North Korea Criticizes ‘Gangster-Like’ U.S. Attitude After Talks With Mike Pompeo  —  PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea accused the Trump administration on Saturday of pushing a “unilateral and gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and called it “deeply regrettable,” …

The Senate I led put country over party.  This one must do the same for Robert Mueller.  —  Bill Frist is a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate majority leader and senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center.  —  When I retired from the U.S. Senate in 2007 as its majority leader …

Trump lawyers call Comey ‘Machiavellian’ in note to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a confidential memo last year to the special counsel, casting him as “Machiavellian,” dishonest and …

‘Wendi Winters saved my life’: Capital Gazette staff say their fallen colleague charged the shooter  —  Capital Gazette reporter Wendi Winters has been identified as victim of a shooting at the newspaper.  —  dohl@capgaznews.com  —  When a man with a shotgun shattered the glass door …

'It's a Terrible Vote': Red-State Democrats Face an Agonizing Supreme Court Choice  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic senators running for re-election in Trump Country face an agonizing choice over President Trump's coming Supreme Court nominee: Vote to confirm the pick and risk demoralizing Democratic voters ahead …

‘I was shocked it was so easy’: meet the professor who says facial recognition can tell if you're gay  —  Psychologist Michal Kosinski says artificial intelligence can detect your sexuality and politics just by looking at your face.  What if he's right?  —  Vladimir Putin was not in attendance, but his loyal lieutenants were.

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez draws Bronx cheer for misleading campaign bio  —  The Democratic Socialist candidate seeking to represent New York's 14th Congressional District is facing backlash over her working class “Bronx girl” campaign narrative.

GOP Freedom Caucus members refuse to back Jim Jordan on the record as more abuse accusers come forward  —  House Republicans are refusing to publicly defend Tea Party firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as more details come to light about the congressman's role in the Ohio State University sexual assault scandal.

Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy  —  Obesity affects 40 percent of adults and 19 percent of children in the United States and accounts for more than $168 billion in health care spending each year.  Sugary beverages are thought to be one of the major drivers of the obesity epidemic.

Alan Dershowitz Is Enjoying This  —  In an interview with The Times, Mr. Dershowitz talks about McCarthyism (Martha's Vineyard-style) and why nuance doesn't exist in politics anymore.  —  CHILMARK, Mass. — This is what McCarthyism evidently looks like on Martha's Vineyard.

Mueller WILL NOT Present Collusion Evidence At Manafort Trial  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.

San Francisco house prices grew the fastest ever in the first half of 2018 as the tech boom shows no signs of slowing  —  The average price of a house bought in San Francisco rose by $205,000 in the first half of 2018, the largest six-month increase in history, according to MLS data compiled by local real estate agency Paragon.

‘Super Polluting’ Trucks Receive Loophole on Pruitt's Last Day  —  WASHINGTON — In the final hours of Scott Pruitt's tenure as administrator, the Environmental Protection Agency moved on Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing …

A Defiant Al-Qaeda  —  U.S. airstrikes are pounding the group in Yemen, yet the militants fight on fiercely  —  The land mines had been planted.  As hundreds of U.S.-backed forces approached in pickup trucks mounted with machine guns, the al-Qaeda militants watched and waited in their redoubt …

‘A little steel in the spine’: Rod Rosenstein, facing mounting criticism from Congress, is starting to fight back  —  As lawmakers took breaks during a tense congressional hearing last week to vote on a resolution meant to shame him, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein casually worked the room …

Philippine president says he'll resign if anybody can prove God exists  —  MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine president, who recently sparked outrage for calling God stupid, has courted new controversy in his largely Roman Catholic country by saying he will resign if anybody can prove that God exists.

Ivanka Checks the ‘Fact Checker’  —  Should the Washington Post award itself a few Pinocchios?  —  Friday's employment report from the Labor Department showed expanding opportunity at workplaces across the United States.  But the report also likely brought a measure of embarrassment to one workplace in particular.

Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained While Visiting Son-in-Law at Fort Drum, Family Says  —  Concepcion and Margarito were stopped by military police at the gates of Fort Drum on July 4, their children say  —  Immigrant NYC Grandparents Detained at Army Base

They Came Here to Serve.  But for Many Immigrants, the Army Isn't Interested.  —  Recruit Zhang, an immigrant from China, joined the United States military on the promise that enlisting would lead to American citizenship.  He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and was handed an Army T-shirt.

Trump's list of judges isn't a nightmare all-star team of Neil Gorsuches.  Here's what Dems can hope for  —  President Trump isn't expected to unveil his pick for the Supreme Court until Monday, but already the leading contenders are drawing fire — from within the conservative fold.