Intel CEO leaves American Manufacturing Council  —  Earlier today, I tendered my resignation from the American Manufacturing Council.  I resigned to call attention to the serious harm our divided political climate is causing to critical issues, including the serious need to address the decline of American manufacturing.

Justice demands 1.3M IP addresses related to Trump resistance site  —  The Department of Justice has requested information on visitors to a website used to organize protests against President Trump, the Los Angeles-based Dreamhost said in a blog post published on Monday.

Trump Not Planning on Charlottesville Trip; ‘Why The Hell Would We Do That?’  Aides Say … President Donald Trump does not have plans to visit Charlottesville, Virginia in the wake of the the white-supremacist and neo-Nazi gathering that took place in the city over the weekend.

DC Hotels Kept Canceling On Richard Spencer, So He Had To Hold A Press Conference In An Apartment  —  The white nationalist was forced to hold the event at what he called his office and a part-time residence in Alexandria, Virginia, instead.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC

Bannon in Limbo as Trump Faces Growing Calls for the Strategist's Ouster  —  WASHINGTON — Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly urged President Trump to fire him.  Anthony Scaramucci, the president's former communications director, thrashed him on television as a white nationalist.

Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse  —  DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) - A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.

Trump campaign emails show aide's repeated efforts to set up Russia meetings … Three days after Donald Trump named his campaign foreign policy team in March 2016, the youngest of the new advisers sent an email to seven campaign officials with the subject line: “Meeting with Russian Leadership - Including Putin.”

Gingrich on Charlottesville reaction: Anti-Trump movement ‘will never, ever be satisfied’  —  President Trump “came out against bigotry, against racism, against hatred” after the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va. — but nothing he says will ever silence some of his critics, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich reacted.

Amateur Sleuths Aim to Identify Charlottesville Marchers, but Sometimes Misfire  —  After a day of work at the Engineering Research Center at the University of Arkansas, Kyle Quinn had a pleasant Friday night in Bentonville with his wife and a colleague.  They explored an art exhibition …

Trump ‘seriously considering’ a pardon for ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio  —  EXCLUSIVE: President Trump may soon issue a pardon for Joe Arpaio, the colorful former Arizona sheriff who was found guilty two weeks ago of criminal contempt for defying a state judge's order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected undocumented immigrants.

Trump Job Approval Rating Now at 34%, New Low  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating in Gallup Daily tracking is at 34% for the three-day period from Friday through Sunday — by one point the lowest of his administration so far.  —  It is difficult to pinpoint the precise cause …

5 things to watch in Alabama's special election  —  The Alabama GOP Senate primary on Tuesday will go a long way in answering the overriding question of the race: How much do Mitch McConnell's cash and Donald Trump's endorsement matter?  —  The brutal fight on the Republican side …

North Korea Backs Off Guam Missile-Attack Threat  —  Kim Jong Un warns he could change his mind if the U.S. persists in ‘extremely dangerous reckless actions’  —  SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has decided not to launch a threatened missile attack on Guam, Pyongyang's state media reported …

Holocaust Memorial in Boston vandalized  —  (CNN)A 17-year-old has been charged with willful and malicious destruction of property for allegedly vandalizing the Holocaust Memorial in Boston Monday, according to the Boston Police Department.  —  Photos from the memorial showed shattered glass lying …

Explaining Trump's Charlottesville Behavior  —  The nucleolus of Trump.  —  You can choose to have whatever opinion you have on the president's statement today condemning white supremacists, but it's hard to believe he would have read it out if he'd had his druthers.

Paul Manafort Sought $850 Million Deal With Putin Ally and Alleged Gangster … Paul Manafort partnered on an $850 million New York real estate deal with an ally of Vladimir Putin and a Ukrainian moneyman whom the Justice Department recently described as an “organized crime member.”

The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real.  Here's What They Think.  —  The story of the 2016 presidential election is simple.  Donald J. Trump made huge gains among white voters without a college degree.  His gains were large enough to cancel out considerable losses among well-educated white voters and a decade of demographic shifts.