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.

Top Trump Donor Agreed to Pay Michael Cohen $10 Million for Nuclear Project Push  —  Consulting deal with Franklin L. Haney could have been among the most lucrative struck by president's then-personal attorney  —  A major donor to President Trump agreed to pay $10 million to the president's …

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 …

Trump trashes media as ‘fake, fake disgusting news’ at rally  —  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — Thundering that the media is the “fake, fake disgusting news,” President Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of grievances Thursday at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent.

'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'  —  Omarosa was beside herself when the president contradicted the White House party line that FBI head James Comey …

What Goes on Outside Trump Rallies Is an American Nightmare  —  The coral of Tampa's Florida State Fairgrounds entrance arcs against an ominously graying Tuesday evening sky.  Everyone waits for Donald Trump outside, even though it smells like rain.  The Secret Service checkpoint doesn't help …

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.

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 …

Alleged Russian agent's infiltration of GOP circles anything but subtle  —  Alleged spy met with US officials in 2015  —  Washington (CNN)As far as spy craft goes, Maria Butina's skills didn't seem particularly impressive.  —  The alleged covert Russian agent liked to communicate via Twitter messages and WhatsApp.

Manafort's bookkeeper testifies against him, alleging efforts to inflate income  —  Paul Manafort's longtime bookkeeper testified against him Thursday, telling a Virginia jury that his seven-figure lifestyle lasted until about 2015 when the cash ran out, the bills piled up …

The Tennessee primary: Live results  —  Tennessee voters are selecting nominees for at least 128 state and federal seats tonight, but there are to two races most worthy of your time — the gubernatorial and the U.S. Senate:  —  Go deeper  —  112 WORDS  —  What to watch: Two Republican incumbents …

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 …

Grand Island man arrested for threats against Congressmen  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) - A Grand Island man stands accused of threatening two U.S. Congressmen through voicemail.  —  63-year-old Carlos Bayon was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with interstate communication of a threat.

Internal Documents Show How Trump Administration Misled Public on Poverty  —  Economic advisors questioned the administration's data but were ignored.  —  After a U.N. agency issued a report in May on the state of poverty in the United States, concluding that 40 million Americans are poor …

New Age author Marianne Williamson ‘looking into’ 2020 presidential run  —  A presidential bid by the author would mark the first celebrity campaign for the White House against Donald Trump  —  New Age author Marianne Williamson was in Iowa earlier this week meeting with Democratic activists …

Ethnic cleansing makes a comeback — in China  —  If ethnic cleansing takes place in China and nobody is able to hear it, does it make a sound?  That's what millions of Muslims inside the People's Republic are asking as they watch the Chinese government expand a network of internment camps …

How Republican Hypocrisy Lifts Social Democrats  —  By its astoundingly cynical approach to deficits and debt, the G.O.P. has opened the door to an expansive left.  —  Mr. Suderman is the managing editor at Reason.com.  —  To be a Republican is to oppose socialism.

Remember Trump's Tweet Saying He Was Pulling Out Of The G7 Summit Agreement?  No One Ever Did Anything About It.  —  “It's like there's a reality TV president, in his own bubble, thinking he controls stuff.  It's like The Truman Show.”  —  Reporting From  —  London

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.

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 …

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 …

Worker Charged With Sexually Molesting Eight Children at Immigrant Shelter  —  A youth care worker for Southwest Key has been charged with 11 sex offenses after authorities accused him of molesting at least eight unaccompanied immigrant boys over nearly a year at one of the company's shelters in Mesa …

Conspiracy theories are for losers.  QAnon is no exception.  —  Paul Musgrave is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  —  In the 2014 book “American Conspiracy Theories,” political scientists Joseph Uscinski and Joseph Parent said that conspiracy theories appealed …

Tim Allen's ‘Last Man Standing’ return will include character's conservative views, exec says  —  LOS ANGELES - After being off the air for more than a year, “Last Man Standing” is set to premiere next month, and fans should get ready for the comedy series to return with similar plot lines …

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 …