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 …

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 …

In South Carolina rally, Trump targets Sanford, McCain and TV comedians  —  WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — President Trump flew here Monday night ostensibly to urge South Carolina Republicans to vote for Gov. Henry McMaster in the Republican primary Tuesday, repaying a political favor to one of his earliest supporters.

Trump Says Harley Move Abroad Would Be ‘Beginning of the End’  — Motorcycle maker said Monday it would move production overseas  — President says Harley is using new tariffs as an excuse  —  U.S. President Donald Trump accused Harley-Davidson Inc. of using new tariffs on trade …

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.

Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban  —  The Supreme Court upheld President Trump's most recent travel ban today in a 5-4 decision, ruling that it falls within the president's traditional power to control immigration policy.  —  The big picture: The travel ban was the first big policy announcement …

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.

Conservatives grumble about House GOP's handling of investigation into FBI  —  (CNN)Last October, two House Republican committee chairmen announced their plans to get to the bottom of the FBI's decision-making in 2016 — namely its handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.

Republican or Conservative, You Have to Choose  —  The never-Trumpers are having an interesting debate over the question, Is it time to leave the Republican Party?  George Will and Steve Schmidt say yes: The Trumpian rot is all the way down.  Bill Kristol says not so fast: Once Donald Trump falls …

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

Iranians take to streets of Tehran in biggest protests since 2012  —  President Hassan Rouhani promises citizens the country will withstand currency drop and new US sanctions after Donald Trump's withdrawal from nuclear deal  —  POPULAR VIDEOS  —  Huge protests have erupted in Iran …

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.

GOP increasingly opposes legal — not just illegal — immigration  —  Trump: GOP should stop wasting time on immigration  —  (CNN)The firestorm over the separation of children from their undocumented parents at the border has almost completely overshadowed another milestone …

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 …

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 …

American money flowing back into America  —  Despite President Trump's tit-for-tat trade barbs, America's CEOs are not wasting anytime in taking advantage of his tax reform plan.  Over $300 billion was repatriated to the U.S. in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) — the most on record.

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 …

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.

California Considers Creating A Fake News Advisory Group  —  SACRAMENTO (CBS13) - California is considering creating a “fake news” advisory group in order to monitor information posted and spread on social media.  —  Senate Bill 1424 would require the California Attorney General to create the advisory committee by April 1, 2019.

‘ICE Is Everywhere’: Using Library Science to Map the Separation Crisis  —  ON FATHER'S DAY, Alex Gil was IMing with his colleague Manan Ahmed when they decided they had to do something about children being separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border.

Jennifer Senior Joins Opinion As Columnist  —  Jennifer Senior, who most recently was a book critic for The Times, will be joining Opinion as a columnist in September.  Read more in this note from James Bennet, Jim Dao and Katie Kingsbury.  —  “As you know, the role of a columnist …

WATCH: CNN's Chris Cuomo call BS on Rick Santorum demanding ‘civility’ while refusing to require it of Trump  —  President Donald Trump's supporters are demanding civility after years of attacking Muslims, Latinos, women, LGBT people, Democrats, people who live in states that didn't vote for him …

America's dearth of civil society  —  SAVANNAH, GA — Outside the former cotton exchange, couples and families stood in front of the nearly 200 year-old building, snapping selfies with their faces married to the historic edifice towering in the background.  —  Inside, a handful of men dressed …

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 …

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.

“Be Careful What You Wish For”: How Mike Pompeo Trumpified the State Department  —  Insiders praise Pompeo as a vast improvement over Tillerson.  Behind the scenes, however, sources say Pompeo is remaking American diplomacy in Trump's image—and cracking down on dissent.

Trump's domestic gridlock  —  For President Trump's first term, the domestic agenda appears to be all but over.  Congress has little chance of doing anything notable before the election, beyond confirming judges.  —  Why it matters: Whichever party ekes out a House win in November, the margin will likely be narrow.

Goochland mom shoots man who flew around the world to see her teenage daughter … GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Va. — The FBI is now investigating after a woman shot a New Zealand man outside her Goochland County home Friday afternoon.  —  Troy Skinner, 25, flew to Virginia to meet the woman's teenage daughter …