Exclusive: Top Trump aide's email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry  —  Washington (CNN)Congressional investigators have unearthed an email from a top Trump aide that referenced a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting last year between Trump campaign officials …

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: White House rapid response director is out  —  W.H. RAPID RESPONSE DIRECTOR IS OUT — ANDY HEMMING left his job on Monday as the White House director of rapid response, according to multiple sources.  A source familiar with the move told us it was a “mutually agreed upon” …

Driver pushes into protesters in St. Louis street; 3 people sustain minor injuries … A car drives up to a group of protesters blocking Manchester Avenue, the car stopped and then accelerates through the protesters in St. Louis on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017.  Only minor injuries were reported by people on the scene.

Trump retweets meme of his blocking Obama, labeled the ‘best eclipse ever’  —  President Donald Trump today retweeted a meme that showed a picture of his gradually blocking out an image of former President Obama with the caption “The Best Eclipse Ever.”  —  The meme was originally tweeted …

Good Riddance to Steve Bannon  —  The country is better off with him out of the West Wing, but now Trump has to step up.  —  After departing his post as White House chief strategist last week, Steve Bannon told the Weekly Standard that “the Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over.”

Senator Lindsey Graham On President Trump's Tweeting At Congress  —  South Carolina's Lindsey Graham joined me this morning:  —  Transcript:  —  HH: I am joined now by United States Senator Lindsey Graham from the great state of South Carolina.  Good morning, Senator, how are you?

Christopher Cantwell, White Nationalist, Surrenders to the Police  —  A white nationalist whose behavior at the violent gatherings this month in Charlottesville, Va., brought him notoriety after he was featured in a widely viewed documentary, has turned himself into the authorities in Virginia days …

93-year-old Confederate monument in Manatee County moved  —  BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) - It didn't take long for the 93-year-old Confederate war memorial outside the Manatee County Courthouse to be moved.  —  The monument was already gone from Bradenton Thursday morning.

Senate 2018: Republican Edge Runs Up Against Trump, History  —  Beyond president's poor numbers lies difficulty of beating out-of-power party incumbents  —  Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency, 2018's race for the Senate seemed to pit two powerful, competing forces against one another …

Rabbis Protest Trump's Comments by Boycotting Conference Call  —  For years, the presidential conference calls were a nonpartisan holiday tradition: President Barack Obama would speak by phone with hundreds of rabbis in advance of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, in what participants described …

We're Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy  —  Sigh.  If only President Trump denounced neo-Nazis as passionately and sincerely as he castigates journalists.  —  What could be an easier task than distancing oneself from Nazis or violent white supremacists?

The Republican Establishment Stands Behind Trump  —  President Trump's response to the deadly white-supremacist protests in Charlottesville earlier this month sparked a fierce national backlash, drawing rebukes from elected officials, corporate executives, military leaders, clergy, and—according to a new poll—a majority of Americans.

New Texas voter ID law discriminates, federal judge rules  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)A federal district court judge granted a permanent injunction against Texas' voter ID law Wednesday, holding that the state acted with discriminatory intent.  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton called the ruling …

Gingrich: Left's treatment of Trump is like ‘slave newspapers’ attacking Lincoln  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Wednesday compared liberals who are critical of President Trump to “slave newspapers” attacking Abraham Lincoln.  —  Speaking on Fox News's “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” …

He wore Confederate dress to Charlottesville.  He got two middle fingers and possible expulsion from college.  —  The following is a retelling based on contemporary accounts of a confrontation in Charlottesville between two middle fingers and a Confederate flag.

New GW Battleground Poll Finds Widespread Public Concern About President Trump's Behavior  —  MEDIA CONTACTS:  —  Jason Shevrin: jshevrin@gwu.edu, 202-994-5631  —  John Brandt: johnbrandt@gwu.edu, 202-994-3199  —  Democrats Hold Edge on Health Care, Climate Change …

Does Anybody Understand What These Never Trump Republicans Think They're Achieving?  —  What's the end game for these preening, posturing doofuses who call themselves Republicans, but who can't pass a CNN camera without slamming their party's president?  There is a lot of blue falconry …

Even With Affirmative Action, Blacks and Hispanics Are More Underrepresented at Top Colleges Than 35 Years Ago  —  +8 pts.  —  Over-  —  +4  —  Under-  —  Whites  —  Asians  —  Hispanics  —  Blacks … '15  —  +8 pts.  —  '80  —  Over-  —  +4  —  Under-  —  Whites

Gregg Jarrett: Trump vs. crooks, liars and the liberal media  —  President Trump's speech in Phoenix brought out the usual cast of misfits and miscreants.  —  And no, I'm not just referring to the “Antifa” anarchists who were, for the most part, denied their typical practice of wielding clubs …

The Latest: Conway says Trump is serious on border wall  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local):  —  White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says President Donald Trump will keep fighting for his promised border wall, after the president threatened a government shutdown over the issue.