U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials  —  A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly.

Trump Giving a Fresh Look to Thomas Hardiman for Supreme Court  —  BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump is expressing fresh interest in Judge Thomas M. Hardiman, the runner-up for last year's Supreme Court vacancy, as he pushes his decision on a replacement for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy …

A journalist's conscience leads her to reveal her source to the FBI.  Here's why.  —  It's pretty much an inviolable rule of journalism: Protect your sources.  —  Reporters have gone to jail to keep that covenant.  —  But Marcy Wheeler, who writes a well-regarded national security blog …

What to watch as Trump heads to Europe  —  I fly to Europe this week to cover President Trump as he meets with NATO allies in Brussels, Theresa May in London, then Helsinki for his first one-on-one summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.  —  What we're hearing: Senior European officials …

MSNBC Does Not Merely Permit Fabrications Against Democratic Party Critics.  It Encourages and Rewards Them.  —  During the 2016 primary and general election campaigns, various MSNBC hosts were openly campaigning for Hillary Clinton.  One of the network's programs featured Malcolm Nance …

Woman dies following exposure to nerve agent in Amesbury  —  BST  —  Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after a woman who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in Amesbury, Wiltshire, died in hospital this evening, Sunday, 8 July.  —  She has been formally identified as 44-year-old Dawn Sturgess, from Durrington.

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 …

‘This Week’ Transcript 7-8-18: Trump Adviser on Judicial Nominations Leonard Leo, Sen. Richard Blumenthal and President Trump's Personal Attorney Rudy Giuliani  —  A rush transcript of “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” airing on Sunday, July 1, 2018 on ABC News is below.

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.

Priests' attendance at Trump rally causes furor  —  The attendance of four Roman Catholic priests from Montana at President Donald Trump's political rally in Great Falls Thursday has created a social media firestorm and apparently incurred the displeasure of the priests' superiors in the church.

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 …

HBO Must Get Bigger and Broader, Says Its New Overseer  —  Change is coming to HBO, now that it is part of the AT&T corporate family.  That much was clear to the 150 employees who attended a recent town hall meeting at the network's headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.

Supreme Court vacancy: Prepare for a game-changer, experts say  —  In this partisan-as-ever country we call home, there's one thing even the far, far left and far, far right agree on.  —  The conservative judge President Donald Trump tabs to replace the retiring Anthony Kennedy in the ninth seat …

The secret story of how America lost the drug war with the Taliban  —  A high-stakes plan to indict Afghan drug lords and insurgency leaders on criminal conspiracy charges ran afoul of the Obama team.  Five years later, it remains buried under Trump.  —  As Afghanistan edged ever closer …

Syria: Israel Behind Attack on Iranian Air Force Base Near Homs  —  Reports say Syrian air defense systems fired at planes, coming in from Jordan, and heading towards the T4 airbase used by Iran  —  Does Iran really want to nuke Israel?  Is Israel stronger than Iran?  A top security expert explains

Details emerge on Justice Department meeting with reporters on Manafort  —  Lawyers for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort are crying foul over a meeting Justice Department prosecutors held with four Associated Press reporters last year as news organizations and the FBI bore …

Four boys taken to hospital; operation to resume later - as it happened  —  First boy emerged at 5:40pm local time, operation chief confirms, as up to 90 divers are involved in getting the children to safety  —  Play Video  —  Mattha Busby (now), Kate Lyons (earlier)