Email indicates Florida House candidate may have staged college degree deception  —  Miami University says Melissa Howard never graduated, despite her posting images of a diploma.  —  Facing accusations that she lied about having a degree from Miami University in Ohio …

Rep. Chris Collins, fighting prosecution, seeks to end reelection bid  —  Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.), who was charged this week as part of an insider trading scheme, is suspending his re-election campaign and will attempt to remove his name from the ballot.

Michael Avenatti Urges Democrats to Reject Michelle Obama's Advice on Trump  —  CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Michael Avenatti, fresh off his declaration that he may run for president in 2020, used his first big speech as a prospective candidate to call on the Democratic Party to reject Michelle Obama's …

Trump's résumé is rife with mob connections  —  Walter Isaacson and Evan Thomas titled their classic group portrait of Harry S. Truman's foreign policy team, “The Wise Men.”  A book about Donald Trump's associations might be called “The Wise Guys.”  —  Mario Puzo would've been just the man to write it.

GOP corruption scandals may help Democratic candidates, but it's not clear how much  — President Trump and GOP candidates face a plethora of ethical and corruption scandals leading up to the midterms.  — As long as that list is, something larger dominates this election season, too: Trump's uniquely polarizing governing style.

An Airline Employee Stole A Plane From Seattle Airport And Was Chased By Fighter Jets Before Crashing  —  “I'm just a broken guy.  I've got a few screws loose I guess, I never really knew it until now,” the rogue pilot said to air traffic control.  —  An airline employee stole a plane …

Are you still sure there's no need to worry?  —  “Don't worry, the institutions will stop him.”  Or: “Don't worry, he hasn't done any real damage yet, the institutions have stopped him.”  How many times have you heard some version of this analysis since the election of President Trump?

Let's remove Capitol plaque that lies about history: House Speaker Joe Straus  —  It has been a year since a horrific tragedy in Charlottesville, Va., caused a loss of life and painfully reminded us that bigotry still exists and needs to be confronted.  —  It was bigotry also …

Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’  —  The #NeverTrumpumpkins define themselves by their visceral distaste for the president.  He offends their fastidious sensibilities, outrages them with his unfiltered Twitter musings, and violates their sense of propriety with his secular hedonism and sheer joy in his own vulgarity.

When the Tide Comes In  —  From the very beginning, NR has stood against the ‘irresponsible Right.’  —  D  —  “Save Ike from the Kikes.”  —  I'd better explain.  —  This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Nazi troll armies' march on Charlottesville, Va. To commemorate it, there will even be a march in Washington.

Trump's War With Harley-Davidson Has Divided America's Bikers  —  A move by the company has put one of the country's most iconic brands in the uncomfortable position of clashing with a president who is immensely popular with most of its customers.  —  STURGIS, S.D. — Gary Rathbun rumbled …

Trump tariffs have forced us into bankruptcy and liquidation, says PC case maker CaseLabs  —  'Our user community has been very devoted to us and it's awful to think that we have let any of you down'  —  POPULAR VIDEOS  —  A high-end PC case maker says it has been “forced into bankruptcy and liquidation” …

Of Course There Is Such a Thing as a ‘Perjury Trap’  —  And it's a legitimate reason for President Trump to decline to be interviewed.  —  Studies will someday be done on the deleterious effect Donald Trump has had on the brains of people who loathe him.  It drives them to say things …

GOP lawmaker: Russian meddling fanned the flames in Charlottesville  —  Charlottesville anniversary of deadly rally  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Rep. Tom Garrett said Saturday that he was told during a briefing with the FBI director that Russian meddling played in a role in …

The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views  —  Plays can be bought for pennies and delivered in bulk, inflating videos' popularity and creating an environment ripe for manipulation.  —  Interactive illustration by Adam Ferriss for The New York Times.  Video footage by Scott Dalton, William Widmer, Joshua Lott and Martin Vassilev.

‘On Both Sides’  —  Trump drew condemnation in the days that followed when he appeared to equivocate the actions of white supremacists and those that opposed them.  —  “I think there is blame on both sides,” Trump said during a press conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York.

‘So, So Jaded’: The Campaign to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Struggles for Liftoff  —  PORTLAND, Maine — The two dozen or so liberal activists who had gathered in a darkened cafe on an unusually sticky evening recently were wrestling with a familiar challenge: how to persuade Susan Collins, Maine's moderate Republican senator, to vote no.

Woman killed by neighborhood dogs  —  Montgomery County Sheriff Chris Watkins released this statement Friday, August 10.  —  a resident of a Lake Tillery development on the western side of Montgomery County went missing while taking her daily walk.  After several hours the 66 year old female did not return home.

Containers of Hurricane Donations Found Rotting in Puerto Rico Parking Lot  —  SAN JUAN, P.R. — At least 10 trailers full of food, water and baby supplies donated for victims of Hurricane Maria were left to rot at a state elections office in Puerto Rico, where they broke open and became infested by rats.

Omarosa's New Book Claims Trump Wanted To Be Sworn In With ‘Art of the Deal’ … Omarosa Manigault Newman, the former White House staffer and contestant on “The Apprentice,” claims in a new book set to be released on Tuesday that President Trump had an unprecedented idea for his inauguration.