Gary Cohn urges Trump team to do more to condemn neo-Nazis  —  Gary Cohn, the top White House economic official, said the Trump administration “must do better” in condemning neo-Nazis and white supremacists following the violent protests in Charlottesville this month that sparked …

Mnuchin viewed eclipse from roof of Fort Knox  —  Louise Linton, wife of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, drew accusations of elitism this week for an Instagram glamour shot of her stepping off a government jet — and for her mockery of an online critic as “adorably out of touch.”

From space, ‘astounding’ Hurricane Harvey looks like it's about to swallow all of Texas  —  A brief-but-haunting video released by NASA on Thursday night shows Hurricane Harvey's powerful churn toward Central Texas, where the slow-moving storm is expected to throttle coastal communities with high winds and up to 25 inches of rain.

Pro-Trump Media Bristles As John Kelly Limits What Gets To The President's Desk  —  The new White House chief of staff is on an info war, peeving some on the far right.  —  Pro-Trump media personalities and websites are worried they may be losing a dear reader: President Trump.

At CIA, a watchful eye on Mike Pompeo, the president's ardent ally  —  As CIA director, Mike Pompeo has taken a special interest in an agency unit that is closely tied to the investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, requiring the Counterintelligence Mission Center to report directly to him.

Trump is exactly what Republicans are not  —  (Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)  —  John C. Danforth was a Republican U.S. senator from Missouri from 1976 to 1995.  —  Many have said that President Trump isn't a Republican.  They are correct, but for a reason more fundamental than those usually given.

Videos show East High cheerleaders repeatedly forced into splits, police investigating … DENVER - Editor's note: the video included in this story is difficult to watch and may not be suitable for all viewers.  —  Denver Police are now investigating incidents involving multiple cheerleaders …

Turd Reich: San Francisco dog owners lay minefield of poo for rightwing rally  —  ‘I just had this image of alt-right people stomping around in the poop,’ says the organizer of an unusual protest ahead of Saturday's Patriot Prayer rally … When a group of far-right activists come …

Trump seriously considering ending DACA  —  President Trump is seriously considering ending DACA, the Obama-era policy that shields some illegal immigrants from deportation, before conservative state attorneys general file a court challenge to the program.  —  Sources familiar …

Is McGregor Safe Fighting Mayweather?  Ringside Physicians Say No  —  The highly anticipated showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor may be a financial bonanza for its promoters, as well as for Nevada's casinos and sports books, but there is an important constituency that does …

The obscene effort to shame 'Trump's Jews'  —  Allow me a moment of pride: The hot new criticism of my fellow Jews is that we don't complain enough.  —  SEE ALSO  —  Really.  A host of pundits, concerned about President Trump's baffling unwillingness to single out neo-Nazis for criticism …

Is Sean Hannity's endorsement a kiss of death?  —  Kelli Ward was so excited to receive Sean Hannity's endorsement that upon learning of it on Wednesday, she reportedly interrupted a radio interview to announce the news to a crowd gathered for a campaign event in Sun Lakes, Ariz.

Oil and gas allies to Trump: Slow down  —  President Donald Trump's aggressive drive to roll back environmental regulations is moving too fast even for some in the oil and gas industry.  —  Publicly, petroleum companies and their trade groups are cheering Trump's efforts …

Roger Stone: Any Politician Who Votes To Impeach Trump “Would Be Endangering Their Own Life”  —  Roger Stone, a former Trump campaign advisor and personal friend of the President says if Congress impeaches Donald Trump, there will be all-out Civil War in the U.S.

Franken seen as reluctant 2020 candidate  —  say they believe the Minnesota senator could be talked into running for the White House if he believes he's the Democrat best positioned to defeat President Trump.  —  But they say Franken would need to be convinced, and argue that the former …

Kasich, Hickenlooper eye joint 2020 bid  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) — “the Johns,” as insiders are calling them — have been making a flurry of joint appearances to talk about state-driven improvements to health care.

James Cameron: 'The downside of being attracted to independent women is that they don't need you'  —  As the 3D version of Terminator 2 hits screens, he talks about how he will never reproduce the shock of the original film - and how he has learned to be nice on set

2017 Debt Limit Analysis  —  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has notified Congress that it is “critical” for the debt limit to be extended by September 29th in order to ensure that Treasury can continue to fund the obligations of the federal government.  —  This is consistent …

Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and the Ways We Talk About Our Past  —  It has been 20 years since the historian Annette Gordon-Reed published “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy,” a book that successfully challenged the prevailing perceptions of both figures.

Intel chief sheds light on ‘beautiful letter’ Trump says he wrote him  —  Clapper's full interview on Trump's rally  —  (CNN)When former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper questioned President Donald Trump's “fitness to be in this office” after the President's wild speech …

Soldiers on Pence Detail Reassigned for Bringing Women to Hotel  —  The U.S. Army detail assigned to Vice President Mike Pence's communications team has been removed from White House duties after being caught on video bringing women back to their hotel in Colombia, according to three U.S. defense officials.

Some In Congress Don't Get The “Gravity” Of Russian Election Meddling, Former CIA Director Said  —  John Brennan, CIA director under President Barack Obama, also bemoaned a “barrage” of “inaccurate and misleading” news reports.  He made these statements in an internal memo to CIA employees obtained through …

Breitbart, other ‘alt-right’ websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort  —  Amid an investigation into Russian meddling in the last U.S. presidential election, a Russian propaganda Twitter network aimed at American audiences consistently spreads links to Breitbart and other right-wing …

Why Is the Southern Poverty Law Center Targeting Liberals?  —  Since the violence in Charlottesville 10 days ago, when white supremacists left one young woman dead and 19 others injured, the Southern Poverty Law Center has hit the jackpot.  The Alabama-based nonprofit is set to receive millions …

These are the 10 sailors lost from the USS John S. McCain … After more than 80 hours of searching thousands of miles of open sea, the U.S. Navy now hopes only to recover the bodies lost from the USS John S. McCain after it collided with an oil tanker near Singapore.