‘Pure madness’: Dark days inside the White House as Trump shocks and rages … Inside the White House, aides over the past week have described an air of anxiety and volatility — with an uncontrollable commander in chief at its center.  —  These are the darkest days in at least half a year …

Trump escalates trade war, threatens European carmakers with stiff tariffs … President Trump on Saturday threatened to hammer European automotive companies with steep tariffs as his global trade war snowballed into a third day.  —  Trump, in a series of Twitter posts while at his Mar …

Trump on China's Xi consolidating power: 'Maybe we'll give that a shot some day'  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump bemoaned a decision not to investigate Hillary Clinton after the 2016 presidential election, decrying a “rigged system” that still doesn't have the “right people” in place to fix it …

Politico Writer Angry at Broward Sheriff for Hurting Liberal Anti-NRA Narrative  —  Michael Grunwald expressed his anger in Politico magazine at Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.  He is upset because Sheriff Israel's inept leadership and boastful manner has diverted attention away …

Exclusive: Florida Public School Teacher Has A White Nationalist Podcast  —  Dayanna Volitich suggests Muslims be eradicated from the earth, believes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ... and teaches middle school social studies.  —  Dayanna Volitich, a 25-year-old social studies teacher …

Ivanka Trump: Born to legitimize corruption and make the shoddy look cute  —  On July 27, 2017, near the end of the one of the most compelling hearings yet on the Trump-Russia affair, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) offered an extraordinary insight.  It shot through the proceedings like a comet.

A presidential milestone: Trump has spent 100 days in office at one of his golf clubs  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump reached a presidential milestone at his Palm Beach County, Florida, golf club on Saturday: One hundred days in office at a golf club that bears his name.

Florida Senate briefly approves AR-15 ban, then rejects it  —  Surprise action in extraordinary all-day Saturday session on gun measures  —  TALLAHASSEE — On a day filled with emotion, the Florida Senate Saturday debated measures in response to the Parkland tragedy to spend millions …

Advertisers flee InfoWars founder Alex Jones' YouTube channel  —  Facebook, YouTube fail to blunt conspiracy theories  —  Some of the biggest brands in the U.S. had ads running on the YouTube channels for far-right website InfoWars and its founder, notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …

Trump's White House Is a Black Hole  —  Character is fate.  That's as true for a president as it is for anyone else, and so it's no surprise that the Trump presidency is engulfed in chaos.  —  The policy process is broken and incoherent, with the White House lurching from one position to another.

Secret Service says man shoots himself outside White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man shot himself outside the White House, and medical personnel are on the scene.  —  President Donald Trump is not at the White House — he's in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday.

It's a gusher of candidates due to Trump resistance and frustration with Congress  —  A record number of candidates are running for Congress this year, a surge in political involvement at a time of fierce liberal opposition to President Trump and sustained levels of voter disgust toward the performance of lawmakers inside the Capitol.

Live From the West Wing, Trump Pulls Back the Curtain  —  WASHINGTON — The chief executive sits at a long wooden table, putting his invited guests on the spot to defend their positions, occasionally needling them with biting comments, often shocking them with blunt talk — all for a rapt television audience.

Philando Castile charity wipes out kids' lunch debt in district where he worked  —  Teacher: Philando Castile was a role model for kids  —  (CNN)One by one.  —  That's how Philando Castile, who was killed by a police officer during a 2016 traffic stop, used to help kids who couldn't afford lunch.

Lindsey Graham: War with North Korea would be ‘worth it’ in the long run  —  (R-S.C.) said this week that a war with North Korea would be “worth it” in the long term.  —  Graham made the comments in an interview with CNN.  —  “All the damage that would come from a war would be worth …

Anti-Trump momentum brings surge of women candidates in deep red Texas  —  “We have a reached a tipping point.”  —  Fueled by anti-Trump backlash, a surge of women are putting their names on the ballot and running for office in Texas, with potentially momentous implications for the balance of power in the deep red state.

Eric Holder predicts Robert Mueller charges Trump with obstruction of justice  —  President Trump will face an obstruction of justice charge from special counsel Robert Mueller, former Attorney General Eric Holder predicted.  —  “You technically have an obstruction of justice case that already exists …

Shortly before Trump announced tariffs, his former adviser dumped millions in steel-related stocks … President Trump's decision Thursday to impose crippling tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum took many by surprise — particularly investors, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed …

Congressional, civil rights leaders gather at Civil Rights Memorial to honor movement's martyrs  —  U.S. Rep. John Lewis led a gathering of congressional and civil rights leaders in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama, today, honoring those who lost their lives in the struggle for civil rights.