GOP Rep. Issa: 'Nobody's Going to be Surprised' If Trump Lied About Russia Meeting  —  Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) appeared on Fox News for an interview with Neil Cavuto Saturday, and trashed former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen as a “turncoat,” before downplaying the potential that President Donald Trump lied …

Rep. John Lewis hospitalized after falling ill on plane  —  ATLANTA - Channel 2 Action News has learned that Rep. John Lewis has been hospitalized at a metro area hospital.  —  Sources confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that Lewis was hospitalized after becoming ill on a flight heading back to Atlanta on Saturday.

U.S. citizen's family was denied visas under Trump's travel ban.  Then he died by suicide.  —  Salem was one of thousands of Yemeni-Americans separated from non-U.S. citizen family members by Trump's travel ban.  —  In the early morning hours of July 18, Mahmood Salem told his family …

Still Standing, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Step Back in the Spotlight  —  They have waited out, and in some cases ground down, their critics, and are ready to make a more visible push for their priorities.  —  WASHINGTON — They disappointed climate change activists who thought …

Trump supporters, opponents clash at Spicer book signing |  VIDEO  —  WARNING: This video contains strong language.  —  MIDDLETOWN — Supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump verbally clashed inside and outside Barnes & Noble on Friday evening during a book signing …

Our socialist president  —  For three months in 1917, Leon Trotsky lived in the Bronx, just south of the congressional district where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently defeated a 10-term incumbent in a Democratic primary.  Because she calls herself a democratic socialist, the word “socialism” …

‘Koch brothers’ rebrand underway, still a conservative force  —  The conservative Koch brothers are no more — even if they remain a political powerhouse.  —  The Democrats' super villains for much of the last decade have quietly launched a rebranding effort that may vanquish the “Koch brothers” moniker from American politics.

Immigrant girl hides in auto shop after escaping attendants from Florida detention facility  —  The 15-year-old Honduran girl couldn't take it anymore.  She had been held in the Florida detention facility for three weeks, and it felt like a prison.  —  So when she saw an opportunity …

He Was Dow's ‘Dioxin Lawyer.’ Now He's Trump's Choice to Run the Superfund Program.  —  The lawyer nominated to run the Superfund toxic cleanup program is steeped in the complexities of restoring polluted rivers and chemical dumps.  He spent more than a decade on one of the nation's most extensive cleanups …

‘US Person 2’ in the case of alleged Russian agent Maria Butina is George O'Neill—his daughter interned for Dana Rohrabacher and helped with an anti-Magnitsky event  —  New research reveals another link between alleged Russian agent Maria Butina and Pro-Russia congressman Dana Rohrabacher.

House Republicans Are In Almost Total Disarray As Summer Recess Begins  —  Consider all of the following now that the House of Representatives has left Washington until after Labor Day.  —  Paul Ryan (R-WI) is a lame duck speaker who no longer seems to care about supporting Donald Trump or Trump's legislative agenda.

100 days: Dems have midterm edge, but it's not historic  —  Democrats and Republicans alike are weighing whether the November midterm elections will turn into a blue wave that acts as a referendum on President Trump  —  , or whether voters will make only modest adjustments to the levers …

In Georgia Governor's Race, a Defining Moment for a Southern State  —  ATLANTA — The Republican won the nomination Tuesday after branding himself a politically incorrect conservative who would “round up criminal illegals” and haul them to the border in his very own pickup.

U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by October but will not be made whole  —  BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - U.S. farmers could receive cash payments from a planned $12 billion aid package as soon as late September, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Reuters on Saturday …

I Wanted a Dog.  I Bake Bread Instead.  —  I wanted a dog.  But my boyfriend claims to be “extremely allergic.”  So I settled for sourdough starter instead.  —  Unlike a puppy, my pet starter doesn't provide me with sweet kisses or especially cute Instagram content.  But like a dog, it is a living organism.

Therapists say they've seen a rise in anxiety under Trump: report  —  Therapists in the U.S. say they have seen a rise in politically-related anxiety under the Trump presidency.  —  Though a condition has not been officially named, therapists and patients have referred to it as …

‘Deleted’ families: What went wrong with Trump's family-separation effort  —  When a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reunify migrant families separated at the border, the government's cleanup crews faced an immediate problem.  —  They weren't sure who the families were, let alone what to call them.

HHS official who made anti-Muslim comments and spread conspiracy theories resigns  —  (CNN)Ximena Barreto, a far-right political pundit who was appointed in December to a communications post at the Department of Health and Human Services, resigned on Friday, an HHS official confirmed to CNN.

Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK lawmakers  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Tech firms like Facebook should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy so they can be regulated, British lawmakers said, warning of a crisis in democracy due to misuse of personal data.