Justice Department: No evidence Trump Tower was wiretapped  —  (CNN)The Justice Department said in a court filing Friday evening that it has no evidence to support President Donald Trump's assertion in March that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped the phones in Trump Tower before last year's election.

Trump preparing withdrawal from South Korea trade deal, a move opposed by top aides  —  President Trump has instructed advisers to prepare a withdrawal from the United States' free-trade agreement with South Korea, several people close to the process said, a move that would stoke economic tensions …

Trump's summer of discontent bleeds into high-stakes fall  —  https://apnews.com/09374b11b8494515b50d e5a5538014f6  —  Link copied!  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — After a summer of staff shake-ups and self-made crises, President Donald Trump is emerging politically damaged, personally agitated …

AP EXCLUSIVE: Toxic waste sites flooded; EPA not on scene  —  https://apnews.com/27796dd13b9549b0ac76 aded58a15122  —  Link copied!  —  HIGHLANDS, Texas (AP) — As Dwight Chandler sipped beer and swept out the thick muck caked inside his devastated home, he worried whether Harvey's floodwaters …

Trump Cites ‘Happiness’ At Texas Shelter As Harvey Death Toll Climbs  —  President Donald Trump returned to the Houston area on Saturday to meet with survivors of Hurricane Harvey and participate in relief efforts—which he did not do during his first visit to the disaster-stricken region earlier this week.

Minneapolis bar closes over owner's donation to David Duke campaign  —  A bar in Minneapolis, Minn., shut its doors Friday after it was revealed the owner had donated to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke's failed Senate campaign, The Star Tribune reported.

Long List of Top Democrats Have 2020, and Money, on Their Minds  —  WASHINGTON — Aides to Senator Kamala Harris of California say that her fund-raisers in Martha's Vineyard and the Hamptons this summer have been all about helping Democrats in 2018.  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s allies …

Trump nominates former coal exec to run MSHA  —  President Donald Trump on Saturday indicated he has chosen as the nation's top mine safety official the former chief executive of Rhino Resources, a coal company that repeatedly clashed with federal regulators when the Obama administration Labor Department tried …

Waiting for a Perfect Protest?  —  Media outlets and commentators representing a range of political persuasions have called attention to recent outbreaks of violence in Berkeley, Calif., Boston and other locations where anti-racist and anti-fascist demonstrators have gathered.

SLC mayor, police chief apologize for officer who arrested nurse; criminal investigation to follow  —  Police department places two officers on leave as internal investigation continues.  —  Hours after Salt Lake City's mayor and police chief apologized for an officer handcuffing a hospital nurse …