McConnell Tries to Nudge Trump Toward Two Supreme Court Options  —  Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, told President Trump this past week that Judges Raymond M. Kethledge and Thomas M. Hardiman presented the fewest obvious obstacles to being confirmed to replace Justice Anthony M. Kennedy …

Thailand cave rescue: navy Seals confirm four boys have been rescued - live  —  Governor says ‘today is the peak of our readiness’ as 18 divers enter cave in an attempt to bring the trapped boys out  —  Play Video  —  Mattha Busby (now), Kate Lyons (earlier)

Is Hillary Clinton secretly planning to run in 2020?  —  The messages convey a sense of urgency, and are coming with increasing frequency.  They are short, focused reactions to the latest “outrage” committed by President Trump.  —  Some end by asking for money, some urge participation in protests.

Inside Pompeo's Fraught North Korea Trip  — Secretary of state struggled for clarity on visit's schedule  — Regime issued harsh statement after Pompeo left country  —  As U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touched down in Pyongyang at 10:54 a.m. on Friday he had few details …

Rep. Jim Jordan faces new accusation that he must have known about alleged sexual abuse at Ohio State  —  A seventh former Ohio State University wrestler said Saturday that he believes Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) knew about inappropriate behavior that allegedly took place in the school's athletic …

Health Insurers Warn of Market Turmoil as Trump Suspends Billions in Payments  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Saturday that it was suspending a program that pays billions of dollars to insurers to stabilize health insurance markets under the Affordable Care Act …

Protesters confront McConnell leaving Kentucky restaurant  —  Protesters confronted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell  —  (R-Ky.) as he was leaving a restaurant in his home state on Saturday.  —  The group threatened to vote McConnell out of office as he walked out of the Bristol Bar & Grille …

Richmond bookstore owner says he called police after woman confronted Steve Bannon in his shop  —  A bookstore owner in Richmond said he called the police after a woman confronted Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist for President Donald Trump, in his shop Saturday.

Revealed: Arron Banks met Russian ambassador 11 times  —  The Leave.EU founder was offered lucrative deals in talks with the envoy  —  Brexit's biggest funder, Arron Banks, met the Russian ambassador at least 11 times in the run-up to the EU referendum and in the two months beyond …

Kids as young as 1 in US court, awaiting reunion with family  —  PHOENIX (AP) — The 1-year-old boy in a green button-up shirt drank milk from a bottle, played with a small purple ball that lit up when it hit the ground and occasionally asked for “agua.”  —  Then it was the child's turn …

Giuliani says Trump team has ‘zero’ concerns about Cohen: 'As long as he tells the truth, we're... home free'  —  President Donald Trump's personal attorney said he's not worried about what Michael Cohen might tell federal prosecutors, saying, “As long as he tells the truth, we're ... home free.”

Leading Putin critic was found strangled to death at his London home on the day he was due in court to fight an £87m legal case against Russian state-run airline Aeroflot  —  An exiled critic of Vladimir Putin was found strangled to death on the day he was due in court to fight a $99 million compensation claims, it has emerged.

‘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 …

Shhhh... Don't Tell the Media but the Bizarre Broidy-Playmate-Trump Saga Is In the Process of Exploding  —  This week, a giant political volcano has been showing signs that it is about to erupt, though most of the news media, and almost all of the public, are blissfully unaware of it.

Trump's Message to NATO  —  The old ways of handling U.S. alliances seem to be coming to an end.  Donald Trump, fresh off the G7 summit among the world's preeminent industrialized nations—where what had seemed to be cracks in the relationships among allies were revealed to be chasms …

The mess of migrant family reunifications  —  IN LATE June, Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services, assured migrant parents whose children had been snatched away by U.S.border officials that there was “no reason” they could not find their toddlers, tweeners and teenagers.

Devin Nunes calling for a ‘task force’ to investigate officials and activists who exposed Russian election meddling  —  California Republican Devin Nunes is doubling down on efforts to go after the people who investigated Donald Trump's collusion with Russia in the 2016 campaign, the Washington Times reports.

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.

Trump Should Just Give People Money  —  The Trump administration, Republicans in Congress and conservative governors across the country want the government to be simpler, smaller and more effective — unless, that is, the government is dealing with the poor.