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.

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.

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 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 …

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.

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.”

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.

Letter: Family denounces Tefft's racist rhetoric and actions  —  My name is Pearce Tefft, and I am writing to all, with regards to my youngest son, Peter Tefft, an avowed white nationalist who has been featured in a number of local news stories over the last several months.

Charlottesville white nationalist demonstrator loses job at libertarian hot dog shop  —  A white nationalist who participated in the torch-lit march through the University of Virginia's campus this weekend has lost his job at a Berkeley, Calif., hot dog restaurant after Twitter users posted his photo and place of employment.

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.

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 …

FBI and DHS Warned of Growing Threat From White Supremacists Months Ago  —  Trump doesn't want to call out white supremacists.  The FBI already did.  —  The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in May warned that white supremacist groups had already carried out more attacks …

CBS Excludes 9/11 to Claim Three Times as Many ‘Right Wing’ Terror Attacks  —  Other than 9/11, not much happened in 2001.  CBS This Morning co-host Norah O'Donnell on Monday excluded the September 11th terror attacks in order to conclude that there have been “three times” as many examples of “right wing” violence.

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.”

On Twitter, Trump accuses blacks of racism three times as often as whites  —  During a White House speech on Monday, President Trump denounced racism as “evil” after facing two days of bipartisan criticism for declining to specifically condemn Nazis and white supremacists after a violent rally Charlottesville.

If Trump goes down, Pence will too  —  When Al Gore became vice president, legendary scholar Richard Neustadt — one of Gore's former professors — sent him a memo with advice.  One sentence stuck with me: “The White House staff lives in the present, the VP's staff in the future.”

Charlottesville Victim's Mother To Trump: Thank You  —  Susan Bro provided a moment of extraordinary grace as she mourns the murder of her daughter, Heather Heyer, by trying to heal the divide in the nation after the Charlottesville terrorist attack.  While the political debate …

Google cancels domain registration for Daily Stormer  —  Google has canceled the domain registration for The Daily Stormer, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday.  —  “We are cancelling Daily Stormer's registration with Google Domains for violating our terms of service,” the spokesperson told Business Insider.

Scoop: Sheldon Adelson disavows campaign against H.R. McMaster  —  Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson has disavowed a campaign against National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, which is being pushed by a group Adelson funds, the Zionist Organization of America.