Russian Government Sought to Aid Trump's Candidacy, According to Email  —  WASHINGTON — Before arranging a meeting with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer he believed would offer him compromising information about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Jr. was informed in an email that the material …

How We Are Ruining America  —  Over the past generation, members of the college-educated class have become amazingly good at making sure their children retain their privileged status.  They have also become devastatingly good at making sure the children of other classes have limited chances to join their ranks.

Fox & Friends Addresses False Comey Memo Report: ‘We Were Mistaken’  —  Fox & Friends reported yesterday that former FBI Director James Comey had leaked classified information in a memo he had written to memorialize a meeting with President Trump, which he then passed on to a friend to leak to the press.

Feature: This Town Melts Down  —  A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn't — changed in the time of Trump.  —  Comments  —  At Last, Iraq Regains Mosul.  But Can Iraq Itself Survive?  —  By TIM ARANGO  —  As the battle with the Islamic State in Mosul nears an end …

An avalanche of hate: How a Montana mom became the target of a neo-Nazi troll storm  —  Whitefish, Montana (CNN)Once the calls began, they did not stop.  Swiping to decline a call just led to the phone ringing again.  Blocked number after blocked number filled up the voice mail.

Officials: 16 dead in military plane crash in Leflore County  —  A military plane has crashed in a soybean field in Leflore County, killing at least 16 and leaving a debris field five miles in radius, officials said.  —  Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson …

Online Harassment 2017  —  Roughly four-in-ten Americans have personally experienced online harassment, and 62% consider it a major problem.  Many want technology firms to do more, but they are divided on how to balance free speech and safety issues online  —  To borrow an expression …

Syrian Observatory says it has ‘confirmed information’ that Islamic State chief is dead  —  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.  —  The report came just days …

Trump Aides Recruited Businessmen to Devise Options for Afghanistan  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's advisers recruited two businessmen who profited from military contracting to devise alternatives to the Pentagon's plan to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan …

Mika Brzezinski lands mega 3-book deal  —  MORE FROM: … Fresh off her spat with President Donald Trump, Mika Brzezinski has landed new a three-book deal with Weinstein Books, which published her 2011 book “Knowing Your Value.”  —  The “Morning Joe” anchor has signed a deal with Harvey …

What's next if the Senate health bill fails  —  We know — the Republican health care effort has been declared dead many times, so this is not a prediction.  There's still a lot of motion, and we could see a revised Senate bill on Thursday and a vote next week.

‘Mike from Montclair’ challenges Christie on WFAN; governor calls him a Communist  —  A well-known WFAN caller exchanged verbal barbs with Gov. Chris Christie during the governor's test run as a sports talk-radio host on Monday.  —  Mike Goldstein, also known as “Mike from Montclair,” …

GOP Researcher Who Sought Clinton Emails Had Alt-Right Help  —  The saga of Peter Smith's quest to obtain 33,000 emails deleted by Hillary Clinton—an effort now at the center of intrigue swirling around the Donald Trump campaign's ties to Russia—keeps getting weirder.

Trump set to postpone UK visit  —  Read next … Donald Trump's state visit to the UK looks set to be postponed until next year, amid reports that the president wants to avoid a visit that could be marred by protests over his being offered the honour.  —  A Downing St spokesman repeated …

Trump adds two to election integrity commission  —  plans to appoint two more members to his Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, the White House announced Monday evening.  —  Christian Adams of Virginiaand Alan Lamar King of Alabama will join the15-member commission …

The research that convinced SCOTUS to take the Wisconsin gerrymandering case, explained  —  In June, the Supreme Court agreed to hear its first partisan gerrymandering case in more than a decade.  This case, Gill v. Whitford, involves a challenge to the district plan that Wisconsin passed for its state house after the 2010 Census.