Vote against the GOP this November  —  Amid the carnage of Republican misrule in Washington, there is this glimmer of good news: The family-shredding policy along the southern border, the most telegenic recent example of misrule, clarified something.  Occurring less than 140 days before elections …

An utterly disastrous week for Donald Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Fresh off one of the best — or, at the very least, most consequential — weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump just experienced one of his worst weeks in the White House.  —  The week was totally defined by the botched handling …

Arguments, confusion, second-guessing: Inside Trump's reversal on separating migrant families  —  The White House's hastily crafted executive order to end child separations spurred confusion and fights within the federal government, and second-guessing from the president who had demanded the order in the first place.

The original source for Trump's claim of 63,000 immigrant murders?  Bad data from Steve King in 2005.  —  All right.  Settle in for a bit and maybe swipe over to the calculator app on your phone.  We're about to go on quite a numeric roller coaster ride.  —  President Trump shifted …

Why Are Parents Bringing Their Children on Treacherous Treks to the U.S. Border?  —  President Trump hopes to deter the flow of migrants into the United States, but near the busy border crossing in Arizona, some said that the threat of separation from their children would not deter them.

Mueller signals outside prosecutors may eventually take over Russian trolls case  —  A handful of new federal prosecutors have joined one of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's cases — an indication that he is preparing to hand off at least one prosecution to others when his office completes …

I lost because I wasn't Trump enough.  All Republicans should worry.  —  Mark Sanford, a Republican, represents South Carolina's 1st Congressional District in the House of Representatives.  —  They say elections have consequences, and if this is so, we should all be concerned over the recent primary along the coast of South Carolina.

Can the Border Patrol ask for your papers?  This tool shows if you're in the ‘border zone.’  —  The government's crackdown on illegal immigration came to an unexpected place on Wednesday: central Maine — about as far from the border with Mexico as it is possible to get.

Jogger accidentally crosses U.S. border from B.C., gets detained for 2 weeks by authorities  —  Cedella Roman, visiting mom from France, says border patrol held her for crossing into Blaine, Wash.  —  Cedella Roman says she was jogging along the beach in White Rock, B.C., when she crossed the U.S. border without realizing it.

Detention of Migrant Families as “Deterrence”: Ethical Flaws and Empirical Doubts  —  Everyone knew that separating children was about deterrence, using them as pawns in a grownups' game to send a message that those seeking to migrate to the United States should stay out.

The four times Trump signed tax returns for his foundation that contained incorrect information  —  For years, President Trump personally signed the tax returns for his charitable foundation, scrawling his signature just below a stern warning from the IRS: Providing false information could lead to “penalties of perjury.”

Trump Reaffirms North Korean Nuclear Threat After Saying It Was Gone  —  President Donald Trump told Congress in a letter on Friday that North Korea's “provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions...continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat” to the United States.

Netflix Fires PR Chief After Use of N-Word in Meeting (Exclusive)  —  The streaming giant is letting its top spokesperson go after six years in the role.  —  Netflix is letting go of its top communications spokesman.  —  Jonathan Friedland, who's served as the streaming giant's chief communications officer …

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 …

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 …

Man charged in bike path killings speaks in court of ‘Allah’  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path and injuring many more spoke out in court Friday over a prosecutor's objection, invoking “Allah” and defending the Islamic State.

Trump Organization and Kushner Companies sever ties on N.J. business deals  —  Kushner Companies and the Trump Organization are calling it quits on two hotel business deals in New Jersey, according to a source familiar with the matter and a recently published story by The New York Times.

Americans' Certainty About Voting This Year Starting Off Low  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-six percent of U.S. adults are currently “absolutely certain” they will vote in the November elections for Congress.  That's on the low side in Gallup's trend of final pre-election midterm polls since 1954 …

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate from Maine arrested at Texas child detention center  —  Zak Ringelstein, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Angus King, had traveled to McAllen, Texas, with supplies he said he wanted to deliver to children separated from their parents.

HHS creates task force to reunify migrant families  —  HHS on Friday created an “unaccompanied children reunification task force,” a first step toward reunifying thousands of migrant children in the agency's custody with their families, according to an internal document obtained by POLITICO.

For second year, Sanders earns more than $1M  —  WASHINGTON — For the second year in a row, Sen. Bernie Sanders' income topped seven figures.  —  A recent financial disclosure report shows the junior Vermont senator made nearly $1.06 million in 2017.  Most of his income — $885,767 …

After Nevada GOP push, Treasury quietly changed lucrative policy benefiting one county  —  The Treasury Department last week quietly reversed itself after lobbying by Nevada Republicans and agreed to let a previously ineligible county reap huge benefits from the new tax law.

Inside the Ukraine peace plan in Mueller probe: More authors, earlier drafting than believed  —  A controversial peace plan for Ukraine and Russia that has drawn headlines and scrutiny from Special Counsel Robert Mueller was initially devised in early 2016 with significant input from an ex-congressman …

Trump pushes back against border separation uproar  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump tried to cast doubt Friday on wrenching tales of migrant children separated from their families at the border, dismissing “phony stories of sadness and grief” while asserting the real victims …

First Thoughts on Carpenter v. United States  —  A big case.  Here's an ongoing Q&A, which I will add to through the day.  —  The Supreme Court has handed down its long-awaited decision in Carpenter v. United States.  The opinion is only an hour old as I start to write this …