McGahn, White House Counsel, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry …

ICE arrested a man driving his pregnant wife to give birth.  She drove herself to the hospital.  —  Maria del Carmen Venegas was on her way to deliver a baby boy, her fifth child, by Caesarean section in a planned operation Wednesday afternoon.  Her husband, Joel Arrona-Lara, was driving her car to the hospital.

Gender Is a Construct—Except When It's Not  —  For academic feminists, male and female biology is either interchangeable or immutable, depending on what complaint they need to lodge.  —  The Social Order  —  A foundational tenet of academic feminism holds that alleged differences between males and females are socially constructed.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: I ‘fully admit’ our bias is ‘more left-leaning’  —  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said on Saturday that he “fully admit[s]” Twitter employees share a largely left-leaning bias after facing accusations that conservatives are discriminated against on the social media platform.

The Untouchables vs. The Deplorables  —  One reason Donald Trump won the presidency is that Americans are tired of being ignored by the ruling political class.  —  A poll taken several months before the election revealed that neglected voters overwhelmingly favored Donald Trump above any other candidate …

Blake Farenthold Blames ‘F-Tards,’ Me Too Campaign For His Downfall  —  Months after quitting Congress in disgrace, the Texas Republican insists his sexual harassment scandal was everyone's fault but his own.  —  WASHINGTON Four months after abruptly quitting Congress amid a sexual harassment scandal …

EXCLUSIVE: 4-in-10 N.H. Republicans Support a 2020 Primary Challenge for President Trump  —  A significant majority of Granite State voters—and 40 percent of Republicans—say a 2020 GOP primary for President Trump “would be a good thing.”  That's the finding of the latest New Hampshire Journal poll …

CBS News pollster reveals why ‘blue wave’ is unlikely  —  Anthony Salvanto was imprisoned in a windowless office on Nov. 8, 2016.  His phone was confiscated; guards escorted him to the bathroom.  And all he had to look at were numbers, numbers and more numbers.  —  It wasn't some sadistic punishment.

End U.S. support for this misbegotten and unwinnable war  —  ON AUG. 9, an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen struck a bus packed with young boys in the northern village of Dahyan, killing at least 51 people, including 40 children, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Democrats Don't Need a National Message  —  A bottom-up approach is better than a single line imposed by party leadership.  —  On an early morning in June, I joined several dozen Democratic donors in a plush residence on the 64th floor of Trump World Tower to support the reelection of a Democratic congressman.

The Slippery Slope of Complicity  —  When was the last time centrist talking heads declared, “Donald Trump just became president” (because he bombed someone, or something like that)?  I think it's been more than a year.  At this point, you have to be a truly fanatical practitioner of bothsidesism …

China's Xi to make first official visit to Pyongyang for North Korea's 70th anniversary  —  Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea next month, accepting Kim Jong Un's invitation to attend the country's 70th anniversary of its founding, a report said Friday.

Sex Abuse Report Lists a Beloved Pastor, and a Pennsylvania Church Reels  —  The Rev. John David Crowley was once adored by his parishioners.  Then came the news that he was among the priests who abused more than 1,000 children.  —  Everything felt normal until the news alert popped up on Cindy Depretis's cellphone Tuesday afternoon.

Trump caught weaponizing security clearances to kill bad news stories  —  Trump doesn't control the media from the inside — so he's taking a page from the modern authoritarian's playbook and trying to control it from the outside, instead.  —  After revoking the security clearance …