Russian Officials Overheard Discussing Trump Associates Before Campaign Began  —  U.S. intelligence starting in the spring of 2015 detected conversations in which Russian government officials discussed meetings with Trump associates  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. intelligence agencies starting …

President Trump to CBN's Pat Robertson: Putin Would Have Been Happier With Clinton  —  President Donald Trump sat down with CBN Founder Pat Robertson for an exclusive “700 Club” interview at the White House this morning.  —  It comes as the media firestorm over Russia and the election continues to dominate headlines.

Congressman Sherman Introduces Article of Impeachment: Obstruction of Justice  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA), joined by Congressman Al Green (D-TX), introduced an Article of Impeachment (H. Res. 438) against President Donald J. Trump for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Exclusive - Sen. Rand Paul: Senate GOP Decides to Keep Obamacare  —  I miss the old days, when Republicans stood for repealing Obamacare.  Republicans across the country and every member of my caucus campaigned on repeal - often declaring they would tear out Obamacare “root and branch!”

Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road to Meet Regular Folks—With a Few Conditions  —  As he tours America, Facebook CEO appears at homes and businesses with little notice, asks not to be quoted; not always recognized  —  Mark Zuckerberg is trying to understand America, so he's embarked on a journey …

Exclusive: Video shows Trump with associates tied to email controversy  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)Video obtained exclusively by CNN offers a new look inside the web of relationships now at the center of allegations of collusion between Trump campaign associates and Russia.

Larsen C calves trillion ton iceberg  —  A one trillion tonne iceberg - one of the biggest ever recorded - has calved away from the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica.  The calving occurred sometime between Monday 10th July and Wednesday 12th July 2017, when a 5,800 square km section of Larsen C finally broke away.

Trump's tax cuts would give the poor $40 each and the ultrarich $940,000  —  Researchers tried to run the numbers on Trump's ridiculously vague tax plan.  They're not good.  —  A new analysis by the Tax Policy Center finds that the tax cuts included in the Trump administration's outline …

Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos's Ear  —  WASHINGTON — The letters have come in to her office by the hundreds, heartfelt missives from college students, mostly men, who had been accused of rape or sexual assault.  Some had lost scholarships.  Some had been expelled.

Trump seen bowing in prayer during Oval Office session  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump, who has remained out of public view since returning from Europe late Saturday, welcomed evangelical leaders into the Oval Office on Monday for a prayer session.  —  Photos posted by some of the invitees show …

Jeff Sessions addresses ‘anti-LGBT hate group,’ but DOJ won't release his remarks  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivered a speech to an alleged hate group at an event closed to reporters on Tuesday night, but the Department of Justice is refusing to reveal what he said.

The Big Trumpers Still Don't Get The Trouble They're In  —  One issue I've touched on here and there in my posts on the Russia probe is my abiding sense that especially the younger generation of Trumpers: Kushner, Don Jr., et al. just don't seem to grasp the magnitude of the trouble they're in …

JUDICIARY DEMS DEMAND ANSWERS ON DOJ SETTLEMENT OF FRAUD CASE HANDLED BY RUSSIAN LAWYER WHO MET WITH TRUMP JR.  —  DOJ Abruptly Settled Money Laundering Case that Involved Russia Sanctions, New York Real Estate Holdings, and Kremlin-Linked Lawyer Who Met with Donald Trump Jr.

State Department spent more than $15,000 for rooms at new Trump hotel in Vancouver  —  The State Department spent more than $15,000 to book 19 rooms at the new Trump hotel in Vancouver when members of President Trump's family headlined the grand opening of the tower in late February.

Gillespie's primary scare has White House, others urging ‘Trump world’ hires  —  RICHMOND — Alarmed that Ed Gillespie barely won the Virginia GOP primary for governor in June, top Republicans from the White House on down are pushing him to hire some of the president's strategists …

Trump's election commission has been a disaster.  It's going exactly as planned.  —  It's hard to imagine how Kris Kobach could have screwed things up so badly.  —  Here is a man, seemingly hatched from an underground lab devoted entirely to perfecting the fine art of vote suppression …

Why I'm breaking up with Twitter  —  Alisyn Camerota is a CNN anchor and co-host on CNN's morning show “New Day.”  The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.  —  (CNN)Dear Twitter (attn: trolls),  —  It's over.  I'm breaking up with you.  —  I know, it's sad.

Democrats Sue Trump Campaign Over Leaked Emails Tied to Russia  —  Washington — Two Democratic Party donors and a former party staff member have filed an invasion of privacy lawsuit against President Trump's campaign and a longtime informal adviser, Roger J. Stone Jr., accusing them of conspiring …