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 …

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 …

‘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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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.

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 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.

Cost of one of those ‘expensive’ U.S.-South Korea military exercises?  $14 million  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea scrapped after President Donald Trump griped about “tremendously expensive” military drills would have cost around $14 million …

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.

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.

Mrs. Jimmy Kimmel: I Said ‘What The F***?’ to Stop Hillary Pantsuit Jokes  —  The August issue of the women's magazine Glamour is the Comedy Issue, so they rounded up female comedy writers for all the liberal late-night shows to address diversity in the writers' room and how feminism pervades the late-night scene.

GOP candidate in Kansas: ‘Outside of Western civilization, there is only barbarism’  —  (CNN)A Republican congressional candidate in a Kansas race Democrats are targeting in November told an audience at a party meeting this month that “outside of Western civilization there is only barbarism.”

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 …

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

Anti-violence protesters shut down Dan Ryan: ‘Today was the attention-getter, but now comes the action’  —  People march on the Dan Ryan Expressway in a protest against gun violence July 7, 2018, in Chicago.  (John J. Kim and Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)  —  The showdown between police …

Conservative students speak out on gun rights, plan marches in 10 cities Saturday  —  As a pro-gun, conservative student, Anthony Bartosiewicz believes his opinion has been drowned out.  The 16-year-old from Wheaton, Ill., said classmates who learn that he is a staunch supporter …

Reports of denied dental care mount after Bevin's Medicaid cuts  —  Louisville group speaks out against Gov. Matt Bevin's cuts to Medicaid cuts on Monday, Marty Pearl, The Courier Journal  —  Two advocacy groups on Thursday called on the administration of Gov. Matt Bevin to ensure children …