The Day Trump Told Us There Was Attempted Collusion with Russia  —  August 5, 1974, was the day the Nixon Presidency ended.  On that day, Nixon heeded a Supreme Court ruling and released the so-called smoking-gun tape, a recording of a meeting, held two years earlier, with his chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman.

Police: Armed bystander takes down gunman at Titusville back to school event  —  TITUSVILLE, Fla. - An armed bystander shot a man who open-fired on a back to school event at a Titusville park following a fistfight, police said.  —  The shooting occurred at Isaac Campbell Park on South Street shortly …

White Nationalists Love Corey Stewart.  He Keeps Them Close.  —  The Republican nominee for Senate in Virginia likes to engage the racial fringes of his party, creating a dilemma for mainstream G.O.P. leaders wary of his views.  —  WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Corey Stewart stands at the end …

The Assault on Free Speech, Continued  —  The Left's attack on free speech has many fronts, but two of the most important are Twitter and Facebook, simply because a large portion of political discussion, involving many millions of Americans, takes place on those platforms.

At least 40 shot in Chicago Sunday, including 8 wounded in Gresham shooting;  —  Dozens of people were wounded in shootings across Chicago Sunday, police said.  —  Since midnight, police said 40 people have been shot, four fatally.  Since Friday at 5 p.m., 57 people have been shot, six fatally, in shootings in Chicago.

The British Heat Wave and Aerial Archeology  —  The U.K. is experiencing its driest summer in fifty-seven years.  It's not been great.  A British summer is usually a doubtful, fleeting thing.  Sunshine and heat arrive in bursts from June until September, as if you were walking …

Trump, LeBron James and our oracular first lady  —  One of the most intriguing things about Melania Trump is the pointed yet cryptic way she seems to have found to drag her husband.  —  She leaves clues that appear to be subversive invitations to draw larger theories about what she's really trying to tell us.

McConnell announces re-elect campaign at Fancy Farm picnic  —  FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) — Saying it was never too soon to start, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell formally announced his 2020 re-election bid in his home state Saturday and tapped the young leader of the state's House Republicans as his campaign chairman.

Kasich claims Balderson did not invite Trump to central Ohio  —  WASHINGTON — Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Republican congressional candidate Troy Balderson told him he did not invite President Donald Trump to campaign for him at a rousing rally Delaware County Saturday on the eve of Tuesday's special election.

‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans  —  For a rapidly growing share of older Americans, traditional ideas about life in retirement are being upended by a dismal reality: bankruptcy.  —  The signs of potential trouble — vanishing pensions, soaring medical expenses …

The Trump Slump Hits U.S. Tourism … Summertime, but where are the foreign tourists?  —  Ever since our forty-fifth president was elected, tourism to the United States from foreign countries has steadily dropped—in the face of a world-wide boom in travel—and the authoritative U.S. Travel Association …

“Red wave”: Inside Trump's frenetic rally schedule  —  Republican officials have started calling the midterms the “Barbell Election.”  —  The big picture: A House Republican aide explains that Trump's approval ratings are like barbells: bulging favorables and unfavorables on each end …

Trump leading ‘hate movement’ against media  —  Anthony Scaramucci and Joe Lockhart join Brian Stelter to discuss President Trump's “enemy of the people” tweets.  Stelter says Trump is promoting a “hate movement.”  Scaramucci says he has concerns about the rhetoric too: “When you use the word 'enemy …

The real lesson Trump learned from Charlottesville  —  The president emerged from a low point of his presidency unscathed with his loyal voters, and has turned race into a key issue for the midterms — and beyond.  —  The content of President Donald Trump's dig at basketball superstar LeBron James might …

Multiple observers described the police use of explosive devices as more aggressive than ever before at Portland protests.  —  A police crackdown on antifascist protesters in downtown Portland today sent at least one woman to the hospital after being hit in the arm and chest with a “flash-bang” grenade police launched into the crowd.

No Straw Man Here: The Mask Slips in Santa Barbara  —  A little noticed detail in Santa Barbara's recent drive to criminalize plastic straws, which culminated in the Santa Barbara city council taking testimony from a nine-year-old about the planetary menace, has come to light in recent days.

Inside Russia's invasion of the U.S. electric grid  —  In the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia deterred any major attack by the other with existentially dangerous arsenals of nuclear-tipped missiles.  Now, Russia has what it views as a potent new deterrent, experts say — cyber implants in the U.S. electric grid.