Russian Dirt on Clinton?  ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said  —  The June 3, 2016, email sent to Donald Trump Jr. could hardly have been more explicit: One of his father's former Russian business partners had been contacted by a senior Russian government official and was offering to provide …

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.

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.

This Town Melts Down  —  A veteran political reporter takes stock of how Washington has — and hasn't — changed in the time of Trump.  —  Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, was running late and “tied up in the Oval,” an assistant explained.  It was late on a Thursday afternoon in June …

Marine aircraft disaster: 15 Marines, 1 Navy Corpsman killed in Mississippi crash  —  The FBI on Tuesday continued to investigate the deaths of 15 Marines and one Navy Corpsman who were killed when their U.S. military plane spiraled out of the sky and into a Mississippi field on Monday.

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.

Amazing human chain formed to rescue drowning family in PCB  —  “I honestly thought I was going to lose my family that day,” Roberta Ursrey said.  “It was like, 'Oh God, this is how I'm going.' ”  —  PANAMA CITY BEACH — It was supposed to just be a quick trip to the beach …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

The latest revelation won't end Trump's presidency.  Only Paul Ryan can.  —  At least since Donald Trump first announced his presidential campaign in June 2015, journalists and activists have been asking: Is this the scandal that finally does him in?  —  Would his casual description …

Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan  —  Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Jamiles Lartey in New York  —  Claims made in a US documentary that the pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart crash-landed on the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean and was taken prisoner …

‘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,” …