Ohio Special Election Results: 12th Congressional District  —  CandidatePartyVotesPct.  —  Dem.  —  14,211  —  Rep.  —  6,114  —  Green  —  20,481 votes, <1% reporting (0 of 591 precincts)  —  What to watch: Voters in Ohio's 12th District are choosing a replacement for Representative Pat Tiberi …

Top Trump Campaign Aides Are Portrayed as Corrupt at Manafort Trial  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The trial of Paul Manafort turned into a referendum on the character of two of President Trump's top campaign aides on Tuesday, as prosecutors cast Mr. Manafort as the architect of a sprawling swindle …

CEOs Who Cut White House Ties After Charlottesville Just Dined With Trump  —  President Trump is having dinner Tuesday night with five CEOs who distanced themselves from the White House after last year's white supremacist Charlottesville rally.  CNBC reports that the companies that are attending …

The Shadow Rulers of the VA  —  Last February, shortly after Peter O'Rourke became chief of staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs, he received an email from Bruce Moskowitz with his input on a new mental health initiative for the VA. “Received,” O'Rourke replied.

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media … Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution.  But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted Ipsos …

Missouri Primary Election Results  —  What to watch: Senator Claire McCaskill is believed to be one of the most vulnerable Democrats in the Senate because of her low approval rating and Mr. Trump's victory in Missouri by 18 percentage points.  Six years ago, she managed to win re-election largely …

St. Louis Voters Oust Prosecutor Who Didn't Bring Charges In Cop Killing Of Michael Brown  —  In a remarkable win for reformers, Wesley Bell, a city council member in Ferguson, Missouri, upset Robert McCulloch in Tuesday's Democratic primary.  —  Wesley Bell, who cast himself as a reformer committed …

How a senior DOJ official helped Dem researchers on Trump-Russia case  —  Hundreds of pages of previously unreported emails and memos provide the clearest evidence yet that a research firm, hired by Hillary Clinton  —  's campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) …

Three Cheers for David French  —  I am very grateful for David French's essay in the Times today, because it cuts the Gordian knot of my own thinking about Alex Jones.  —  David writes: … David's alternative: Use the standards already enshrined in law and custom, specifically prohibitions against libel and slander.

Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Under Investigation for Tax Fraud  —  As legal pressures mount, Cohen's bank loans are also under scrutiny by prosecutors  —  The legal pressures facing Michael Cohen are growing in a wide-ranging investigation of his personal business affairs and his work …

Lindsey Graham Quips That Trump Brought Up Mueller and Russia ‘About 20 Times’  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham said Monday night that he has told President Donald Trump that ending the special counsel investigation of Robert S. Mueller III would undermine GOP chances in November.

A sports reporter took a new job.  Now his former newspaper is suing over a Twitter account.  —  The Roanoke Times spells it out right in its handbook: Employees who have been issued “Company-owned information assets, keys or other access items must return them to the Company upon termination of employment …

Leaked document: Putin lobbied Trump on arms control  —  A list of issues he shared with Trump in Helsinki suggests Russia wants to continue traditional nuclear talks with the U.S. — but doesn't answer all questions about their meeting.  —  Vladimir Putin presented President Donald Trump …

GSA chief may have misled Congress about White House involvement in FBI headquarters, according to draft of inspector general report  —  The administrator of the General Services Administration, which manages the FBI headquarters project, may have misled Congress about White House involvement in the project …

Here's the Internal Report Proving the FCC Made Up a Cyberattack  —  An investigation carried out by Federal Communication Commission's own inspector general officially refutes controversial claims that a cyberattack was responsible for disrupting the FCC's comment system in May 2017 …

Why Trump's GOP fears this midterm election  — Midterm elections have always given voice to Americans' discontent with incumbent presidents, which means the opposition party almost invariably gains ground.  — Strategists in both parties now consider Democrats likely to gain the 23 seats …

A D.C. library was closed for more than two days after several live snakes were found inside  —  The Georgetown Library was closed for more than two days after staff noticed an odd gathering near one of the building's basement meeting rooms: snakes.  Several of them.

Liberals Don't Have to Defend Sarah Jeong's Tweets  —  A few years ago, it still seemed natural that there were lots of social or cultural controversies on which people with broadly similar politics might disagree.  While there were some questions that neatly divided liberals from conservatives …

'I'm a white, clean girl': DUI suspect is the picture of entitlement  —  A boozed-up South Carolina woman pulled over for blowing past a stop sign at 60 mph told cops she shouldn't be arrested because she's a “very clean, thoroughbred, white girl,” according to a police report.

Protesters target second nail salon after racially charged brawl  —  Protesters in Brooklyn — some chanting “where is ICE?”  — besieged a second nail salon Monday that they believe is connected to the shop where customers brawled on video with employees last week — forcing cops to escort the workers out for their own safety.

Police Capture Illegal Posing With ‘Daughter’ He Was Raping  —  U.S. officials have arrested an illegal alien for multiple counts of rape after he tried to gain entry to the United States with a child he claimed was his daughter, a DHS official said in a Tuesday statement.

Hillary Clinton endorses Haley Stevens in 11th District Congressional race  —  Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton weighed in on the competitive 11th Congressional District primary Sunday, endorsing Haley Stevens for the position.  —  In a statement released by Stevens' campaign …

FDA Acquiring ‘Fresh’ Aborted Baby Parts to Make Mice With Human Immune Systems  —  (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed a new contract on July 25 to acquire “fresh” human fetal tissue to transplant into “humanized mice” so that these mice will have a functioning …

Some Online ‘Mobs’ Are Vicious.  Others Are Perfectly Rational.  —  Isn't it amazing what people can do when they put their minds together?  On a Monday in July, a casting announcement blitzed the Hollywood press: Scarlett Johansson would star in a forthcoming drama as Dante (Tex) Gill …

Facebook's Teen App Used A “Psychological Trick” To Attract High School Downloads  —  When Facebook purchased TBH last October it got more than just a viral polling app that amassed 2.5 million daily users, mostly teens, a few months after launch.  The social network also acquired …