Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump's ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump's power to control the flow of immigration …

Mueller Poised to Zero In on Trump-Russia Collusion Allegations  — Special counsel to focus once he resolves obstruction inquiry  — The meetings with Russians stretched as far back as 2015  —  Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe …

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 …

GOP Trailing in CD10  —  Trump's unpopularity hurts House incumbent  —  West Long Branch, NJ - The race for Virginia's 10th Congressional District starts out with the GOP Republican incumbent trailing by ten points according to the Monmouth University Poll.

Republican tax law hits churches  —  Some nonprofits could start paying taxes for the first time.  —  Republicans have quietly imposed a new tax on churches, synagogues and other nonprofits, a little-noticed and surprising change that could cost some groups tens of thousands of dollars.

The Daily 202: A poll commissioned by Bush and Biden shows Americans losing confidence in democracy  —  THE BIG IDEA: Half of Americans think the United States is in “real danger of becoming a nondemocratic, authoritarian country.”  A majority, 55 percent, see democracy as “weak” - and 68 percent believe it is “getting weaker.”

Biden: European leaders reeling from Trump's hostile behavior  —  COPENHAGEN — European leaders see President Trump as increasingly unpredictable, antagonistic and disrespectful, both in public and private, and that is having a devastating effect on the U.S.-European relationship …

Trump Supporters Boo A CNN Reporter, Then Ask Him For Selfies  —  Live from civility night in South Carolina.  —  Reporting From  —  West Columbia, South Carolina  —  Hundreds of President Trump's supporters marched into a high school gymnasium Monday and began blistering their new perceived enemy …

DHS warns threats against staff are rising amid anger over Trump immigration policies  —  Employees of the Department of Homeland Security have been targeted by escalating online threats and harassment in their neighborhoods during the past week, officials say, with rancor …

Reality Winner pleads guilty in NSA leak case  —  AUGUSTA - Reality Winner, the first person to be prosecuted by the Trump administration for leaking sensitive government information, pleaded guilty Tuesday to sending to the news media a top-secret National Security Agency report about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

White House eyes Helsinki for Trump-Putin sitdown  —  The Finnish capital would give Trump and Putin a backdrop loaded with historical significance for U.S.-Russia relations.  —  The White House is blocking off three days on the back end of President Donald Trump's upcoming mid-July trip …

Here's One Unverified File the Feds Won't Leak: About Loretta Lynch  —  The FBI had little problem leaking “unverified” dirt from Russian sources on Donald Trump and his campaign aides - and even basing FISA wiretaps on it.  But according to the Justice Department's inspector general …

Did Justice Anthony Kennedy Just Signal His Retirement?  —  For Anthony Kennedy, America's most powerful jurist, this term has brought unexpected and surprising expressions of powerlessness.  After Tuesday's ruling in the Trump travel ban case, it's starting to feel like the end of his time on the court is near.

The “Travel Ban” Decision, in One (Non-Snarky) Sentence  —  The U.S. has nearly unlimited power to decide when foreigners are admitted to the country, even based on factors (such as ideology, religion, and likely race and sex) that would be unconstitutional as to people already in the country.

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 …

USA Today Network launches a conservative opinion newsletter for the heartland  —  Since its founding in 1982, USA Today has prided itself on a feel for all 50 states that eludes East Coast media.  Now its network is launching a new conservative opinion initiative aimed at Trump voters …

Democrats Are Wrong About Republicans.  Republicans Are Wrong About Democrats.  —  Welcome to Secret Identity, our regular column on identity and its role in politics and policy.  —  The defining divide in American politics is probably between Republicans and Democrats.

Experts say U.S. among 10 most dangerous nations for women  —  The United States has been ranked for the first time among the ten nations deemed to be the most dangerous for women by experts in the field.  A survey by the Thompson Reuters Foundation of about 550 experts in women's issues around …

Her son was killed — then came the Russian trolls  —  Videos produced by Samantha Guff, Julian Quinones and Margaret Dawson  —  (CNN)It was the height of presidential primary season, just a few weeks before the Republican and Democratic conventions, but on July 7, 2016 …

16 Espressos and a 5 a.m. Call Time: A Day In The Life of NBC's Andrea Mitchell  —  Badass Woman spotlights women who not only have a voice but defy the irrelevant preconceptions of gender.  —  A few minutes past 1 p.m., Andrea Mitchell enters an NBC green room fresh off a show that spanned …

Woman cites Trump while calling man ‘rapist,’ ‘illegal’ in viral rant  —  Man berated in racist rant caught on camera  —  (CNN)A Latino man and his mother who were doing yard work in California were verbally attacked by a woman who called them “illegals” and “rapists,” and a video of the encounter has gone viral.