Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions After Mueller Appointment  —  WASHINGTON — Shortly after learning in May that a special counsel had been appointed to investigate links between his campaign associates and Russia, President Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an Oval Office meeting …

Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’  —  Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally?  Facebook's self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you.  —  Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world's largest social …

Inside Trump's dalliance with Democrats  —  After months of hammering Republicans over their failure to repeal Obamacare, President Donald Trump huddled this week with moderate House Democrats and Republicans who were trying to sell him on a fix to the health care law.

Trump Resurrects His Claim That Both Sides Share Blame in Charlottesville Violence  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump thrust himself back into the racial storms of Charlottesville on Thursday, repeating his charge that those resisting the neo-Nazis and white supremacists were as much to blame …

EXCLUSIVE: ESPN tried to kick Jemele Hill off the air and replace her with another black host  —  At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, just three hours after the White House encouraged ESPN to fire her, Jemele Hill sat next to her co-host Michael Smith on the set of their daily SportsCenter show and …

Harvard makes convicted spy Chelsea Manning a ‘fellow,’ igniting firestorm  —  Former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell on Thursday announced his resignation as a senior fellow at Harvard after the university named U.S. Army soldier-turned-convicted felon Chelsea Manning a visiting fellow.

FT journalist presumed dead after being ‘dragged into water by crocodile’  —  Man, named as Paul McClean, had been taking surfing lessons in Sri Lanka, when witnesses say he was pulled into the lagoon after washing his hands … A British tourist is missing after witnesses saw him being dragged …

Berkeley prepares for Ben Shapiro speech with pepper spray, concrete barriers and lots of police  —  The University of California at Berkeley is once again bracing for chaos.  —  Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is set to speak on campus Thursday evening, and authorities and administrators …

Fergie and Josh Duhamel Separate After 8 Years of Marriage: ‘We Are and Will Always Be United’  —  After eight years of marriage, Fergie and Josh Duhamel are going their separate ways, they confirm to PEOPLE exclusively.  —  “With absolute love and respect we decided to separate as a couple earlier …

The pro-Russia, pro-weed, pro-Assange GOP congressman who will be tough to beat  —  COSTA MESA, Orange County — It was a surreal visit to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Orange County home.  The 15-term Republican greeted me in bare feet, sitting on his front step making fundraising phone calls …

FLASHBACK: Sanders: If We Do Medicaid-For-All Type Plan, It Would Bankrupt The Nation  —  “If we expanded Medicaid to everybody...we would be spending such an astronomical sum of money...we would bankrupt the nation,” Sanders said in 1987.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) …

Texas secession movement: Russia-linked Facebook group asked us to participate in anti-Clinton rallies  —  A Russia-linked Facebook group asked a Texas secessionist movement if it would participate in a series of anti-immigrant, anti-Hillary Clinton rallies it was planning to hold across …

Senate candidate Roy Moore this year suggested 9/11 might have been punishment for US turning away from God  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore suggested earlier this year that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks might have happened because the US had distanced itself from God.

Ivanka Trump: ‘I will not be distracted by the noise’  —  In a rare interview, the controversial first daughter talks expectations, criticism and what comes next

U.S. Navy Investigating If Destroyer Crash Was Caused by Cyberattack  —  The military is examining whether compromised computer systems were responsible for one of two U.S. Navy destroyer collisions with merchant vessels that occurred in recent months, Vice Admiral Jan Tighe …

U.S. Military: American Fighting for ISIS ‘Surrenders’ … Multiple spokespersons for the U.S. military have told The Daily Beast that they are aware of reports that an American fighting in Syria for the so-called Islamic State has been taken into custody.  —  A source familiar …

As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens  —  Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but is down 9 percentage points over the past quarter century and dramatically different from the peak of 72% in 1960, according to newly released census data.

After Massive Giveaways to Industry, Mining Executives Will Spend Big at Trump's D.C. Hotel  —  The chief executives of some of the largest coal and mining companies in the country have chosen the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., for a private conference next month, according to documents obtained by The Intercept.

California legislature passes bill requiring presidential candidates to release tax returns  —  The California State Assembly on Thursday passed a bill that would require all presidential candidates to release their tax returns prior to being placed on the state's ballot.

Fox & Friends: Maybe Trump Wall Was ‘Symbolic’  —  Fox & Friends took viewers on a trip down gaslight alley on Thursday, with the show hosts scrambling to make sense of the alleged deal between Donald Trump and “Chuck and Nancy” to save DACA and punt the border wall until later.

Judicial Watch: New Clinton Emails Uncovered, Reveal Additional Mishandling of Classified Information  —  Abedin's controversial mother advised Clinton speechwriter to exclude references to ‘democracy/elections/freedom’ and ‘empowerment of women’ for Clinton speech in Saudi Arabia

CNN Celebrity Chef Anthony Bourdain Says He Would Poison Trump's Food  —  TV foodie Anthony Bourdain told paparazzi outside an airport that if he was asked to cater a dinner for President Donald Trump, he would poison the food.  —  The former Food Network personality and current host …

How to Quit a Magazine, by Cindi Leive  —  Cindi Leive, the editor in chief of Glamour, says that a writer has about three seconds to grab a reader's attention, so let's blurt this out: After 16 years, she says, she's quitting her job.  —  This departure, one she announced to her staff this morning …

North Korea Launches Another Missile, Escalating Crisis  —  HONG KONG — North Korea fired a missile off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said.  —  It was the 15th such test this year and the first since North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb to date.

Single-payer health care failed miserably in Colorado last year.  Here's why.  —  Nearly 80 percent of Coloradans voted no — including many Democrats and progressives.  —  On the day the state of Colorado voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by about 5 points …

Google ‘segregates’ women into lower-paying jobs, stifling careers, lawsuit says  —  Exclusive: Women say Google denied them promotions, telling the Guardian they were forced into less prestigious jobs despite qualifications  —  Google systematically pays women less than men doing similar work …

Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee removed from Dallas park  —  https://apnews.com/f67194ca24a544bfab57 7ab12e728674  —  Link copied!  —  DALLAS (AP) — Crews arranged by Dallas officials removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from a pedestal Thursday and carted it away from a park named for the Confederate general.