As Trump Consolidates Power, Democrats Confront a Rebellion in Their Ranks  —  WASHINGTON — The pitched battle looming over the Supreme Court, along with a jolt to the Democratic leadership at the ballot box last Tuesday, is threatening to shatter the already fragile architecture of the Democratic Party …

Supreme Court nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade ‘would not be acceptable’: Sen. Collins  —  Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a critical vote on whomever President Trump nominates to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, said any nominee who would overturn Roe v. Wade would “not be acceptable.”

The Great Russian Disinformation Campaign  —  In a new book, Timothy Snyder explains how Russia revolutionized information warfare—and presages its consequences for democracies in Europe and the United States.  —  When Westerners first began to hear of Vladimir Putin's troll army—now some five years ago—the project sounded absurd.

Maxine Waters responds to death threats: ‘You better shoot straight’  —  (D-Calif.) has addressed a series of recent death threats she said she has received, telling would-be threateners to “shoot straight” during an immigration rally on Saturday.  —  “I know that there are those who are talking …

North Korea working to conceal key aspects of its nuclear program, U.S. officials say  —  U.S. intelligence officials, citing newly obtained evidence, have concluded that North Korea does not intend to fully surrender its nuclear stockpile, and instead is considering ways to conceal the number …

Portland Police revoke permit, declare riot as protesters clash downtown  —  Gallery: Patriot Prayer rally, and counterprotest, in Portland, June 30, 2018  —  Portland Police declared a riot Saturday after tensions between the right-wing Patriot Prayer group and local anti-fascist activists came to a head and broke out in violence.

The Left needs to face reality: Trump is winning  —  To understand the madness gripping American leftists, try to see the world through their eyes.  Presto, you're now part of the raging resistance.  —  Like the Palestinians who mark Israel's birth as their nakba, or tragedy, you regard Donald Trump's 2016 victory as a catastrophe.

Fox News Once Gave Trump a Perch.  Now It's His Bullhorn.  —  In 2011, Fox News announced that a new guest would appear weekly on “Fox & Friends,” its chummy morning show.  “Bold, brash, and never bashful,” a network ad declared.  “The Donald now makes his voice loud and clear, every Monday on Fox.”

Gudrun Burwitz, ever-loyal daughter of Nazi mastermind Heinrich Himmler, dies at 88  —  Gudrun Burwitz, the true-believing daughter of Heinrich Himmler, the architect of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany's highest-ranking official after Adolf Hitler, died May 24 in or near Munich.  She was 88.

Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and Angry  —  MUNICH — All seems well in Bavaria.  —  The streets are clean, unemployment is practically nonexistent, social benefits are generous and a vibrant sense of identity infuses small villages and big cities alike: Even teenagers sometimes don dirndls …

Donald Trump St Andrews: US President's secret attempts to buy landmark hotel  —  Sorry, we're having problems with our video player at the moment, but are working to fix it as soon as we can  —  Waiting for Video...  Donald Trump tried and failed to convince one of Scotland's leading banks …

Our Say: Thank you.  We will not forget.  —  Hundreds gathered Friday to honor the employees who were killed Thursday after a gunman blasted his way through the glass door of the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis.  Their names are Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters.

Nine stabbed at Idaho apartment complex where refugee families live  —  (CNN)A man is in custody after a stabbing that left nine people injured at an apartment complex that houses refugee families in Boise, Idaho, authorities say.  —  The victims injured in the stabbing Saturday night included members …

“Are you alone now?”  —  After raid, immigrant families are separated in the American heartland  —  Story by Eli Saslow Photos by Michael Robinson Chavez  —  He had been afraid to go outside since his mother was detained in an immigration raid 14 days earlier, but now someone was pounding on the front door of their trailer.

Trump falsely claims he never told House Republicans to vote for immigration bill  —  President Donald Trump falsely claimed on Saturday that he never encouraged House Republicans to vote for an immigration bill, despite tweeting such an encouragement three days earlier.

It Is Happening Here, Trump Is Already Early-Stage Mussolini … Is there a moment when a fanatical leader can be stopped before he takes a nation into the abyss?  A moment when those with the moral determination to stop him can act before it is too late?  —  These questions are not academic.

With ‘head held high,’ exiting ICE chief Thomas Homan wants Trump to do even more  —  Outgoing chief of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Thomas Homan, wants President Trump to get tougher on Congress and pressure them into finally funding the 10,000 additional ICE employees he ordered …

Let's Talk About My Abortion (and Yours)  —  Several months ago, I appeared on a morning TV show alongside Cecile Richards, then the president of Planned Parenthood.  Our topic had been women's activism, and we'd both spoken in equal amounts.  But when I checked Twitter later …

Let's raise a pint to putting our political differences aside  —  OHIOPYLE, PA. — For eight years Jim Oppman has prided himself on arriving at the Wilderness Voyageurs Beer and Gear Festival before anyone else, staking his place first in line before the crowds rush in.

Rudy Giuliani calls for Iran regime change at rally linked to extreme group  —  Trump lawyer speaks at Paris event staged by MeK, once listed as terrorist organisation and widely seen as a personality cult  —  Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, addressed a rally staged …