growth has come to a shuddering stop this year, with a projected decline in new installations of 2 percent …

Trump leaves G-20 summit without holding press conference  —  President Trump was one of the only world leaders to leave the G-20 summit without holding a full press conference.  —  Trump on Saturday departed Hamburg, Germany, for Washington after the close of the three-day summit of the world's top political leaders.

Republicans increasingly uncertain of a legislative victory before August  —  The Republican Congress returns to Capitol Hill this week increasingly uncertain that a major legislative victory is achievable in the three weeks before lawmakers leave town for their month-long summer recess.

Hundreds withdraw Colorado voter registrations in response to compliance with commission request  —  DENVER - At least two Colorado county clerks say they've seen a large increase in the number of people who have withdrawn their state voter registration since Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams …

Emmanuel Macron jostles his way to the front of G20 photo to stand by Donald Trump  —  French President Emmanuel Macron left his position during the family picture to place himself next to US President Donald Trump as German Chancellor Angela Merkel watched on.

Iowa woman who tried to vote for Trump twice pleads guilty to election misconduct  —  A woman from Des Moines, Iowa, pleaded guilty to election misconduct for attempting to cast two separate ballots in the 2016 presidential election for then-Republican nominee Donald Trump.

These Coloradans say Earth is flat.  And gravity's a hoax.  Now, they're being persecuted.  —  The Flat Earth movement is growing in Colorado, thanks to technology and skepticism about science … Every Tuesday at 6 p.m., three dozen Coloradans from every corner of the state assemble …

Hungarian far right launches new political party  —  Militants gather in Budapest to form political movement aiming to replace current party on the extreme right … Hundreds of Hungarian right-wing militants gathered in Budapest to launch a political movement that they hope will run …

Republicans thought they could force 2018 Democrats to cut deals, but Trump keeps sliding in polls  —  Senate Republicans began this year thinking that they had leverage over some Democrats, particularly the 10 up for reelection next year in states that President Trump won last fall.