Trump allies gang up on Gowdy  —  The GOP lawmaker was once a conservative hero.  Now he's under fire on the right for balking at Trump's ‘spygate’ theory.  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy has been a pitbull investigator for Republicans for years.  Now, he's is in President Donald Trump's doghouse …

A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt's Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron  —  LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was one of the biggest games of the University of Kentucky basketball season, and Scott Pruitt had scored two of the best seats in the arena: a few feet from the action, in a section reserved …

Senate Republicans Are Newly Hopeful About the Midterms.  For Good Reason.  —  WASHINGTON — After a turbulent first year confronting friendly fire from President Trump, Senate Republicans are entering the summer before the midterm elections feeling more hopeful about retaining their narrow majority …

The U.S. is trying to find a discreet way to pay for Kim Jong Un's hotel during the summit  —  SINGAPORE — At an island resort off the coast of Singapore, U.S. event planners are working day and night with their North Korean counterparts to set up a summit designed to bring an end to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.

Herbert Hoover's Ghost  —  In 2014 I published a book called “America in Retreat,” with the subtitle, “The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder.”  Though an entire chapter is devoted to a critique of Tea Party foreign policy, it was mainly a lament about what I saw …

Hate on Jordan Peterson all you want, but he's tapping into frustration that feminists shouldn't ignore  —  One of the most controversial public intellectuals today is an eccentric, primly dressed professor who writes about esoteric mythology, dispenses old-fashioned wisdom such as …

GOP Lawmaker Requested ‘Sensitive’ Email Audit Of His Own Staff  —  On Monday, freshman Rep. Tom Garrett, R-Va., announced he will not seek re-election.  On Wednesday, he requested an investigation into his own congressional staff.  —  “This is (a) SENSITIVE request on behalf of the member …

Breaking from GOP orthodoxy, Trump increasingly deciding winners and losers in the economy  —  President Trump is increasingly intervening in the economy, making decisions about corporate winners and losers in ways that Republicans for decades have insisted should be left to free markets — not the government.

Some Younger Evangelicals Waver in Support for Israel  —  Generational split reflects concern over Palestinians, spurring outreach by some churches and groups  —  JERUSALEM—Growing up in evangelical Christian churches, Caleb Fitzpatrick learned quickly to be a steadfast supporter of Israel.

Steel Tariffs Are Taxing Some American Companies  —  U.S. firms say some customers are opting to import finished goods rather than absorb price increases; ‘a nightmare for steel consumers’  —  New tariffs intended to bolster the American steel and aluminum industries are starting …

Did exactly 4,645 people die in Hurricane Maria?  Nope.  —  Few academic studies have received as much media coverage as a new report, published by the New England Journal of Medicine, that the death toll in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria was much higher than official estimates of 64.

U.S. in Early Talks for Potential Summit Between Trump and Putin  —  Meeting could ease tensions between two nations that have grown to Cold War proportions  —  The White House is planning for a possible summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin …

New internet accounts are Russian ops designed to sway U.S. voters, experts say  —  WASHINGTON  —  A new Russian influence operation has surfaced that mirrors some of the activity of an internet firm that the FBI says was deeply involved in efforts to sway the 2016 U.S. elections, a cybersecurity firm says.

Donald Trump and the erosion of democratic norms in America  —  For some, the president's efforts to undermine the justice department and the Mueller investigation represent a threat to democracy  —  Ask people with deep knowledge of the US justice department about the damage Donald Trump might …

A Woman Dedicated to Saving Lives Loses Hers in Gaza Violence  —  KHUZAA, Gaza Strip — She had become a fixture at the weekly protests along the fence dividing the Gaza Strip from Israel, a young woman in a white paramedic's uniform rushing into harm's way to help treat the wounded.

Eric Holder: Trump's pardons will not “thwart” Mueller investigation  —  Eric Holder, Obama's former Attorney General, told an audience at a political event in New Hampshire Friday that even if Trump is using his pardon power to send a signal to potential witnesses in the Mueller probe …

Duke Erodes Liberal Education  —  On May 8, the Duke University student newspaper published a stirring letter addressed to the school community that was co-signed by 101 students and former students.  The letter protested the decision of the university's Sanford School of Public Policy …

The case for quarantining extremist ideas  —  When confronted with white supremacists, newspaper editors should consider ‘strategic silence’  —  George Lincoln Rockwell, the head of the American Nazi party, had a simple media strategy in the 1960s.  He wrote in his autobiography …

A society ripped apart by full-frontal incivility  —  Roseanne Barr and Samantha Bee require us to keep numerous truths in mind simultaneously, which may be more than we can handle in this tribal moment.  —  What Barr said was racist and unforgivable.  ABC was right to fire her.

This Factory Was Ready to Expand.  Then Came the Trump Trade Wars.  —  WASHINGTON — Andy Marsh's New York factory is trapped in the Trump trade wars.  —  As Mr. Trump threatens tariffs on America's economic allies and its adversaries, many of the domestic businesses that the president …

The Housewives of White Supremacy  —  In a podcast interview posted last spring, Nicole Jorgenson, a singer and former schoolteacher in North Dakota, explains to her host that she has never been happier since marrying and having children.  And yet between cute pastoral anecdotes of growing …

Mattis Accuses Beijing of ‘Intimidation and Coercion’ in South China Sea  —  SINGAPORE — Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis harshly criticized the Chinese government on Saturday for its continuing militarization of a string of islands in the South China Sea, calling the new presence …

Bannon predicts government shutdown over border wall  —  Washington (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon predicts there will be another government shutdown in the near future.  —  “I believe the government will actually shut down in the run-up to the election,” …

California adds 8th state to travel ban list: Oklahoma  —  California-funded travel to Oklahoma has been banned, starting June 22, because of a new Oklahoma law that allows adoption agencies to deny placement services to same-sex parents, state officials announced Friday.

America's poor becoming more destitute under Trump: U.N. expert  —  GENEVA (Reuters) - Poverty in the United States is extensive and is deepening under the Trump administration whose policies seem aimed at removing the safety net from millions of poor, while rewarding the rich, a U.N. human rights investigator has found.

Google is labeling a Trump-supporting Republican state senator a “BIGOT”  —  Trudy Wade is a Republican state senator from North Carolina and an enthusiastic supporter of President Trump.  —  But if you search “Trudy Wade” on Google, the search giant displays an old photo in the “knowledge panel” …

An American 13-Year-Old, Pregnant and Married to Her Rapist  —  Dawn Tyree was 11 years old when a family friend began to molest her.  A bit more than a year later, she became pregnant from these rapes, and her parents found out what had been going on.  But they didn't go to the police; instead, they found another solution.

New Hampshire Police Charged and Arrested a Man for Criticizing Them on the Internet  —  On May 23, a police officer arrested Robert W. Frese in Exeter, New Hampshire and took him to the station for booking.  Frese is no stranger to law enforcement; in the past, he has been convicted of fraud, criminal trespassing, and a hit-and-run.

Russian World-Cup Themed Water Bottle Ignites Objects, Media Reports  —  As Russian companies try to cash in on football-themed products ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, one popular water brand is literally trying to catch fire.  —  Just about everyone is trying to capitalize …

When the punishment feels like a crime  —  It didn't take long for them to find her.  Soon after Michele Dauber started teaching at Stanford Law School in the fall of 2001, a few female students came to her office and told her they had been sexually assaulted.

Trump's Power Isn't Fear.  It's Fatigue.  —  Nobody is scared of getting their ass kicked by Donald Trump.  But that doesn't mean he can't exhaust them into submission.  —  Ever since Donald Trump descended his golden escalator and took over US politics and popular culture …

The not-quite-Gulag archipelago  —  The government is building hundreds or thousands of unacknowledged re-education camps to which Uighurs can be sent for any reason or for none.  In some of them day-to-day conditions do not appear to be physically abusive as much as creepy.

Pedro Sánchez sworn in as Spain's prime minister  —  Spanish socialist leader Pedro Sánchez was sworn in as prime minister Saturday morning by King Felipe VI.  —  The new premier took the oath of office at a ceremony at the Zarzuela Palace on the outskirts of Madrid.