Trump Gives White Supremacists an Unequivocal Boost  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump buoyed the white nationalist movement on Tuesday as no president has done in generations — equating activists protesting racism with the neo-Nazis and white supremacists who rampaged in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

The nation can only weep  —  TUESDAY WAS a great day for David Duke and racists everywhere.  The president of the United States all but declared that he has their backs.  —  When a white supremacist stands accused of running his car into a crowd of protesters, killing one and injuring 19 …

EXCLUSIVE: Hope Hicks To Be Named White House Comms Director  —  Hope Hicks will be named the new White House communications director, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  —  President Trump has offered the job to Hicks and she has accepted the position, according to a White House insider.

‘Wow’: Stunned TV Hosts Reacted in Real Time to Trump  —  “What I just saw gave me the wrong kind of chills,” a visibly stunned Chuck Todd said on MSNBC.  “Honestly, I'm a bit shaken by what I just heard.”  —  Unable to disguise her disgust, the Fox News host Kat Timpf said …

Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation  —  Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore in the small hours of Wednesday morning, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.

Donald Trump has a very clear attitude about morality: He doesn't believe in it  — President Trump, in a raucous press conference, again blamed “both sides” for deadly violence in Charlottesville  — He attacked business leaders who quit a White House panel over Trump's message on the weekend incident

Fox News, Daily Caller delete posts encouraging people to drive through protests  —  Months before a man allegedly turned his vehicle into a weapon and plowed through a group of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article that made the rounds in conservative media encouraged readers to do something similar.

Alabama Election Results: Two Republicans Advance, Democrat Wins in U.S. Senate Primaries  —  Roy Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice, and Senator Luther Strange, who was appointed earlier this year, advanced on Tuesday in the Republican primary for the Senate seat in Alabama vacted by Jeff Sessions, now the attorney general.

This sleepy boy and his heifer at the Iowa State Fair are winning over the internet  —  Mitchell Miner and his heifer, Audri, have spent nearly every day together for the past two months.  They've developed an unspoken connection during that short period of time.  Aaron Young/The Register  —  CONNECT

Watch VICE News Tonight's full episode  —  On Saturday hundreds of white nationalists, alt-righters, and neo-Nazis traveled to Charlottesville, Virginia, to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally.  By Saturday evening three people were dead - one protester and two police officers - and many more injured.

Did Trump Get His George Washington And Thomas Jefferson Line From Fox News?  —  The night before the president's press conference, Fox's Martha MacCallum and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discussed the same thing.  —  At a wild, defensive press conference on Tuesday afternoon …

Federal court invalidates part of Texas congressional map  —  Federal judges have invalidated two of Texas' 36 congressional districts, setting up a scramble to redraw them ahead of the 2018 elections.  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout

Trump has not yet reached out to Charlottesville victim's family  —  NEW YORK — President Trump said Tuesday he has not reached out to the family of the woman killed in this weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Va., but stressed that he will.  —  “No. I will be reaching out,” Trump said when asked by The Hill.

8/16: Trump at Lowest Point With 35% Job Approval Rating... Crack at the Base  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating is at its lowest point since taking office with only 35% of Americans giving him a positive score.  —  President Donald Trump's job approval rating …

In Charlottesville, the Local Jewish Community Presses On  —  At Congregation Beth Israel in Charlottesville, VA, we are deeply grateful for the support and prayers of the broader Reform Jewish community.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of Heather Heyer and the two Virginia …

Firing Steve Bannon Won't Change Donald Trump  —  Earlier this year, when Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's chief strategist, was at the peak of his influence, I visited him at the White House.  “This is totally top secret,” he said, ushering me inside his office on a Saturday night in mid-March.