Trump's Conspicuous Silence Leaves a Struggle Against Russia Without a Leader  —  WASHINGTON — After more than a dozen Russians and three companies were indicted on Friday for interfering in the 2016 elections, President Trump's first reaction was to claim personal vindication …

Prominent Republican Donor Issues Ultimatum on Assault Weapons  —  A prominent Republican political donor demanded on Saturday that the party pass legislation to restrict access to guns, and vowed not to contribute to any candidates or electioneering groups that did not support a ban on the sale of military-style firearms to civilians.

Exclusive: Group chat messages show school shooter obsessed with race, violence and guns  —  (CNN)In a private Instagram group chat, confessed school shooter Nikolas Cruz repeatedly espoused racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views and displayed an obsession with violence and guns.

We know nothing; Mueller knows all  —  Robert Mueller's meaty indictment, accusing 13 Russians (including an oligarch known as “Putin's cook") of “information warfare against the United States of America,” shows the special counsel has been doing deep, serious investigative work — totally under the radar, and with zero leaks.

Kushner requests more intel info than almost all White House staff: report  —  's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner  —  has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official.  —  The Washington Post reports that Kushner …

No Country for Young Men With AR-15s  —  Four years ago the essayist Helen Andrews wrote a critique, for the religious journal First Things, of what she described as “bloodless moralism” — meaning the decay of public moral arguments into a kind of a vulgar empiricism, a mode of debate …

Larry Krasner Sues Big Pharma, Drops All Marijuana Possession Charges  —  With a little over a month in office, Philly's new DA is already further reforming the city's drug policy.  —  On the same day a Philly.com op-ed was published in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner …

‘No more guns’: Protesters escorted out of Paul Ryan fundraiser in Key Biscayne  —  Two protesters chanting “no more guns” were removed from a Republican fundraiser in Key Biscayne Friday night after confronting Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the mass shooting that happened days earlier and miles up the road.

Does Mueller Indictment Mean Clinton Campaign Can Be Indicted for Chris Steele?  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted foreign citizens for trying to influence the American public about an election because those citizens did not register as a foreign agent nor record their financial expenditures to the Federal Elections Commission.

I was asked to help ICE at my government job.  I couldn't do that.  So I quit.  —  I loved my work at the Labor Department, but I can't be a part of breaking up families.  —  My job as a legal secretary for the Montana Department of Labor and Industry was not an easy one.

McMaster: ‘Incontrovertible’ evidence of Russian interference in election  —  Moscow may change tack because its strategy is not working, US national security adviser says.  —  The evidence against Russians charged with interfering in the U.S. election is “incontrovertible,” …

Mueller levels new claim of bank fraud against Manafort  —  Prosecutors say they've found ‘additional criminal conduct’ by the former Trump campaign chairman.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman …