Trump Organization Finance Chief Called to Testify Before Federal Grand Jury  —  Longtime Trump executive Allen Weisselberg has been subpoenaed in Michael Cohen probe  —  Allen Weisselberg, a longtime financial gatekeeper for President Donald Trump, has been subpoenaed to testify …

Mueller Examining Trump's Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — For years, President Trump has used Twitter as his go-to public relations weapon, mounting a barrage of attacks on celebrities and then political rivals even after advisers warned he could be creating legal problems for himself.

Russian Hackers' New Target: a Vulnerable Democratic Senator … The Russian intelligence agency behind the 2016 election cyberattacks targeted Sen. Claire McCaskill as she began her 2018 re-election campaign in earnest, a Daily Beast forensic analysis reveals.

Sources: Jim Jordan Officially Announcing Bid For Speaker  —  House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan will formally announce his campaign for speaker of the House Thursday at noon, The Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.  —  TheDCNF confirmed the announcement with two sources with direct knowledge of Jordan's plans.

Juncker's Trade Pitch to Trump: ‘I Can Be Stupid, as Well’  —  How bravado, flip cards and a White House ally helped European official sell U.S. president on trade detente  —  WASHINGTON—When Jean-Claude Juncker arrived the White House on Wednesday, the European Commission president …

Facebook's $100 billion-plus rout is the biggest loss in stock market history  —  Facebook was on track Thursday to post the largest one-day loss in market value by any company in U.S. stock market history after releasing a disastrous quarterly report.  —  With less than an hour to go in trading …

Emails: Lawyer who met Trump Jr. tied to Russian officials  —  LONDON (AP) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump's presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.

Here's The Evidence Paul Manafort Doesn't Want A Jury To See About His Work In Ukraine  —  Lawyers for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort filed court papers Thursday asking a federal judge in Virginia to exclude more than 50 pieces of evidence the government has said it may introduce …

Scott Walker, other GOP candidates in key Midwest states trail Democratic rivals  —  NBC/Marist polls: Democrats lead in Senate contests in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON — New polls in three key Midwest states show Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates trailing …

When a Stranger Decides to Destroy Your Life  —  Monika Glennon has lived in Huntsville, Alabama, for the last 12 years.  Other than a strong Polish accent, she fits a certain stereotype of the All-American life.  She's blonde.  Her husband is a veteran Marine.

From Russia to Bistro Bis: The Calif. congressman who dined with alleged Russian agent  —  When FBI counterintelligence agents plowed through the emails of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina's networking around Washington, they discovered her plan to arrange “friendship and dialogue dinners” with influential Americans.

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 …

Tensions rise at court deadline to reunite migrant families  —  The dispute over family separations intensified Thursday as the Trump administration reached a court-ordered deadline to reunite parents and children divided at the border.  —  In a court filing, the Justice Department …

How Facebook Went So Wrong So Fast  —  There are four theories, and three of them are alarming.  —  What happened?  —  That's what many of Facebook Inc.'s investors — and I — have spent the last 18 hours wondering.  On Wednesday, the company posted disappointing figures for second-quarter revenue, user growth and profits.

Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran, Australian Government figures say  —  Senior figures in the Turnbull Government have told the ABC they believe the United States is prepared to bomb Iran's nuclear capability, perhaps as early as next month, and that Australia is poised to help identify possible targets.

The Summer's Hottest Trend Is Owning the Libs  —  Conservatives love it earnestly, liberals love it ironically.  How did we get here?  —  “Raise your hand if you've ever posted anything online to quote unquote own the libs,” President Trump's Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley recently asked a crowd of high schoolers.

ICE to deport wife of Marine, Iraq veteran Aug. 3  —  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents notified Alejandra Juarez Tuesday that she will be deported back to Mexico nine days from now, despite ongoing efforts to allow her to stay.  —  Juarez is married to former Marine Sgt. Cuauhtemoc …

Rep. Paul Gosar ‘interested in the McCain seat,’ text to Gov. Doug Ducey attorney says  —  A day after a December 2017 announcement that Sen. John McCain had been hospitalized for the “normal effects” of cancer treatment, Arizona's Rep. Paul Gosar was lobbying for McCain's Senate seat.

The heiress has no clothes.  —  I once flew to Germany for 19 hours to watch Ivanka Trump sit on a panel with a bunch of female leaders, and to be summoned by her later that evening for an off-the-record chat in her hotel lobby, where she ordered red wine in a white dress, which seems …

Sarah Silverman latest in Hollywood to have past social media commentary resurface  —  (CNN)A tweet Sarah Silverman sent nine years ago, which she says was a joke, has some labeling her a pedophile.  —  In July 2009, the comedic actress tweeted, “Hey, is it considered molestation if the child makes the first move?

The Defiant One  —  Modern country's sharpest songwriter sounds off - on gun-control, what country should (and shouldn't) be, hating lip-syncing, loving Bernie Sanders, and that time he almost died.  —  A few miles outside Nashville, as the Walmarts and Waffle Houses give way to country roads …

What Democrats Don't Get About the South  —  Trump's 2016 victory continued the GOP's dominance of Southern politics Luke Sharrett—Bloomberg/Getty Images  —  There is no accent quite like the southern accent, and there is no Southern accent quite like the Southern politician's.

In Off-The-Record Meeting, Jonathan Chait Says Part Of Him Is Glad Trump Won  —  “Maybe that makes me a sociopath,” the columnist told his colleagues.  —  On Wednesday, New York magazine's periodic all-hands staff meeting came with a little bonus for the assembled staff: a 15-minute …

GOP Politician Switches Parties Over Trump Administration's ‘Racism’ And ‘Misogyny’  —  After 40 years as a Republican, Oregon elected official Lori Stegmann is now a Democrat.  —  An elected official in Oregon is leaving the Republican Party, and she says President Donald Trump is to blame.

Foreign Affairs chair says Trump is ignoring sanctions on Russia for former spy poisoning  —  Rep. Ed Royce is asking the president for new sanctions on Russia for attack in Britain.  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is chastising President Donald Trump …

Whom Is the DSA Reaching?  The Teens.  —  Since Ocasio-Cortez's win, a surge of YDSA members from high schools around the country want to organize chapters at their schools.  —  Since Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's surprise primary victory late last month, there has been a renewed interest in the Democratic Socialists of America.

Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election But No One Will Admit It  —  Circumstantial Evidence: Evidence in a trial which is not directly from an eyewitness or participant and requires some reasoning to prove a fact.  —West's Encyclopedia of American Law

REVEALED: NYT Targets Kavanaugh's Wife, Looking For ‘Abortion,’ ‘Gun,’ ‘Gay,’ ‘Federalist’ Emails  —  The New York Times and Associated Press both filed requests under the Maryland Public Information Act (PIA) seeking e-mails that Ashley Kavanaugh, the wife of President Trump's Supreme Court nominee …