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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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

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 …

“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,

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 …

How the Trump Tax Cut Is Helping to Push the Federal Deficit to $1 Trillion  —  Corporate income tax collections are near a 75-year low, as a share of the economy, after a new law reduced rates and allowed companies to deduct investments immediately.  —  In the trough of the Great Recession in 2009 …

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 …

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.

Men Are Panicking About Their Sperm Count  —  A study suggests that sperm counts have been dropping for decades.  Is this how the big dystopia begins?  Silicon Valley is at hand to help men get their mojo back.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Dr. Paul Turek was on his way to speak to employees …

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.

Trump's Tight Labor Market Delivers Wage Increases for Wisconsin Rust Belt  —  American workers are seeing rising wages in western and central Wisconsin, just one of the rust belt states that President Trump won in the 2016 presidential election on his platform of economic nationalism.

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.

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 …

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.

You're Not Too Old for a Tattoo  —  The new tattooed man is just as likely to get around by private jet as by Harley-Davidson.  How to ink elegantly  —  WE ARE LIVING in a Golden Age of Tattoos.  And while tattoos have heretofore mostly been brandished as signs of swagger by youthful sailors …

Jerry Jones: Cowboys will require players to stand for anthem, not remain in locker room  —  Amid a pause in the NFL's implementation of a new policy regarding the national anthem and players' decisions to protest during the song, one owner appears to be going his own way.

‘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 …