Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale  —  The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

White House officials tricked by email prankster  —  (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner …

Kushner On Middle East Peace: “What Do We Offer That's Unique?  I Don't Know.”  —  ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series.  During the question-and-answer portion of the event …

North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials  —  Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.

Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer … On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …

Democratic rising star Kamala Harris has a “Bernieland” problem  —  Freshman Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has recently become the subject of much speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run.  Several major news outlets have run feature-length profiles of Harris …

Acting DEA Chief Rebuts Trump's Remarks on Police Use of Force  —  Rosenberg memo to agency staff says to disregard suggestion that suspects should be roughed up  —  WASHINGTON—The nation's top narcotics officer repudiated President Donald Trump's remarks about police use of force …

Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run  —  BOSTON — Barack Obama is nudging him to run.  His inner circle is actively encouraging it.  Obama world's clear and away 2020 favorite is sitting right here, on the 38th floor of the John Hancock Building, in a nicely decorated office at Bain Capital.

Corey Lewandowski Has Been Fired From The One America News Network … Corey Lewandowski has been fired.  Again.  —  Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager and current informal adviser to the president has been let go from …

‘Black America’: Amazon Alt-History Drama From Will Packer & Aaron McGruder Envisions Post-Reparations America  —  EXCLUSIVE: A century and a half after slavery was abolished in the U.S., the wounds left by one of the darkest periods in American history are far from healed …

When Progressives Embrace Hate  —  A mere half-year ago, before collusion and Comey, before Mika's face and Muslim bans and the Mooch, there was a shining moment where millions of Americans flooded the streets in cities across the country to register their rage that an unapologetic misogynist had just been made leader of the free world.

The Republican Party is dead  —  The Republican Party is dead.  —  At one time, the blood of the people coursed through its veins, enlivening the party with their values and virtues, their goals and dreams.  The party became its own energizing force, compelling people to sacrifice for a higher moral purpose.

Coast Guard ‘will not break faith’ with transgender members, leader says  —  Coast Guard officials reached out personally to their transgender service members to express support after President Trump's announcement of a new policy barring transgender people in the military, according to Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft.

“I'll keep doing that until I run out of batteries” Tennessee sheriff's deputies torture teenager with stun gun  —  The above video is hard to watch.  It shows a group of Cheatham County, TN Sheriff's Deputies restraining a teenager in a chair and shocking him repeatedly with a stun gun.

State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to redefine its mission and issue a new statement of purpose to the world.  The draft statements under review right now are similar to the old mission statement …