Capital Gazette shooting victim Rob Hiaasen: A joyful stylist, a generous mentor  —  Capital Gazette editor Rob Hiaasen has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper.  —  Rob Hiaasen once wrote a description of his ideal job: “I would like to be paid for the occasional amusing remark …

Inside the White House's Quiet Campaign to Create a Supreme Court Opening  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump singled him out for praise even while attacking other members of the Supreme Court.  The White House nominated people close to him to important judicial posts.

Overturn Roe v. Wade  —  We write not to praise Anthony Kennedy's jurisprudence, but to bury it.  —  Across 31 years, Justice Kennedy issued many rulings, good and bad.  But his most lasting legacy was the travesty he released 26 years ago today, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Obama: ‘You are right to be concerned’  —  In his first public comments in months, the former president talks about anger, regrets — and what the Republicans are doing right.  —  LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama's message to Democrats: Stop dreaming of him.  —  Speaking at a Democratic National …

Scoop: Trump's private threat to upend global trade  —  President Trump has repeatedly told top White House officials he wants to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization, a move that would throw global trade into wild disarray, people involved in the talks tell Axios.

BLOWN TO SHREDS Kim Jong-un has top army officer blasted with 90 bullets for giving his troops extra rations of food and fuel  —  Lieutenant General Hyon Ju-song was put to death after being found guilty of charges of abusing authority, profiting the enemy and engaging in anti-Party acts

Agents Seek to Dissolve ICE in Immigration Policy Backlash  —  WASHINGTON — At least 19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigators are seeking to dissolve the agency, concerned that the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal migrants has limited their ability to pursue national security threats …

“He Could Go Down in History as the Man That Saved This Country”: Freed from Trump, Michael Cohen Sees a New Identity: National Hero  —  As Cohen is further distanced from the president, friends have been encouraging him to change his narrative.  “Washington is actively pushing him away,” a person close to Cohen says.

Exclusive: Trump administration plan would bar people who enter illegally from getting asylum  —  A sweeping regulation being considered by the Department of Justice would likely stop most Central Americans from winning asylum in the US.  —  The Department of Justice, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions …

Trump admin ran ‘pilot program’ for separating migrant families in 2017  —  The numbers show the government was separating migrant kids from their parents back in 2016 and 2017.  —  EL PASO, Texas — The government was separating migrant parents from their kids for months prior …

They Played Dominoes Outside Their Apartment For Decades.  Then The White People Moved In And Police Started Showing Up.  —  “This used to be a bad neighborhood.”  Two areas of New York City that have recently gentrified have a corresponding high rate of quality-of-life complaints, which sometimes draw the police.

Michael Moore: We Have to ‘Put Our Bodies on the Line’ to Stop Trump … In 2004, Michael Moore released his documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 about the run-up to the Iraq War.  This September, he will premiere his latest film: Fahrenheit 11/9.  —  As the liberal filmmaker told Stephen Colbert …

House ethics panel opens review of Rep. David Schweikert and his chief of staff  —  The House Ethics Committee has unanimously voted to create a panel to investigate possible misspending authorized by U.S. Rep. David Schweikert or his chief of staff.  —  The rare decision …

Hillary Clinton: ‘What is more uncivil than taking children away?’  —  She has made peace with losing the election - but not with Donald Trump.  Now she is fighting to undo the damage of the president's child-separation policy - and has no time for debates over civility