Why The Mooch Lost His Cool  —  Anthony Scaramucci tells HuffPost about the highs and lows of his fiery stint at the White House and what that cuss-filled rant was really about. … I received a call Monday night from Roger Stone, the infamous political prankster and Donald Trump confidant.

Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is preparing to redirect resources of the Justice Department's civil rights division toward investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed …

First Golfer: Donald Trump's relationship with golf has never been more complicated  —  [This article appears in the Aug. 7, 2017, edition of Sports Illustrated.]  —  With special reporting by Michael Bamberger, Ben Baskin and Pete Madden.  —  Playing golf with the 45th President …

McConnell plans to pass tax bill with just GOP votes  —  Senate Republicans are sticking to their plans to pass a tax bill with 50 Republican votes, despite Democratic pleas not to be sidelined as they were on health care.  —  Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday reaffirmed …

Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda  —  Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend nearly $80 million allocated by Congress for fighting terrorist propaganda and Russian disinformation.

Full transcript: Trump's Wall Street Journal interview  —  President Donald Trump called his son-in-law a “good boy” while thanking Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief Gerard Baker for a positive editorial about Jared Kushner and said the leader of the Boy Scouts told him his jamboree speech was “the greatest speech ever made to them.”

Sasse rebuffs Heritage for top job  —  The conservative think tank has made a run at one of the Senate's top anti-Trump Republicans.  —  The Heritage Foundation has approached one of the Senate's leading anti-Trump Republicans, Ben Sasse, to gauge his interest in serving as president …

Exclusive: Former Justice Department official joins Mueller team  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former U.S. Justice Department official has become the latest lawyer to join special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, a spokesman for the team confirmed.

Trump Loyalist Mixes Businesses and Access at ‘Advisory’ Firm  —  Three months ago, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's first campaign manager, quit a new Washington lobbying firm he had helped start after the election, amid scrutiny over his firm's clients and his extraordinary access to Mr. Trump.

Full Audio of Jared Kushner's Remarks to Congressional Interns  —  Earlier today, WIRED shared a portion of a speech and a subsequent question-and-answer session that Jared Kushner presented to congressional interns on Monday.  You can now hear the audio of Kushner's talk in its entirety.

Lawyer wants Trump's testimony in ‘fake news’ suit against Fox  —  WASHINGTON — The lawyer for a Washington private investigator who is suing Fox News over its use of allegedly invented quotes in a news story advancing a bizarre conspiracy theory said Tuesday he will seek to depose President Trump …

They trashed their wedding photographer over a $125 fee, so a jury told them to pay her $1 million  —  An autumn affair at the Petroleum Club in downtown Dallas, the union of a full-time beauty blogger and the love of her life, appeared to be a gorgeous thing — marred by one misfortune.

KELLY WINS PRAISE ACROSS THE AISLE, BUT WILL TRUMP CHANGE?  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly - then secretary of Homeland Security - offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump.  —  Kelly, a whip-cracking retired general …

If Trump blows up the Iran deal, he'll cause a meltdown in Europe, too  —  According to reports, President Trump was having “a bit of a meltdown” when his advisers could not present him with a plan for scuttling the nuclear deal with Iran.  —  Trump (with extreme reluctance) …

Republicans in Congress Bypass Trump to Shore Up Health Law  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans moved on Tuesday to defuse President Trump's threat to cut off critical payments to health insurance companies, maneuvering around the president toward bipartisan legislation to shore …

MS NAUERT: Hi, everybody.  How are you today?  —  QUESTION: Good.  —  MS NAUERT: Look who I brought.  (Laughter.)  Secretary Tillerson joins us today.  —  QUESTION: Welcome to our briefing room.  —  MS NAUERT: Yes.  —  QUESTION: Who is - who's the little, little guy?  —  MS NAUERT: Yes.

HICKENLOOPER on White House run with Kasich: You never know — ANNIE KARNI: WEST WING women are the ‘survivors’ in Trump WH — WHAT TRUMP tells people on his golf courses — SASSE rebuffs Heritage  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  Happy hump day from Denver.  SOME NEWS — We asked COLORADO …

Former Obama Aide Ben Rhodes now a person of interest in unmasking investigation  —  Former Obama White House National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes is now an emerging as a person of interest in the House Intelligence Committee's unmasking investigation, according to a letter sent Tuesday …

Trump Came In As A Weak President, And He's Made Himself Weaker  —  In the last week, the Republicans' Obamacare repeal effort failed on the Senate floor despite President Trump urging GOP senators to vote yes.  The White House underwent rapid and chaotic staff changes.

Monsanto's Sway Over Research Is Seen in Disclosed Emails  —  Documents released Tuesday in a lawsuit against Monsanto raised new questions about the company's efforts to influence the news media and scientific research and revealed internal debate over the safety of its highest-profile product, the weed killer Roundup.

U.S. Plans Trade Measures Against China  —  Trump administration aims to force Beijing to crack down on intellectual-property theft and ease market access  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning trade measures to force Beijing to crack down on intellectual-property theft …