We Have a Crisis of Democracy, Not Manners  —  Last year, the white nationalist Richard Spencer was kicked out of his Virginia gym after another member confronted him and called him a Nazi.  This incident did not generate a national round of hand-wringing about the death of tolerance …

The Latest: US officials order send to sit-in at ICE office  —  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Latest on the separation of immigrant children from their parents (all times local):  —  Federal officials Monday ordered protesters to end their round-the-clock occupation of property outside …

How Comey intervened to kill WikiLeaks' immunity deal  —  One of the more devastating intelligence leaks in American history — the unmasking of the CIA's arsenal of cyber warfare weapons last year — has an untold prelude worthy of a spy novel.  —  Some of the characters are household names, thanks to the Russia scandal: James Comey

Opinion analysis: Texas scores near-complete victory on redistricting  —  This morning the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Texas in a dispute alleging that the state's lawmakers had drawn redistricting maps to discriminate against some of the state's black and Hispanic residents.

Fox News Suspends Ex-Trump Aide David Bossie for ‘Cotton-Picking’ Remark … David Bossie, the former deputy campaign manager for Donald Trump and current outside adviser to the president, has been suspended from his contributor gig at Fox News, The Daily Beast has learned.  —  The suspension lasts two weeks.

Days of Rage  —  There is no limiting principle on leftist fury.  —  American politics is taking a dangerous turn.  Or, I should say, American politics is taking a dangerous turn again.  In the space of a few days last week, leftist protesters individually targeted trump aide Stephen Miller …

A Parlor Game at Rebekah Mercer's Has No Get Out of Jail Free Card  —  Members of the right-wing family that helped put Trump in the White House can relive the campaign in an elaborate dinner-party game.  —  Robert Mercer, the New York hedge-fund magnate whose huge donations to pro-Trump groups …

Mattis is out of the loop and Trump doesn't listen to him, say officials  —  On Iran, North Korea and other major issues, the defense secretary has been out of the loop.  —  NBC Exclusive: Trump relying less on Defense Secretary Mattis, officials say  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary …

Trump aides urged to get a gun  —  Facing a new wave of potentially dangerous threats, called for by a top Democratic lawmaker, legal and gun experts are calling on top Trump aides to get their concealed carry permit and back it up with a pistol.  —  “There are simply not enough police …

Harley, stung by tariffs, shifts some production overseas  —  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Harley-Davidson, up against spiraling costs from tariffs, will begin shifting the production of motorcycles headed for Europe from the U.S. to factories overseas.  —  The European Union on Friday began rolling …

It's time for the press to suspend normal relations with the Trump presidency  —  That is my recommendation.  —  It sometimes happens in diplomacy that one country has to say to another: “This is extreme.  We cannot accept this.  You have gone too far.”  And so it suspends diplomatic relations.

SEE IT: Trump supporter berates landscapers because they're ‘Mexican,’ calls them ‘rapists and animals’  —  A 27-year-old California man and his mother were called “rapists” and “animals” by a Trump supporter while trying to do landscaping work — and video of the exchange has been viewed millions of times online.

Special counsel obtains Trump ally Erik Prince's phones, computer  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller is digging deeper into Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.  —  Prince, America's most famous private military contractor …

Democrats Are Turning Out to Vote in the Most Competitive Primary Races  —  In more than 20 of the most competitive House races of 2018, the share of Democrats voting in primaries notably increased, compared with 2014, the last midterm election cycle.  —  Democrats have appeared …

Sean Spicer Is Testing Out a New Job: TV Talk Show Host  —  Ellen.  Oprah.  —  ... Sean?  —  Sean Spicer, arguably the world's most famous White House press secretary, is developing a talk show with the tentative title of “Sean Spicer's Common Ground,” in which the former spokesman …

Sen. Paul files civil suit against Boucher  —  U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Bowling Green has filed a lawsuit against the neighbor who admitted to assaulting him in front of his house.  —  In the civil complaint, filed Friday in Warren Circuit Court, the Republican senator seeks an unspecified amount …

Why women are dominating Democratic primaries  —  Anna Greenberg was Bill de Blasio's pollster in 2013 when the then-candidate for New York City mayor defeated former frontrunner Christine Quinn — a victory Greenberg says was a case of the liberal de Blasio's ideology trumping Quinn's gender.

Top Tech Companies Met With Intelligence Officials to Discuss Midterms  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Eight of the tech industry's most influential companies, in anticipation of a repeat of the Russian meddling that occurred during the 2016 presidential campaign, met with United States intelligence officials …

Loyalty to Trump demands a lack of character  —  President Trump's mentor, the colorful controversialist Roy Cohn, once said: “I bring out the worst in my enemies and that's how I get them to defeat themselves.”  —  If this is Trump's strategy, those who jeered Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen …

At a Toast to Trump, the North Korean Anthem Has a Starring Role  —  WASHINGTON — The North Korean national anthem got plenty of fanfare at the Virginia Women for Trump's birthday party for the president on Sunday.  Corey Stewart, the Republican Senate candidate from Virginia, got the hook.

A ‘tender age’ shelter for separated children exposes a ‘gut-wrenching’ reality in Miami  —  In this “tender age” shelter in South Miami-Dade, children as young as 4 can ask for a telephone when they miss their parents.  —  Two teenage mothers live here with their infants.

This Is Just the Beginning  —  Do you think that being asked to leave a restaurant, or having your meal interrupted, or being called by the public is bad?  My fascism-enabling friends, this is only the beginning.  —  One thing that people who wield great power often fail to viscerally understand …

Intern who cursed at Trump is identified, was suspended but not fired  —  The Congressional intern who hollered “Mr. President, f— you!” across the Capitol Rotunda last week during a presidential visit has been identified.  —  Sources tell Fox News the woman in question is 21-year-old Caitlin Marriott …

Tehran's Grand Bazaar shuts down as protests mount  —  Tehran was rocked by protests today.  Protesters confronted police officers in front of parliament and swarmed Tehran's Grand Bazaar, forcing its closure (according to this account, though, merchants themselves initiated the shutdown to protest skyrocketing prices).

Doctor giving migrant kids psychotropic drugs lost certification years ago  —  The psychiatrist who has been prescribing powerful psychotropic medications to immigrant children at a federally funded residential treatment center in Texas has practiced without board certification to treat children …

Only in New York: Where Primary Day Comes Twice a Year  —  As New Yorkers go to the polls for the congressional primary on Tuesday, the ballots they cast will have a dubious distinction: Their state is the only in the nation that is holding separate state and federal primary elections in this tumultuous political year.

Can a viral video flip a Texas Congressional district?  MJ Hegar aims to find out  —  In less than a week, Democrat MJ Hegar's widely praised campaign video has many political insiders wondering if her long-shot campaign against U.S. Rep. John Carter has a shot at success. … MORE IN THIS SERIES