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.

John Kelly closes the Oval Office door  —  The door to the Oval Office used to be wide open, with favored officials drifting in and out — even in the middle of meetings — to kibitz with Trump.  —  Now, the door is closed.  Gen. John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff …

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.”

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.

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.

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 …

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 …

Democratic Reps. Moulton and Ryan set to visit Iowa amid presidential speculation  —  Two House Democrats who have drawn increasing notice as potential 2020 White House hopefuls after opposing their own party's leadership are heading to Iowa.  —  Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton and Ohio …

Poll: Democrats surge ahead on generic ballot  —  Republicans trail Democrats by 7 percentage points on the generic congressional ballot, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, the Democratic Party's greatest advantage on the generic ballot since the poll began asking the question this past spring.

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) …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

Of Course Abortion Should Be a Litmus Test for Democrats  —  Democrats will fund anti-choice candidates in conservative districts, Representative Ben Ray Luján, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in an interview this week, citing the party's need to build …

Not a shot!  Anti-vax movement prompts Brooklynites to withhold inoculations from their pets  —  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.  —  Brooklyn Paper  —  Call it an outbreak of stupidity.  —  Brooklynites are refusing to vaccinate their pets against virulent and potentially deadly illnesses …

Trump Has Quietly Accomplished More Than It Appears  —  Imagine, if you will, that there is a shadow government.  —  The actual government, the administration of Donald Trump, is coming off the worst week of his presidency, although there haven't been any smooth weeks.