Schumer urges Trump to tap Merrick Garland for Supreme Court  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) privately urged President Trump in a phone call earlier this week to nominate federal Judge Merrick B. Garland, then President Barack Obama's third nominee to the Supreme Court …

Ed Schultz, former Fargo radio personality, has died  —  Ed Schultz listens to a caller during a broadcast of his nationally syndicated liberal talk show on Feb. 9, 2006.  There's no reason a left-leaning show can't be successful, he says.  “The last time I checked, liberals drive vehicles,” he says.

He is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group; So Why is He Working for a Defense Contractor with a Security Clearance?  —  In partnership with: … There likely isn't such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018.  Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California …

Trump Just Hired A Controversial Former Fox News Executive  —  “It's extraordinary that the president of the United States could hire someone like this.”  —  Former Fox News copresident Bill Shine, who was ousted over the network's mishandling of sexual harassment, just took …

Viral video: Teen says he was attacked for wearing ‘Make American Great Again’ hat  —  Police are investigating after a teen says he was verbally attacked and assaulted at a Whataburger for wearing a Make America Great Again hat.  —  In the video, you can see a man throw a drink …

Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe  —  (Bloomberg) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand.

Mom Shoots Man Trying to Steal SUV With Kids Inside: Cops  —  The mother shot the man in the head when he refused her orders to stop the vehicle, police say  —  Mom Shoots Kidnapper in the Head: Police  —  A mother shot a man who tried to steal her SUV while her two toddlers were still inside …

‘We are the casualty:’ US pig farmers brace for second round of pork tariffs from China, Mexico  — U.S. pork producers are about to be hit by a second batch of hefty retaliatory tariffs from China and Mexico that has some large producers predicting they will lose big money.

Trump ‘angry baby’ blimp gets green light to fly over London during president's visit  —  A giant balloon dubbed “Trump baby” has been given the green light to fly near parliament during the president's UK visit.  —  London mayor Sadiq Khan's Greater London Authority has approved a request …

Far-Right Twitter Keeps Falling for the Same Liberal Troll … The tweet was an obvious troll, by a fake doctor with a profane name.  —  “When Trump supporters come to my office at the Mayo Clinic, I love misdiagnosing their healthy pregnancies as ectopic so they have to abort their white fetuses …

White Fight  —  Under the Trump administration, even naturalized citizens are now a target.  The government agency that oversees immigration applications is hiring lawyers and immigration officers to review cases of immigrants suspected of obtaining citizenship through fake identities or other false information on their applications.

Three poachers are EATEN by lions after the men broke into South African nature reserve to slaughter rhinos for their horns  —  A gang of poachers who broke into a South African game reserve to hunt rhinos came off second best when they were attacked and eaten by a pride of hungry lions.

The messy reality of Donald Trump's poll numbers  —  He's playing a strong hand, poorly.  —  On June 25, Axios's Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei took readers inside Donald Trump's “winning, cynical plan.”  They argued that “the more President Trump does, says and tweets outrageous things …

Trump's summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin  —  “There is no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Korea.”  —  “North Korea is upgrading its nuclear research center at a rapid pace, new satellite imagery analysis suggests.”  —  As the president prepares, if this time he does prepare …

Life in Trump Cabinet: perks, pestering, power, putdowns  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross came in for an Oval Office tongue-lashing after he used a mundane soup can as a TV prop.  Defense Secretary Jim Mattis got overruled by President Donald Trump's announcement that a new “Space Force” is in the offing.

Facebook flags Declaration of Independence as hate speech  —  In the week of America's Independence Day, the algorithms of Facebook decided that the Declaration of Independence was hate speech.  —  The Liberty County Vindicator, a community newspaper between Houston and Beaumont …

Smithsonian planning for permanent security checkpoints at the National Zoo  —  The National Zoo is slowly going secure.  —  The Smithsonian Institution has a proposal before the National Capital Planning Commission for supplemental perimeter fencing, to close gaps in existing fencing …

The Eugenicist Doctor and the Vast Fortune Behind Trump's Immigration Regime  —  Last month, as parents arrested at the U.S.-Mexico border were separated from their children and transferred to detention centers more than a thousand miles away in the Pacific Northwest, as a father of two languished …

Senate, House GOP at odds over rare rebuke of Trump on national security  —  GOP lawmakers went to the White House last month to hear President Trump's case for lifting U.S. sanctions on the Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE.  But even as Trump tried to convince his skeptical listeners …

Pro-Trump & Russian-Linked Twitter Accounts Are Posing As Ex-Democrats In New Astroturfed Movement  —  #WalkAway from this deceptive propaganda campaign  —  As pundits, politicians, and other Very Serious People spent last weekend admonishing “the left” for not being civil enough in their approach …

Democrats Underperforming With Hispanic Voters  —  Despite the president's hard-line immigration policies, Republican candidates are running competitively in many Hispanic-heavy states and congressional districts.  —  Democrats counting on President Trump's hard-line immigration policies …

E.P.A. Drafts Rule on Coal Plants to Replace Clean Power Plan  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has drafted a new proposal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, one that is far less stringent than the climate plan finalized in 2015 by former President Barack Obama.

U.S. Border Patrol questions crews of at least 10 fishing vessels in Canadian waters  —  GRAND MANAN, N.B.—A little-known cross-border dispute that has simmered between Canada and the United States since the late 1700s is now approaching the boiling point.  —  In the past two weeks …

RI Dem Party rescinds 2 controversial Assembly endorsements  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - Bowing to heavy pressure from progressives locally and nationally, the Rhode Island Democratic Party on Thursday rescinded its endorsement of two controversial General Assembly candidates.