How Trump Diverged From Other Presidents and Embraced a Policy of Separating Migrant Families  —  WASHINGTON — Almost immediately after President Trump took office, his administration began weighing what for years had been regarded as the nuclear option in the effort to discourage immigrants from unlawfully entering the United States.

United Methodist Church urges Sessions to halt migrant family separations  —  The United Methodist Church this week criticized the Department of Justice for the Trump administration's immigration policies of separating migrant families and denying asylum to those fleeing domestic abuse and gang violence.

‘America is better than this’: What a doctor saw in a Texas shelter for migrant children  —  The small shelter along the Texas border to Mexico held 60 beds and a little playground for children.  Rooms were equipped with toys, books and crayons.  To Colleen Kraft, this shelter looked …

These Harvard kids got the lesson of their life in the Heartland  —  On a blustery afternoon in April, I filed into a van along with 10 students from Harvard.  We had just spent the last two days in Chicopee, Mass., where we had chatted with the police chief and his force, the mayor and his staff …

Skepticism remains — but has eased — on North Korea's nuclear intentions (POLL)  —  Most Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll are skeptical Donald Trump's sit-down with North Korea's Kim Jong Un will lead Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear weapons.  But that doubt has lessened substantially from pre-summit levels.

Leave.EU faces new questions over contacts with Russia  —  MPs say latest revelations show Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore may have misled parliament  —  A leader of the Leave.EU campaign suggested sending a “message of support” to the Russian ambassador after the then foreign secretary …

New York's Case Against Trump May Be Prophetic  —  Why the complaint involving the president's foundation is a road map for Mueller.  —  The report released by the inspector general of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday painted a vivid picture of the past.

Psychos on the Potomac  —  WASHINGTON — A new study from Southern Methodist University says the nation's capital has more psychopaths per person than anyplace else in the country.  —  No surprise there.  —  Psychopathy is defined in the study as a “Temperamental and Uninhibited Region.”

Pope: Abortion is ‘white glove’ equivalent to Nazi crimes  —  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis denounced abortion on Saturday as the “white glove” equivalent of the Nazi-era eugenics program and urged families to accept the children that God gives them.  —  Francis spoke off-the-cuff …

For Pruitt, gaining Trump's favor — and keeping it — came through fierce allegiance  —  In the run-up to the decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement last May, President Trump wanted the opinion of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

Beauty pageant contestants aren't #MeToo victims  —  Last week the 96-year-old Miss America competition decided to drop the swimsuit portion of their event.  The move is widely regarded as a consequence of the MeToo movement, a way to stop the degradation of women.

Trump's little-known pick to lead consumer bureau sets up fight with Congress  —  President Donald Trump selected Kathy Kraninger, a little-known White House budget official, as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting up what is likely to be a bruising battle …

‘Prepared for war’: As Mueller moves to finalize obstruction report, Trump's allies ready for political battle  —  President Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III are hurtling toward a showdown over a year-long investigation into the president's conduct …