White House bans network pool reporter from Rose Garden event  —  The White House took retaliatory action against Kaitlan Collins, a White House reporter for CNN, after Collins asked President Trump questions at an Oval Office photo op on Wednesday.  —  Collins was representing …

GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rosenstein  —  A group of conservative House lawmakers on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein  —  , the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller

'I'm not going to be a punching bag anymore': Inside Michael Cohen's break with Trump  —  For the past decade, Michael Cohen worked as Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer.  He was an eager supplicant, executing the wishes of his celebrity boss and forever seeking his attaboy affection.

An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Election  —  Start exploring the map by searching for a place you know.

Whistleblower provides emails that show Stormy Daniels' arrest was pre-planned  —  In an exclusive investigation, the Advocate has obtained emails from a whistleblower from inside the Columbus Police Department that outline the arrest of Stormy Daniels earlier this month may have been pre-planned days before she ever arrived in town.

DeVos' $40 million yacht vandalized at Huron dock  —  HURON, Ohio — A boat owned by the family of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was vandalized over the weekend while moored at a Huron dock, according to the Huron Police Department.  —  The Seaquest was moored at the Huron Boat Basin …

Henry Kissinger Pushed Trump to Work With Russia to Box In China … Henry Kissinger suggested to President Donald Trump that the United States should work with Russia to contain a rising China.  —  The former secretary of state—who famously engineered the tactic of establishing diplomatic relations …

Trump to talk tariffs in farm country, mill town  —  President Donald Trump is expected to continue his focus on tariffs this week as he visits two cities in the Midwest that have directly felt the impact of his recent trade decisions.  —  Trump is set to visit Granite City Works …

Ex-CIA analyst: If Trump were a foreign leader, I'd raise possibility of blackmail  —  Donald Trump's appeasement of Russia is unprecedented for a US president.  His behavior is consistent with that of an asset being blackmailed.  —  CONNECT  —  The report a former CIA analyst would write …

Most deported migrants were not asked about leaving children behind, Trump official says  —  That migrant parents gave consent to leave their children behind has been a key talking point for Trump administration officials defending the deportations.  —  Homeland Security officials …

Routine failures  —  For more than a decade, the experts who guide medical practices in the U.S. have been pushing doctors and hospitals to change how they treat pregnant women.  —  At least as far back as 2010, researchers in California began promoting “tool kits” of childbirth safety practices to reduce deaths and injuries.

What Feminists Can Do for Boys  —  We fought for young women in the patriarchy first.  But budding patriarchs could use some help too.  —  July 25, 2018  —  Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance  —  The children at the border are just the latest casualty of this deeply misguided approach to public policy.

Tariffs Once Tore the GOP Apart—and May Be Doing So Again  —  “Tariffs are the greatest!”  President Trump crowed on Twitter on Tuesday morning.  If that represents a break from contemporary Republican orthodoxy, it's a message other GOP presidents once embraced.

Putin's Soccer Ball for Trump Had Transmitter Chip, Logo Indicates  — World Cup feature opens fan experience, isn't a spy device  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift of a soccer ball to U.S. President Donald Trump last week set off a chorus of warnings — some of them only half in jest …

Polls: Trump approval sags in trio of Midwest states  —  Democrats also enjoy an advantage on congressional preference in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.  —  WASHINGTON — In three politically important Midwest states — including two that were key in deciding the 2016 election …

Jared and Ivanka dig in for the long haul  —  Friends of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump tell us they have the strong impression they are now preparing to stay in D.C. as long as the president does, meaning they'll outlast almost everyone in the West Wing.  —  What we're hearing …

A Single Trump Appointee Was Responsible For Keeping Hundreds Of Kids Locked Up Longer  —  He's the same guy who blocked a teenage migrant who'd been raped from obtaining an abortion.  —  A Trump appointee's decision to personally review requests to release migrant children from jail-like …

Coca-Cola says it's raising soda prices after Trump tariffs  —  Coca-Cola Company on Wednesday said they will raise the price of their signature sodas this year in part because of the financial strain caused by President Trump  —  's tariffs.  —  Coca-Cola's Chief Executive James Quincey told …

Can Stacey Abrams Turn Georgia Blue?  —  On Tuesday night, Brian Kemp—the Georgia secretary of state and self-proclaimed “politically incorrect conservative” who owns a truck, talks about standing for the national anthem and happily supports President Trump—beat Lieutenant Gov. Casey Cagle …

Comey and Strzok — Two key players in the scheme to clear Clinton and frame Trump  —  Author and Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett dives into the 2016 election investigation.  —  In one of the more stunning revelations contained in the report compiled by the Justice Department's watchdog …

Maxine Waters: ‘Americans should be out in the streets screaming’ for Trump's head  —  Liberal Rep. Maxine Waters Wednesday urged Americans to take to the streets and scream for an end to President Trump's term, endorsed impeachment and vowed that the White House won't intimidate her.

‘We are fighting for information about war’: Pentagon curbs media access  —  Defense Secretary James Mattis has not briefed reporters on-camera in the Pentagon since April, while his chief spokeswoman has not done so since May.  —  At a mid-July news conference at the Pentagon …

“We Didn't Expect to Make Money”: How The Daily's Michael Barbaro Unexpectedly Became the Ira Glass of The New York Times  —  He's the star of the Times's most promising new-media franchise.  But will his success eventually carry him away from 620 Eighth Avenue?  —  BY - JOE POMPEOJuly 25, 2018,

A Kushner Ally Was Up for a Federal Post.  Then the F.B.I. Began Digging.  —  Ken Kurson is a confidant of Rudolph W. Giuliani.  He is a onetime speechwriter for Donald J. Trump.  And he is a close friend of Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump's son-in-law, who appointed Mr. Kurson to run his weekly newspaper, The New York Observer.

Legal Opinions Or Political Commentary?  A New Judge Exemplifies The Trump Era  —  Less than a year into a lifetime appointment, a 45-year-old federal appeals court judge named James Ho may embody President Trump's most enduring legacy.  —  Ho has shaken up the staid world of appellate law …

Trump lies.  And lies.  And lies.  —  “What you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening.”  —  When the history of the Trump era is written, this quotation from our president will play a prominent role in explaining the distemper of our moment and the dysfunction of his administration.