‘A political suicide march’: Trump aims to inflict political pain on Democrats over calls to abolish immigration enforcement agency  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Trump on Saturday opened a new front in the immigration debate, diverting attention away from his administration's treatment …

‘We have to pick a great one’: Inside Trump's plan for a new Supreme Court justice  —  President Trump is driving to execute the same playbook in selecting a new Supreme Court nominee that last year delivered swift confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, following a methodical course in hopes …

The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open  —  In 2016, Vladimir Putin reaped two of his greatest foreign policy triumphs in quick succession.  The United Kingdom voted narrowly to exit the European Union, advancing a longstanding Russian goal of splitting Western allies that have long been united against it.

Conservative Hugh Hewitt makes surprise announcement MSNBC has pulled plug on his show  —  MSNBC has cancelled that weekly television show hosted by right-wing pundit Hugh Hewitt, the conservative explained at the end of his final show on Saturday.  —  “This has been the last Hugh Hewitt Show on Saturday mornings,” Hewitt explained.

Yelp reviewers give Canadian restaurant one-star reviews after it kicks out Trump supporter  —  Reviewers flooded the Yelp page of a Canadian restaurant with one-star reviews after a manager was fired for kicking out a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat.

With Corey Stewart atop the ticket, Virginia Republicans are in turmoil  —  Corey Stewart's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Virginia has prompted an identity crisis within the state GOP, with some donors and activists saying they are so turned off that they are willing to vote for his Democratic opponent, Sen. Tim Kaine.

‘The Blue Wave Came’: G.O.P. Reels as Little Havana Picks a Non-Hispanic Democrat  —  MIAMI — Little Havana awoke recently to an unexpected new reality: The iconic neighborhood, the traditional heart of South Florida's proud Cuban exile community, would no longer be represented on the county commission by a Cuban-American Republican.

Weaponizing the First Amendment: How Free Speech Became a Conservative Cudgel  —  WASHINGTON — On the final day of the Supreme Court term last week, Justice Elena Kagan sounded an alarm.  —  The court's five conservative members, citing the First Amendment, had just dealt public unions a devastating blow.

Man killed by Portland State police was Navy vet trying to break up fight, friends say  —  A Portland man fatally shot early Friday outside a sports bar near Portland State University by campus police officers was a U.S. postal worker and father of three daughters who served in the Navy …

Protests Across U.S. Call for End to Migrant Family Separations  —  WASHINGTON — Protesters marched into Lafayette Square opposite the White House on Saturday and chanted “families belong together” to counter President Trump's “zero tolerance” immigration policy, and were joined in declaring …

How Supreme Court Nominations Lost Their Apolitical Pretense  —  It used to be that nobody would admit to opposing a nominee for ideological reasons.  Should we be happy that illusion is over?  —  Sometimes what's remarkable is what goes unremarked upon.  In all the pieces already written …

Authoritarian threats to American democracy demand urgent action  —  Two years after the Russian government attempted to undermine the 2016 presidential election, the United States still does not have a comprehensive strategy to address the threat posed by foreign interference in our democracy.

Thousands across U.S. join ‘Keep Families Together’ march to protest family separation  —  “I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this,” said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.  —  WASHINGTON — Hundreds of marches took place across …

Giuliani Promises Exiles Trump Will Bring Down Iran Regime  — President's attorney speaks to resistance group in Paris  — Giuliani keeps up speaking engagements even after Trump hire  —  The collapse of Iran's Islamic regime “is around the corner,” and the U.S. will keep increasing sanctions until …

Black and Democratic voters gain on Republicans in Georgia  —  Turnout among black voters soared in last month's Georgia primary, a show of strength that could bode well for Democrats in this year's contests for governor and other statewide offices.  —  The number of black voters rose 43 percent …

Ex-ICE spokesman defends agents: ‘They have a rough time with this too’  —  6 migrant children reunited with parents  —  Washington (CNN)A former spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it “doesn't make sense” to get rid of ICE despite public criticism of the agency …

Government never had specific plan to reunify families, court testimony shows  —  2,000 children wait to be reunited with parents  —  Washington (CNN)In recent weeks, the government has stumbled trying to explain its plan for reunifying families in the wake of its much-criticized family separations policy at the border.