A note from the editorial leadership of The Verge  —  Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment  —  Since announcing her new job with The New York Times, a widespread campaign of harassment has targeted Verge reporter Sarah Jeong for a number of tweets she wrote years ago.

National Archives says it won't be able to produce all Kavanaugh documents until end of October  —  The National Archives said Thursday it won't be able to produce the full cache of documents requested by Senate Republicans on Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh until the end of October …

POLITICO Playbook: Trump mulls a pre-election shutdown with Rush, and a pre-election anti-Pelosi ad  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  SIREN ... REPUBLICANS are becoming increasingly concerned that they will lose the special election in Ohio's 12th congressional district, which would be a horrible sign for their election prospects this fall.

Donald Trump Jr. co-hosts Dinesh D'Souza's very conservative D.C. film premiere  —  The red carpet for the screening of far-right filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza's new documentary was all business.  There's no time for chitchat about who is wearing what when you've got an entire liberal ideology to topple.

RNC warns donors to steer clear of Kochs  —  The move escalates the fight between President Donald Trump and the powerful network.  —  The Republican National Committee is sending a warning shot to major GOP donors not to play ball with the powerful Koch political network …

Ivanka says family separation was White House “low point”  —  Ivanka Trump said during an Axios interview on Thursday that she agrees with White House colleagues who describe family separation as “a low point in the White House”:  —  “That was a low point for me as well.

Exclusive: suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow  —  Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy  —  US counter-intelligence investigators discovered a suspected Russian spy had been working undetected in the heart …

Aide to Trump-confidant Roger Stone ordered to appear before Mueller grand jury  —  A former aide to longtime President Trump confidant Roger Stone must testify before the special counsel's grand jury, a federal judge in Washington ruled Thursday.  —  The judge rejected a challenge from Andrew Miller …

A black Smith College student was eating her lunch when an employee called police  —  The rising sophomore at Smith College was quietly eating her lunch in a campus common room when a police officer approached her Tuesday afternoon.  —  A college employee had called police to report someone who …

Mueller wants to interview Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, lawyer says  —  The son of a Russian oligarch helped set up the now infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting.  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller has requested an interview with Russian pop star Emin Agalarov, who helped set …

The Russian Threat ‘Is Real,’ Trump Officials Say, Vowing to Protect U.S. Elections  —  WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Thursday vowed to defend the United States' elections against threats from Russia and other countries, describing influence campaigns by America's adversaries …

Wright was driving in Hyannis, Massachusetts, on June 30 when she saw this silver Jeep in front of her sporting a ‘Make America Great Again’ decal  —  The incident took place on June 30, but Wright was only taken into custody a month later after being pulled over during a traffic stop.

'Many didn't notice it as keenly as I did because I knew him way back when.  They thought Trump was being Trump, off the cuff,' Omarosa writes.  'But I knew something wasn't right'  —  'For the Lester Holt interview, I watched it on a small TV in the upper press room (the lower press room …

Exclusive: Fired-up liberals raise $1 billion on website for candidates, causes ahead of midterms  —  WASHINGTON - The online fundraising platform ActBlue this week surged past the $1 billion mark in contributions to Democratic candidates and causes in this election cycle.

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Fox News filed by parents of Seth Rich  —  A federal judge on Thursday dismissed in its entirety a case filed by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich against Fox News, one of the network's reporters, and a Texas businessman.

Fox, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon Win Hot Package On Multi-Million Dollar Theft Of McDonald's Monopoly Game  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox is poised to win the hot lit property in the marketplace at the moment, a giant Happy Meal that everyone wanted.  Ben Affleck is attached to direct …

Here Are the Cable News Morning Show Ratings for July 2018  —  TVNewser has received a number of emails lately asking for a break down of cable news morning show ratings, specifically for 6-9 a.m. ET shows.  —  Ask, and you shall receive.  At least for the month of July.  Will we do more of these?

CREW Files Hatch Act Complaints Against 10 Trump Administration Officials  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington— In the months since President Donald Trump announced his candidacy for re-election, ten White House officials appear to have violated the Hatch Act by using …

PSE sends racial slur to black woman  —  SEATTLE - An African-American woman says Puget Sound Energy emailed her a racial slur to use as the temporary password to her online account.  —  Erica Conway believes the insult was deliberate and wants the company to get to the bottom of it.

Trump Unveils His Plan to Weaken Fuel Efficiency Rules  —  Want the latest climate news in your inbox?  You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited proposal to dramatically weaken …

Not drinking alcohol in middle age increases dementia risk, says report  —  Not drinking in middle age can increase the risk of dementia as much as drinking too much, according to a report.  —  The study tracked the drinking habits of 9,000 London civil servants between the ages of 35 and 55 from 1985 to 1993.

‘It Can Happen Even to Guys’: Ohio State Wrestlers Detail Abuse, Saying #UsToo  —  CLEVELAND — Nick Nutter, an All-American heavyweight wrestler at Ohio State turned professional martial arts fighter, sat watching the television last January as one by one, the young women, former gymnasts …

Trump's undermining of Obamacare violates the Constitution, new lawsuit charges  —  Four cities are charging that the president is failing to execute the law by actively undercutting the Affordable Care Act.  —  WASHINGTON — After congressional Republicans repeatedly failed last year …

Manafort trial Day 3: An 'M'-shaped flower bed and a Rick Gates guarantee  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors spent Thursday morning introducing witnesses who detailed the elaborate and unusual payment methods Paul Manafort used to fund his lavish lifestyle.

The Democratic Party Picked an Odd Time to Have an Identity Crisis  —  Can its unruly coalition take shape against Trump without one wing predominating?  —  The Democratic Party is a traditional political organization dedicated to winning elections.  It is also a social justice movement, the political home of societal change.

Privately, Intel Officials Back Shutting Out Brennan, Clapper  —  President Trump has been criticized for politicizing the intelligence community by threatening to strip the security clearances of former top officials including John Brennan and James Clapper.

Brookstone files for bankruptcy and will close all of its mall stores  —  The truth about the retail apocalypse  —  Brookstone filed for bankruptcy and will close its remaining 101 mall stores.  —  The mall and airport seller, best known for massage chairs, quirky gadgets, and travel luggage …

Facebook Is The World's Biggest Right-Wing Media Company  —  The conservative movement, led by President Trump, has been engaged in a months-long campaign to intimidate tech-media platforms like Facebook out of policing disinformation, and into maximizing the reach of right-wing content …

How Republicans trick Facebook and Twitter with claims of bias  —  Nikki Usher is a visiting associate professor in the College of Media at the University of Illinois and an associate professor at The George Washington University.  Her latest book is “Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and Code.”