Peter Thiel Has Been Hedging His Bet On Donald Trump  —  Peter Thiel has said publicly that Trump's administration is “off to a terrific start.”  Privately, he's told friends that there is a 50% chance the current presidency “ends in disaster.”  —  Donald Trump's most prominent Silicon Valley supporter …

The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats  —  When Democrats think about their party's problems on the political map, they tend to think of President Trump's ability to win the White House despite losing the popular vote and Republicans' potent efforts to gerrymander congressional districts.

These 3 Federal Debt Ceiling Nightmares Should Keep You Awake At Night  —  This easily got lost amid all of last week's other Washington-related craziness: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that Democrats should provide the votes the Trump administration …

Kayleigh McEnany appears in pro-Trump ‘news’ video after leaving CNN  —  Kayleigh McEnany appears in Pro-Trump ‘newscast’ after leaving CNN  —  Former CNN commentator Kayleigh McEnany is now hosting campaign-style videos for President Trump's Facebook page.

‘Apply by fax’: Before it can hire foreign workers, Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club advertises at home — briefly  —  President Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club needs to hire 35 waiters for this winter's social season in Palm Beach, Fla.  —  Late last month, the club placed an ad on page C8 of the Palm Beach Post …

Tax writers see peril in Trump's Obamacare persistence  —  Republicans acknowledge that the aggressive timeline they have set up for overhauling the tax code this fall leaves them little room for error.  —  There could be one problem with that: Obamacare isn't going away.

Many Politicians Lie.  But Trump Has Elevated the Art of Fabrication.  —  WASHINGTON — Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant here, likes to tell his clients that there are “three keys to credibility.”  —  “One, never defend the indefensible,” he says.  “Two, never deny the undeniable.

Trump's Trade Pullout Roils Rural America  —  EAGLE GROVE, Iowa — On a cloud-swept landscape dotted with grain elevators, a meat producer called Prestage Farms is building a 700,000-square-foot processing plant.  The gleaming new factory is both the great hope of Wright County …

Here Is The Alias Email Account Loretta Lynch Used As Attorney General  —  Like her predecessor, Eric Holder, former Attorney General Loretta Lynch used an email alias to conduct government business, The Daily Caller has confirmed.  —  Several of Lynch's emails were included in 413 pages …

Rod Rosenstein addresses efforts to stop White House leaks  —  This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” August 6, 2017.  This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.  —  CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: I'm Chris Wallace.  —  The Russia investigation hits up as the Trump White House deals with a barrage of leaks.

Rich SF residents get a shock: Someone bought their street  —  Thanks to a little-noticed auction sale, a South Bay couple are the proud owners of one of the most exclusive streets in San Francisco — and they're looking for ways to make their purchase pay.  —  Tina Lam and Michael Cheng snatched …

Someone in the White House is working overtime to drive a wedge between the president and his national security adviser.  —  The war on White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster continues, with allies of Steve Bannon using sympathetic media outlets to push a narrative that McMaster …

Emails: South Carolina AG coordinated with key figure in statehouse probe on letter booting special prosecutor off case  —  S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson criticizes his appointed special prosecutor, 1st Circuit Solicitor David Pascoe, during a March 2016 press conference regarding the Statehouse corruption probe.

Fight over Trump wall could lead to shutdown  —  Marc Short, the White House director of legislative affairs, says the Trump administration has clear expectations for the fall: “We get tax reform and we also complete funding of the government which includes rebuilding of the military and securing our border.”

Diplomats Question Tactics of Tillerson, the Executive Turned Secretary of State  —  WASHINGTON — Several times a week the State Department sends a greeting to a foreign country on the occasion of its national day.  By tradition, the salutations have been written by low-level diplomats and routinely approved by their superiors.

New York's Subways Are Not Just Delayed.  Some Trains Don't Run at All.  —  The nation's most crowded subway line is jammed every morning with a crush of people waiting to board trains.  Angry riders often have to let a train or two pass before they can wedge themselves inside.

Former DNC chair criticizes ‘whiny’ left … Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Howard Dean ripped what he called the “whiny” portion of the Democratic Party on Saturday in response to criticism of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) by a number of progressives.

Dem campaign arm mocks GOP for ‘spectacular failure’ of 200-day agenda  —  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) in a memo mocked the House Republicans' “spectacular failure” to accomplish their 200-day agenda.  —  “After 100 days of unified control of Washington …

Jason Chaffetz, Who Bailed Early From Congress, Rips Congress For Bailing Early  —  The irony of this one did not escape us.  —  Monday morning on Fox Business, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz was incensed over the idea that the Senate would leave early with such a lengthy list of things to do.

Sweden: Police Say Situation ‘Completely Unacceptable’ after 550 Per Cent Rise in Grenade Attacks  —  The number of hand grenade attacks in Sweden has risen by 550 per cent in just three years, with police describing the situation as “completely unacceptable”.

US federal department is censoring use of term ‘climate change’, emails reveal  —  Exclusive: series of emails show staff at Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service advised to reference ‘weather extremes’ instead … Staff at the US Department of Agriculture …

What's It Like to See a Democracy Destroyed?  —  What's it like to watch a country implode?  To see a democracy destroyed and an economy crater?  —  Since 2014, American journalist Hannah Dreier has documented just that in Venezuela, once one of the world's wealthiest nations and still home …

America's Whiniest ‘Victim’  —  Donald Trump is the reigning king of American victimhood.  —  He is unceasingly pained, injured, aggrieved.  —  The primaries were unfair.  The debates were unfair.  The general election was unfair.  —  “No politician in history — and I say this with great surety …

The police boycott of Dunkin' Donuts is fully on … The NYPD runs on . . . bodega coffee.  —  The police boycott of Dunkin' Donuts is apparently heating up, as a sergeant was spotted Sunday walking into the 73rd Precinct station house with trays full of what appeared to be generic, corner-market brew.