Why a small-town restaurant owner asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave — and would do it again  —  Stephanie Wilkinson was at home Friday evening — nearly 200 miles from the White House — when the choice presented itself.  —  Her phone rang about 8 p.m. It was the chef at the Red Hen …

As Critics Assail Trump, His Supporters Dig In Deeper  —  LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now.  President Trump says or does something that triggers a spasm of outrage.  She doesn't necessarily agree with how he handled the situation.  She gets why people are upset.

Katie Arrington alert, talking after surgery following two-car fatal accident Friday night  —  Katie Arrington, who two weeks ago won the Republican 1st Congressional District nomination over Mark Sanford, was in a fatal car accident late Friday, sustaining serious injuries but was alert …

Report: Trump child detention takes resources away from fighting crime  —  Trump says his cruel border crackdown is needed to stop drug cartels and gangs — but federal prosecutors say his approach is diverting resources they need to combat drug smuggling.  —  Trump's zero-tolerance approach …

Who's Really Crossing the U.S. Border, and Why They're Coming  —  Over the past week, the separation of 2,000 children from their parents along the U.S. border has forced immigration into the national spotlight.  President Trump, who initiated the separations and then sought to quash criticism …

FBI hands House GOP thousands of documents on Russia probe  —  The FBI turned over thousands of documents to Congress this week, including details about its use of informants to glean information on Russian contacts with President Donald Trump's campaign, according to letters the bureau sent to three GOP committee chairmen on Friday.

‘Every man and woman for themselves’: White House offers discordant messages on migrant separation policy  —  Melania Trump wore a jacket emblazoned with the message “I really don't care, do u?” while trying to show she cared by visiting migrant children.  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions …

Britain Has a Russia Collusion Scandal Now.  It Looks Exactly Like Trump's.  —  The most important thing to understand about the Russia scandal is that it perfectly fits a clear pattern of behavior.  What Vladimir Putin is accused of doing to help Donald Trump win the presidency …

Seven Ways Alabama Has Made It Harder to Vote  —  Five years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act.  Since then, Alabama has enacted a slew of restrictive voting laws and policies.  —  Five years after the Supreme Court invalidated …

Trump, again and again, describes a world detached from reality  — Over and over, he painted fundamentally false portraits of people and events to flatter himself, discredit predecessors and rivals, and promote his political objectives.  — Some highlights from Trump's week include …

Donald Trump and the 1930s playbook: liberal democracy comes unstuck  —  “I really don't care.  Do u?” said graffiti on the back of Melania Trump's coat as she boarded the plane for Texas to visit encaged child migrants.  No one, except Donald Trump, who tweeted that her garb was meant as a criticism of the …

The Latest: Trump dubs Nevada Democrat ‘Wacky Jacky’  —  The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to Nevada (all times local):  —  President Donald Trump is helping Nevada Sen. Dean Heller raise money for his re-election battle and has come up with a new nickname for his Democratic challenger.

Officer fired for “abusing his authority” by pulling over daughter's boyfriend  —  Lorain, OH (WOLO) — A 26 year veteran of the police Lorain Police Department is without a job tonight.  According to his superior officer the officer “abused his authority” when he pulled his daughter's boyfriend …

Washington, D.C.: the Psychopath Capital of America  —  A new study ranks each state, plus D.C., by their psychopathic tendencies.  The race for first?  It isn't even close.  —  As Washington's shock over winning the Stanley Cup demonstrates, the nation's capital isn't used to being first in anything.

Desert Storm memorial to be built on National Mall near Vietnam Wall  —  WASHINGTON — The National Desert Storm War Memorial will be located on the National Mall just steps away from the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, after a federal commission approved the site on Thursday.

Thousands of Bourbon Barrels Come Crashing Down in Kentucky  —  Bourbon is flowing in Kentucky, but don't grab a glass.  —  Thousands of full barrels of bourbon, and possibly other spirits, came crashing down when a storage warehouse in Bardstown, Ky., partly collapsed on Friday.

Is Mueller's Team Worried that Trump's Strategy Is Working?  —  The special counsel believes polarized media coverage has poisoned the well of potential jurors.  —  Never one to pass up an opportunity to attack the media, Donald Trump excoriated ABC News on Wednesday after the network aired …

Trump-Putin meeting will follow Bolton trip to Moscow, says Pompeo  —  Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, expects a planned visit to Moscow by national security adviser John Bolton will lead to a meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.  —  Paul Manafort lawyers want mention of Trump banned in Virginia trial